Isaiah 10:8
For he saith, Are not my princes altogether kings?
Cross-reference
Isaiah 10:13 continues the same boastful speech, revealing the king's pride in his own wisdom.
Isaiah 8:7 predicts the Assyrian king's invasion, the same king whose boast is heard here.
In Exodus 15:9, Pharaoh's boast of pursuit and plunder echoes the same arrogant confidence as Assyria's here.
In 2 Kings 18:19, the Rabshakeh embodies the boast that Assyrian commanders act as kings, speaking with kingly authority.
In 2 Kings 18:28, the Rabshakeh again proclaims the king's word, illustrating the pride of commanders claiming kingly status.
2 Chronicles 32:21 records the destruction of Assyrian commanders, contrasting their boast of being like kings with their downfall.
In James 4:6, the principle that God opposes the proud directly applies to Assyria's arrogant boast that its commanders are kings.
In Ezekiel 31:5, the same theme of Assyria's pride is symbolized by a towering cedar, reinforcing their arrogant self-exaltation.
In Deuteronomy 32:27, God restrains judgment to prevent the enemy's boast—the very arrogance Assyria shows here.
Jeremiah 9:23 warns against boasting in human strength, directly opposing the Assyrian's proud claim.
In Daniel 2:37, Daniel calls Nebuchadnezzar 'king of kings' as a gift from God—contrasting with Assyria's arrogant self-exaltation here.
In Daniel 4:30, Nebuchadnezzar's boast of his own might parallels Assyria's claim that its commanders are like kings — both exemplify arrogant self-glorification.
In Deuteronomy 8:17, Israel is warned against attributing success to oneself—the same pride Assyria displays here.
In Ezekiel 26:7, Nebuchadnezzar is called 'king of kings'—a similar claim to supremacy as Assyria's boast about commanders being kings.