| Geneva Study Bible Yea, though they have hired among the nations, now will I gather them, and they shall sorrow a little for the {h} burden of the king of princes. (h) That is, for the king and the princes will lay upon them: and by this means the Lord brings them to repentance. Wesley's Notes 8:10 Gather them - I will assemble them together, that they may be taken and destroyed together. A little - For a while before their final captivity. The burden - The tribute laid on them by the king. King James Translators' Notes sorrow: or, begin a...: or, in a little while Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary 10. will I gather them-namely, the nations (Assyria, &c.) against Israel, instead of their assisting her as she had wished (Eze 16:37). a little-rather, "in a little" [Henderson]. English Version gives good sense: They shall sorrow "a little" at the imposition of the tribute; God suspended yet the great judgment, namely, their deportation by Assyria. the burden of the king of princes-the tribute imposed on Israel (under Menahem) by the Assyrian king Pul, (2Ki 15:19-22), who had many "princes" under his sway (Isa 10:8). Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary 8:5-10 They promised themselves plenty, peace, and victory, by worshipping idols, but their expectations came to nothing. What they sow has no stalk, no blade, or, if it have, the bud shall yield no fruit, there was nothing in them. The works of darkness are unfruitful; nay, the end of those things is death. The hopes of sinners will deceive them, and their gains will be snares. In times of danger, especially in the day of judgment, all carnal devices will fail. They take a course by themselves, and like a wild ass by himself, they will be the easier and surer prey for the lion. Man is in nothing more like the wild ass's colt, than in seeking for that succour and that satisfaction in the creature, which are to be had in God only. Though men may sorrow a little, yet if it is not after a godly sort, they will be brought to sorrow everlastingly. | 
