Isaiah 34:12 - Exposition

They shall call the nobles , etc.; rather, as for her nobles , there shall be none there for them to call to the kingdom . The nobles are termed horim , probably because the right of succession to the kingdom was vested in the descendants of the Horites, from whom the Edomites took their territory ( Genesis 36:20 , Genesis 36:29 , Genesis 36:30 ). These having died out, there would be no one to appoint as king.