whom dolt thou truſt h,char thou rebelleſt againſt me 2 ralt+f T Heb. f Wiras of the Lips, 5.e. vain, unpro- word of come not from thy the lips.
d Either to thy People,to encourage them : or rath ithi ſelf. e Or, ſurely : or, only. 0 er,within thy
fitable, idle ralk, without any eff:& ; or they
heart ; thou ſpeakeſt this againſt thy own knowledge. g Counſel to || Or, but contrive,ſirength or courage to execute:which two things ate of greats counſel end cit neceflity -and uſe for War. Bur the words are,and may rendr- /"%.
ed otherwiſe ; either thus, hou Jſpeakeſt ſurely words of
Thou encourageſt thy ſelf,and thy people with talk. and words; bus War.
counſel and frength axe fur War, are neceſſary for thy Defence : nei
ther of which thou fiaſt within thy ſelf, but muſt ſeek chem from
others : and where wilt'ſt thou find them ? o7 whom (as it follows}
aoſt thou truſt ? Or thus,thou ſayeſft,T have the word of my lips. (Either
1. Words wherewith to pray ro God for help. Or, 2. Eloquence,
ro encourage my Soldicrs and People) connfel and firengch for way, i.e
I am furnithed with all things neceſlary for my Detence. þh "a
ing it 15 apparent thou halt not ſtrength of thy own, from whom ſtaff of this
dolt thou expe& ſuccours ? 21 Now behold, thou + truſteſt upon the bruiſed reed ;,even upon Egypt,on which if a man lean It will go into his hand, and pierce it & : ſo is Pharaoh ;14'* king of Egypt unto all that truſt on him / ws
s He calls Egypr a Reed, with alluſion to the Reed I Banks of Nilus were full ; and Bruiſed, to note - 5c hptnsr er infufficiency to ſupport him. Comp. Exzek. 29. 6,7. k By ſome of the fragments into which it will be broken. 7 Doing them no
good, —_ _ _
22 But it yE lay unto me,We truſt in the LORD rr God ; is nor that he whoſe high places, and whoſe at- tars Hezekian hath taken away m, and hath faiq to Ju-
dah and Jeruſalem, Ye ſhall worſhip before this altar in
Jeruſalem ?
7 Thereby robbing him of that Worſhip and Serv; 1 had in thoſe places. Thus boldly he freaks of Be OS he great God,by their falſe & petty
ot the Aeathens,who meaſured Piety by the multitude of - ogy
23 Now therefore, I pray thee, give || pledges to lord » the king of Afyria, and I will 3 nav, i_ 4 | Or,
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24 How then wilt chou turn away the face of one captain oof the leaf: of my maſters ſervatts,and put thy _ on Egy pt for chariots and for horſemen 2 :
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25 AmI now come up without the LORD » avainf this place to deſtroy it? The LORD ſaid is a,Q0 up againſt this land, and deſtroy it. 2
? Without his Conſent and Commiſlion 2 Infpiration ; or, by his Providence. But inde« God's Word, nor regarded his Providence : hx F ; ſtrike a terror into Hezetiah and the Peo B _ OT ©
26 Then ſaid Eliakim the ſon of Hilkiah and Shebna,
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238 Then Rab{hakeh ſtoodand cried with a loud voice
in the Jews language #, and ſpake, faying, Hear the word of the great King, the King of Affyria.
t That he might affright the People into a compliance with him, which he perceived Eliakim and his Brethren endeavour to prevent.
29 Thus faith the king, Letnot Hezekiah deceive you, for he ſhall nor be able to deliver you out of his hand :
30 Neither let Hezekiah make you truſt in the LORD, ſaying, The LORD will ſurely deliver us, and thiscity ſhall not .be delivered into the hand of the King of Ailyria. ;
1 Hearkennot unto Hezekiah :for thus ſaich che king of Aſlyria, ||f Make an agreement with me by a preſent
, and comeout to me, and then cat ye every man of
his own vine x, and every one of his fig-tree, anddrink ve every one the waters of his || ciftern : _
" u To redeem your ſelves from all the Calamities of a cloſe Siege, and that Death which certainly will follow on them. Or, procure, or purckele a Bleſſing from me ; i. e. a bleſſed Peace 3 whereby you may be delivered our of your diſtreſſed and curſed condition, and receive from me the Bleſſings of Prote&ion and Provition, which your King cannot give you. x Upon theſe terms, TI will give you no diſturbance; but quietly ſuffer each of you to enjoy his own Poſlcihons.
22 Uncal Icome andtake you away toa land like your own land y, aland of corn and wine, a land of bread and vineyards, aland of cil-ol;ve, and of honey, that ye may live and not die : and hearken not unto Heze- kiah, when he || perſwadeth you, faying, The LORD
will deliver us. |
y i.e, A fruitfuland pleaſant Land. Becauſe he could not conceal from them his intentions of tranſplanting them into another Land, which he had already diſcovered in his dealing with the 1[raelites, and other Nations ; he aſſures rhem, they ſhall be no loſers by it; and ſhall only change their place, but not their condition anid comforts ; which they ſhould enjoy in that Land, no leſs than in their own.
33 * Hath any of the gods of the nations delivered at all his laad out of the hand of the king of Afſyria
34 Where arethe gods of Hamath, andof Arpadz ? where are the gods of Sepharvaim s, Hena, and Ivah 6 ? have they c delivered Samaria out of mine hand ?