z Of which ſee Jer. 49. 23. # Of which ſee Chap. 17. 24. b The names, either 1. of Idol-gods. But why ſhould only theſe two be named, 2nd not the gods of the other places here mentioned ? Or rather,2.of Cities or Countries,as is manifeſt from Chap.19.13. where thoſe words are repeated among other places, whole Kings are there mentioned, and where they are rendred, of Henah and Fvab, as they thould be here alſo, the words in the Hebrew being the very ſame. c 7. e. Either the gods here mentioned, which rogether with other Idols, were Worſhipped in Samaria. Or, 2. Their gods ; which is calily underſtood from the foregoing words. :
25 Who are they among all the gods of the countries, that have delivered their countrey outof mine hand,that the LORD ſhould deliver Jeruſalem out of mine hand ?
36 Bucthe people 4 held their peace, and anſwered him not a word : for the kings commandment was, laying, Anſwer him nor e.
d i.e. Either theſe Three Men, this Word being ſometimes uſed of a very few men, as 1 Sam. 9. 24. Or rather, che people that were with them upon the wall, v. 26. to whom he ſpake, and from whom he expeCted an anſwer. eWhich was wiſely ordered ; partly, leſt by their words they ſhould either betray their Fears, or provoke their Enemies to greatec Injuries or Blaiphemies ; or give them ſome advantage or direQion for their further Proceedings : and partly, that by chis Inſtance of Obedience and Calmneſs, he might fee the reſolution of the People to cleaveunto their King ; and the vanity of his Attemprs to ſeduce themto a defeQion from him. |
27 Then came Eligkim the ſon of Hilkiah, which was over the houſhold, and Shebna the ſcribe, and Joah the fon of Aſaph the recorder, to Hezekiah * with heir
clothes rent, and told him the words of Rabſhakeh. C HATE LIL
Bezckiah acquainteth Iſaiah the Prophxct with the Blaſphemies of Rabſbakeh : he promiſeth deliverance from the Lord, 1 7. Sennacherib u forced 30 march againſt the Moors : ſendeth blaſphemas Litters to Hezekiah, 8 13. His Prayer, 14 19. 1{#iah prophecieth :he Deſtruttion of Sennachcrib and good of Z:on, 20 34. The ſame night an Angel Loyuth the Aſſyrians ; Sennacherib is murdered at Nineveh by his own
of, Tomo 2,
ND * it LL to paſs, when king Hezekiah heard zt, £4 that he rent his clothes, and covered himſelf wich lackcloth, and went into the houſe of the LORD.
2 And heſent Eliakim, which was over the houſhold, and Shebna the ſcribe, and the elders of the prieſts covered with ſackcloth, to* Ifaiahthe propher, the fon
Amos:
3 And they ſaid unto him, Thus faith Hezekiat, This day is a day of trouble, and of rebuke a, and || blaſphe- my : for the children are cometo the birth, and there is not ſtrength to bring forth 6. |
aEither, i. From God, wherein God rebukes and chaſtens us ſorc- ly. Orrather, 2. From the 4ſjrian, who reviles and Reproacheth us : for tis buſineſs hereis to complain, nor of God, but ofthe 4ſhrian.
E are like a poor Travelling Woman in great Extremity, and Wving no ſtrength left to help her ſelf, and to bring forth her Pac into the World. - We have attempted to deliver our ſelves
KINGS |
| Of the Spirit of jealouſie, Numb. 5. 14.
fromthe Aſjrian Yoke ; and had carried on that work to ſome ma«» rurity, and as we thought, . brought ir to the Birth ; but nov we have no might to finiſh, ui-lefs thou 2ffift us. Ve have begun an happy Reformarion, and arg hindred by rhisinſolenc 4ſjria:, from bringing, it to perfeion, See 2 Chrn. 32, 1... - ,, | |
4 It may be c the LORD thy God 4 will heareall the words of Rabſhakeh, ;,whom the: king of. Aſyria his malter hath ſent to reproach che living God, atid will reprove the words f which the LORD thy God hath heard : wherefore lifc up «by prayer forthe remnant g : : that are | lefr. "IT IITE, | | | t Hebg
c He ſpeaks doubtfully, becauſe he knew not whether God would 19-#4- not delver them all up into the Aſſyrians hand, as he, and his People deſerved. Buttfometimes this is not a word of doubr, bur of yood hope ; as Num), 22.33. Joſb. 14.132. d To whom thou arc dear and precious. He fairh-not our Goa, becauſe he feenied tohave forſaken and rejeSted them ; and rhey, by their Deſignshad forfeited all their intere{t jn him. ez. e. Will ſhew by his'A@ions, that he hath heard them with juſt indignation. f Or rather, -wil repzove him, ( an Elliptis of the Pronouns, which 1s frequent in the Hebrew Tongue ) forthe wor4s, as the Syriack, and Arabite, and C4ldee render. it. g This he mentions as an Argument, to-ſtir up 1/aiah to pray, and to move Gods Compaſſion towards them ; That they were but a ſmall Remnanteither of Gods People, of whom Ten Tribes were now loſt : or of the Kingdom of Judah, which had ben greatly: waſted and depopulated in the days of 4baz ; and now lately by this Aſſyrian, v. 13.
5 So the ſervants of king Hezekiah came to Iſaiah.
6 T Andlfaiah faid untothem, Thus ſhall ye ſay to y our maſter, Thus ſaith the LORD, Be not afraid of the words which chou haſt heard, with which the ſervants of the king of Aſſyria have blaſphemed me.
7 Behold, I will ſend a blaſt upon him h, and he ſhall hear a rumour, and ſhall return to his own land, and I will cauſe him to fall by the ſword in his own land.