hþ Heb. a wind, a Storm or Tempeſt, by which name God's Judgments are ofr called ; 7z.e. a violent, and ſudden, and terrible Stroke ; namely, That miraculous Deſtruftion of his Army, . of which, v. 35. Although the place may be rendred thus, 1wil put s Spirit within him, ſo that he ball hear @ rumour, and returi, &c. For by Spirit, is many times underſtood an Imagination, or Inclination, or Affettion; in which ſenſe we read of the Spirit of feary 2Tim. 1.7. Of the Spirit of ſlumber, Rom.. 11, 8. Or,. 4 Spirit againſt ( for ſo the Hebrew Prepoſition Beth is ofc ufed, as hath been noted before ) him; Of whom this Word is elfewhere uſed, as Judg. 9. 23. 1 Sam. 16. 14, 23. 1 Kings 22, 23.48 it is alſo given to Man's Soul, Job 12. 10. Ecclef. 12. 7. which is a Spiritual ſubſtance, as the Angels are. And this Intarpretation , ſeems moſt agreeable ro the deſign of this Verſe, which is in brief to repreſent all the Judgments of God which were to befall him, and which are related in the following Hiſtory ; and therefore all the other Particulars being contained in the following Branches of this Verſe ; the tidings of Tirhakab,v.g. in theſe words, he ſha# hear @ rumour 3 his an his own Land, and being ſlain there; v. 36. 37. in the next words, it ſcerns moſt probable, That the chiefeſft of all the Judgments, to wit, the DeſtruQion of 185 thouſand Souldiers in one night, v. 35. is not omitted here, bur expreſſed in the firſt branch of the Verſe; and the Spirit herejs the ſame thing, which is there caleld an Age; this latter Word being there uſes
tolimitand explain the former, which otherwiſe was of a doubtful ſignification. | | By |
8 © So Rabſhakeh returned 3, and found the king of Aſſyria warring againſt Libnah : for he had heard thac he was departed from Lachiſh &. | = S-—-
z; To the King, to give him an account of the Treaty, and to adviſe with him what was further ro be done ; leaving behind hint the Army under the other Commanders mentioned, Chap. 18. 17. as is moſt probable from the other threatning Meſſage here follow- ing ; which would have been very unſuitable, if his Siege had been raiſed. & Nor being able to take it. | BELLS TH bot
9 And when he heardſay of Tirhakah king of Ethio- pia /, Behold, he is come out to fight againit thee ; he {ent meſſengers again unto Hezekiah, ſaying, |
1 Heb. of Cuſb, 7. e. Firther, x. of Arabia, as that Word is moſt commonly meant ; of which ſee the notes, and eſpecially my Latin Synopſis, upon Numb. 12. 1, Or rather, 2. Of Ethiopia beyond Egypr. Nor was there any need, that he ſhould force his paſſage through Ezypt, which is objefted againſt this Opinion by a very Learned Man ; becaufe the Egyptians ( againſt whom this Sennacherib Warred, as Heathen Hiſtorians, Herodotus and Beroſus, relate ) and the Ethiopians were Confederates in this Expedition, as 7oſep/aw expreſly affirms ; who lived above 1600 Years nearer the time when this was done, than we ; angl therefore was more likely ro underſtand ir.
10 Thus ſhall ye ſpeak to Hezekiah king of Judah, ſaying, Ler not thy God in whom thou.truiteſt deceive thee, ſaying, Jeruſalem ſhall norbe delivered imo the hand of che king of Affyria.
11 Behold, thou haſt heard whac the kings of Aſſyria have done toall lands, by deſtroying them utcerly : and ſhale thou be delivered mw ?
m No certainly, never expett it : denial; as Gen. 18. 17. |
12 Have the gods of the nations delivered them which my fathers have deſtroyed ; as Gozin, and Haran, and Rezeph, and the children of Eden which were in The- lafar 2? - EE |
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14 © And Hezekiah received the letter of the hand of the meſſengers, and read it : and Hezekiah went up :nto the houſe of the LORD 9, and ſpread it before the LORD r. |
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17 Of a truth, LORD, the kings of Aſſyria have deſtroyed the nations, and their lands»
18 And have þ caſt their gods into the hire : for they ere no gods, but the work of mens hands, wood and ſtone 3: therefore they have deſtroyed then,
19 Now therefore, O' LORD our God, I beſeech thee ſave thou us out of his hand, rhat all the kingdoms of the earth may know that thou ar: the LORD God, even thou onely. |
20 © Then Ifaiah the ſon of Amoz ſent to Hezeki- ah, ſaying, Thus faich the LORD God of Iſrael, Thar which thou haft prayed to me againſt SennacheriÞ king of Affſſyria, I have heard 7.
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21 This i5the word thatthe LORD hath ſpoken con- cerning him, The virgin «, thedaughter of Zioa x hath deſpiſed thee, and laughed thee to ſcorn ; the daughter of Je:uſalem hath ſhaken her head at thee y.