Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary
Isaiah 36:10
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Verse Isaiah 36:10. _AM I NOW COME UP WITHOUT THE LORD_] Probably some apostate Israelitish priest might have encouraged the king of Assyria by telling him that JEHOVAH had given him a commission agai...
AND AM I NOW COME UP WITHOUT THE LORD - Am I come up without his permission or command? Rabshakeh here speaks in the name of his master; and he means to say that he had the express command of Yahweh t...
THE HISTORICAL PARENTHESIS (36-39) The center of the book of Isaiah is a brief but deeply interesting historical account of events during the reign of King Hezekiah. His name is mentioned not less tha...
ISAIAH 36-39. This section has been extracted from 2 Kings 18:13 to 2 Kings 20:19, and the Song of Hezekiah has been added. For an exposition see the notes on 2 K.; here we have simply to deal with th...
AM. COME UP. As foretold twenty-eight years before (Isaiah 10:6). If Rabshakeh knew of this, it shows the falsehood of "half the truth"....
The speech of the Rabshakeh, dealing with the two motives which might be supposed to have induced Hezekiah to rebel: (1) his reliance on the help of Egypt (Isaiah 36:6), and (2) his religious confiden...
That the Assyrian should represent himself as commissioned by Jehovah to avenge the desecration of his sanctuaries is not by any means incredible. A precisely similar sentiment is put into the mouth o...
AND AM I NOW COME UP WITHOUT THE LORD— It is plain from the seventh verse, that Rabshakeh, by _the Lord,_ meant that god whom himself or his master the king of Assyria adored, and not the Jehovah of t...
VI. CHASTENING THROUGH CAPTIVITY Chapter S 36-39 A. PRESSURE, CHAPTER 36 1. PREDICAMENT TEXT: Isaiah 36:1-12 1 Now it came to pass in the fourteenth year of king Hezekiah, that Sennacherib, king o...
And am I now come up without the LORD against this land to destroy it? the LORD said unto me, Go up against this land, and destroy it. AM I NOW COME UP WITHOUT THE LORD AGAINST THIS LAND? - a boast...
1. IN THE FOURTEENTH YEAR] The chronology is difficult. From Isaiah 38:1; Isaiah 39:1 we might conclude that Hezekiah's sickness and the Babylonian embassy followed Sennacherib's invasion, whereas Isa...
ISAIAH: GOD CONTROLS THE NATIONS GOD DEFENDS *JERUSALEM ISAIAH CHAPTER S 31 TO 39 _NORMAN HILLYER_ CHAPTER 36 THE *ASSYRIANS ATTACK JUDAH V1 Hezekiah had been king of Judah for nearly 14 years...
But the *Rabshakeh does not understand the God whom Hezekiah trusts. People from other nations would make an *idol out of wood, silver or gold. They would consider that *idol to be their god. But the...
The *Rabshakeh continues to try to make the people’s trust in God weaker. Now he pretends that the *Lord himself has ordered the *Assyrian attack. THE *RABSHAKEH CONTINUES TO *THREATEN V11 Then Ele...
AM I NOW COME UP WITHOUT THE LORD... — The words may be simply an empty boast. Possibly, however, Isaiah’s teaching that it was Jehovah who brought the King of Assyria into Judah, and used him as an i...
וְ עַתָּה֙ הֲ מִ בַּלְעֲדֵ֣י יְהוָ֔ה עָלִ֛יתִ
BOOK 4 JERUSALEM AND SENNACHERIB 701 B.C. INTO this fourth book we put all the rest of the prophecies of the Book of Isaiah, that have to do with the prophet's own time: Chapter s 1, 22 and 33, wit...
This chapter is the first of four which constitute a brief historical interlude. All have to do with Hezekiah and Isaiah. The first two are related to the prophecies of judgment so far as they are of...
And am I now come up without the LORD against this land to destroy it? the LORD said to me, (i) Go up against this land, and destroy it. (i) Thus the wicked to deceive us, will pretend the Name of th...
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10._And now have I come up without Jehovah? _He now attacks Hezekiah in another manner, by telling him that it will serve no purpose to assemble his forces and to make other warlike preparations. For...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 36, 37, 38, AND 39. Chapter s 36-39 relate the history of the invasion of Sennacherib, its result, and the sickness unto death of Hezekiah, which preceded it:...
AND AM I NOW COME UP WITHOUT THE LORD AGAINST THIS LAND TO DESTROY IT?.... He would insinuate that he had a commission from the Lord God, and that it was by his will and order that he came up to destr...
_A.M. 3292. B.C. 712._ In this and the three following Chapter s is contained the historical part of the book of Isaiah, relating a memorable transaction, strongly confirmative of the divine mission...
And am I now come up without the Lord against this land to destroy it? This argument was intended to be particularly effective in breaking down the _ morale_ of the Jews. THE LORD SAID UNTO ME, GO UP...
THE ASSYRIANS THREATEN JERUSALEM. The three Chapter s now following form the historical appendix to the first part of the book of the prophet Isaiah, serving chiefly to make the prophecies concerning...
Isaiah 36:10 up H5927 (H8804) without H1107 LORD H3068 land H776 destroy H7843 (H8687) LORD H3068 said...
“And am I now come up without Yahweh against this land to destroy it? It was Yahweh himself who said to me, Go up against this land and destroy it.” But what about trusting in Yahweh? Let them now con...
CONTENTS: Sennacherib's invasion and Jehovah's deliverance. The threats of Rabshakeh. CHARACTERS: God, Sennacherib, Rabskakeh, Hezekiah, Eliakim, Shebnab, Joab, Pharaoh. CONCLUSION: The enemies of G...
Isaiah 36:1. _In the fourteenth year of Hezekiah,_ Sennacherib came up against all the cities of Judah. This history is related in 2 Chronicles 32., with notes and comments: but it was proper for Isai...
_Rabshakeh said unto them_ WAR ORATORS We have a class of speakers in this country who are silent on all great social and cosmopolitan topics, but make themselves heard and felt the moment any matte...
PART II. HISTORICAL SKETCH OF EVENTS IN THE REIGN OF HEZEKIAH (CH. 36-39.). SECTION I. SENNACHERIB'S ATTEMPTS TO REDUCE JUDAEA, AND HIS OVERTHR
Shall we turn to Isaiah chapter 36. Last week as we completed the thirty-fifth chapter of the book of Isaiah, of course, we got into those glorious prophecies of the future Kingdom Age when Jesus Chri...
1 Kings 13:18; 2 Chronicles 35:21; 2 Kings 18:25; Amos 3:6; Isaiah