MODERN RABSHAKEHS, AND THEIR ATTEMPTS TO TERRIFY GOD’S PEOPLE INTO A HUMBLE SURRENDER Isaiah 36:4. _What confidence is this wherein thou trustest?_ Sennacherib is surprised at the attitude of resistance taken by Hezekiah, and sends an embassy to dissuade him from his mad project. When they appear o... [ Continue Reading ]
IN WHOM ART THOU TRUSTING? Isaiah 36:5.… _Now on whom dost thou trust?_ The question is important in ordinary life, but it is overwhelmingly so in spiritual things. I. A LITTTE BUNDLE OF ANSWERS. 1. “I do not know that I have thought about the matter; I have left the matter of dying, and of eterni... [ Continue Reading ]
HEZEKIAH’S PRUDENT SILENCE Isaiah 36:21. _But they held their peace, &c._ Dr. Geikie says of Hezekiah, “Ready for war when necessary, and alike brave and skilful in its conduct, he was more inclined to the gentle arts of peace.” Among these “gentle arts” should be reckoned his cultivated gift of pr... [ Continue Reading ]