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Isaiah 36:16-17
The *Assyrians pretend to offer plenty of good food and a comfortable life. But of course it would be far away in a foreign country.
The *Assyrians pretend to offer plenty of good food and a comfortable life. But of course it would be far away in a foreign country.
Verse Isaiah 36:16. _MAKE AN AGREEMENT_] ברכה _berachah, make a blessing with_ _me_; i.e., Give me a ransom for the city, and I will not destroy it; give me the yearly tribute thou hast promised....
HEARKEN NOT TO HEZEKIAH - Do not listen to his entreaties to confide in him, and in Yahweh; do not unite with him in endeavoring to make any resistance or opposition to us. MAKE AN AGREEMENT WITH ME B...
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...
EVERY ONE. man, as in Isaiah 36:6....
_Make_an agreement _with me_by _a present_ R.V. MAKE PEACE WITH ME. Lit. "Make to me a blessing" (see R.V. marg.). The expression does not occur elsewhere, and its exact sense is doubtful. Probably "m...
The Rabshakeh's appeal to the people....
MAKE AN AGREEMENT WITH ME.— _Make peace with me._ Vitringa. The full meaning of the next phrase, _come out to me,_ is, _rejoice in your liberty._ He invites the people, now shut up through fear within...
2. PROPOSITION TEXT: Isaiah 36:13-20 13 Then Rabshakeh stood, and cried with a loud voice in the Jews-' language, and said, Hear ye the words of the great king, the king of Assyria. 14 Thus saith...
Hearken not to Hezekiah: for thus saith the king of Assyria, Make an agreement with me by a present, and come out to me: and eat ye every one of his vine, and every one of his fig tree, and drink ye...
36:16 peace (a-13) Lit. 'blessing,' as 2 Kings 18:31 . cistern; (b-43) Or 'well.'...
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...
NEITHER LET HEZEKIAH MAKE YOU TRUST IN THE LORD... — Rabshakeh had apparently heard from spies or deserters of Hezekiah’s speech to his people (2 Chronicles 32:7). In contrast with what he derides as...
אַֽל ־תִּשְׁמְע֖וּ אֶל ־חִזְקִיָּ֑הוּ ס כִּי֩ כֹ֨ה...
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...
Hearken not to Hezekiah: for thus saith the king of Assyria, Make (l) [an agreement] with me [by] a present, and come out to me: and eat ye every one of his vine, and every one of his fig tree, and dr...
16._Do not listen to Hezekiah. _While he labors to turn away the hearts of the people from Hezekiah, he at the same time invites them to pleasures, that they may forget God and not expect anything fro...
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:...
HEARKEN NOT TO HEZEKIAH,.... To his exhortations and persuasions to trust in the Lord; nor would he have them obey him in things civil, any more than hearken to him in things sacred, though their lieg...
_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...
Hearken not to Hezekiah; for thus saith the king of Assyria, Make an agreement with me by a present, that is, Enter into a relation of mutual congratulations with me, the reference being to a surrende...
Rahshakeh's Efforts to bring about Revolt...
MAKE AN AGREEMENT WITH ME BY A PRESENT: Or, seek my favour by a present. _Heb._ make with me a blessing...
No text from Poole on this verse....
Isaiah 36:16 listen H8085 (H8799) Hezekiah H2396 says H559 (H8804) king H4428 Assyria H804 Make H6213 ...
“Do not listen to Hezekiah. For thus says the king of Assyria.” The contrast is again drawn out. On the one hand this nonentity Hezekiah, on the other the king of Assyria. Whose word are they going t...
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...
_Hear ye the words of the great king_ THE BLAND INSINUATIONS OF THE ENEMIES OF GOD’S PEOPLE When Satan would tempt men from trusting in God and cleaving to Him, he doth it by insinuating that in yiel...
_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 4:20; 1 Kings 4:25; 1 Samuel 11:3; 1 Samuel 25:27; 2 C