Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes
Isaiah 36:12
speak these words. See App-67.
sit upon the wall. maintain their posts: i.e. till reduced to these extremities.
speak these words. See App-67.
sit upon the wall. maintain their posts: i.e. till reduced to these extremities.
Verse Isaiah 36:12. _THAT THEY MAY EAT THEIR OWN DUNG_ - "Destined to eat their own dung"] לאכל _leechol, that they may eat_, as our translation literally renders it. But the _Syriac_ reads מאכל _mee...
HATH MY MASTER SENT ME TO THY MASTER AND TO THEE? - To Hezekiah, and to you alone. A part of my purpose is to address the people, to induce them to leave Hezekiah, and to offer no resistance to the As...
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...
_that_they _may eat_ Note the contrast in Isaiah 36:16. The clause, therefore, expresses not the desire or purpose of the king of Assyria, but the effect of submitting to Hezekiah's insane policy....
The Judæan ministers, fearing the effect of these threats on the people, implore the Rabshakeh to speak to them in Aramaic; but the astute diplomatist immediately perceives his advantage, and sets him...
BUT RABSHAKEH SAID, &C.— This verse would be clearer, if read thus, _Hath thy master sent me to my master and to thee_ [only] _to speak these words? Hath he not sent me also to the men who sit upon th...
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...
But Rabshakeh said, Hath my master sent me to thy master and to thee to speak these words? hath he not sent me to the men that sit upon the wall, that they may eat their own dung, and drink their own...
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...
The *Rabshakeh now *threatens to cause terrible hunger. This is another effort to make people’s trust in God even weaker. ‘DO NOT TRUST HEZEKIAH!’ V13 Then the *Rabshakeh stood up. He shouted loudly...
HATH HE NOT SENT ME TO THE MEN THAT SIT UPON THE WALL...? — The words, which in their brutal coarseness have hardly a parallel in history, till we come to Bismarck’s telling the Parisians that they ma...
וַ יֹּ֣אמֶר רַב־שָׁקֵ֗ה הַ אֶ֨ל אֲדֹנֶ֤יךָ וְ
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...
12._And Rabshakeh said. _Hence we see the fierceness and insolence of the enemy, and hence also it is evident that Hezekiah’s kingdom was on the brink of ruin; for here Rabshakeh speaks like a conquer...
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:...
BUT RABSHAKEH SAID, HATH MY MASTER SENT ME TO THY MASTER, AND TO THEE, TO SPEAK THESE WORDS?.... That is, to them only, that he should use a language only understood by them: HATH HE NOT SENT ME TO T...
_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...
But Rabshakeh said, Hath my master sent me to thy master and to thee to speak these words, on a secret mission ? HATH HE NOT SENT ME TO THE MEN THAT SIT UPON THE WALL, THAT THEY MAY EAT THEIR OWN DUNG...
Rahshakeh's Efforts to bring about Revolt...
No text from Poole on this verse....
Isaiah 36:12 Rabshakeh H7262 said H559 (H8799) master H113 sent H7971 (H8804) master H113 speak H1696 ...
‘But the Rabshakeh said, “Has my master sent me to your master and to you to speak these words? Has he not sent me to the men who sit on the wall, those who will shortly eat their own excrement and dr...
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...
2 Kings 18:27; 2 Kings 6:25; Deuteronomy 28:53; Ezekiel 4:16;...