ALLIANCE WITH BABYLON DENOUNCED Conclusion of the historical appendix. The chapter belongs to the period when Merodach-Baladan of Babylon was making efforts to bring the various peoples of W. Asia into alliance against the common enemy, the king of Assyria (at this time Sargon, Isaiah 20:1). The arr... [ Continue Reading ]
THY SONS] fulfilled in the captivity of Manasseh (2 Chronicles 33:11), and later in the fate of Jehoiachin (2 Kings 25:27).... [ Continue Reading ]
TRUTH] i.e. stability (Jeremiah 14:13). With words of pious resignation Hezekiah acquiesces in thé will of Jehovah (cp. 1 Samuel 3:18), then in the words that follow—FOR THERE SHALL BE PEACE, etc.—he expresses his thankfulness that the punishment has been postponed. The prediction of the captivity o... [ Continue Reading ]