And they said unto him, Thus saith Hezekiah, This day [is] a day of trouble, and of rebuke, and blasphemy: for the children are come to (b) the birth, and [there is] not strength to bring forth.
(b) The dangers are so great, that we can neither avenge this blasphemy, or help ourselves any more than a woman in labour.
Verse 2 Kings 19:3. _THE CHILDREN ARE COME TO THE BIRTH_] The Jewish state is here represented under the emblem of a woman in travail, who has been so long in the pangs of parturition, that her streng...
The “trouble” consisted in rebuke” (rather, “chastisement,”) for sins at the hand of God, and “blasphemy” (rather, “reproach,”) at the hands of man. THE CHILDREN ... - i. e., “we are in a fearful ext...
2. HEZEKIAH AND ISAIAH AND THE DELIVERANCE CHAPTER 19 _ 1. Hezekiah's message to Isaiah (2 Kings 19:1)_ 2. Isaiah's answer. (2 Kings 19:6) 3. Sennacherib's message to Hezekiah (2 Kings 19:8;...
2 KINGS 19:2. UNTO ISAIAH: from the Book of Isaiah we learn that the prophet had steadily opposed Hezekiah's intrigues against Assyria. SHELNA: Isaiah 22:15 *. 2 Kings 19:9. Ethiopia was the country S...
CHILDREN. sons....
_This day_is _a day of trouble, and of rebuke, and of blasphemy_ R.V. CONTUMELY. The words refer to the condition of Hezekiah and his people. First they are in great anguish, kept in and surrounded by...
_HEZEKIAH, MOURNING, SENDETH TO ISAIAH TO PRAY FOR HIM; HE COMFORTETH HIM: SENNACHERIB SENDETH A BLASPHEMOUS LETTER TO HEZEKIAH; HEZEKIAH'S PRAYER. AN ANGEL SLAYETH THE ASSYRIANS: SENNACHERIB IS SLAIN...
B. SENNACHERIB'S INITIAL SURRENDER DEMANDS 18:17-19:7 The Assyrian king was not satisfied with the tribute paid by Hezekiah. He wanted nothing less than the total surrender of Jerusalem. While he hims...
_AND THEY SAID UNTO HIM, THUS SAITH HEZEKIAH, THIS DAY IS A DAY OF TROUBLE, AND OF REBUKE, AND BLASPHEMY: FOR THE CHILDREN ARE COME TO THE BIRTH, AND THERE IS NOT STRENGTH TO BRING FORTH._ The childr...
19:3 reviling; (a-21) Or 'rejection.'...
THE DELIVERANCE OF JERUSALEM 2. Isaiah the prophet] This is the first mention of Isaiah in this book, but his own writings show that he had been an active teacher and statesman not only during the ear...
BLASPHEMY] RV 'contumely': such as the nation was experiencing at the hands of the invader. THE CHILDREN.. BRING FORTH] a figure for powerlessness in the time of peril....
THE LAST KINGS OF *ISRAEL AND *JUDAH BOOK OF 2 KINGS _PHILIP SMITH_ CHAPTER 19 ISAIAH THE *PROPHET V1 When King Hezekiah heard that, he tore his clothes. He dressed himself in rough cloth and h...
REBUKE. — Rather, _chastisement_ (Hosea 5:9). The verb means _to give judgment, punish,_ &c. It occurs in the next verse, “will reprove the words,” or rather, _punish for the words._ BLASPHEMY. — Comp...
וַ יֹּאמְר֣וּ אֵלָ֗יו כֹּ֚ה אָמַ֣ר חִזְקִיָּ֔הוּ...
THE GREAT DELIVERANCE B.C. 701 2 Kings 19:1 "There brake He the arrows of the bow, the shield, the sword, and the battle." - Psalms 76:3. "And the might of the Gentile, unsmote by the sword Hath...
HEZEKIAH AND ASSYRIA B.C. 701 2 Kings 18:13; 2 Kings 19:1 "When, sudden-how think ye the end? Did I say ‘without friend'? Say rather from marge to blue marge The whole sky grew his targe, With...
FACING THE ENEMY'S THREATENINGS 2 Kings 19:1 That bowed form of Hezekiah before the altar of God, while his servants and elders were conferring with Isaiah, is a beautiful emblem of the true way of m...
In the presence of the undoubted peril, Hezekiah in penitence turned to his old and trusted friend, the prophet Isaiah, and charged him to pray for that remnant of God's people which still remained. H...
Blasphemy. The enemy insults over us (Calmet) and over God. (Haydock) --- Birth. Hebrew, "the mouth of the womb." (Vatable) --- This comparison shews the utmost distress to which the people of Jerusal...
Nothing can be more interesting than this view of Hezekiah and his court. He sends his servants to seek an interest in the prayers of the prophet. But he goes himself to the Lord. Ministers, faithful...
"And he sent Eliakim, which was over the household, and Shebna the scribe, and the elders of the priests covered with sackcloth to Isaiah the prophet, the son of Amoz" (2 Kings 19:1-37). He goes to Je...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 18 AND 19. Chapter 18 brings us to a rather different subject, namely, the relations of Judah with the Assyrian, who had become their oppressor through their...
2 Kings 19:1...
And they said unto him, Thus saith Hezekiah, This day [is] a day of trouble, and of rebuke, and blasphemy: for the children are come to the birth, and [there is] not strength to bring forth. Ver. 3....
_This is a day of rebuke and blasphemy_ From the Assyrian, who reviles and reproaches us. _For the children_, &c. We are like a poor travailing woman in great extremity, having no strength left to hel...
1 Hezekiah mourning, sendeth to Esay to pray for them. 6 Esay comforteth them. 8 Sennacherib going to encounter Tirhakah, sendeth a blasphemous letter to Hezekiah. 14 Hezekiah his prayer. 20 Esay...
THE MOURNING OF HEZEKIAH AND THE ARROGANCE OF THE ASSYRIAN KING...
And they said unto him, Thus saith Hezekiah, This day is a day of trouble and of rebuke and blasphemy, of rejection of the people on the part of God; FOR THE CHILDREN ARE COME TO THE BIRTH, AND THERE...
GOD'S ANSWER THROUGH ISAIAH (vv.1-7) Hezekiah, when he heard the report, showed the same humble attitude as his three servants had. He tore his cloches and put on sackcloth, the symbol of repentanc...
BLASPHEMY: Or, provocation...
1-7 Hezekiah discovered deep concern at the dishonour done to God by Rabshakeh's blasphemy. Those who speak from God to us, we should in a particular manner desire to speak to God for us. The great P...
A DAY OF TROUBLE AND OF REBUKE; either, 1. From God, wherein God rebukes and chastens us sorely. Or rather, 2. From the Assyrian, who reviles and reproacheth us; for his business here is to complain,...
2 Kings 19:3 said H559 (H8799) says H559 (H8804) Hezekiah H2396 day H3117 day H3117 trouble H6869 rebuke...
KING HEZEKIAH SENDS HIS REPRESENTATIVES TO ISAIAH THE PROPHET AND RECEIVES A COMFORTING REPLY (2 KINGS 19:2). In his anguish King Hezekiah sent a message to Isaiah via his representatives, asking what...
CONTENTS: Hezekiah's message to Isaiah and the answer. Sennacherib defies God. Hezekiah's prayer and the answer through Isaiah. CHARACTERS: God, angel (Jesus), Hezekiah, Isaiah, Sennacherib, Eliakim,...
2 Kings 19:7. _I will send a blast,_ not the simoon or hot wind, very sulphurous and destructive, as in Berosus, but the immediate visitation of an angel, as when the firstborn of the Egyptians were a...
_And it came to pass when King Hezekiah heard it, he rent his clothes._ A NATION’S CALAMITIES, COUNSELLOR, AND GOD I. The exposure of a nation to an overwhelming calamity. 1. The nature of the thre...
2 KINGS—NOTE ON 2 KINGS 19:3 THERE IS NO STRENGTH. It is a day of great humiliation and powerlessness. The only hope for this REMNANT is that the Lord, who is truly THE LIVING GOD
JERUSALEM SUPERNATURALLY DELIVERED CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES.— 2 Kings 19:2. SENT TO THE PROPHET ISAIAH—The prophet, in that Jewish age, was regarded as the messenger and representative of Jehov...
EXPOSITION 2 KINGS 19:1 SECOND EXPEDITION OF SENNACHERIB AGAINST HEZEKIAH (_continued_)._ _The chapter falls into four portions: (1) The sequel to the embassy of Rabshakeh ...
So it came to pass, when Hezekiah heard the words and the threats and the blasphemy, that he tore his clothes, covered himself with sackcloth, and went to the house of the LORD. And Eliakim, which was...
2 Kings 18:29; Hebrews 3:15; Hebrews 3:16; Hosea 13:13; Hosea 5:15;...
The children — We are like a poor travailing woman in great extremity, having no strength left to help herself, and to bring forth her infant into the world. We have attempted to deliver ourselves fro...