Bible Commentary

But if thou say to me, We trust in the LORD our God: [is it] not he, whose high places and whose altars Hezekiah hath taken away, and said to Judah and to Jerusalem, Ye shall worship before this altar? 7. Not only is Hezekiah destitute of earthly help, but he has forfeited the protection … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Isaiah 36:7”

Lo, thou trustest in the staff of this broken reed, on Egypt; whereon if a man lean, it will go into his hand, and pierce it: so [is] Pharaoh king of Egypt to all that trust in him. 6. the staff of this broken reed ] For the idea, cf. ch. Isa 30:1-5; for the … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Isaiah 36:6”

I say, [sayest thou], (but [they are but] vain words) [I have] counsel and strength for war: now on whom dost thou trust, that thou rebellest against me? 5. I say, sayest thou, ( but they are but vain words) & c. ] Rather (as Cheyne and others) Thinkest thou that a mere word of … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Isaiah 36:5”

And Rab-shakeh said unto them, Say ye now to Hezekiah, Thus saith the great king, the king of Assyria, What confidence [is] this wherein thou trustest? 4 10. The speech of the Rabshakeh, dealing with the two motives which might be supposed to have induced Hezekiah to rebel: (1) his reliance on the help of … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Isaiah 36:4”

Then came forth unto him Eliakim, Hilkiah’s son, which was over the house, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah, Asaph’s son, the recorder. 3. The words “and they called the king” in 2Ki 18:18 are omitted. which was over the house ] See ch. Isa 22:15. It will be seen that in accordance with ch. … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Isaiah 36:3”

And the king of Assyria sent Rab-shakeh from Lachish to Jerusalem unto king Hezekiah with a great army. And he stood by the conduit of the upper pool in the highway of the fuller’s field. 2. Rabshakeh is not a proper name, but an official designation, like the Tartan (see ch. Isa 20:1) and the … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Isaiah 36:2”

Now it came to pass in the fourteenth year of king Hezekiah, [that] Sennacherib king of Assyria came up against all the defensed cities of Judah, and took them. 1. (Cf. 2Ki 18:13) in the fourteenth year ] The year of Sennacherib’s expedition was beyond question 701 b.c. If this was really the fourteenth year … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Isaiah 36:1”

And the ransomed of the LORD shall return, and come to Zion with songs and everlasting joy upon their heads: they shall obtain joy and gladness, and sorrow and sighing shall flee away. 10. The verse is found verbatim in ch. Isa 51:11. Cf. also Isa 51:3, Isa 61:7. everlasting joy shall be upon their … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Isaiah 35:10”

No lion shall be there, nor [any] ravenous beast shall go up thereon, it shall not be found there; but the redeemed shall walk [there]: 9. the redeemed ] cf. ch. Isa 51:10, Isa 62:12, Isa 63:4. Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges No lion shall be there – Lions abounded in all … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Isaiah 35:9”

And a highway shall be there, and a way, and it shall be called The way of holiness; the unclean shall not pass over it; but it [shall be] for those: the wayfaring men, though fools, shall not err [therein]. 8. The words and a way are superfluous, and may have originated through dittography. but … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Isaiah 35:8”