By thy servants hast thou reproached the Lord, and hast said, By the multitude of my chariots am I come up to the height of the mountains, to the sides of Lebanon; and I will cut down the tall cedars thereof, and the choice fir trees thereof: and I will enter into the height of his border, and the forest of his Carmel.
Commentaries
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By your servants - Hebrew, ‘By the hand of your servants.’ That is, by Rabshakeh (Isaiah 36:0), and by those w…
Charles Ellicott
CharlesEllicott
By the multitude of my chariots. —The words refer apparently to the taunt of Isaiah 36:8. The inscriptions of the Assyrian king ar…
John Calvin
JohnCalvin
By the hand of your servants. This also heightens the baseness and cruelty of the insult, for it is harder to bear reproaches from a serva…
John Gill
JohnGill
By your servants have you reproached the Lord
Particularly by Rabshakeh, and the other two that were with him, who, …
Thomas Aquinas
ThomasAquinas
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And it came to pass, when King Hezekiah had heard it. In this part, the author shows how Hezekiah fought against the blasphemies…
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