‘Did you not hear long ago How I made it, From ancient times that I formed it? Now I have brought it to pass, That you should be For crushing fortified cities into heaps of ruins.

Commentaries

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Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes

AlbertBarnes

18th Century
Presbyterian
18th Century

Have you not heard long ago ... - Rather, Have you not heard that from long ago I did this, from ancient times I fashioned it? etc.

Charles Ellicott

Charles Ellicott

CharlesEllicott

19th Century
Anglican
19th Century

Have you not heard ...?Have you not heard? In the far past I made it; in days of old I fashioned it; now I…

John Gill

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century
Reformed Baptist
17th Century

(See Gill on 2 Kings 19:1)

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry

MatthewHenry

17th Century
Presbyterian
17th Century

All Sennacherib's movements were under Divine cognizance. God Himself undertakes to defend the city; and that person, that place, which He undertak…