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They said to him, Thus says Hezekiah, This day is a day of trouble, and of rebuke, and of rejection; for the children are come to the birth, and there is not strength to bring forth.
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A Three-Dimensional Crisis
Hezekiah describes the situation as a day of "trouble, rebuke, and blasphemy." Commentators explain this isn't just about the Assyrian military threat. It includes a sense of divine chastisement for sin ("rebuke") and the dishonor done to God by the enemy's words ("blasphemy"). It was a crisis on military, spiritual, and theological levels.
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2 Kings
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18th Century
Presbyterian
The "trouble" consisted of "rebuke" (or rather, "chastisement") for sins at the hand of God, and "blasphemy" (or rather, "reproach") at the hands o…
19th Century
Anglican
Rebuke. — Rather, chastisement (Hosea 5:9). The verb means to give judgment, punish, etc. It occurs …
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
(See Gill on 2 Kings 19:1)
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Hezekiah expressed deep concern at the dishonor done to God by Rabshakeh's blasphemy. Those who speak from God to us—we should particularly desire …
