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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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Albert Barnes
On 2 Kings 19:3
18th Century
Theologian
The "trouble" consisted of "rebuke" (or rather, "chastisement") for sins at the hand of God, and "blasphemy" (or rather, "reproach") at the hands o…
Charles Ellicott
On 2 Kings 19:3
19th Century
Bishop
Rebuke. — Rather, chastisement (Hosea 5:9). The verb means to give judgment, punish, etc. It occurs …
John Gill
On 2 Kings 19:3
17th Century
Pastor
(See Gill on 2 Kings 19:1)
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Matthew Henry
On 2 Kings 19:1–7
17th Century
Minister
Hezekiah expressed deep concern at the dishonor done to God by Rabshakeh's blasphemy. Those who speak from God to us���we should particularly desir…