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neither let Hezekiah make you trust in Yahweh, saying, Yahweh will surely deliver us; this city shall not be given into the hand of the king of Assyria.
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The First Line of Attack
Commentators observe that the Assyrian commander's primary strategy was spiritual, not military. He knew he could not defeat Jerusalem as long as the people trusted in the Lord. Scholars explain that the enemy's first and most feared tactic is to undermine the faith of God's people before any other assault.
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Isaiah
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Make you trust in the Lord - Rabshakeh knew that Hezekiah was professedly devoted to Yahweh, and that he would endeavor to induce the people…
19th Century
Anglican
Neither let Hezekiah make you trust in the Lord ... —Rabshakeh had apparently heard from spies or deserters of Hezekiah’s…
16th Century
Protestant
And let not Hezekiah make you trust in Jehovah. He quotes the exhortation by which Hezekiah encouraged the people and speaks lightly of it…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Neither let Hezekiah make you trust in the Lord Hezekiah trusted in the Lord himself, and he endeavoured, both by his own…
13th Century
Catholic
And it came to pass in the fourteenth year. Here the author recounts, as a historical account, the destruction of the A…
