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Yahweh has commanded concerning you, that no more descendants bear your name. Out of the house of your gods, will I cut off the engraved image and the molten image. I will make your grave, for you are vile.
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A Shockingly Specific Prophecy
Scholars overwhelmingly agree that this verse contains a precise prophecy about the Assyrian king Sennacherib. God declares, "I will make thy grave," and commentators point to the historical record in Isaiah 37:38, where Sennacherib was murdered by his own sons while worshipping in the temple of his god. The very place he sought security and credited for his power became the site of his demise, showcasing God's sovereign and ironic justice.
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Nahum
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18th Century
Presbyterian
And the Lord has given a commandment concerning you, O Assyrian. In the words “I have afflicted thee,” the land of Israel is addres…
19th Century
Anglican
The first revelation of God’s judgment, by the awful overthrow of Sennacherib’s invading army in the reign of Hezekiah.
16th Century
Protestant
Nahum explains more clearly, and without figurative language, what he had previously said of darkness: that the kingdom of Nineveh would be so over…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And the Lord has given a commandment concerning you This is directed to Sennacherib king of Assyria, as the Targum e…
There is a great deal plotted against the Lord by the gates of hell, and against his kingdom in the world, but it will prove to be in vain. With so…
