SENNACHERIB'S INVASION; BLASPHEMOUS SOLICITATIONS; HEZEKIAH IS TOLD OF THEM. (Isa. 36:1-22) fourteenth--the third of Sennacherib's reign. His ultimate object was Egypt, Hezekiah's ally. Hence he, with the great body o…
1Aconteció en el año catorce del rey Ezequías, que Senaquerib rey de Asiria subió contra todas las ciudades fortificadas de Judá, y las tomó.
2Y el rey de Asiria envió al Rabsaces con un gran ejército desde Laquis a Jerusalén contra el rey Ezequías; y acampó junto al acueducto del estanque de arriba, en el camino de la heredad del Lavador.
3Y salió a él Eliaquim hijo de Hilcías, mayordomo, y Sebna, escriba, y Joa hijo de Asaf, canciller,
4a los cuales dijo el Rabsaces: Decid ahora a Ezequías: El gran rey, el rey de Asiria, dice así: ¿Qué confianza es esta en que te apoyas?
5Yo digo que el consejo y poderío para la guerra, de que tú hablas, no son más que palabras vacías. Ahora bien, ¿en quién confías para que te rebeles contra mí?
6He aquí que confías en este báculo de caña frágil, en Egipto, en el cual si alguien se apoyare, se le entrará por la mano, y la atravesará. Tal es Faraón rey de Egipto para con todos los que en él confían.
7Y si me decís: En Jehová nuestro Dios confiamos; ¿no es este aquel cuyos lugares altos y cuyos altares hizo quitar Ezequías, y dijo a Judá y a Jerusalén: Delante de este altar adoraréis?
8Ahora, pues, yo te ruego que des rehenes al rey de Asiria mi señor, y yo te daré dos mil caballos, si tú puedes dar jinetes que cabalguen sobre ellos.
9¿Cómo, pues, podrás resistir a un capitán, al menor de los siervos de mi señor, aunque estés confiado en Egipto con sus carros y su gente de a caballo?
10¿Acaso vine yo ahora a esta tierra para destruirla sin Jehová? Jehová me dijo: Sube a esta tierra y destrúyela.
11Entonces dijeron Eliaquim, Sebna y Joa al Rabsaces: Te rogamos que hables a tus siervos en arameo, porque nosotros lo entendemos; y no hables con nosotros en lengua de Judá, porque lo oye el pueblo que está sobre el muro.
12Y dijo el Rabsaces: ¿Acaso me envió mi señor a que dijese estas palabras a ti y a tu señor, y no a los hombres que están sobre el muro, expuestos a comer su estiércol y beber su orina con vosotros?
13Entonces el Rabsaces se puso en pie y gritó a gran voz en lengua de Judá, diciendo: Oíd las palabras del gran rey, el rey de Asiria.
14El rey dice así: No os engañe Ezequías, porque no os podrá librar.
15Ni os haga Ezequías confiar en Jehová, diciendo: Ciertamente Jehová nos librará; no será entregada esta ciudad en manos del rey de Asiria.
16No escuchéis a Ezequías, porque así dice el rey de Asiria: Haced conmigo paz, y salid a mí; y coma cada uno de su viña, y cada uno de su higuera, y beba cada cual las aguas de su pozo,
17hasta que yo venga y os lleve a una tierra como la vuestra, tierra de grano y de vino, tierra de pan y de viñas.
18Mirad que no os engañe Ezequías diciendo: Jehová nos librará. ¿Acaso libraron los dioses de las naciones cada uno su tierra de la mano del rey de Asiria?
19¿Dónde está el dios de Hamat y de Arfad? ¿Dónde está el dios de Sefarvaim? ¿Libraron a Samaria de mi mano?
20¿Qué dios hay entre los dioses de estas tierras que haya librado su tierra de mi mano, para que Jehová libre de mi mano a Jerusalén?
21Pero ellos callaron, y no le respondieron palabra; porque el rey así lo había mandado, diciendo: No le respondáis.
22Entonces Eliaquim hijo de Hilcías, mayordomo, y Sebna escriba, y Joa hijo de Asaf, canciller, vinieron a Ezequías, rasgados sus vestidos, y le contaron las palabras del Rabsaces.
JAMIESON-FAUSSET-BROWN BIBLE COMMENTARY
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I. Rab-shakeh--In Kg2 18:17, Tartan and Rab-saris are joined with him. Rab-shakeh was probably the c…
Rab-shakeh--In Kg2 18:17, Tartan and Rab-saris are joined with him. Rab-shakeh was probably the chief leader; Rab is a title of authority, "chief-cup-bearer."
Lachish--a frontier town southwest of Jerusalem, in Judah; represented as a great fortified city in a hilly and fruitful country in the Koyunjik bas-reliefs, now in the British Museum; also, its name is found on a slab over a figure of Sennacherib on his throne.
upper pool--the side on which the Assyrians would approach Jerusalem coming from the southwest (see on Isa 7:3).
II
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II. Eliakim--successor to Shebna, who had been "over the household," that is, chief minister of the k…
Eliakim--successor to Shebna, who had been "over the household," that is, chief minister of the king; in Isa 22:15-20, this was foretold.
scribe--secretary, recorder--literally, "one who reminds"; a remembrancer to keep the king informed on important facts, and to act as historiographer. In Kg2 18:18, the additional fact is given that the Assyrian envoys "called to the king," in consequence of which Eliakim, &c., "came out to them."
III
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III. great king--the usual title of the Persian and Assyrian kings, as they had many subordinate princ…
great king--the usual title of the Persian and Assyrian kings, as they had many subordinate princes or kings under them over provinces (Isa 10:8).
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IV. counsel--Egypt was famed for its wisdom.
counsel--Egypt was famed for its wisdom.
V
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V. It was a similar alliance with So (that is, Sabacho, or else Sevechus), the Ethiopian king of Egy…
It was a similar alliance with So (that is, Sabacho, or else Sevechus), the Ethiopian king of Egypt, which provoked the Assyrian to invade and destroy Israel, the northern kingdom, under Hoshea.
VI
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VI. The Assyrian mistakes Hezekiah's religious reforms whereby he took away the high places (Kg2 18:4…
The Assyrian mistakes Hezekiah's religious reforms whereby he took away the high places (Kg2 18:4) as directed against Jehovah. Some of the high places may have been dedicated to Jehovah, but worshipped under the form of an image in violation of the second commandment: the "brazen serpent," also (broken in pieces by Hezekiah, and called Nehushtan, "a piece of brass," because it was worshipped by Israel) was originally set up by God's command. Hence the Assyrian's allegation has a specious color: you cannot look for help from Jehovah, for your king has "taken away His altars."
to Jerusalem-- (Deu 12:5, Deu 12:11; Joh 4:20).
VII
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VII. give pledges--a taunting challenge. Only give the guarantee that you can supply as many as two th…
give pledges--a taunting challenge. Only give the guarantee that you can supply as many as two thousand riders, and I will give thee two thousand horses. But seeing that you have not even this small number (see on Isa 2:7), how can you stand against the hosts of Assyrian cavalry? The Jews tried to supply their weakness in this "arm" from Egypt (Isa 31:1).
VIII
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VIII. captain--a governor under a satrap; even he commands more horsemen than this.
captain--a governor under a satrap; even he commands more horsemen than this.
IX
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IX. A boastful inference from the past successes of Assyria, designed to influence the Jews to surren…
A boastful inference from the past successes of Assyria, designed to influence the Jews to surrender; their own principles bound them to yield to Jehovah's will. He may have heard from partisans in Judah what Isaiah had foretold (Isa 10:5-6).
X
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X. Syrian--rather, "Aramean": the language spoken north and east of Palestine, and understood by the…
Syrian--rather, "Aramean": the language spoken north and east of Palestine, and understood by the Assyrians as belonging to the same family of languages as their own: nearly akin to Hebrew also, though not intelligible to the multitude (compare Kg2 5:5-7). "Aram" means a "high land," and includes parts of Assyria as well as Syria.
Jews' language--The men of Judah since the disruption of Israel, claimed the Hebrew as their own peculiarly, as if they were now the only true representatives of the whole Hebrew twelve tribes.
ears of . . . people on . . . wall--The interview is within hearing distance of the city. The people crowd on the wall, curious to hear the Assyrian message. The Jewish rulers fear that it will terrify the people and therefore beg Rab-shakeh to speak Aramean.
XI
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XI. Is it to thy master and thee that I am sent? Nay, it is to the men on the wall, to let them know …
Is it to thy master and thee that I am sent? Nay, it is to the men on the wall, to let them know (so far am I from wishing them not to hear, as you would wish), that unless they surrender, they shall be reduced to the direst extremities of famine in the siege (Ch2 32:11, explains the word here), namely, to eat their own excrements: or, connecting, "that they may eat," &c., with "sit upon the wall"; who, as they hold the wall, are knowingly exposing themselves to the direst extremities [MAURER]. Isaiah, as a faithful historian, records the filthy and blasphemous language of the Assyrians to mark aright the true character of the attack on Jerusalem.
XII
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XII. Rab-shakeh speaks louder and plainer than ever to the men on the wall.
Rab-shakeh speaks louder and plainer than ever to the men on the wall.
XIII
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XIII. The foes of God's people cannot succeed against them, unless they can shake their trust in Him (c…
The foes of God's people cannot succeed against them, unless they can shake their trust in Him (compare Isa 36:10).
XIV
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XIV. agreement . . . by . . . present--rather, "make peace with me"; literally, "blessing" so called f…
agreement . . . by . . . present--rather, "make peace with me"; literally, "blessing" so called from the mutual congratulations attending the ratification of peace. So Chaldee. Or else, "Do homage to me" [HORSLEY].
come out--surrender to me; then you may remain in quiet possession of your lands till my return from Egypt, when I will lead you away to a land fruitful as your own. Rab-shakeh tries to soften, in the eyes of the Jews, the well-known Assyrian policy of weakening the vanquished by deporting them to other lands (Gen 47:21; Kg2 17:6).
XV
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XV. Hamath . . . Arphad--(See on Isa 10:9).
Hamath . . . Arphad--(See on Isa 10:9).
Sepharvaim--literally, "the two scribes"; now Sipphara, on the east of Euphrates, above Babylon. It was a just retribution (Pro 1:31; Jer 2:19). Israel worshipped the gods of Sepharvaim, and so colonists of Sepharvaim were planted in the land of Israel (thenceforth called Samaria) by the Assyrian conqueror (Kg2 17:24; compare Kg2 18:34).
Samaria--Shalmaneser began the siege against Hoshea, because of his conspiring with So of Egypt (Kg2 17:4). Sargon finished it; and, in his palace at Khorsabad, he has mentioned the number of Israelites carried captive--27,280 [G. V. SMITH].
16
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16. (Compare Isa 10:11; Ch2 32:19). Here he contradicts his own assertion (Isa 36:10), that he had "c…
(Compare Isa 10:11; Ch2 32:19). Here he contradicts his own assertion (Isa 36:10), that he had "come up against the land with the Lord." Liars need good memories. He classes Jehovah with the idols of the other lands; nay, thinks Him inferior in proportion as Judah, under His tutelage, was less than the lands under the tutelage of the idols.
17
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17. not a word--so as not to enter into a war of words with the blasphemer (Exo 14:14; Jde 1:9).
not a word--so as not to enter into a war of words with the blasphemer (Exo 14:14; Jde 1:9).
18
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18. clothes rent--in grief and horror at the blasphemy (Mat 26:65).
clothes rent--in grief and horror at the blasphemy (Mat 26:65).
Next: Isaiah Chapter 37
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Isaiah — Capítulo 36
SENNACHERIB'S INVASION; BLASPHEMOUS SOLICITATIONS; HEZEKIAH IS TOLD OF THEM. (Isa. 36:1-22) fourteenth--the third of Sennacherib's reign. His ultimate object was Egypt, Hezekiah's ally. Hence he, with the great body o…
Texto — Reina-Valera 1960
1Aconteció en el año catorce del rey Ezequías, que Senaquerib rey de Asiria subió contra todas las ciudades fortificadas de Judá, y las tomó.
2Y el rey de Asiria envió al Rabsaces con un gran ejército desde Laquis a Jerusalén contra el rey Ezequías; y acampó junto al acueducto del estanque de arriba, en el camino de la heredad del Lavador.
3Y salió a él Eliaquim hijo de Hilcías, mayordomo, y Sebna, escriba, y Joa hijo de Asaf, canciller,
4a los cuales dijo el Rabsaces: Decid ahora a Ezequías: El gran rey, el rey de Asiria, dice así: ¿Qué confianza es esta en que te apoyas?
5Yo digo que el consejo y poderío para la guerra, de que tú hablas, no son más que palabras vacías. Ahora bien, ¿en quién confías para que te rebeles contra mí?
6He aquí que confías en este báculo de caña frágil, en Egipto, en el cual si alguien se apoyare, se le entrará por la mano, y la atravesará. Tal es Faraón rey de Egipto para con todos los que en él confían.
7Y si me decís: En Jehová nuestro Dios confiamos; ¿no es este aquel cuyos lugares altos y cuyos altares hizo quitar Ezequías, y dijo a Judá y a Jerusalén: Delante de este altar adoraréis?
8Ahora, pues, yo te ruego que des rehenes al rey de Asiria mi señor, y yo te daré dos mil caballos, si tú puedes dar jinetes que cabalguen sobre ellos.
9¿Cómo, pues, podrás resistir a un capitán, al menor de los siervos de mi señor, aunque estés confiado en Egipto con sus carros y su gente de a caballo?
10¿Acaso vine yo ahora a esta tierra para destruirla sin Jehová? Jehová me dijo: Sube a esta tierra y destrúyela.
11Entonces dijeron Eliaquim, Sebna y Joa al Rabsaces: Te rogamos que hables a tus siervos en arameo, porque nosotros lo entendemos; y no hables con nosotros en lengua de Judá, porque lo oye el pueblo que está sobre el muro.
12Y dijo el Rabsaces: ¿Acaso me envió mi señor a que dijese estas palabras a ti y a tu señor, y no a los hombres que están sobre el muro, expuestos a comer su estiércol y beber su orina con vosotros?
13Entonces el Rabsaces se puso en pie y gritó a gran voz en lengua de Judá, diciendo: Oíd las palabras del gran rey, el rey de Asiria.
14El rey dice así: No os engañe Ezequías, porque no os podrá librar.
15Ni os haga Ezequías confiar en Jehová, diciendo: Ciertamente Jehová nos librará; no será entregada esta ciudad en manos del rey de Asiria.
16No escuchéis a Ezequías, porque así dice el rey de Asiria: Haced conmigo paz, y salid a mí; y coma cada uno de su viña, y cada uno de su higuera, y beba cada cual las aguas de su pozo,
17hasta que yo venga y os lleve a una tierra como la vuestra, tierra de grano y de vino, tierra de pan y de viñas.
18Mirad que no os engañe Ezequías diciendo: Jehová nos librará. ¿Acaso libraron los dioses de las naciones cada uno su tierra de la mano del rey de Asiria?
19¿Dónde está el dios de Hamat y de Arfad? ¿Dónde está el dios de Sefarvaim? ¿Libraron a Samaria de mi mano?
20¿Qué dios hay entre los dioses de estas tierras que haya librado su tierra de mi mano, para que Jehová libre de mi mano a Jerusalén?
21Pero ellos callaron, y no le respondieron palabra; porque el rey así lo había mandado, diciendo: No le respondáis.
22Entonces Eliaquim hijo de Hilcías, mayordomo, y Sebna escriba, y Joa hijo de Asaf, canciller, vinieron a Ezequías, rasgados sus vestidos, y le contaron las palabras del Rabsaces.
JAMIESON-FAUSSET-BROWN BIBLE COMMENTARY
Versículo 2
I. Rab-shakeh--In Kg2 18:17, Tartan and Rab-saris are joined with him. Rab-shakeh was probably the c…
Versículo 3
II. Eliakim--successor to Shebna, who had been "over the household," that is, chief minister of the k…
Versículo 4
III. great king--the usual title of the Persian and Assyrian kings, as they had many subordinate princ…
Versículo 5
IV. counsel--Egypt was famed for its wisdom.
Versículo 6
V. It was a similar alliance with So (that is, Sabacho, or else Sevechus), the Ethiopian king of Egy…
Versículo 7
VI. The Assyrian mistakes Hezekiah's religious reforms whereby he took away the high places (Kg2 18:4…
Versículo 8
VII. give pledges--a taunting challenge. Only give the guarantee that you can supply as many as two th…
Versículo 9
VIII. captain--a governor under a satrap; even he commands more horsemen than this.
Versículo 10
IX. A boastful inference from the past successes of Assyria, designed to influence the Jews to surren…
Versículo 11
X. Syrian--rather, "Aramean": the language spoken north and east of Palestine, and understood by the…
Versículo 12
XI. Is it to thy master and thee that I am sent? Nay, it is to the men on the wall, to let them know …
Versículo 13
XII. Rab-shakeh speaks louder and plainer than ever to the men on the wall.
Versículo 15
XIII. The foes of God's people cannot succeed against them, unless they can shake their trust in Him (c…
Versículo 16
XIV. agreement . . . by . . . present--rather, "make peace with me"; literally, "blessing" so called f…
Versículo 19
XV. Hamath . . . Arphad--(See on Isa 10:9).
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16. (Compare Isa 10:11; Ch2 32:19). Here he contradicts his own assertion (Isa 36:10), that he had "c…
Versículo 21
17. not a word--so as not to enter into a war of words with the blasphemer (Exo 14:14; Jde 1:9).
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18. clothes rent--in grief and horror at the blasphemy (Mat 26:65).