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Verse 2 Kings 19:3. _THE CHILDREN ARE COME TO THE BIRTH_] The Jewish
state is here represented under the emblem of a woman in travail, who
has been so long in the pangs of parturition, that her streng...
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The “trouble” consisted in rebuke” (rather, “chastisement,”)
for sins at the hand of God, and “blasphemy” (rather,
“reproach,”) at the hands of man.
THE CHILDREN ... - i. e., “we are in a fearful ext...
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2. HEZEKIAH AND ISAIAH AND THE DELIVERANCE
CHAPTER 19
_ 1. Hezekiah's message to Isaiah (2 Kings 19:1)_
2. Isaiah's answer. (2 Kings 19:6)
3. Sennacherib's message to Hezekiah (2 Kings 19:8;...
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2 KINGS 19:2. UNTO ISAIAH: from the Book of Isaiah we learn that the
prophet had steadily opposed Hezekiah's intrigues against Assyria.
SHELNA: Isaiah 22:15 *.
2 Kings 19:9. Ethiopia was the country S...
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CHILDREN. sons....
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_This day_is _a day of trouble, and of rebuke, and of blasphemy_ R.V.
CONTUMELY. The words refer to the condition of Hezekiah and his
people. First they are in great anguish, kept in and surrounded by...
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_HEZEKIAH, MOURNING, SENDETH TO ISAIAH TO PRAY FOR HIM; HE COMFORTETH
HIM: SENNACHERIB SENDETH A BLASPHEMOUS LETTER TO HEZEKIAH; HEZEKIAH'S
PRAYER. AN ANGEL SLAYETH THE ASSYRIANS: SENNACHERIB IS SLAIN...
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B. SENNACHERIB'S INITIAL SURRENDER DEMANDS 18:17-19:7
The Assyrian king was not satisfied with the tribute paid by Hezekiah.
He wanted nothing less than the total surrender of Jerusalem. While he
hims...
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_AND THEY SAID UNTO HIM, THUS SAITH HEZEKIAH, THIS DAY IS A DAY OF
TROUBLE, AND OF REBUKE, AND BLASPHEMY: FOR THE CHILDREN ARE COME TO
THE BIRTH, AND THERE IS NOT STRENGTH TO BRING FORTH._
The childr...
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19:3 reviling; (a-21) Or 'rejection.'...
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BLASPHEMY] RV 'contumely': such as the nation was experiencing at the
hands of the invader. THE CHILDREN.. BRING FORTH] a figure for
powerlessness in the time of peril....
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THE DELIVERANCE OF JERUSALEM
2. Isaiah the prophet] This is the first mention of Isaiah in this
book, but his own writings show that he had been an active teacher and
statesman not only during the ear...
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THE LAST KINGS OF *ISRAEL AND *JUDAH
BOOK OF 2 KINGS
_PHILIP SMITH_
CHAPTER 19
ISAIAH THE *PROPHET
V1 When King Hezekiah heard that, he tore his clothes. He dressed
himself in rough cloth and h...
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REBUKE. — Rather, _chastisement_ (Hosea 5:9). The verb means _to
give judgment, punish,_ &c. It occurs in the next verse, “will
reprove the words,” or rather, _punish for the words._
BLASPHEMY. — Comp...
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וַ יֹּאמְר֣וּ אֵלָ֗יו כֹּ֚ה אָמַ֣ר
חִזְקִיָּ֔הוּ...
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HEZEKIAH AND ASSYRIA
B.C. 701
2 Kings 18:13; 2 Kings 19:1
"When, sudden-how think ye the end?
Did I say ‘without friend'?
Say rather from marge to blue marge
The whole sky grew his targe,
With...
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THE GREAT DELIVERANCE
B.C. 701
2 Kings 19:1
"There brake He the arrows of the bow, the shield, the sword, and the
battle."
- Psalms 76:3.
"And the might of the Gentile, unsmote by the sword Hath...
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FACING THE ENEMY'S THREATENINGS
2 Kings 19:1
That bowed form of Hezekiah before the altar of God, while his
servants and elders were conferring with Isaiah, is a beautiful emblem
of the true way of m...
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In the presence of the undoubted peril, Hezekiah in penitence turned
to his old and trusted friend, the prophet Isaiah, and charged him to
pray for that remnant of God's people which still remained. H...
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And they said unto him, Thus saith Hezekiah, This day [is] a day of
trouble, and of rebuke, and blasphemy: for the children are come to
(b) the birth, and [there is] not strength to bring forth.
(b)...
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Blasphemy. The enemy insults over us (Calmet) and over God. (Haydock)
--- Birth. Hebrew, "the mouth of the womb." (Vatable) --- This
comparison shews the utmost distress to which the people of Jerusal...
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Nothing can be more interesting than this view of Hezekiah and his
court. He sends his servants to seek an interest in the prayers of the
prophet. But he goes himself to the Lord. Ministers, faithful...
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"And he sent Eliakim, which was over the household, and Shebna the
scribe, and the elders of the priests covered with sackcloth to Isaiah
the prophet, the son of Amoz" (2 Kings 19:1-37). He goes to Je...
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THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 18 AND 19.
Chapter 18 brings us to a rather different subject, namely, the
relations of Judah with the Assyrian, who had become their oppressor
through their...
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2 Kings 19:1...
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And they said unto him, Thus saith Hezekiah, This day [is] a day of
trouble, and of rebuke, and blasphemy: for the children are come to
the birth, and [there is] not strength to bring forth.
Ver. 3....
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_This is a day of rebuke and blasphemy_ From the Assyrian, who reviles
and reproaches us. _For the children_, &c. We are like a poor
travailing woman in great extremity, having no strength left to hel...
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1 Hezekiah mourning, sendeth to Esay to pray for them.
6 Esay comforteth them.
8 Sennacherib going to encounter Tirhakah, sendeth a blasphemous
letter to Hezekiah.
14 Hezekiah his prayer.
20 Esay...
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And they said unto him, Thus saith Hezekiah, This day is a day of
trouble and of rebuke and blasphemy, of rejection of the people on the
part of God; FOR THE CHILDREN ARE COME TO THE BIRTH, AND THERE...
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THE MOURNING OF HEZEKIAH AND THE ARROGANCE OF THE ASSYRIAN KING...
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GOD'S ANSWER THROUGH ISAIAH
(vv.1-7)
Hezekiah, when he heard the report, showed the same humble attitude as
his three servants had. He tore his cloches and put on sackcloth, the
symbol of repentanc...
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BLASPHEMY:
Or, provocation...
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1-7 Hezekiah discovered deep concern at the dishonour done to God by
Rabshakeh's blasphemy. Those who speak from God to us, we should in a
particular manner desire to speak to God for us. The great P...
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A DAY OF TROUBLE AND OF REBUKE; either,
1. From God, wherein God rebukes and chastens us sorely. Or rather,
2. From the Assyrian, who reviles and reproacheth us; for his business
here is to complain,...
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2 Kings 19:3 said H559 (H8799) says H559 (H8804) Hezekiah H2396 day
H3117 day H3117 trouble H6869 rebuke...
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KING HEZEKIAH SENDS HIS REPRESENTATIVES TO ISAIAH THE PROPHET AND
RECEIVES A COMFORTING REPLY (2 KINGS 19:2).
In his anguish King Hezekiah sent a message to Isaiah via his
representatives, asking what...
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CONTENTS: Hezekiah's message to Isaiah and the answer. Sennacherib
defies God. Hezekiah's prayer and the answer through Isaiah.
CHARACTERS: God, angel (Jesus), Hezekiah, Isaiah, Sennacherib,
Eliakim,...
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2 Kings 19:7. _I will send a blast,_ not the simoon or hot wind, very
sulphurous and destructive, as in Berosus, but the immediate
visitation of an angel, as when the firstborn of the Egyptians were
a...
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_And it came to pass when King Hezekiah heard it, he rent his
clothes._
A NATION’S CALAMITIES, COUNSELLOR, AND GOD
I. The exposure of a nation to an overwhelming calamity.
1. The nature of the thre...
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2 KINGS—NOTE ON 2 KINGS 19:3 THERE IS NO STRENGTH. It is a day of
great humiliation and powerlessness. The only hope for this REMNANT is
that the Lord, who is truly THE LIVING GOD
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JERUSALEM SUPERNATURALLY DELIVERED
CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES.—
2 Kings 19:2. SENT TO THE PROPHET ISAIAH—The prophet, in that Jewish
age, was regarded as the messenger and representative of Jehov...
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EXPOSITION
2 KINGS 19:1
SECOND EXPEDITION OF SENNACHERIB AGAINST HEZEKIAH (_continued_)._ _The
chapter falls into four portions:
(1) The sequel to the embassy of Rabshakeh ...
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So it came to pass, when Hezekiah heard the words and the threats and
the blasphemy, that he tore his clothes, covered himself with
sackcloth, and went to the house of the LORD. And Eliakim, which was...
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2 Kings 18:29; Hebrews 3:15; Hebrews 3:16; Hosea 13:13; Hosea 5:15;...