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Verse 2 Kings 19:21. _THE VIRGIN THE DAUGHTER OF ZION HATH DESPISED
THEE,_ _AND LAUGHED THEE TO SCORN; THE DAUGHTER OF JERUSALEM HATH
SHAKEN_ _HER HEAD AT THEE._] "So truly contemptible is thy power,...
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CONCERNING HIM - i. e., “concerning Sennacherib.” 2 Kings 19:21
are addressed to the great Assyrian monarch himself, and are God’s
reply to his proud boastings.
THE VIRGIN, THE DAUGHTER OF ZION, - Rat...
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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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AT THEE. AFTER THEE: i.e. after she hath seen thy back turned....
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_The virgin the_[R.V. omits _the daughter of Zion hath despised thee_
The first part of the prophetic word is addressed to Sennacherib.
Jerusalem is called -daughter of Sion" because her inhabitants m...
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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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C. SENNACHERIB'S SECOND SURRENDER DEMAND 19:8-34
By means of a personal letter to Hezekiah King Sennacherib intensified
the pressure to secure the surrender of Jerusalem (2 Kings 19:8-13).
This new de...
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_THIS IS THE WORD THAT THE LORD HATH SPOKEN CONCERNING HIM; THE VIRGIN
THE DAUGHTER OF ZION HATH DESPISED THEE, AND LAUGHED THEE TO SCORN;
THE DAUGHTER OF JERUSALEM HATH SHAKEN HER HEAD AT THEE._
The...
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19:21 virgin-daughter (b-12) i.e. 'unconquered.' said of Sidon, Isaiah
23:12 ; Babylon, Isaiah 47:1 ; Egypt, Jeremiah 46:11 ....
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THE DAUGHTER OF ZION] For the personification of a city as a woman cp.
Micah 4:10; Isaiah 23:10; Isaiah 23:12; Isaiah 47:1....
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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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THIS IS THE WORD ... — The prophecy which follows is well
characterised by Cheyne as one “of striking interest, and both in
form and matter stamped with the mark of Isaiah.”
CONCERNING HIM. — Or, _ag...
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זֶ֣ה הַ דָּבָ֔ר אֲשֶׁר ־דִּבֶּ֥ר
יְהוָ֖ה עָלָ
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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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SPREADING THE CASE BEFORE THE LORD
2 Kings 19:14
That bowed form of King Hezekiah, kneeling before God with this
insolent and blasphemous effusion spread out before him, is a
beautiful suggestion of...
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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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This [is] the word that the LORD hath spoken concerning him; The (n)
virgin the daughter of Zion hath despised thee, [and] laughed thee to
scorn; the daughter of Jerusalem hath shaken her head at thee...
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Virgin. The few who adhere to the Lord despise all idols and their
votaries. (Worthington) --- Of Sion and of Jerusalem may denote those
places. Towns and provinces are often represented as women: the...
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What a multitude of most rich and precious things appear in these
verses. Observe, Reader! how long an answer the Lord returns to a
short prayer. God is not only more ready to hear than we to pray; bu...
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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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This [is] the word that the LORD hath spoken concerning him; The
virgin the daughter of Zion hath despised thee, [and] laughed thee to
scorn; the daughter of Jerusalem hath shaken her head at thee.
V...
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_The daughter of Zion_ That is, Jerusalem; which is called _the
daughter of Zion_, say some, because the hill of Zion, as being the
strongest and safest part, was first inhabited, and by the increase...
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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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This is the word that the Lord hath spoken concerning him. Now follows
a prophecy in poetical form, full of powerful beauty. The first
section is a scornful rebuke of Sennacherib's boast. THE VIRGIN,...
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Hezekiah's Prayer and the Deliverance of Jerusalem...
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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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20-34 All Sennacherib's motions were under the Divine cognizance. God
himself undertakes to defend the city; and that person, that place,
cannot but be safe, which he undertakes to protect. The invas...
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THE VIRGIN; so he calls Zion, or Jerusalem; partly, because she was
pure in good measure from that gross idolatry wherewith other people
were defiled, which is called spiritual whoredom; partly, to si...
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ISAIAH COMMUNICATES TO KING HEZEKIAH ‘THE WORD OF YHWH' NOW ACTIVE
AGAINST THE KING OF ASSYRIA (2 KINGS 19:20).
As a result of King Hezekiah's prayer Isaiah was given a prophetic
message, an ‘oracle'...
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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 19:20 A second prophecy from ISAIAH 1:1
(compare vv. 2 Kings 1
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2 KINGS—NOTE ON 2 KINGS 19:21 The terms DAUGHTER OF ZION and
DAUGHTER OF JERUSALEM are frequently used in the OT to describe the
city of Jerusalem and its inhabitants. Jerusalem is as defenseless as
a...
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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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Amos 5:2; Isaiah 1:8; Isaiah 23:10; Isaiah 23:12; Isaiah 37:21;...
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Virgin — So he calls Zion, or Jerusalem; because she was pure in
good measure from that gross idolatry wherewith other people were
defiled, which is called spiritual whoredom: and to signify, that God...