10And am I now come up without the LORD against this land to destroy it? the LORD said unto me, Go up against this land, and destroy it.
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Am I now come up without the LORD against this place to destroy it? The LORD said to me, Go up against this land, and destroy it.
O Assyrian, the rod of mine anger, and the staff in their hand is mine indignation. …
He said unto him, I am a prophet also as thou art; and an angel spake unto me by the word of the LORD, saying, Bring him back with thee into thine house, that he may eat bread and drink water. But he lied unto him.
But he sent ambassadors to him, saying, What have I to do with thee, thou king of Judah? I come not against thee this day, but against the house wherewith I have war: for God commanded me to make haste: forbear thee from meddling with God, who is with me, that he destroy thee not.
Shall a trumpet be blown in the city, and the people not be afraid? shall there be evil in a city, and the LORD hath not done it?
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-10)We shall here only observe some practical lessons. 1. A people may be in the way of their duty and yet meet with trouble and distress. Hezekiah was reforming, and his people were in some measure reformed; and yet their country is at that time invaded and a great part of it laid waste. Perhaps they began to grow remiss and cool in the work of reformation, were doing it by halves, and ready to sit d…
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