By thy messengers thou hast reproached the Lord, and hast said, With the multitude of my chariots I am come up to the height of the mountains, to the sides of Lebanon, and will cut down the tall cedar trees thereof, and the choice fir trees thereof: and I will enter into the lodgings of his borders, and into the forest of his Carmel.
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Barnes' Notes
And hast said - Isaiah clothes in words the thoughts of Sennacherib’s heart - thoughts of the most extreme self-confidence. Compare Isa 10:7-14, where, probably at an earlier date, the same…
Adam Clarke
The tall cedar trees - the choice fir trees - Probably meaning the princes and nobles of the country.
The forest of his Carmel - Better in the margin: the forest and his fruitful field.
We have here the gracious copious answer which God gave to Hezekiah's prayer. The message which he sent him by the same hand (Kg2 19:6, Kg2 19:7), one would think, was an answer sufficient to his…
Cambridge Bible
By thy messengers Rab-shakeh and his companions.
With the multitude of my chariots This is the translation of the marginal reading (Keri) which stands as Kethibin the corresponding verse of Isaiah.…
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