Doth not Hezekiah persuade you to give over yourselves to die by famine and by thirst, saying, The LORD our God shall deliver us out of the hand of the king of Assyria?
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- WEB Doesn’t Hezekiah persuade you, to give you over to die by famine and by thirst, saying, ‘Yahweh our God will deliver us out of the hand of the king of Assyria?’
- BSB Is not Hezekiah misleading you to give you over to death by famine and thirst when he says, ‘The LORD our God will deliver us from the hand of the king of Assyria?’
- NKJV Does not Hezekiah persuade you to give yourselves over to die by famine and by thirst, saying, “The Lord our God will deliver us from the hand of the king of Assyria”?
- NASB Is Hezekiah not misleading you to give yourselves over to die by hunger and by thirst, saying, “The Lord our God will save us from the hand of the king of Assyria”?
- NLT Hezekiah has said, ‘The Lord our God will rescue us from the king of Assyria.’ Surely Hezekiah is misleading you, sentencing you to death by famine and thirst!
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Quick answer
Sennacherib claims Hezekiah is deceiving the people to their death by promising the Lord will deliver them. It matters because he twists faith in God into a fatal delusion.
Overview
The Assyrian accuses Hezekiah of leading the people to die of famine and thirst with false promises of deliverance. He frames trust in Yahweh as a deadly lie. This assault on faith is a perennial tactic of the enemy, who would have God's people doubt His saving power.
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- 2 Kgs 19:10Thus shall ye speak to Hezekiah king of Judah, saying, Let not thy God in whom thou trustest deceive thee, saying, Jerusalem shall not be delivered into the hand of the king of Assyria.
- 2 Kgs 18:27But Rabshakeh said unto them, Hath my master sent me to thy master, and to thee, to speak these words? hath he not sent me to the men which sit on the wall, that they may eat their own dung, and drink their own piss with you?
- 2 Kgs 18:30Neither let Hezekiah make you trust in the LORD, saying, The LORD will surely deliver us, and this city shall not be delivered into the hand of the king of Assyria.
- 2 Chr 32:15Now therefore let not Hezekiah deceive you, nor persuade you on this manner, neither yet believe him: for no god of any nation or kingdom was able to deliver his people out of mine hand, and out of the hand of my fathers: how much less shall your God deliver you out of mine hand?
- Isa 36:18Beware lest Hezekiah persuade you, saying, The LORD will deliver us. Hath any of the gods of the nations delivered his land out of the hand of the king of Assyria?
- Isa 36:12But Rabshakeh said, Hath my master sent me to thy master and to thee to speak these words? hath he not sent me to the men that sit upon the wall, that they may eat their own dung, and drink their own piss with you?
- Ps 3:2Many there be which say of my soul, There is no help for him in God. Selah.
- Ps 22:8He trusted on the LORD that he would deliver him: let him deliver him, seeing he delighted in him.
- Ps 42:10As with a sword in my bones, mine enemies reproach me; while they say daily unto me, Where is thy God?
- Ps 11:1–3In the LORD put I my trust: how say ye to my soul, Flee as a bird to your mountain?
- Ps 71:11Saying, God hath forsaken him: persecute and take him; for there is none to deliver him.
- Matt 27:43He trusted in God; let him deliver him now, if he will have him: for he said, I am the Son of God.
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