Who are they among all the gods of the countries, that have delivered their country out of mine hand, that the LORD should deliver Jerusalem out of mine hand?
Parallel translations
- WEB Who are they among all the gods of the countries, that have delivered their country out of my hand, that Yahweh should deliver Jerusalem out of my hand?’”
- BSB Who among all the gods of these lands has delivered his land from my hand? How then can the LORD deliver Jerusalem from my hand?”
- NKJV Who among all the gods of the lands have delivered their countries from my hand, that the Lord should deliver Jerusalem from my hand?’ ”
- NASB Who among all the gods of the lands are there who have saved their land from my hand, that the Lord would save Jerusalem from my hand?’ ”
- NLT What god of any nation has ever been able to save its people from my power? So what makes you think that the Lord can rescue Jerusalem from me?”
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Quick answer
He concludes that since no god has saved its land, Yahweh too cannot deliver Jerusalem. This direct challenge to God provokes his judgment.
Overview
The climax of Rabshakeh's speech places Yahweh among defeated idols, daring God to prove otherwise. This blasphemous defiance of the living God is the very offense that seals Assyria's doom. By naming Yahweh, he turns the dispute into a direct affront to heaven. God's answer through Isaiah will reveal the folly of measuring the Almighty by human conquests.
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- Dan 3:15Now if ye be ready that at what time ye hear the sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, and dulcimer, and all kinds of musick, ye fall down and worship the image which I have made; well: but if ye worship not, ye shall be cast the same hour into the midst of a burning fiery furnace; and who is that God that shall deliver you out of my hands?
- Exod 5:2And Pharaoh said, Who is the LORD, that I should obey his voice to let Israel go? I know not the LORD, neither will I let Israel go.
- Isa 37:23–29Whom hast thou reproached and blasphemed? and against whom hast thou exalted thy voice, and lifted up thine eyes on high? even against the Holy One of Israel.
- Job 15:25–26For he stretcheth out his hand against God, and strengtheneth himself against the Almighty.
- 2 Kgs 19:17Of a truth, LORD, the kings of Assyria have destroyed the nations and their lands,
- 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?
- Ps 2:1–2Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing?
- Isa 10:15Shall the axe boast itself against him that heweth therewith? or shall the saw magnify itself against him that shaketh it? as if the rod should shake itself against them that lift it up, or as if the staff should lift up itself, as if it were no wood.
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