You know perfectly well what the kings of Assyria have done wherever they have gone. They have completely destroyed everyone who stood in their way! Why should you be any different?
Parallel translations
- WEB Behold, you have heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all lands, by destroying them utterly. Will you be delivered?
- KJV Behold, thou hast heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all lands, by destroying them utterly: and shalt thou be delivered?
- BSB Surely you have heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all the other countries, devoting them to destruction. Will you then be spared?
- NKJV Look! You have heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all lands by utterly destroying them; and shall you be delivered?
- NASB Behold, you yourself have heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all the lands, destroying them completely. So will you be saved?
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Quick answer
Sennacherib boasts of how Assyria's kings have utterly destroyed all lands, asking if Judah will escape. He magnifies his record to crush Judah's hope.
Overview
The Assyrian points to a history of total conquest as evidence that resistance is futile. His boast assumes no power, human or divine, can withstand Assyria. Yet this very arrogance invites God's judgment on the proud (Proverbs 16:18). The narrative contrasts Assyria's empty confidence with the LORD's true sovereignty.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 4
- 2 Chr 32:13–14Don’t you know what I and my fathers have done to all the peoples of the lands? Were the gods of the nations of the lands in any way able to deliver their land out of my hand?
- Isa 10:8–11For he says, “Aren’t all of my princes kings?
- 2 Kgs 19:17–18Truly, Yahweh, the kings of Assyria have laid waste the nations and their lands,
- 2 Kgs 17:5–11Then the king of Assyria came up throughout all the land, went up to Samaria, and besieged it three years.
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