Truly, O LORD, the kings of Assyria have laid waste these nations and their lands.
Parallel translations
- WEB Truly, Yahweh, the kings of Assyria have laid waste the nations and their lands,
- KJV Of a truth, LORD, the kings of Assyria have destroyed the nations and their lands,
- NKJV Truly, Lord, the kings of Assyria have laid waste the nations and their lands,
- NASB It is true, Lord; the kings of Assyria have laid waste the nations and their lands,
- NLT “It is true, Lord, that the kings of Assyria have destroyed all these nations.
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Quick answer
Hezekiah admits it is true that Assyria's kings have devastated many nations and their lands. He honestly acknowledges Assyria's real power.
Overview
The king concedes the factual basis of Sennacherib's boast: Assyria has indeed destroyed nations. This candor strengthens his argument, for the difference lies not in Assyria's weakness but in those nations' false gods. Faith does not deny hard realities but interprets them rightly before God. The next verse will explain why those gods could not save.
Cross-references & the web
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- Job 9:2“Yes, I know that it is so, but how can a mortal be righteous before God?
- 2 Kgs 17:24Then the king of Assyria brought people from Babylon, Cuthah, Avva, Hamath, and Sepharvaim and settled them in the towns of Samaria to replace the Israelites. They took possession of Samaria and lived in its towns.
- Luke 22:59About an hour later, another man insisted, “Certainly this man was with Him, for he too is a Galilean.”
- Acts 4:27In fact, this is the very city where Herod and Pontius Pilate conspired with the Gentiles and the people of Israel against Your holy servant Jesus, whom You anointed.
- 2 Kgs 16:9So the king of Assyria responded to him, marched up to Damascus, and captured it. He took its people to Kir as captives and put Rezin to death.
- Isa 7:17–18The LORD will bring on you and on your people and on the house of your father a time unlike any since the day Ephraim separated from Judah—He will bring the king of Assyria.”
- 1 Chr 5:26So the God of Israel stirred up the spirit of Pul king of Assyria (that is, Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria) to take the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh into exile. And he brought them to Halah, Habor, Hara, and the river of Gozan, where they remain to this day.
- 1 Cor 14:25and the secrets of his heart will be made known. So he will fall facedown and worship God, proclaiming, “God is truly among you!”
- 2 Kgs 17:6In the ninth year of Hoshea, the king of Assyria captured Samaria and carried away the Israelites to Assyria, where he settled them in Halah, in Gozan by the Habor River, and in the cities of the Medes.
- Dan 2:47The king said to Daniel, “Your God is truly the God of gods and Lord of kings, the Revealer of Mysteries, since you were able to reveal this mystery.”
- Isa 10:9–11“Is not Calno like Carchemish? Is not Hamath like Arpad? Is not Samaria like Damascus?
- Jer 26:15But know for certain that if you put me to death, you will bring innocent blood upon yourselves, upon this city, and upon its residents; for truly the LORD has sent me to speak all these words in your hearing.”
- Isa 5:9I heard the LORD of Hosts declare: “Surely many houses will become desolate, great mansions left unoccupied.
- Matt 14:33Then those who were in the boat worshiped Him, saying, “Truly You are the Son of God!”
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