Isaiah 36:18

“Beware lest Hezekiah persuade you, &c.] To trust in the Lord, stand up in your own defence and not listen to these proposals; or, lest he “deceive you”f691; with vain words; whom he would represent not only as not being their lawful king, and therefore never gives him that title, but also as a deceiver and impostor, of whom they should be cautious, and guard against: saying, the Lord will deliver us; and therefore need not fear the boasts and threats, the force and fury, of the enemy: hath any of the gods of the nations delivered his land; over whom he presided, and to whom the people of it were devotees: out of the hand of the king of Assyria? this reasoning would have had some weight in it…”

“Hath any of the gods of the nations ... - This is said to show them the impossibility, as he supposed, of being delivered from the arm of the king of Assyria. He had conquered all before him, and not even the gods of the nations had been able to rescue the lands where they were worshipped from the hands of the victorious invader. He inferred, therefore, that Yahweh, the God of Palestine, could not save their land. return to 'Top of Page'”

“lest: Isa 36:7, Isa 36:10, Isa 36:15, Isa 37:10; Psa 12:4, Psa 92:5-7 Hath: Isa 37:12, Isa 37:13, Isa 37:17, Isa 37:18; Kg2 18:33-35, Kg2 19:12, Kg2 19:13, Kg2 19:17, Kg2 19:18; Ch2 32:13-17; Psa 115:2-8, Psa 135:5, Psa 135:6, Psa 135:15-18; Jer 10:3-5, Jer 10:10-12; Dan 3:15; Hab 2:19, Hab 2:20 Isaiah 36:19”