John Gill's Exposition on Isaiah 37:18

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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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Of a truth Lord, &c.] This is a truth and will be readily owned what the king of Assyria has said that his ancestors have destroyed all lands, or at least have endeavoured to do it, and have had it in their hearts to do it: the kings of Assyria have laid waste all the nations, and their countries: or “all the lands and their land”f715; the Targum is, “all provinces and their lands;” the countries and town and villages in them, or the chief cities and villages round about them.

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