John Gill's Exposition on Isaiah 37:7

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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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Behold, I will send a blast upon him, &c.] The king of Assyria; a pestilential one, as he afterwards did, which destroyed his army: or, I will put a spirit into himf697; a spirit of fear and dread, which will oblige him to desist from his purposes, and flee; though some interpret it only of an inclination, a willf698 in him, to return: it may be understood of an angel, a ministering spirit, and be rendered “I will send a spirit against him”; an angelic spirit, as he did, which cut off his army in one night: and he shall hear a rumour; of the sudden and total destruction of his army; though some refer this to the rumour of the king of Ethiopia coming out to make war against him, (<233709>Isaiah 37:9), but upon this he did not return to his own land, nor was he slain with the sword, as follows: and return to his own land; as he did, immediately upon the slaughter of his army by the angel: and I will cause him to fall by the sword in his own land: as he did, being slain by his own sons, (<233737>Isaiah 37:37,38).

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