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Isaiah 36:10

8 Now, therefore, make a bargain with my master, the king of Assyria. I will give you two thousand horses—if you can put riders on them!

9 For how can you repel a single officer among the least of my master’s servants when you depend on Egypt for chariots and horsemen?

So now, was it apart from the LORD that I have come up against this land to destroy it? The LORD Himself said to me, ‘Go up against this land and destroy it.’”

11 Then Eliakim, Shebna, and Joah said to the Rabshakeh, “Please speak to your servants in Aramaic, since we understand it. Do not speak to us in Hebrew in the hearing of the people on the wall.”

12 But the Rabshakeh replied, “Has my master sent me to speak these words only to you and your master, and not to the men sitting on the wall, who are destined with you to eat their own dung and drink their own urine?”

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Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
So now, was it apart from the LORD that I have come up against this land to destroy it? The LORD Himself said to me, ‘Go up against this land and destroy it.’”
KJV
And am I now come up without the LORD against this land to destroy it? the LORD said unto me, Go up against this land, and destroy it.
WEB
Have I come up now without the LORD against this land to destroy it? The LORD said to me, “Go up against this land, and destroy it.”’”
ASV
And am I now come up without Jehovah against this land to destroy it? Jehovah said unto me, Go up against this land, and destroy it.
DARBY
And now am I come up without Jehovah against this land to destroy it? Jehovah said to me, Go up against this land and destroy it.
BLB
And now, was [it] without YHWH [that] I came up against this land to destroy it? YHWH has said to me, ‘Go up against this land and destroy it!’”
ÅB
Mener du da at jeg har draget opp mot dette land for å ødelegge det, uten at Herren har villet det? Nei, Herren har selv sagt til meg: Dra opp mot dette land og ødelegg det!
OTB
Dessuten, har jeg dratt opp mot dette landet for å ødelegge det uten Herrens godkjenning? Herren selv sa til meg: “Gå opp mot dette landet og ødelegg det.”’»
B1930
Mener du da at jeg har draget op mot dette land for å ødelegge det, uten at Herren har villet det? Nei, Herren har selv sagt til mig: Dra op mot dette land og ødelegg det!

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • Isaiah 10:5–7

    Woe to Assyria, the rod of My anger; the staff in their hands is My wrath.

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  • 2 Kings 18:25

    So now, was it apart from the LORD that I have come up against this place to destroy it? The LORD Himself said to me, ‘Go up against this land and destroy it.’”

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  • 1 Kings 13:18

    Then the prophet replied, “I too am a prophet like you, and an angel spoke to me by the word of the LORD, saying, ‘Bring him back with you to your house, so that he may eat bread and drink water.’” The old prophet was lying to him,

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  • 2 Chronicles 35:21

    But Neco sent messengers to him, saying, “What is the issue between you and me, O king of Judah? I have not come against you today, but I am fighting another dynasty. God told me to hurry; so stop opposing God, who is with me, or He will destroy you!”

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  • Isaiah 37:28

    But I know your sitting down, your going out and coming in, and your raging against Me.

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  • Amos 3:6

    If a ram’s horn sounds in a city, do the people not tremble? If calamity comes to a city, has not the LORD caused it?

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