Therefore thus saith the Lord concerning the king of Assyria,.... The issue of his expedition, and the fruitfulness of it; how vain his attempts would be, and how successless in this undertaking:he shall not come into this city; shall not enter into it, and take possession of it, though so sure of it; or, "shall not come unto it "; for some think he never was any nearer it than Libnah, from whence he sent his letters to Hezekiah, Isa 37:8,nor shoot an arrow there; neither he nor his archers, so as to annoy or kill anyone person in it:nor come before it with shields; or, "with a shield"; that is, he himself with one; otherwise his army under Rabshakeh was before it with men armed with shields; or the sense is, he shall not prevent it, or seize upon it, with his shielded men:nor cast a bank against it; raise a mount, in order to fix his batteries upon, and play his artillery from, and shoot his arrows in to greater advantage.
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Isaiah 37:33
Isaiah 37:33
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