Do you not know what I and my fathers have done to all the peoples of other lands? Were the gods of the nations of those lands at all able to deliver their lands out of my hand?
Sennacherib's malice cuts two ways at once: he undermines Hezekiah's authority by whispering to the people that their king will starve them, and he blasphemes God Himself, comparing the Maker of heaven and earth to the dead idols of conquered nations. Mark how a man's pride in his own conquests becomes the fuel for his impiety.
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Commenting on 2 Chronicles 32:9-23
The Assyrian's argument is built on corpses: since the gods of mightier nations could not save their peoples from my hand, your weaker God cannot save you from mine. But in making this case, he only heaps blasphemy upon blasphemy, for he treats the Almighty God of Israel as if He were one idol among many, subject to the logic of conquest.
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Commenting on 2 Chronicles 32:13-19