Who among all the gods of those nations that my fathers devoted to destruction was able to deliver his people from my hand, that your God should be able to deliver you from 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
Who [was there] among all the gods of those nations that my fathers utterly destroyed, that could deliver his people out of mine hand, that your God should be able to deliver you out of mine hand? (h) This is his blasphemy that he will compare the living God to vile idols.
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