The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1898-11-10

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THE SECTION includes the res, ocu.
kiah's r~isn q kings is:i3 to a:1O. -.
parallel passages are 3 Chron. s2i-s, Ia
Chaps. 36 to -.
TIME.-Probahly scout B. C. m
iase half Of Hesek.sh's reign. N0A,tO w.. Wv
after the bsginutns Of the kingdom 80
ll0-lso before the exilc-a period Of r.,o,'
nation.
PLAcE--In and around Jerusalem, N.
capital sf judah.
EXPOSITION.
Scene ]. The Invasion Of Judah \,
Assyrisn Hordes.-Assyria at this tim.
was at the height Of its arrogant DOW.
er. SennAeherib, their king. about
c. 7oi, marched from Nineveh with a,
immense army like the Huns ana
Saraeens Of later history. They tool
city after city by storm. till the ci,is
OF tho Philistines and the south N
Judah were In their power. and lit.
VIA left 70 Hezalxiah but his capi,,l
Jerusalem Hesekish tried to buy On
the invaders by the payment of III.
former tribute. and other immepu
and costly gifta, TO obtain which h.
stripped the gold plating from ,A.
temple doors, and despoiled his palae,
Scene II. Around the Walls of Jeu.
salem.-Among the most dramatic
scenes In all history were the inter.
views described in Isa- 30 and 81, and
also in Kings) between the rabshakeA,
one Of the Assyrian officers, on the Oh.
hand, and on the other. Hezekiahs Of.
fcerA, and the people Of Judah answer.
ing from the walls Of Jerusalem. The
rabsh hakeh demanded an unconditional
surrender. He appealed to the peopl.
themselves, promising to spare tleir
lives, and take them to q country "a,
better than Palestine. II they would
only open the gates In spite Of the,
rulers. He warned them that no pow.
er had stood before the Assyrsa
force; the gods of no place had been
able 10 save their people.
Scene NJ Hezekiah Praying In Il.
Temple.-King Heseldah rent bis
clothes, and put on saokcloth, and
went to the house Of God, while his
messengers sought out tho proph..
Isaiah, 70 know what to do. He did
all he could, as wen as prayed.
Scene ~. The Answer Sent By
Isaiah.-vs. So-si. 1884. 20. ''Thus saith
the Lord" Jehovah. II have heard:'
He would have them understand d.
liverance wss from him.
n. THE virgin tho daughter o,
Zion:" Zion, the citadel Of Jerusalem.
stands for The city, IKE q beautiful
virgin -unviolatsd by q conquero,"
"Hath despised thee." Assyria. "ana
laughed thee to scorn:" She deae,
you. and mocks At all Jour threats, b.
cause shA Il safe, not In her own
strength, 6st IN that Of the Almighty
God, her protector.
~ -Bven against the Holy One o..
Israeli" Whom they had "reproach.t
and basphemed" by comparing him
with their idols, and declaring h
could not resist their power.
%. II will put my hook in thy nose;'
A was done with wild bulls to lead
them. and ~ the Assyrians are repre-.
sented on their tablets - doing with
their csptives.
%. "And this shall be q sign unto
thes:" This sign was given to Hez.'
kiah. such things as grow Of them
selvss;" For two yesrs tho regular
operations Of agriculture shall be sus
pended, by the occupa tion Of the Assy
rians, but the third year everything
would go on - usual.
30. The remnant that 10 escaped
The Assyrians had already destroyed
. large part of Judah and carried ava!
100000 Of the people, according to Sen
nacherib's account. Yet God wou!(
not permit the nation TO be destroyed
but this remnant, like the stump Of
tree cut OIL. should "again take roo
downward. and bear fruit"
90. The king Of Asyria. He shall no
come into this city:" The promise va
CLEAR, direct. positive and It was ful
filled.
81. "For my servant David's sake
Not because the people deserved II
but because of the Kingdom Of Co
promised to come through David.
Scene v. The Destruction Of the Al
syrian Army.--Vs. 1851. IS. "Tha
night" The promise was immediate
ly fulfilled. ''The angel Of the Lor
went outs" The use Of the wor
"angel" here does not determine tn
manner In which the destruction wa
accomplished. 1t may have been
storm, a pestilence, or food. The d.
sruction Of the great host in the Phi
istine plains appears 10 have been froI
q sudden outbreak Of pestilence. Th'
is the Jewish tradition, and pestilenc
10 said in the Bible to be the work
an angel a Sam. 24:io, ~. "In III
camp Of the Assyrians:" Where th'
camp was Is not stated, but the mai
body Of the army were last reporte
at Libnah lisa. 37:s), not far fro'
LAchlsh. but nearer to Jerusalem. ="