John Trapp Complete Commentary - 2 Kings 19:25
2Ki 19:25 Hast thou not heard long ago [how] I have done it, [and] of ancient times that I have formed it? now have I brought it to pass, that thou shouldest be to lay waste fenced cities [into] ruinous heaps. Ver. 25. Hast thou not heard? ] Here God himself taketh Sennacherib in hand, and schooleth him concerning the divine providence and decree whereby he was now sent against a "hypocritical nation, a people of God’s wrath, to take the spoil," &c. "Howbeit he meant not so, neither did... read more
John Trapp Complete Commentary - 2 Kings 19:24
2Ki 19:24 I have digged and drunk strange waters, and with the sole of my feet have I dried up all the rivers of besieged places. Ver. 24. I have digged and drunk strange waters, ] a i.e., Newly found waters, though thou hast endeavoured to stop from me and mine army the waters of the fountains. 2Ch 32:3-4 And with the sole of my feet. ] Thrasonica hyperbole; he proudly boasteth of his numerous army, and that with the trampling of his horse and horsemen he could dry up the pools about... read more