Isaías 37:10

10 «Este mensaje está dirigido al rey Ezequías de Judá. No dejes que tu Dios, en quien confías, te engañe con promesas de que Jerusalén no caerá en manos del rey de Asiria.

Isaías 37:10 Meaning and Commentary

Isaiah 37:10

Thus shall ye speak to Hezekiah king of Judah, saying
This was the direction, and these the instructions he gave to his messengers, in which he gives Hezekiah the title of king, and owns him to be king of Judah; which was more than Rabshakeh his servant would do: let not thy God, in whom thou trustest, deceive thee;
than which, nothing could be more devilish and satanical, to represent the God of truth, that cannot lie, as a liar and deceiver: in this the king of Assyria outdid Rabshakeh himself; he had represented Hezekiah as an impostor and a deceiver of the people, and warns them against him as such; and here Sennacherib represents God himself as a deceiver, and cautions Hezekiah against trusting in him: nothing is more opposite to Satan and his instruments, than faith in God, and therefore they labour with all their might and main to weaken it; however, this testimony Hezekiah had from his enemy, that he was one that trusted in the Lord; and a greater character a man cannot well have: saying, Jerusalem shall not be given into the hand of the king of
Assyria;
and so the Lord had said it; see ( Isaiah 38:6 ) and by some means or another Sennacherib had heard of it; and there was nothing he dreaded more than that Hezekiah should believe it, which would encourage him, he feared, to hold out the siege.

Isaías 37:10 In-Context

8 Mientras tanto, el jefe del Estado Mayor asirio partió de Jerusalén para consultar al rey de Asiria, quien había salido de Laquis y estaba atacando a Libna.

9 Poco después, el rey Senaquerib recibió la noticia de que el rey Tirhaca de Etiopía
iba al frente de un ejército para luchar contra él. Antes de salir al encuentro de sus agresores, envió mensajeros de regreso a Ezequías, en Jerusalén, con el siguiente mensaje:

10 «Este mensaje está dirigido al rey Ezequías de Judá. No dejes que tu Dios, en quien confías, te engañe con promesas de que Jerusalén no caerá en manos del rey de Asiria.

11 Tú sabes perfectamente bien lo que han hecho los reyes de Asiria en todos los lugares donde han ido. ¡Han destruido por completo a todo aquel que se ha interpuesto en su camino! ¿Por qué serías tú la excepción?

12 ¿Acaso los dioses de otras naciones las han rescatado, naciones como Gozán, Harán, Resef y el pueblo de Edén que vivía en Telasar? ¡Mis antecesores los destruyeron a todos!