Isaías 36:15-22

15 ni que Ezequías os haga confiar en el SEÑOR, diciendo: 'Ciertamente el SEÑOR nos librará, y esta ciudad no será entregada en manos del rey de Asiria.'

16 "No escuchéis a Ezequías, porque así dice el rey de Asiria: 'Haced la paz conmigo y salid a mí, y coma cada uno de su vid y cada uno de su higuera, y beba cada cual de las aguas de su cisterna,

17 hasta que yo venga y os lleve a una tierra como vuestra tierra, tierra de grano y de mosto, tierra de pan y de viñas.'

18 "Cuidado, no sea que Ezequías os engañe, diciendo: 'El SEÑOR nos librará.' ¿Acaso alguno de los dioses de las naciones ha librado su tierra de la mano del rey de Asiria?

19 "¿Dónde están los dioses de Hamat y de Arfad? ¿Dónde están los dioses de Sefarvaim? ¿Cuándo han librado ellos a Samaria de mi mano?

20 "¿Quiénes de entre todos los dioses de estas tierras han librado su tierra de mi mano, para que el SEÑOR libre a Jerusalén de mi mano?"

21 Pero ellos se quedaron callados y no le respondieron palabra alguna; porque el rey había dado un mandato, diciendo: No le respondáis.

22 Entonces Eliaquim, hijo de Hilcías, mayordomo de la casa real, el escriba Sebna y el cronista Joa, hijo de Asaf, fueron a Ezequías con sus vestidos rasgados, y le relataron las palabras del Rabsaces.

Isaías 36:15-22 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO ISAIAH 36

In this chapter we have an account of the king Assyria's invasion of Judea, and of the railing speech of Rabshakeh his general, to discourage the ministers and subjects of the king of Judah. The time and success of the invasion are observed in Isa 36:1 the messenger the former king sent to the latter, and from whence, and with whom, he conferred, Isa 36:2,3, the speech of the messenger, which consists of two parts; the first part is directed to the ministers of Hezekiah, showing the vain confidence of their prince in his counsels and strength for war, in the king of Egypt, and in his chariots and horsemen, and even in the Lord himself, pretending that he came by his orders to destroy the land, Isa 36:4-10. The other part is directed to the common people on the wall, he refusing to speak in the Syrian language, as desired, Isa 36:11,12, dissuading them from hearkening to Hezekiah to their own deception; persuading them to come into an agreement with him for their own safety and good; observing to them that none of the gods of the nations could deliver them out of his master's hands, and therefore it was in vain for them to expect deliverance from the Lord their God, Isa 36:13-20, to which neither ministers nor people returned any answer; but the former went with their clothes rent to Hezekiah, and reported what had been said, Isa 36:21,22.