Inquire, I pray thee, of the Lord for us
Or, "seek the Lord now for us" F14; seek the Lord by prayer and
supplication for me and my people, for this city and the
inhabitants of it; entreat him that he would appear for us, and
deliver us out of the hands of the enemy; for this they said in
the name of the king that sent them, who knew that the prophet
had an interest at the throne of grace, and was a favourite of
heaven; and therefore desired him to be an intercessor for them:
for Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon maketh war against
us;
the same that is elsewhere called Nebuchadnezzar, commonly called
by the Greeks Nebuchodonosor; he was now come up to Jerusalem,
and was besieging it, as had been predicted: if so be the
Lord will deal with us according to all his wondrous
works;
which he had done in times past for that nation; as by bringing
them out of Egypt; driving out the Canaanites before them;
delivering them out of the hands of their neighbours, time after
time, when oppressed by them; and particularly by destroying the
Assyrian army in Hezekiah's time, which was besieging the city of
Jerusalem, and causing their king to depart and flee in haste;
and their present case being similar to that, it is very likely
that that was more especially in view: that he may go up
from us;
namely, the king of Babylon; that he may rise up, and raise the
siege, and depart into his own country, as Sennacherib did.
F14 (wndeb an vrd) "interroga nunc pro nobis", Vatablus: Pagninus; "inquire nunc", Montanus.
