Why Did People Wear Sackcloth and Ashes When They Grieved?
Heather Riggleman
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2 Kings 19:6
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2 Kings 19:6
(See Gill on 2 Kings 19:1)
Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible
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2 Kings 19:6 In-Context
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'Perhaps the LORD your God will hear all the words of Rabshakeh, whom his master the king of Assyria has sent to reproach the living God, and will rebuke the words which the LORD your God has heard. Therefore, offer a prayer for the remnant that is left.' "
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So the servants of King Hezekiah came to Isaiah.
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Isaiah said to them, "Thus you shall say to your master, 'Thus says the LORD , "Do not be afraid because of the words that you have heard, with which the servants of the king of Assyria have blasphemed Me.
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"Behold, I will put a spirit in him so that he will hear a rumor and return to his own land. And I will make him fall by the sword in his own land.""'
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Then Rabshakeh returned and found the king of Assyria fighting against Libnah, for he had heard that the king had left Lachish.
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