Isaiah 36:15

15 Don’t let him fool you into trusting in the LORD by saying, ‘The LORD will surely rescue us. This city will never fall into the hands of the Assyrian king!’

Isaiah 36:15 Meaning and Commentary

Isaiah 36:15

Neither let Hezekiah make you trust in the Lord
Hezekiah trusted in the Lord himself, and he endeavoured, both by his own example, and by arguments, to persuade his people to do so likewise; of this Rabshakeh was sensible, and was more afraid of this than of any thing else, and, therefore laboured this point more than any other; see ( 2 Chronicles 32:6-8 ) ; saying, the Lord will surely deliver us, this city shall not be
delivered into the hand of the king of Assyria:
which he might say with the greatest confidence, since the Lord had promised to defend it, ( Isaiah 31:5 ) and especially if his sickness, and recovery out of it, and promises then made to him, were before this, as some think; since it is expressly promised by the Lord, that he would deliver him and the city out of the hand of the king of Assyria, ( Isaiah 38:6 ) .

Isaiah 36:15 In-Context

13 Then the chief of staff stood and shouted in Hebrew to the people on the wall, “Listen to this message from the great king of Assyria!

14 This is what the king says: Don’t let Hezekiah deceive you. He will never be able to rescue you.

15 Don’t let him fool you into trusting in the LORD by saying, ‘The LORD will surely rescue us. This city will never fall into the hands of the Assyrian king!’

16 “Don’t listen to Hezekiah! These are the terms the king of Assyria is offering: Make peace with me—open the gates and come out. Then each of you can continue eating from your own grapevine and fig tree and drinking from your own well.

17 Then I will arrange to take you to another land like this one—a land of grain and new wine, bread and vineyards.