Isaías 36:8

8 »Ahora bien, Ezequías, haz este trato con mi señor, el rey de Asiria: Yo te doy dos mil caballos, si tú consigues otros tantos jinetes para montarlos.

Isaías 36:8 Meaning and Commentary

Isaiah 36:8

Now therefore give pledges to my master the king of Assyria,
&c.] Or; "hostages" ^F8; that thou wilt not rebel against him, but be faithful to him, and he will withdraw his army; or give security for the horses after promised: "or mingle thyself with him"; agree the matter with him, give pledges for future fidelity; or join in battle with him, come out and fight him, if able: and I will give thee two thousand horses, if thou be able on thy part
to set riders on them;
thus scoffing at him, as if he had not so many soldiers to bring out against him; or so many men in his kingdom as had skill enough to ride a horse; in his bravado he signifies, that if he would come out and fight him, he would lend him so many horses, if he could put men upon them, to assist him; this he said as boasting of his master's strength and power, and in scorn and derision at Hezekiah's weakness.

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FOOTNOTES:

F8 (breth) "da obsides", Vatablus; "paciscere cum domino meo, Gataker; "misceto, quaeso, [bellum] cum domino meo", Junius & Tremellius.

Isaías 36:8 In-Context

6 Mira, tú confías en Egipto, ¡ese bastón de caña astillada, que traspasa la mano y hiere al que se apoya en él! Porque eso es el faraón, el rey de Egipto, para todos los que en él confían.

7 Y si tú me dices: ‘Nosotros confiamos en el SEÑOR, nuestro Dios’, ¿no se trata acaso, Ezequías, del Dios cuyos altares y santuarios paganos tú mismo quitaste, diciéndoles a Judá y a Jerusalén: ‘Deben adorar solamente ante este altar’?”

8 »Ahora bien, Ezequías, haz este trato con mi señor, el rey de Asiria: Yo te doy dos mil caballos, si tú consigues otros tantos jinetes para montarlos.

9 ¿Cómo podrás rechazar el ataque de uno solo de los funcionarios más insignificantes de mi señor, si confías en obtener de Egipto carros de combate y jinetes?

10 ¿Acaso he venido a atacar y a destruir esta tierra sin el apoyo del SEÑOR? ¡Si fue él mismo quien me ordenó: “Marcha contra este país y destrúyelo”!