3All your rulers have fled together,
         And have been captured without the bow;
         All of you who were found were taken captive together,
         Though they had fled far away.

4Therefore I say, “Turn your eyes away from me,
         Let me weep bitterly,
         Do not try to comfort me concerning the destruction of the daughter of my people.”

5For the Lord GOD of hosts has a day of panic, subjugation and confusion
         In the valley of vision,
         A breaking down of walls
         And a crying to the mountain.

6Elam took up the quiver
         With the chariots, infantry and horsemen;
         And Kir uncovered the shield.

7Then your choicest valleys were full of chariots,
         And the horsemen took up fixed positions at the gate.

8And He removed the defense of Judah.
         In that day you depended on the weapons of the house of the forest,

9And you saw that the breaches
         In the wall of the city of David were many;
         And you collected the waters of the lower pool.

10Then you counted the houses of Jerusalem
         And tore down houses to fortify the wall.

11And you made a reservoir between the two walls
         For the waters of the old pool.
         But you did not depend on Him who made it,
         Nor did you take into consideration Him who planned it long ago.

12Therefore in that day the Lord GOD of hosts called you to weeping, to wailing,
         To shaving the head and to wearing sackcloth.

13Instead, there is gaiety and gladness,
         Killing of cattle and slaughtering of sheep,
         Eating of meat and drinking of wine:
         “Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we may die.”

14But the LORD of hosts revealed Himself to me,
         “Surely this iniquity shall not be forgiven you
         Until you die,” says the Lord GOD of hosts.

      15Thus says the Lord GOD of hosts,
         “Come, go to this steward,
         To Shebna, who is in charge of the royal household,

16‘What right do you have here,
         And whom do you have here,
         That you have hewn a tomb for yourself here,
         You who hew a tomb on the height,
         You who carve a resting place for yourself in the rock?

17‘Behold, the LORD is about to hurl you headlong, O man.
         And He is about to grasp you firmly

18And roll you tightly like a ball,
         To be cast into a vast country;
         There you will die
         And there your splendid chariots will be,
         You shame of your master’s house.’

19“I will depose you from your office,
         And I will pull you down from your station.

20“Then it will come about in that day,
         That I will summon My servant Eliakim the son of Hilkiah,

21And I will clothe him with your tunic
         And tie your sash securely about him.
         I will entrust him with your authority,
         And he will become a father to the inhabitants of Jerusalem and to the house of Judah.

22“Then I will set the key of the house of David on his shoulder,
         When he opens no one will shut,
         When he shuts no one will open.

23“I will drive him like a peg in a firm place,
         And he will become a throne of glory to his father’s house.

24“So they will hang on him all the glory of his father’s house, offspring and issue, all the least of vessels, from bowls to all the jars. 25“In that day,” declares the LORD of hosts, “the peg driven in a firm place will give way; it will even break off and fall, and the load hanging on it will be cut off, for the LORD has spoken.”

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American Standard Version
All thy rulers fled away together, they were bound by the archers; all that were found of thee were bound together; they fled afar off.

Douay-Rheims Bible
All the princes are fled together, and are bound hard: all that were found, are bound together, they are fled far off.

Darby Bible Translation
All thy rulers have fled together, they are taken prisoners without the bow: all that are found of thee are made prisoners together; they were fleeing far off.

English Revised Version
All thy rulers fled away together, they were bound by the archers: all that were found of thee were bound together, they fled afar off.

Webster's Bible Translation
All thy rulers have fled together, they are bound by the archers: all that are found in thee are bound together, who have fled from far.

World English Bible
All your rulers fled away together. They were bound by the archers. All who were found by you were bound together. They fled far away.

Young's Literal Translation
All thy rulers fled together from the bow, Bound have been all found of thee, They have been kept bound together, Afar off they have fled.Prevailing Prayer.
Text.--The effectual, fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much.--James v. 16. THE last lecture referred principally to the confession of sin. To-night my remarks will be chiefly confined to the subject of intercession, or prayer. There are two kinds of means requisite to promote a revival; one to influence men, the other to influence God. The truth is employed to influence men, and prayer to move God. When I speak of moving God, I do not mean that God's mind is changed by prayer, or that his …
Charles Grandison Finney—Lectures on Revivals of Religion

Sundry Sharp Reproofs
This doctrine draws up a charge against several sorts: 1 Those that think themselves good Christians, yet have not learned this art of holy mourning. Luther calls mourning a rare herb'. Men have tears to shed for other things, but have none to spare for their sins. There are many murmurers, but few mourners. Most are like the stony ground which lacked moisture' (Luke 8:6). We have many cry out of hard times, but they are not sensible of hard hearts. Hot and dry is the worst temper of the body. Sure …
Thomas Watson—The Beatitudes: An Exposition of Matthew 5:1-12

Gihon, the Same with the Fountain of Siloam.
I. In 1 Kings 1:33,38, that which is, in the Hebrew, "Bring ye Solomon to Gihon: and they brought him to Gihon"; is rendered by the Chaldee, "Bring ye him to Siloam: and they brought him to Siloam." Where Kimchi thus; "Gihon is Siloam, and it is called by a double name. And David commanded, that they should anoint Solomon at Gihon for a good omen, to wit, that, as the waters of the fountain are everlasting, so might his kingdom be." So also the Jerusalem writers; "They do not anoint the king, but …
John Lightfoot—From the Talmud and Hebraica

Sennacherib (705-681 B. C. )
The struggle of Sennacherib with Judaea and Egypt--Destruction of Babylon. Sennacherib either failed to inherit his father's good fortune, or lacked his ability.* He was not deficient in military genius, nor in the energy necessary to withstand the various enemies who rose against him at widely removed points of his frontier, but he had neither the adaptability of character nor the delicate tact required to manage successfully the heterogeneous elements combined under his sway. * The two principal …
G. Maspero—History Of Egypt, Chaldaea, Syria, Babylonia, and Assyria, V 8

The Call of Matthew - the Saviour's Welcome to Sinners - Rabbinic Theology as Regards the Doctrine of Forgiveness in Contrast to the Gospel of Christ
In two things chiefly does the fundamental difference appear between Christianity and all other religious systems, notably Rabbinism. And in these two things, therefore, lies the main characteristic of Christ's work; or, taking a wider view, the fundamental idea of all religions. Subjectively, they concern sin and the sinner; or, to put it objectively, the forgiveness of sin and the welcome to the sinner. But Rabbinism, and every other system down to modern humanitarianism - if it rises so high in …
Alfred Edersheim—The Life and Times of Jesus the Messiah

Third Withdrawal from Herod's Territory.
Subdivision B. The Great Confession Made by Peter. (Near Cæsarea Philippi, Summer, a.d. 29.) ^A Matt. XVI. 13-20; ^B Mark VIII. 27-30; ^C Luke IX. 18-21. ^b 27 And Jesus went forth, and his disciples, into the villages of Cæsarea Philippi [The city of Paneas was enlarged by Herod Philip I., and named in honor of Tiberias Cæsar. It also bore the name Philippi because of the name of its builder, and to distinguish it from Cæsarea Palestinæ or Cæsarea Strotonis, a …
J. W. McGarvey—The Four-Fold Gospel

Isaiah
CHAPTERS I-XXXIX Isaiah is the most regal of the prophets. His words and thoughts are those of a man whose eyes had seen the King, vi. 5. The times in which he lived were big with political problems, which he met as a statesman who saw the large meaning of events, and as a prophet who read a divine purpose in history. Unlike his younger contemporary Micah, he was, in all probability, an aristocrat; and during his long ministry (740-701 B.C., possibly, but not probably later) he bore testimony, as …
John Edgar McFadyen—Introduction to the Old Testament

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