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2Ki_18:32 Until I come and take you away to a land like your own land, a land of corn and wine, a land of bread and vineyards, a land of oil olive and of honey, that ye may live, and not die: and hearken not unto Hezekiah, when he persuadeth you, saying, The LORD will deliver us.
Ver. 32. To a land like your own land.] Which was a land that God himself had "espied for them, flowing with milk and honey, the glory of all lands." {Eze_20:6} Sumen totius orbis, in quo saxa durissima mel et oleum sudabant {Deu_32:13 Exo_3:17} This Rabshakeh here acknowledgeth, and is therein more ingenuous than Strabo the geographer ( strabus et pravus nimium), who traduceth Judea for dry and barren, nec satis dignam de qua magnopere pugnetur, not worth striving for. {a}
And hearken not unto Hezekiah.] This is a string that he much harpeth upon. It is our faith that Satan chiefly striketh at; {Luk_22:32} hold fast this shield. {Eph_6:16}
{a} Tacitus uber solum Iudaeis attribuit.