Of a truth, LORD, the kings of Assyria have destroyed the nations and their lands,
Of a truth, the kings of Assyria had destroyed the nations and their lands, and this acknowledgment of their conquests is true. Their record of victory over many peoples frames the plea for God to deliver Judah. That destruction of other peoples does not mean Judah's God is powerless, for the gods of those nations were merely human-made idols.
Against that setting the plea asks God to save Judah so that all the kingdoms of the earth will know that the Lord alone is God.
Of a truth, the kings of Assyria had destroyed the nations and their lands, and this acknowledgment of their conquests is true. Their record of victory over many peoples frames the plea for God to deliver Judah. That destruction of other peoples does not mean Judah's God is powerless, for the gods of those nations were merely human-made idols.
Against that setting the plea asks God to save Judah so that all the kingdoms of the earth will know that the Lord alone is God.