The stouthearted are spoiled, they have slept their sleep: and none of the men of might have found their hands.
The verse describes God's deliverance of Jerusalem through the destruction of Sennacherib's Assyrian army before the city. The stouthearted and the men of might are the proud Assyrian soldiers, the mighty men of valor and the leaders and captains. In one night, that very night, the angel of the Lord struck 185,000 men in the Assyrian camp.
To be spoiled and to sleep a sleep and to find no strength in the hands means to be cast by the rebuke of the God of Jacob into a helpless sleep of death, so that even chariot and horse lay helpless before Him. In this the God of the Hebrews prevailed over proud Assyria, broke Assyrian pride, and vindicated the honor of Jehovah before the surrounding nations. Sennacherib himself was driven back in shame to his own land, where he was assassinated. Judah's earnest prayers for deliverance, mingled with confession of sin and tears and whole trust in God's power to save, were answered and filled the people with holy joy. The verse belongs to the solemn praise sung in the temple courts at Jerusalem by the delivered people because their prayers had not failed.
The verse describes God's deliverance of Jerusalem through the destruction of Sennacherib's Assyrian army before the city. The stouthearted and the men of might are the proud Assyrian soldiers, the mighty men of valor and the leaders and captains. In one night, that very night, the angel of the Lord struck 185,000 men in the Assyrian camp.
To be spoiled and to sleep a sleep and to find no strength in the hands means to be cast by the rebuke of the God of Jacob into a helpless sleep of death, so that even chariot and horse lay helpless before Him. In this the God of the Hebrews prevailed over proud Assyria, broke Assyrian pride, and vindicated the honor of Jehovah before the surrounding nations. Sennacherib himself was driven back in shame to his own land, where he was assassinated. Judah's earnest prayers for deliverance, mingled with confession of sin and tears and whole trust in God's power to save, were answered and filled the people with holy joy. The verse belongs to the solemn praise sung in the temple courts at Jerusalem by the delivered people because their prayers had not failed.