2 Kings 18:32

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.