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Isaiah 37:11

Western Saints

Jerome

And just as he had said to the people, "Do not let Hezekiah deceive you," he speaks the same blasphemy to the king, saying, "Do not let your God deceive you." And he gives examples from the past, how their gods were unable to deliver other lands from their hands, and therefore Jerusalem will not be able to be delivered either.… We pass over what is clear, so that we may dwell on uncertainties. Herodotus relates that Sennacherib, the king of the Assyrians, fought against the Egyptians and besieged Pelusium. …

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