When Rabshakeh, spokesman for the armies of the Assyrian king Sennacherib, came to offer terms of surrender to Hezekiah and Israel, he unleashed great words of taunting.
His words to the inhabitants of Jerusalem—identified here as “Ariel”—specifically focus on the twofaced nature of their approach to the Lord in worship.
Israel would woo other nations in order to gain their military partnerships or have their gods’ blessings, preferring foreign armies and deities to the blessing of her Husband, the Lord.
