Army Asshur Assyria Babylon Bind Bound Brass Brazen Bringeth Bronze Captains Capture Captured Carried Cause Chains Commanders Fetters Heads Hook Hooks Host Manasseh Manas'seh Nose Prisoner Shackles Thickets Thorns Wherefore
33:11 To Babylon - The king of Babylon is here called the king of Assyria, because he had added Assyria to his empire, who having been informed by his ambassadors of the great riches which were in Hezekiah's treasures at Jerusalem, and being assured of Manasseh's degeneracy from the piety of his father, and from that God whose power alone made Hezekiah formidable, he thought this a fit season to invade Manasseh's kingdom. The Jews say, in the twenty second year of his reign.
33:1-20 We have seen Manasseh's wickedness; here we have his repentance, and a memorable instance it is of the riches of God's pardoning mercy, and the power of his renewing grace. Deprived of his liberty, separated from his evil counsellors and companions, without any prospect but of ending his days in a wretched prison, Manasseh thought upon what had passed; he began to cry for mercy and deliverance. He confessed his sins, condemned himself, was humbled before God, loathing himself as a monster of impiety and wickedness. Yet he hoped to be pardoned through the abundant mercy of the Lord. Then Manasseh knew that Jehovah was God, able to deliver. He knew him as a God of salvation; he learned to fear, trust in, love, and obey him. From this time he bore a new character, and walked in newness of life. Who can tell what tortures of conscience, what pangs of grief, what fears of wrath, what agonizing remorse he endured, when he looked back on his many years of apostacy and rebellion against God; on his having led thousands into sin and perdition; and on his blood-guiltiness in the persecution of a number of God's children? And who can complain that the way of heaven is blocked up, when he sees such a sinner enter? Say the worst against thyself, here is one as bad who finds the way to repentance. Deny not to thyself that which God hath not denied to thee; it is not thy sin, but thy impenitence, that bars heaven against thee.
Army Asshur Assyria Babylon Bind Bound Brass Bronze Captains Captured Carried Cause Chains Commanders Fetters Heads Hook Hooks Host Manasseh Manas'seh Nose Prisoner Thickets Thorns Wherefore
Army Asshur Assyria Babylon Bind Bound Brass Bronze Captains Captured Carried Cause Chains Commanders Fetters Heads Hook Hooks Host Manasseh Manas'seh Nose Prisoner Thickets Thorns Wherefore
