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  1. Animal. Vegetable. Mineral. Metaphor<\/em>. The striking images in this chapter are taken from various realms. Notice, for instance, the king of Assyria boasting of the ease with which he has destroyed all the kingdoms of the area: \u201cI was able to seize, like a nest, The wealth of peoples; As one gathers abandoned eggs, So I gathered all the earth: Nothing so much as flapped a wing Or opened a mouth to peep\u201d (verse 14).\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n
  2. The ax, the saw, the hatchet and the iron<\/em>. In this chapter, there is frequent reference to tools used for trimming and chopping. Assyria is the ax and the saw in God\u2019s hands, but they themselves don\u2019t realize this, and so will be punished in turn when God cuts them down to size, lopping off their proud \u201ctreetop,\u201d as one chops down a tree.<\/span><\/li>\n
  3. Defeating Midian at the Rock of Oreb<\/em>. As we promised yesterday, in today\u2019s chapter as well there is reference to Gideon\u2019s battles, and his impressive victory over the Midianites. This time in verse 26, with additional details: The Rock of Oreb, the place that got its name from the victory over Oreb, the Midianite general (Judges 7:25). The victory over Assyria will be no less impressive.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n
  4. Following the map.<\/em> The Assyrian army progresses from North to South, via relatively well-known settlements: Ai, Migron, Michmas, Maabarah, Geva, Ramah, Gibeah of Saul. Nearby villages take cover: Bath Gallim, Laishah, Anathoth, Madmenah and Gebim. Is this the path that Sennecharib took in his march to Jerusalem? From the archaeological record, and Assyrian records, a different, western route is surmised: it reaches Lachish and from there to Jerusalem. Did the Asssyrian army perhaps split into two parallel routes? Did this early prophecy perhaps not come true? 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