2 Chronicles 32:24-25 In those days Hezekiah was sick to the death, and prayed to the LORD: and he spoke to him, and he gave him a sign.… I. AN UNDOUBTED TRUTH; THAT SINS OF THE RULERS AND THE PEOPLE RULED, ARE SO INTIMATELY CONNECTED, THAT ONE INVARIABLY INVOLVES THE OTHER (Zechariah 10:3). II. THE INTELLIGIBLE MOTIVE. God gives us in the present order of things a large share in one another's punishments, that He may make us take a deeper interest in one another's duties. All are deeply interested in all. The government of every Christian country is intimately connected with the transgressions of the people; and the governed are closely involved in the sins of the government; so that each has an important duty to perform to the other. The government, apart from all political considerations, to curb and repress the immoralities and the wickedness of the people; and the people, firmly though mildly, to warn and caution and speak plainly to the government, lest by partaking silently and voluntarily of other men's sins, they become partakers in other men's pains. (H. Blunt.) Parallel Verses KJV: In those days Hezekiah was sick to the death, and prayed unto the LORD: and he spake unto him, and he gave him a sign. |
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