Isaiah 36:10 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

And am I now come up without the Lord— It is plain from the seventh verse, that Rabshakeh, by the Lord, meant that god whom himself or his master the king of Assyria adored, and not the Jehovah of the Jews; he boasts therefore that he did not come without the permission of this god: His prophets and diviners, most likely, had informed him that his expedition should be successful; for the heathens, we know, were used to consult their priests and augurs on these occasions. He urges therefore, that it was in vain for the Jews to trust in the Lord, when that Lord himself had sent him against them. There are some, however, who think that he had heard and known of Isaiah's prophesies, (see chap. Isaiah 8:7 Isaiah 10:5-6.) and that he alludes to them in these words.