[558] See 2 Chron. xi. 9, xxv. 27; Jer. xxxiv. 7. The allusion to this city in Micah (i. 13) is obscure: "O thou inhabitant of Lachish [swift steed], bind the chariot to the swift steed: she is the beginning of sin to the daughter of Zion: for the transgressions of Israel were found in thee." This seems to imply that some form of idolatry had come from Israel to Lachish, and from Lachish to Jerusalem. In Sennacherib's picture of the city, foreign worship is represented as going on in it (Layard, _Monuments of Nineveh_, Pls. 21 and 24; Rawlinson, _Herodotus_, i. 477). [559] Isa. xxix., xxx., xxxi. CHAPTER XXVIII _THE GREAT DELIVERANCE_ B.C. 701 2 _Kings_ xix. 1-37 "There brake He the lightnings of the bow, the shield, the sword, and the battle."--PSALM lxxvi. 3. "ᾠδὴ πρὸς τὸν Ασσύριον."--LXX. "And the might of the Gentile, unsmote by the sword, Hath melted like snow at the glance of the Lord." BYRON. "Vuolsi cosi colà dove si puote Cio che si vuole: e più non dimandare." DANTE. "Through love, through hope, through faith's transcendent dower, We feel that we are greater than we know." WORDSWORTH. "God shall help her, and that when the morning dawns."--PSALM xlvi. 5.