And. These four chapters are taken from 4 Kings xviii., &c., as a sort of explanation of what Isaias has been foretelling. (Calmet)
An abridgment also occurs, 2 Paralipomenon xxxii.
Altar. Such is the blindness of infidels, that they confound what is done to destroy idols, with their worship. (Worthington)
Isaias 36Haydock Commentary