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Selected Verse: Isaiah 37:21 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
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| Isa 37:21 |
Strong Concordance |
Then Isaiah [03470] the son [01121] of Amoz [0531] sent [07971] unto Hezekiah [02396], saying [0559], Thus saith [0559] the LORD [03068] God [0430] of Israel [03478], Whereas thou hast prayed [06419] to me against Sennacherib [05576] king [04428] of Assyria [0804]: |
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King James |
Then Isaiah the son of Amoz sent unto Hezekiah, saying, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Whereas thou hast prayed to me against Sennacherib king of Assyria: |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
| Whereas thou hast prayed to me--that is, hast not relied on thy own strength but on Me (compare Kg2 19:20). "That which thou hast prayed to Me against Sennacherib, I have heard" (Psa 65:2). |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
| Whereas thou hast prayed - Because thou hast come to me instead of relying on thy own resources and strength. In Kg2 19:20, it is, 'That which thou hast prayed to me against Sennacherib, king of Assyria, I have heard.' |
| Commentary on the Old Testament, by Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch [1857-78] |
The prophet's reply. "And Isaiah the son of Amoz sent to Hizkiyahu, saying, Thus saith Jehovah the God of Israel, That which thou hast prayed to me concerning Sennacherib the king of Asshur (K. adds, I have heard): this is the utterance which Jehovah utters concerning him." He sent, i.e., sent a message, viz., by one of his disciples (limmūdı̄m, Isa 8:16). According to the text of Isaiah, אשׁר would commence the protasis to הדּבר זה (as for that which - this is the utterance); or, as the Vav of the apodosis is wanting, it might introduce relative clauses to what precedes ("I, to whom:" Ges. 123, 1, Anm. 1). But both of these are very doubtful. We cannot dispense with שׁמעתּי (I have heard), which is given by both the lxx and Syr. in the text of Isaiah, as well as that of Kings.
The prophecy of Isaiah which follows here, is in all respects one of the most magnificent that we meet with. It proceeds with strophe-like strides on the cothurnus of the Deborah style: "The virgin daughter of Zion despiseth thee, laugheth thee to scorn; the daughter of Jerusalem shaketh her head after thee. Whom hast thou reviled and blasphemed, and over whom hast thou spoken loftily, that thou hast lifted up thine eyes on high? Against the Holy One of Israel." The predicate is written at the head, in Isa 37:22, in the masculine, i.e., without any precise definition; since בּזה is a verb ל ה, and neither the participle nor the third pers. fem. of בּוּז. Zion is called a virgin, with reference to the shame with which it was threatened though without success (Isa 23:12); bethūlath bath are subordinate appositions, instead of co-ordinate. With a contented and heightened self-consciousness, she shakes her head behind him as he retreats with shame, saying by her attitude, as she moves her head backwards and forwards, that it must come to this, and could not be otherwise (Jer 18:16; Lam 2:15-16). The question in Isa 37:23 reaches as far as עיניך, although, according to the accents, Isa 37:23 is an affirmative clause: "and thou turnest thine eyes on high against the Holy One of Israel" (Hitzig, Ewald, Drechsler, and Keil). The question is put for the purpose of saying to Asshur, that He at whom they scoff is the God of Israel, whose pure holiness breaks out into a consuming fire against all by whom it is dishonoured. The fut. cons. ותּשּׂה is essentially the same as in Isa 51:12-13, and מרום is the same as in Isa 40:26. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
Then Isaiah - sent unto Hezekiah - The Syriac and Septuagint understand and render the verb passively, was sent.
Whereas thou hast prayed to me against Sennacherib "Thy prayer unto me concerning Sennacherib - I have heard" - שמעתי shamati; this word, necessary to the sense, is lost in this place out of the Hebrew text. One MS. of Dr. Kennicott's and one of De Rossi's have it written above the line in a later hand. The Septuagint and Syriac found it in their copies; and it is preserved in the other copy; Kg2 19:20. |
2 O thou that hearest [08085] prayer [08605], unto thee shall all flesh [01320] come [0935].
20 Then Isaiah [03470] the son [01121] of Amoz [0531] sent [07971] to Hezekiah [02396], saying [0559], Thus saith [0559] the LORD [03068] God [0430] of Israel [03478], That which thou hast prayed [06419] to me against Sennacherib [05576] king [04428] of Assyria [0804] I have heard [08085].
20 Then Isaiah [03470] the son [01121] of Amoz [0531] sent [07971] to Hezekiah [02396], saying [0559], Thus saith [0559] the LORD [03068] God [0430] of Israel [03478], That which thou hast prayed [06419] to me against Sennacherib [05576] king [04428] of Assyria [0804] I have heard [08085].
26 Lift up [05375] your eyes [05869] on high [04791], and behold [07200] who hath created [01254] these things, that bringeth out [03318] their host [06635] by number [04557]: he calleth [07121] them all by names [08034] by the greatness [07230] of his might [0202], for that he is strong [0533] in power [03581]; not one [0376] faileth [05737].
12 I, even I, am he that comforteth [05162] you: who art thou, that thou shouldest be afraid [03372] of a man [0582] that shall die [04191], and of the son [01121] of man [0120] which shall be made [05414] as grass [02682];
13 And forgettest [07911] the LORD [03068] thy maker [06213], that hath stretched forth [05186] the heavens [08064], and laid the foundations [03245] of the earth [0776]; and hast feared [06342] continually [08548] every day [03117] because [06440] of the fury [02534] of the oppressor [06693], as if [0834] he were ready [03559] to destroy [07843]? and where is the fury [02534] of the oppressor [06693]?
23 Whom hast thou reproached [02778] and blasphemed [01442]? and against whom hast thou exalted [07311] thy voice [06963], and lifted up [05375] thine eyes [05869] on high [04791]? even against the Holy One [06918] of Israel [03478].
23 Whom hast thou reproached [02778] and blasphemed [01442]? and against whom hast thou exalted [07311] thy voice [06963], and lifted up [05375] thine eyes [05869] on high [04791]? even against the Holy One [06918] of Israel [03478].
15 All that pass [05674] by clap [05606] their hands [03709] at thee [01870]; they hiss [08319] and wag [05128] their head [07218] at the daughter [01323] of Jerusalem [03389], saying, Is this the city [05892] that men call [0559] The perfection [03632] of beauty [03308], The joy [04885] of the whole earth [0776]?
16 All thine enemies [0341] have opened [06475] their mouth [06310] against thee: they hiss [08319] and gnash [02786] the teeth [08127]: they say [0559], We have swallowed her up [01104]: certainly [0389] this is the day [03117] that we looked for [06960]; we have found [04672], we have seen [07200] it.
16 To make [07760] their land [0776] desolate [08047], and a perpetual [05769] hissing [08292] [08292]; every one that passeth [05674] thereby shall be astonished [08074], and wag [05110] his head [07218].
12 And he said [0559], Thou shalt no more [03254] rejoice [05937], O thou oppressed [06231] virgin [01330], daughter [01323] of Zidon [06721]: arise [06965], pass over [05674] to Chittim [03794]; there also shalt thou have no rest [05117].
22 This is the word [01697] which the LORD [03068] hath spoken [01696] concerning him; The virgin [01330], the daughter [01323] of Zion [06726], hath despised [0959] thee, and laughed thee to scorn; [03932] the daughter [01323] of Jerusalem [03389] hath shaken [05128] her head [07218] at thee [0310].
16 Bind up [06887] the testimony [08584], seal [02856] the law [08451] among my disciples [03928].
20 Then Isaiah [03470] the son [01121] of Amoz [0531] sent [07971] to Hezekiah [02396], saying [0559], Thus saith [0559] the LORD [03068] God [0430] of Israel [03478], That which thou hast prayed [06419] to me against Sennacherib [05576] king [04428] of Assyria [0804] I have heard [08085].