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Selected Verse: Isaiah 37:28 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Isa 37:28 |
Strong Concordance |
But I know [03045] thy abode [03427], and thy going out [03318], and thy coming in [0935], and thy rage [07264] against me. |
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King James |
But I know thy abode, and thy going out, and thy coming in, and thy rage against me. |
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] |
| abode--rather, "sitting down" (Psa 139:2). The expressions here describe a man's whole course of life (Deu 6:7; Deu 28:6; Kg1 3:7; Psa 121:8). There is also a special reference to Sennacherib's first being at home, then going forth against Judah and Egypt, and raging against Jehovah (Isa 37:4). |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
But I know - The language of God. 'I am well acquainted with all that pertains to you. You neither go out to war, nor return, nor abide in your capital without my providential direction' (see the notes at Isa 10:5-7).
Thy abode - Margin, 'Sitting.' Among the Hebrews, sitting down, rising up, and going out, were phrases to describe the whole of a man's life and actions (compare Deu 6:7; Deu 28:6; Kg1 3:7; Psa 121:8). God here says that he knew the place where he dwelt, and he was able to return him again to it Isa 37:29.
And thy rage against me - (See Isa 37:4). |
| Commentary on the Old Testament, by Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch [1857-78] |
| Asshur is Jehovah's chosen instrument while thus casting down the nations, which are "short-handed against him," i.e., incapable of resisting him. But Jehovah afterwards places this lion under firm restraint; and before it has reached the goal set before it, He leads it back into its own land, as if with a ring through its nostril. Fifth turn, "And thy sitting down, and thy going out, and thy entering in, I know; and thy heating thyself against me. On account of thy heating thyself against me, and because thy self-confidence has risen up into mine ears, I put my ring into thy nose, and my muzzle into thy lips, and lead thee back by the way by which thou hast come." Sitting down and rising up (Psa 139:2), going out and coming in (Psa 121:8), denote every kind of human activity. All the thoughts and actions, the purposes and undertakings of Sennacherib, more especially with regard to the people of Jehovah, were under divine control. יען is followed by the infinitive, which is then continued in the finite verb, just as in Isa 30:12. שׁאננך (another reading, שׁאננך) is used as a substantive, and denotes the Assyrians' complacent and scornful self-confidence (Psa 123:4), and has nothing to do with שׁאון (Targum, Abulw., Rashi, Kimchi, Rosenmller, Luzzatto). The figure of the leading away with a nose-ring (chachı̄ with a latent dagesh, חא to prick, hence chōach, Arab. chōch, chōcha, a narrow slit, literally means a cut or aperture) is repeated in Eze 38:4. Like a wild beast that had been subdued by force, the Assyrian would have to return home, without having achieved his purpose with Judah (or with Egypt). |
4 It may be the LORD [03068] thy God [0430] will hear [08085] the words [01697] of Rabshakeh [07262], whom the king [04428] of Assyria [0804] his master [0113] hath sent [07971] to reproach [02778] the living [02416] God [0430], and will reprove [03198] the words [01697] which the LORD [03068] thy God [0430] hath heard [08085]: wherefore lift up [05375] thy prayer [08605] for the remnant [07611] that is left [04672].
8 The LORD [03068] shall preserve [08104] thy going out [03318] and thy coming in [0935] from this time forth, and even for [05704] evermore [05769].
7 And now, O LORD [03068] my God [0430], thou hast made thy servant [05650] king [04427] instead of David [01732] my father [01]: and I am but a little [06996] child [05288]: I know [03045] not how to go out [03318] or come in [0935].
6 Blessed [01288] shalt thou be when thou comest in [0935], and blessed [01288] shalt thou be when thou goest out [03318].
7 And thou shalt teach them diligently [08150] unto thy children [01121], and shalt talk [01696] of them when thou sittest [03427] in thine house [01004], and when thou walkest [03212] by the way [01870], and when thou liest down [07901], and when thou risest up [06965].
2 Thou knowest [03045] my downsitting [03427] and mine uprising [06965], thou understandest [0995] my thought [07454] afar off [07350].
4 It may be the LORD [03068] thy God [0430] will hear [08085] the words [01697] of Rabshakeh [07262], whom the king [04428] of Assyria [0804] his master [0113] hath sent [07971] to reproach [02778] the living [02416] God [0430], and will reprove [03198] the words [01697] which the LORD [03068] thy God [0430] hath heard [08085]: wherefore lift up [05375] thy prayer [08605] for the remnant [07611] that is left [04672].
29 Because thy rage [07264] against me, and thy tumult [07600], is come up [05927] into mine ears [0241], therefore will I put [07760] my hook [02397] in thy nose [0639], and my bridle [04964] in thy lips [08193], and I will turn thee back [07725] by the way [01870] by which thou camest [0935].
8 The LORD [03068] shall preserve [08104] thy going out [03318] and thy coming in [0935] from this time forth, and even for [05704] evermore [05769].
7 And now, O LORD [03068] my God [0430], thou hast made thy servant [05650] king [04427] instead of David [01732] my father [01]: and I am but a little [06996] child [05288]: I know [03045] not how to go out [03318] or come in [0935].
6 Blessed [01288] shalt thou be when thou comest in [0935], and blessed [01288] shalt thou be when thou goest out [03318].
7 And thou shalt teach them diligently [08150] unto thy children [01121], and shalt talk [01696] of them when thou sittest [03427] in thine house [01004], and when thou walkest [03212] by the way [01870], and when thou liest down [07901], and when thou risest up [06965].
5 O [01945] Assyrian [0804], the rod [07626] of mine anger [0639], and the staff [04294] in their hand [03027] is mine indignation [02195].
6 I will send [07971] him against an hypocritical [02611] nation [01471], and against the people [05971] of my wrath [05678] will I give him a charge [06680], to take [07997] the spoil [07998], and to take [0962] the prey [0957], and to tread them down [07760] [04823] like the mire [02563] of the streets [02351].
7 Howbeit he meaneth [01819] not so, neither doth his heart [03824] think [02803] so; but it is in his heart [03824] to destroy [08045] and cut off [03772] nations [01471] not a few [04592].
4 And I will turn thee back [07725], and put [05414] hooks [02397] into thy jaws [03895], and I will bring thee forth [03318], and all thine army [02428], horses [05483] and horsemen [06571], all of them clothed [03847] with all sorts [04358] of armour, even a great [07227] company [06951] with bucklers [06793] and shields [04043], all of them handling [08610] swords [02719]:
4 Our soul [05315] is exceedingly [07227] filled [07646] with the scorning [03933] of those that are at ease [07600], and with the contempt [0937] of the proud [03238] [01343] [01349].
12 Wherefore thus saith [0559] the Holy One [06918] of Israel [03478], Because ye despise [03988] this word [01697], and trust [0982] in oppression [06233] and perverseness [03868], and stay [08172] thereon:
8 The LORD [03068] shall preserve [08104] thy going out [03318] and thy coming in [0935] from this time forth, and even for [05704] evermore [05769].
2 Thou knowest [03045] my downsitting [03427] and mine uprising [06965], thou understandest [0995] my thought [07454] afar off [07350].