Bible Commentary

For I will defend this city to save it for mine own sake, and for my servant David’s sake. 35. I will defend this city ] Cf. ch. Isa 31:5, where the same verb is used. for my servant David’s sake ] An expression of frequent occurrence in the books of Kings. See 1Ki 11:13; … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Isaiah 37:35”

By the way that he came, by the same shall he return, and shall not come into this city, saith the LORD. 34. Cf. Isa 37:7 ; Isa 37:29. Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges By the way that he came – (Isa 37:29; compare Isa 37:37). And shall not come into this … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Isaiah 37:34”

Therefore thus saith the LORD concerning the king of Assyria, He shall not come into this city, nor shoot an arrow there, nor come before it with shields, nor cast a bank against it. 33. Therefore probably attaches itself to “whereas” in Isa 37:21 (see the note on that verse). Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Isaiah 37:33”

For out of Jerusalem shall go forth a remnant, and they that escape out of mount Zion: the zeal of the LORD of hosts shall do this. 32. the zeal of the Lord this ] From ch. Isa 9:7. Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges Shall go forth a remnant – The word … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Isaiah 37:32”

And the remnant that is escaped of the house of Judah shall again take root downward, and bear fruit upward: 31. Comp. ch. Isa 27:6. Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges And the remnant that is escaped – (See the margin.) Those that are left of the Jews. The ten tribes had been … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Isaiah 37:31”

And this [shall be] a sign unto thee, Ye shall eat [this] year such as groweth of itself; and the second year that which springeth of the same: and in the third year sow ye, and reap, and plant vineyards, and eat the fruit thereof. 30. The “sign” of this verse is of the same … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Isaiah 37:30”

Because thy rage against me, and thy tumult, is come up into mine ears, therefore will I put my hook in thy nose, and my bridle in thy lips, and I will turn thee back by the way by which thou camest. 29. For tumult render with R.V. marg. careless ease. “Raging” and “careless ease” … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Isaiah 37:29”

But I know thy abode, and thy going out, and thy coming in, and thy rage against me. 28, 29. All the acts of the Assyrian are under the strict surveillance of Jehovah, who will shew His power over him by dragging him back, like a wild beast, to his place. If the emendation of … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Isaiah 37:28”

Therefore their inhabitants [were] of small power, they were dismayed and confounded: they were [as] the grass of the field, and [as] the green herb, [as] the grass on the housetops, and [as corn] blasted before it be grown up. 27. Therefore their inhabitants confounded ] Better, And their inhabitants (being) of small power (lit. … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Isaiah 37:27”

Hast thou not heard long ago, [how] I have done it; [and] of ancient times, that I have formed it? now have I brought it to pass, that thou shouldest be to lay waste defensed cities [into] ruinous heaps. 26. The verse reads, with a slight change of pointing: Hast thou not heard? Long ago … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Isaiah 37:26”