Bible Commentary

I have digged, and drunk water; and with the sole of my feet have I dried up all the rivers of the besieged places. 25. I have digged water ] I (again emphatic) dig and drink foreign waters. The word “foreign” is to be supplied from 2Ki 19:24. For the expression cf. Pro 9:17; Pro … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Isaiah 37:25”

By thy servants hast thou reproached the Lord, and hast said, By the multitude of my chariots am I come up to the height of the mountains, to the sides of Lebanon; and I will cut down the tall cedars thereof, [and] the choice fir trees thereof: and I will enter into the height of … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Isaiah 37:24”

Whom hast thou reproached and blasphemed? and against whom hast thou exalted [thy] voice, and lifted up thine eyes on high? [even] against the Holy One of Israel. 23. “What sort of being is He whom thou hast defied?” The first two sentences are rhetorical questions, and require no answer. The last sentence is to … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Isaiah 37:23”

This [is] the word which the LORD hath spoken concerning him; The virgin, the daughter of Zion, hath despised thee, [and] laughed thee to scorn; the daughter of Jerusalem hath shaken her head at thee. 22 29. The poem on Sennacherib is in substance a Taunt-song; but in form an elegy, written in the measure … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Isaiah 37:22”

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: 21. The construction of the verse is entirely altered in 2Ki 19:20 by the introduction of the words “I have heard.” It then reads “That which thou … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Isaiah 37:21”

Now therefore, O LORD our God, save us from his hand, that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that thou [art] the LORD, [even] thou only. 20. Therefore let Jehovah shew, in this crisis of religion, that He alone possesses true Godhead. that thou art the Lord, even thou only ] Lit. “that … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Isaiah 37:20”

And have cast their gods into the fire: for they [were] no gods, but the work of men’s hands, wood and stone: therefore they have destroyed them. 19. the work of men’s hands ] Cf. ch. Isa 2:20, Isa 17:8, Isa 31:7. wood and stone ] Deu 4:28; Deu 28:36; Deu 28:64; Deu 29:17; Eze … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Isaiah 37:19”

Of a truth, LORD, the kings of Assyria have laid waste all the nations, and their countries, 18. all the nations, and their countries ] R.V., following the received text, has “all the countries (lit., lands) and their land.” But the true reading is preserved in the corresponding verse of 2 Kings, which A.V. has … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Isaiah 37:18”

Incline thine ear, O LORD, and hear; open thine eyes, O LORD, and see: and hear all the words of Sennacherib, which hath sent to reproach the living God. 17. open thine eyes and see ] The Hebr. has “thine eye,” which is probably a better reading than “thine eyes” in 2Ki 19:16. So “who … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Isaiah 37:17”

O LORD of hosts, God of Israel, that dwellest [between] the cherubims, thou [art] the God, [even] thou alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth: thou hast made heaven and earth. 16. The prayer opens with a solemn invocation of Jehovah, first as God of Israel, and second as the only true God and … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Isaiah 37:16”