イザヤ書 37:18-27 JCB

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Isaiah 37:8-20

We may observe here, 1. That, if God give us inward satisfaction in his promise, this may confirm us in our silently bearing reproaches. God answered Hezekiah, but it does not appear that he, after deliberation, sent any answer to Rabshakeh; but, God having taken the work into his own hands, he quietly left the matter with him. So Rabshakeh returned to the king his master for fresh instructions. 2. Those that delight in war shall have enough of it. Sennacherib, without provocation given to him... read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Isaiah 37:21-38

We may here observe, 1. That those who receive messages of terror from men with patience, and send messages of faith to God by prayer, may expect messages of grace and peace from God for their comfort, even when they are most cast down. Isaiah sent a long answer to Hezekiah's prayer in God's name, sent it in writing (for it was too long to be sent by word of mouth), and sent it by way of return to his prayer, relation being thereunto had: ?Whereas thou hast prayed to me, know, for thy comfort,... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 37:18

Of a truth Lord ,.... This is a truth and will be readily owned what the king of Assyria has said that his ancestors have destroyed all lands, or at least have endeavoured to do it, and have had it in their hearts to do it: the kings of Assyria have laid waste all the nations, and their countries : or "all the lands and their land" F13 כל הארצות ואת ארצם "omnes terras, et terram eorum", Pagninus, Montanus; "vel terram inquam eorum", Vatablus. ; the Targum is, "all... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 37:19

And, have cast their gods into the fire ..... And burnt them; and it may well be asked, where are they? Isaiah 36:19 , for they were no gods, but the works of men's hands, wood and stone ; they were made of wood or of stone, and therefore could not be called gods; nor could they save the nations that worshipped them, nor themselves, from the fire: therefore they have destroyed them ; the Assyrian kings were able to do it, and did do it, because they were idols of wood or stone; but... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 37:20

Now therefore, O Lord our God, save us from his hand ,.... The hand of the king of Assyria. The Lord had promised that he would and Hezekiah believed he would; but he knew that for this he would be inquired of by him, and he pleads covenant interest, in him, and entreats for salvation upon that account, as well as for the reason following: that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that thou art the Lord, even thou only ; by doing that which other gods could not do; they could not save... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 37:21

Then Isaiah the son of Amoz sent unto Hezekiah, saying ,.... Isaiah, by a spirit of prophecy, was made acquainted by the Lord both with the prayer of Hezekiah, and the Lord's answer to it; and therefore immediately sent to the king, who was either at the temple praying, or was returned to the palace, to let him know, the mind of the Lord in this matter. The Septuagint and Syriac versions render it, "and Isaiah the son of Amoz was sent to Hezekiah"; but this does not agree with the Hebrew... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 37:22

This is the word which the Lord hath spoken concerning him ,.... The sentence he has pronounced upon him, the punishment he has determined to inflict on him, in answer to Hezekiah's prayer against him: the virgin, the daughter of Zion; hath despised thee; and laughed thee to scorn ; that, is the inhabitants of Zion, particularly of the fort of Zion, called a "virgin", because it had never been forced, or taken and to show that it was a vain thing in Sennacherib to attempt it, as well as... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 37:23

Whom hast thou reproached and blasphemed ?.... A creature like thyself? no, but a God, and not one like the gods of the nations, the idols of wood and stone, but the living God: and against whom hast thou exalted thy voice ? alluding to Rabshakeh's crying with a loud voice, Isaiah 36:13 , and lifted up thine eyes on high ? as proud and haughty persons do, disdaining to look upon those they treat with contempt: even against the Holy One of Israel ; that is, Israel's God, and... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 37:24

By thy servants hast thou reproached the Lord ,.... Particularly by Rabshakeh, and the other two that were with him, who, no doubt, assented to what he said; not content to reproach him himself, he set his servants to do it likewise; he made use of them as instruments, and even set them, as well as himself, above the Lord: and hast said, by the multitude of my chariots am I come up to the height of the mountains ; not only with his foot soldiers, but with his chariots, and a great number... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 37:25

I have digged, and drunk water ,.... In places where he came, and found no water for his army, he set his soldiers to work, to dig cisterns, as the Targum, or wells, so that they had water sufficient to drink; in 2 Kings 19:24 , it is "strange waters", which were never known before: and with the sole of my feet have I dried up all the rivers of the besieged places ; or, as the Targum, "with the soles of the feet of the people that are with me;' the Syriac version, "with the hoofs... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Isaiah 37:8-20

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Isaiah 37:21-38

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 37:18

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 37:19

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 37:20

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 37:21

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 37:22

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 37:23

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 37:24

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 37:25

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