Isaiah 37:23 NIV

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 37:23

23. Whom—not an idol. read more

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Isaiah 37:8-35

King Hezekiah’s challenge 37:8-35This section contains two parts: Sennacherib’s letter to Hezekiah, and Hezekiah’s response to it. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Isaiah 37:14-35

The response to the letter 37:14-35 read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Isaiah 37:23

Moreover, Assyria had spoken disparagingly of the Holy One of Israel. She had reproached, blasphemed, spoken out against, and lifted her eyes proudly against Him. As the person of God filled Hezekiah’s prayer (Isaiah 37:16-20), so the person of God filled Isaiah’s response. read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 37:1-38

7. Send.. him] RV ’put a spirit in him.’22. Virgin] the figure as in Isaiah 23:12.24. Sides] RV ’innermost parts.’ The height.. Carmel] RV ’his farthest height, the forest of his fruitful field.’25. Digged] Deserts cannot impede his march, for he digs wells there. Have I dried, etc.] RV ’will I dry up all the rivers of Egypt’: the Assyrian boasts that he will pass on to conquer Egypt. 26. Jehovah is here the speaker. Done.. formed it] Referring to the ordering of events in the divine... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Isaiah 37:23

(23) Whom hast thou reproached . . .—The manifold iteration of the question emphasises the force of the answer. The “Holy One of Israel,” at whom the scornful revellers had sneered (Isaiah 30:11), was now seen to be the one mighty deliverer. read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Bible Commentary - Isaiah 37:1-38

CHAPTER XXVIHAD ISAIAH A GOSPEL FOR THE INDIVIDUAL?THE two narratives, in which Isaiah’s career culminates-that of the Deliverance of Jerusalem {Isaiah 36:1-22; Isaiah 37:1-38} and that of the Recovery of Hezekiah {Isaiah 38:1-22; Isaiah 39:1-8}-cannot fail, coming together as they do, to suggest to thoughtful readers a striking contrast between Isaiah’s treatment of the community and his treatment of the individual, between his treatment of the Church and his treatment of single members. For... read more

Arno Clemens Gaebelein

Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - Isaiah 37:1-38

CHAPTER 37 Hezekiah in the House of the Lord and Sennacherib’s Second Attempt 1. Hezekiah’s humiliation and Isaiah sent for (Isaiah 37:1-5 ) 2. The message from the prophet (Isaiah 37:6-7 ) 3. Rabshakeh’s letter (Isaiah 37:8-13 ) 4. Hezekiah’s prayer (Isaiah 37:14-20 ) 5. The prayer answered (Isaiah 37:21-35 ) 6. The army of Sennacherib judged (Isaiah 37:36 ) 7. The judgment upon Sennacherib (Isaiah 37:38 ) read more

John Calvin

Geneva Study Bible - Isaiah 37:23

37:23 Whom hast thou reproached and blasphemed? and against whom hast thou exalted [thy] voice, and lifted thy eyes on high? [even] against the {p} Holy One of Israel.(p) Declaring by this that they who are enemies to God’s Church fight against him whose quarrel his Church only maintains. read more

James Gray

James Gray's Concise Bible Commentary - Isaiah 37:1-38

HISTORICAL PARENTHESIS These chapters are a dividing line between what may be called Parts 1 and 2 of this book. They deal with Hezekiah’s reign whose history has been considered in 2 Kings and 2 Chronicles. The chapters are not arranged chronologically, as the event of chapter 38, Hezekiah’s sickness and recovery, occurred prior to the siege of Sennacherib (chaps. 36-37). The prophecies preceding these chapters predict the rise of the Assyrian power as the enemy of Judah and God’s rod of... read more