Isaiah 37:28 - Exposition

I know thy abode ; literally, thy down-sitting (comp. Psalms 139:2 ). The meaning is that God has, and has had, his eye on Sennacherib throughout all his career, seeing to and watching over his performance of his will. The phrase, going out, and coming in , is a Hebrew idiom for a man's doings (see Numbers 27:17 ; Deuteronomy 28:6 ; Deuteronomy 31:2 ; 1 Samuel 18:13 , 1 Samuel 18:16 ; 2 Samuel 3:25 ; 1 Kings 3:7 , etc.). Thy rage against me . As shown in the message sent by Rab-shakeh ( Isaiah 36:7 ), in Rabshakeh's speech to the "men on the wall" ( Isaiah 36:15-20 ), and in the letter sent to Hezekiah from Lachish ( Isaiah 37:10 ).