Isaiah 37:1-38

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Isaiah 37:35

defend = shield. See note on Isaiah 31:5 . My servant. Three are so called in this book: David (here); Israel or Jacob (the nation) (Isaiah 41:8 ; Isaiah 42:19 ; Isaiah 43:10 ; Isaiah 44:1 ; Isaiah 45:4 ; Isaiah 48:20 ; Isaiah 49:3 and whole chapter); and Messiah (Isaiah 42:1 ; Isaiah 65:8 ). David's sake. Note how Hezekiah refers to these words in his "Songs of the Degrees" (Psalms 132:1 , Psalms 132:10 ). read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Isaiah 37:36

Then, &c. Compare 2 Kings 19:35-37 . they: i.e. the Israelites. read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Isaiah 37:37

and. Note the Figure of speech Polysyndeton in this verse, to emphasize his departure and return, which leads up to what he returned for; also, that he did this without taking the city, Nebuchadnezzar makes no reference to this in his inscription. read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Isaiah 37:38

his sons . . . Esar-haddon. See note on 2 Kings 19:37 . read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Isaiah 37:1

THE THREAT TO JERUSALEM CONTINUED AND CONCLUDEDThe first four verses here begin to enumerate the things which Hezekiah did because of the desperate situation that confronted him. His first move was one that indicated his deep distress, repentance and sorrow. He covered himself with sackcloth and went into the temple to pray. He sent Eliakim and Shebna and the elders of the priests all covered with sackcloth to seek out Isaiah and to request his assistance in the prayers for "the remnant that is... read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Isaiah 37:5

"So the servants of Hezekiah came to Isaiah. And Isaiah said unto them. Thus shall ye say to your master. Thus saith Jehovah, Be not afraid of the words that thou hast heard, wherewith the servants of the king of Assyria have blasphemed me. Behold, I will put a spirit in him, and he shall hear tidings, and shall return unto his own land; and I will cause him to fall by the sword in his own land."Isaiah did not need to be solicited for prayer on behalf of Jerusalem; he had already been praying... read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Isaiah 37:8

"So Rabshakeh returned, and found the king of Assyria warring against Libnah; for he had heard that he had departed from Lachish. And he heard say concerning Tirhakah king of Ethiopia, He is come out to fight against thee. And when he heard it, he sent messengers to Hezekiah, saying, Thus shall ye speak to Hezekiah king of Judah, saying, Let not thy God in whom thou trustest deceive thee, saying, Jerusalem shall not be given into the hand of the king of Assyria. Behold, thou hast heard what the... read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Isaiah 37:14

"And Hezekiah received the letter from the hand of the messengers, and read it; and Hezekiah went up unto the house of Jehovah, and spread it before Jehovah. And Hezekiah prayed unto Jehovah, saying, O Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel, that sittest above the cherubim, thou art the God, even thou alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth; thou hast made heaven and earth, Incline thine ear, O Jehovah, and hear; Open thine eyes, O Jehovah, and see; and hear all the words of Sennacherib, who hath... read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Isaiah 37:21

"Then Isaiah son of Amoz sent unto Hezekiah, saying, Thus saith Jehovah, the God of Israel, Whereas thou hast prayed to me against Sennacherib king of Assyria, this is the word which Jehovah hath spoken concerning him: The virgin daughter of Zion hath despised thee; the daughter of Jerusalem hath shaken her head at thee. Whom hast thou defied and blasphemed? and against whom hast thou exalted thy voice and lifted up thine eyes on high? even against the Holy One of Israel. By thy servants hast... read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Isaiah 37:26

"Hast thou not heard how I have done it long ago, and formed it of ancient times? now have I brought it to pass, that it should be thine to lay waste fortified cities into ruinous heaps. 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 a field of grain before it is grown up. But I know thy sitting down, and thy going out, and thy coming in, and thy raging against... read more

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