Isaías 37:1-38 NVIPT

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Isaiah 37:26-27

Assyria had not heard the truth. She lacked the divine revelation that helps people see the realities of life. It was the Lord, not the Assyrians, who was responsible for all of Assyria’s conquests. He not only planned them long ago, but He also brought them to pass. That explains why she was able to subdue her enemies and take over their territories. God is sovereign. read more

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Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Isaiah 37:28-29

The Lord knew everything about the Assyrians, including their raging against Himself. Because they raged against Him and felt complacent about controlling their own destiny, He would teach them who was sovereign. He would lead them away as they had led prisoners they had taken captive in war, by putting hooks in their noses. Assyrian monuments picture this. As they directed the horses they took so much pride in, God would put a bit in their mouths and turn them back to their homeland.Isaiah... read more

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Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Isaiah 37:30

For two years normal agriculture would be impossible around Jerusalem, but God would cause the land to produce enough to sustain the inhabitants. Probably the two years of interruption resulted from Assyrian military activity in the region. Fruitfulness has always been God’s blessing on those who trust Him. Then the third year, planting and harvesting as usual would resume. It was particularly unusual that the Judahites would be able to plant vineyards and eat their fruit shortly after that... read more

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Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Isaiah 37:31

Additionally, the surviving remnant of the Judahites would increase in numbers and become stronger, like the plants just mentioned. They would enjoy security and prosperity. read more

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Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Isaiah 37:32

The Lord would preserve a people for Himself from among the Jerusalemites. This would include the Davidic line of kings, as He had promised (2 Samuel 7:16; cf. Isaiah 9:6). His own zeal to remain true to His Word and to bless His people would perform this (cf. Isaiah 9:7; Isaiah 59:17). It would not depend on the faithfulness of His people (cf. 2 Timothy 2:13). read more

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Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Isaiah 37:33-35

The Lord promised Hezekiah, in closing, that Sennacherib would not even besiege Jerusalem, let alone attack it, either from close range or from farther away. He would, instead, return to his own land the same way he came. On his prism, discovered by archaeologists, Sennacherib claimed to have shut Hezekiah up like a bird in a cage, but it was really Yahweh who protected Hezekiah. [Note: See Pritchard, ed., Ancient Near . . ., pp. 287-88.] Yahweh would defend Jerusalem and preserve it, not so... read more

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Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Isaiah 37:36

The Lord Himself slew 185,000 of the Assyrian soldiers in one night. Evidently this was an act of the angel of the Lord similar to the slaying of the Egyptian firstborn before the Exodus (Exodus 12:12-13; Exodus 12:23; cf. 2 Samuel 24:1; 2 Samuel 24:15-16; Luke 12:20). The angel of the Lord may have been the preincarnate Christ, since He is identified as the Lord (Yahweh), and yet distinct from the Lord, in various Old Testament passages. Some scholars believe the angel of the Lord was an angel... read more

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Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Isaiah 37:36-38

The Lord’s deliverance 37:36-38Isaiah had predicted that God would break Assyria’s power in the Promised Land (Isaiah 14:24-27). This short section records how He miraculously fulfilled that promise. This divine act of massive proportions settled the issue of Assyria’s fate and provided the crowning demonstration that Yahweh controls world history. He will always fulfill His promises. The literal fulfillment of these near prophecies should encourage us to look for a literal fulfillment of... read more

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

Sennacherib, the great "king of Assyria" (cf. Isaiah 36:4; Isaiah 36:13), then returned to Assyria, having lost a large part of his army, and having heard a rumor about the advancing Ethiopian ruler (Isaiah 37:7-9). He lived in Nineveh for 20 years before his death, and he conducted other military campaigns, but none in Palestine. read more

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Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Isaiah 37:38

Ironically, it was while worshipping in the temple of his idol in Nineveh that God effected Sennacherib’s assassination, whereas it was while worshipping the true God in His temple in Jerusalem, that God moved to spare Hezekiah’s life. Hezekiah went into the house of his God and got help, but Sennacherib went into the house of his god and got killed. The Babylonian royal chronicles recorded the assassination of Sennacherib and the accession of Esarhaddon in 681 B.C. [Note: Pritchard, ed.,... read more

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Isaiah 37:26-27

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Isaiah 37:28-29

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Isaiah 37:30

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Isaiah 37:31

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Isaiah 37:32

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Isaiah 37:33-35

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Isaiah 37:36

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Isaiah 37:36-38

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

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Isaiah 37:38

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