Isaiah 37:6

6 he sent back this answer: "The Lord tells you not to let the Assyrians frighten you by their claims that he cannot save you.

Isaiah 37:6 Meaning and Commentary

Isaiah 37:6

And Isaiah said unto them, thus shall you say unto your master,
&c.] Or, "your lord" ^F17; King Hezekiah, whose ministers and messengers they were: thus saith the Lord, be not afraid of the words thou hast heard;
be not not terrified by them, they are but words, and no more, and will never become facts: wherewith the servants of the king of Assyria have blasphemed me;
by representing him as no better than the gods of the Gentiles, and as unable to deliver out of the hands of the king of Assyria the city of Jerusalem, when he had said he would. The word ^F18 for "servants" signifies boys, lads, young men; so Rabshakeh and his two companions, Rabsaris and Tartan, are called, by way of contempt, they acting a weak and childish part as well as a wicked one.

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FOOTNOTES:

F17 (Mkynda la) "ad dominum vestrum", Montanus.
F18 (yren) "pueri recens nati, infantes, pueri judicio", Gusset.

Isaiah 37:6 In-Context

4 The Assyrian emperor has sent his chief official to insult the living God. May the Lord your God hear these insults and punish those who spoke them. So pray to God for those of our people who survive."

5 When Isaiah received King Hezekiah's message,

6 he sent back this answer: "The Lord tells you not to let the Assyrians frighten you by their claims that he cannot save you.

7 The Lord will cause the emperor to hear a rumor that will make him go back to his own country, and the Lord will have him killed there."

8 The Assyrian official learned that the emperor had left Lachish and was fighting against the nearby city of Libnah; so he went there to consult him.