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Isaiah 37:25-35

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25 'I dug wells and drank waters, And 1with the sole of my feet I dried up All the rivers of Egypt.'
26 "2Have you not heard? Long ago I did it, From ancient times I 3planned it. Now 4I have brought it to pass, That 5you should turn fortified cities into 6ruinous heaps.
27 "Therefore their inhabitants were short of strength, They were dismayed and put to shame; They were as the 7vegetation of the field and as the green herb, As 8grass on the housetops is scorched before it is grown up.
28 "But I 9know your sitting down And your going out and your coming in And your raging against Me.
29 "Because of your raging against Me And because your 10arrogance has come up to My ears, Therefore I will put My 11hook in your nose And My 12bridle in your lips, And I will turn you back 13by the way which you came.
30 "Then this shall be the sign for you: you will eat this year what 14grows of itself, in the second year what springs from the same, and in the third year sow, reap, plant vineyards and eat their fruit.
31 "The 15surviving 16remnant of the house of Judah will again 17take root downward and bear fruit upward.
32 "For out of Jerusalem will go forth a 18remnant and out of Mount Zion survivors. The 19zeal of the LORD of hosts will perform this."'
33 "Therefore, thus says the LORD concerning the king of Assyria, 'He will not come to this city or shoot an arrow there; and he will not come before it with a shield, or throw up a 20siege ramp against it.
34 '21By the way that he came, by the same he will return, and he will not come to this city,' declares the LORD.
35 'For I will 22defend this city to save it 23for My own sake and for My servant David's sake.' "
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Isaiah 37:25-35 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO ISAIAH 37

In this chapter are contained Hezekiah's message to Isaiah, desiring his prayer for him and his people, in this time of sore distress, Isa 37:1-5, the comforting and encouraging answer returned by the prophet to him, Isa 37:6,7, the king of Assyria's letter to Hezekiah, to terrify him into a surrender of the city of Jerusalem to him, Isa 37:8-13 which Hezekiah spread before the Lord, and prayed unto him for deliverance, Isa 37:14-20, upon which he received a gracious answer by the hand of the prophet, promising safety and deliverance to him, and destruction to the king of Assyria, of which a sign was given, Isa 37:21-35 and the chapter is closed with the slaughter of the Assyrian army by an angel, the flight of the king, and his death by the hands of his sons, Isa 37:36-38.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Cross References 23

  • 1. Deuteronomy 11:10; 1 Kings 20:10
  • 2. Isaiah 40:21, 28
  • 3. Acts 2:23; Acts 4:27, 28; 1 Peter 2:8
  • 4. Isaiah 46:11
  • 5. Isaiah 10:6
  • 6. Isaiah 17:1; Isaiah 25:2
  • 7. Isaiah 40:7
  • 8. Psalms 129:6
  • 9. Psalms 139:1
  • 10. Isaiah 10:12
  • 11. Ezekiel 29:4; Ezekiel 38:4
  • 12. Isaiah 30:28
  • 13. Isaiah 37:34
  • 14. Leviticus 25:5, 11
  • 15. Isaiah 4:2; Isaiah 10:20
  • 16. Isaiah 37:4
  • 17. Isaiah 27:6
  • 18. Isaiah 37:4
  • 19. 2 Kings 19:31; Isaiah 9:7; Isaiah 59:17; Joel 2:18; Zechariah 1:14
  • 20. Jeremiah 6:6; Jeremiah 32:24
  • 21. Isaiah 37:29
  • 22. 2 Kings 20:6; Isaiah 31:5; Isaiah 38:6
  • 23. Isaiah 43:25; Isaiah 48:9, 11

Footnotes 5

  • [a]. Or "the besieged place"
  • [b]. So DSS and 2 Kin 19:26; M.T. as "a plowed field"
  • [c]. Lit "complacency"
  • [d]. Lit "eating"
  • [e]. Lit "those who escape"
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