Isaiah 37:35

35 “I will defend this city and save it, for my sake and for the sake of David my servant!”

Isaiah 37:35 in Other Translations

35 For I will defend this city to save it for mine own sake, and for my servant David's sake.

35 For I will defend this city to save it, for my own sake and for the sake of my servant David."

35 ‘For my own honor and for the sake of my servant David, I will defend this city and protect it.’”

35 I've got my hand on this city to save it, Save it for my very own sake, but also for the sake of my David dynasty.'"

35 I will defend this city and rescue it, because of Me and because of My servant David.' "

Isaiah 37:35 Meaning and Commentary

Isaiah 37:35

For I will defend this city to save it
Or, "shield it"; and if God will be the shield and protection of any place or people, they must needs be safe; who can hurt them?

For my own sake, and for my servant David's sake;
not for the merits of the inhabitants of it, but for the sake of his own name and glory, who had been blasphemed by the Assyrian monarch, and his general; and for the sake of his servant David, in whose seed he had promised the kingdom should be established; see ( 2 Samuel 7:12-16 ) and chiefly for the sake of the Messiah, David's son, and the Lord's servant, who was to spring from Hezekiah's race, and therefore must not be cut off.

Isaiah 37:35 In-Context

33 “Therefore this is what the LORD says concerning the king of Assyria: “He will not enter this city or shoot an arrow here. He will not come before it with shield or build a siege ramp against it.

34 By the way that he came he will return; he will not enter this city,” declares the LORD.

35 “I will defend this city and save it, for my sake and for the sake of David my servant!”

36 Then the angel of the LORD went out and put to death a hundred and eighty-five thousand in the Assyrian camp. When the people got up the next morning—there were all the dead bodies!

37 So Sennacherib king of Assyria broke camp and withdrew. He returned to Nineveh and stayed there.

Cross References

• 1. S Isaiah 31:5; Isaiah 38:6
• 2. Isaiah 43:25; Isaiah 48:9,11; Ezekiel 36:21-22
• 3. S 1 Chronicles 17:19; 2 Kings 20:6