George Haydock's Catholic Commentary
Isaiah 37:30
Thee. He directeth his speech to Ezechias.
Thee. He directeth his speech to Ezechias.
AND THIS SHALL BE A SIGN UNTO THEE - It is evident that the discourse here is turned from Sennacherib to Hezekiah. Such transitions, without distinctly indicating them, are common in Isaiah. God had i...
CHAPTER 37 Hezekiah in the House of the Lord and Sennacherib's Second Attempt 1. _Hezekiah's humiliation and Isaiah sent for (Isaiah 37:1)_ 2. _The message from the prophet (Isaiah 37:6)_ 3. Rabshake...
ISAIAH 36-39. This section has been extracted from 2 Kings 18:13 to 2 Kings 20:19, and the Song of Hezekiah has been added. For an exposition see the notes on 2 K.; here we have simply to deal with th...
SIGN. See note on Isaiah 7:11. YE SHALL EAT, &C. No seed would be sown on account of the (foretold) devastation wrought by the invasion. Hezekiah refers to this "sign" in his "Songs of the Degrees" (P...
The answer to the prayer comes in the form of a message from Isaiah. The message as here given really consists of two distinct oracles: (1) a poem, on the pride and the approaching humiliation of Senn...
The "sign" of this verse is of the same nature as that of Exodus 3:12, and ch. Isaiah 7:14. It consists of a series of events, in themselves natural, which will attest the fact that all the circumstan...
A sign is given to Hezekiah of the fulfilment of the preceding prophecy. But beyond the brief period of hardship which must follow the invasion, the prophet announces the advent of a new age in which...
AND THIS SHALL BE A SIGN UNTO THEE— The discourse is here directed to Hezekiah, whose faith in the event just predicted God is pleased to confirm by an additional _sign;_ which sign, as it was not to...
4. THE PRONOUNCEMENT TEXT: Isaiah 37:21-35 21 Then Isaiah the son of Amoz sent unto Hezekiah, saying, Thus saith Jehovah, the God of Israel, Whereas thou hast prayed to me against Sennacherib king...
And this shall be a sign unto thee, Ye shall eat this year such as groweth of itself; and the second year that which springeth of the same: and in the third year sow ye, and reap, and plant vineyards...
A sign given to the people of Judah that the Assyrian shall not return. This year, the year of the invasion, since the harvest has been destroyed they must eat the after growth. Since they have not be...
7. SEND.. HIM] RV 'put a spirit in him.'...
ISAIAH: GOD CONTROLS THE NATIONS GOD DEFENDS *JERUSALEM ISAIAH CHAPTER S 31 TO 39 _NORMAN HILLYER_ CHAPTER 37 HEZEKIAH ASKS ISAIAH FOR ADVICE V1 When king Hezekiah heard the report from his th...
Isaiah’s reference to crops gives a signal to God’s people. For two years they will have to find food that grows naturally. But in the third year they will be able to sow and to harvest crops again. B...
AND THIS SHALL BE A SIGN UNTO THEE. — The prophet now turns to Hezekiah, and offers, as was his wont (Isaiah 7:11; Isaiah 38:8), a sign within the horizon of the nearer future as the pledge of the ful...
וְ זֶה ־לְּךָ֣ הָ אֹ֔ות אָכֹ֤ול הַ
CHAPTER XXVI HAD ISAIAH A GOSPEL FOR THE INDIVIDUAL? THE two narratives, in which Isaiah's career culminates-that of the Deliverance of Jerusalem Isaiah 36:1; Isaiah 37:1 and that of the Recovery of...
Penitently, went Hezekiah immediately into the house of the Lord, while he sent messengers to Isaiah. The prophet sent them back with words of encouragement, declaring that God would deliver them. In...
And this [shall be] a (y) sign to thee, Ye shall eat [this] year such as groweth of itself; and the (z) second year that which springeth of the same: and in the third year sow ye, and reap, and plant...
30._And this shall be a sign to thee. _He now directs his discourse to Hezekiah and the whole nation; for he did not address Sennacherib as if he expected him to listen, but in order that, by contempt...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 36, 37, 38, AND 39. Chapter s 36-39 relate the history of the invasion of Sennacherib, its result, and the sickness unto death of Hezekiah, which preceded it:...
AND THIS SHALL BE A SIGN UNTO THEE,.... Not to Sennacherib, but to Hezekiah; for here the Lord turns himself from the former, and directs his speech to the latter, in order to comfort him under the dr...
No text from Poole on this verse....
Isaiah 37:30 sign H226 eat H398 (H8800) year H8141 grows H5599 second H8145 year H8141 springs H7823 third...
YAHWEH'S ASSURANCE OF DELIVERANCE TO JERUSALEM (ISAIAH 37:30). At this point Isaiah turns his thoughts back to what Hezekiah really wants to know. What is about to happen to Jerusalem? Isaiah 37:30...
YAHWEH'S REPLY THROUGH ISAIAH (ISAIAH 37:21). Isaiah 37:21 ‘Then Isaiah the son of Amoz sent to Hezekiah, saying, “Thus says Yahweh the God of Israel, In lieu of the fact that you have prayed to me a...
CONTENTS: Jehovah's message to the people by Isaiah. Sennacherib's message to Hezekiah. Hezekiah's prayer and Jehovah's answer. Destruction of Assyrians. CHARACTERS: God, Hezekiah, Eliakim, Shebna, I...
Isaiah 37:3. _This is a day of trouble, and of rebuke, and of blasphemy._ What moral idea can we form of a conqueror? A man hailed, adored, and applauded by the world. History is full of his fame, and...
_And Hezekiah received the letter. .. and read it. .. and spread it before the Lord_ HEZEKIAH’S PRAYER AND DELIVERANCE In the struggles, defeats, and final triumph of the ancient people of God in the...
EXPOSITION This chapter is the sequel of the preceding, and is so closely connected with it that the two really constitute but one narrative. Isaiah 37:22 of Isaiah 36:1. is more closely connected wit...
And it came to pass, when king Hezekiah heard it, that he tore his clothes (Isaiah 37:1), Yeah, man, it is bad. Rip, you know. and he covered himself with sackcloth (Isaiah 37:1), Now sackcloth was...
1 Kings 13:3; 2 Kings 19:29; 2 Kings 20:9; Exodus 3:12; Isaiah 38:7;...