Darby's translation notes (1890)
Isaiah 37:24
37:24 field. (a-60) Or 'forest of his Carmel.'
37:24 field. (a-60) Or 'forest of his Carmel.'
Verse Isaiah 37:24. _BY THY SERVANTS_ - "By thy messengers"] The text has עבדיך _abdeycha, thy servants_; but the true reading seems to be מלאכיך _malacheycha, thy messengers_, as in the other copy,...
BY THY SERVANTS - Hebrew, ‘By the hand of thy servants.’ That is, by Rabshakeh Isaiah 36, and by those whom he had now sent to Hezekiah with letters Isaiah 37:9, Isaiah 37:14....
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...
LORD*. One of the 134 places where the _Sopherim_ changed "Jehovah" of the primitive text to "Adonai". AM. COME UP. have. scaled. Compare Isaiah 36:10. These boasts probably refer to the future as we...
The king of Assyria is represented as boasting of the ease with which he triumphs over all natural obstacles in the pursuance of his plans; such language is blasphemy against Jehovah, the Lord of Natu...
For _servants_2 Kings has "messengers," as in Isaiah 37:9_; Isaiah 37:14_. _am I come up_ Better, I GO UP. The "I" is emphatic. _the sides of Lebanon_means its RECESSES (R.V. "innermost parts"). _th...
The poem on Sennacherib is in substance a Taunt-song; but in form an elegy, written in the measure characteristic of the _qînâh_. The first two lines (Isaiah 37:22) read: SHE HATH DESPISED THEE, HAT...
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...
BY THE MULTITUDE OF MY CHARIOTS— Cities, in the prophetical writings, are metaphorically represented by woods or forests, especially those of _Lebanon_ and _Carmel;_ and the several ranks of inhabitan...
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...
By thy servants hast thou reproached the Lord, and hast said, By the multitude of my chariots am I come up to the height of the mountains, to the sides of Lebanon; and I will cut down the tall cedars...
7. SEND.. HIM] RV 'put a spirit in him.'...
SIDES] RV 'innermost PARTS.' THE HEIGHT.. CARMEL] RV 'his farthest height, the forest of his fruitful field.'...
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...
People in that region were familiar with the use of impressive language. But Sennacherib so very greatly *exaggerates his actions that his proud words sound stupid. • For example, not even Sennacheri...
BY THE MULTITUDE OF MY CHARIOTS. — The words refer apparently to the taunt of Isaiah 36:8. The inscriptions of the Assyrian king are full of like boasts. Shalmaneser, “Trackless paths and difficult mo...
בְּ יַ֣ד עֲבָדֶיךָ֮ חֵרַ֣פְתָּ ׀ אֲדֹנָי֒ וַ...
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...
_Carmel. See 4 Kings xix. (Challoner)_...
24._By the hand of thy servants. _This also heightens the baseness and cruelty of the insult, for it is harder to bear reproaches from a servant than from his master, the insult being rendered more gr...
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:...
BY THY SERVANTS HAST THOU REPROACHED THE LORD,.... Particularly by Rabshakeh, and the other two that were with him, who, no doubt, assented to what he said; not content to reproach him himself, he set...
BY THY SERVANTS: _ Heb._ by the hand of thy servants THE TALL CEDARS THEREOF: _ Heb._ the tallness of the cedars thereof, and the choice of the firr trees thereof FOREST OF HIS CARMEL: Or, the fo...
No text from Poole on this verse....
Isaiah 37:24 By H3027 servants H5650 reproached H2778 (H8765) Lord H136 said H559 (H8799) multitude H7230 chariots...
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...
2 Kings 19:22; 2 Kings 19:23; Daniel 4:20; Daniel 4:30; Daniel 4:8;...