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Isaiah 37:15-16

The king’s actions describe the character of true prayer. Before Hezekiah asks God for his urgent help, the king gives his complete attention to God himself.

• God is powerful. He is the commander of heaven’s armies. He is the *Lord. He is Israel’s God. He is the only real God. He rules all the nations, although they do not give honour to him.

• He controls everything. He has created all that is in heaven. And he has created all that is in the world.

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See also Isaiah 37:15-16 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Isaiah 37:15. _UNTO THE LORD _- "Before JEHOVAH"] That is, in the sanctuary. For אל _el_, the _Syriac, Chaldee_, and the other copy, 2 Kings 19:15, read לפני _liphney_, "before the face....

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    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...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    Hezekiah's prayer in the Temple. Cheyne refers to a striking parallel in the Egyptian version of Sennacherib's overthrow. "On this the monarch (Sethos), greatly distressed, entered into the inner sanc...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    AND HEZEKIAH PRAYED— The Pagans taught the knowledge of God, and the nature of their hero gods, only in their mysteries. The Hebrews were the only people whose object in their public and national wors...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    3. THE PRAYER TEXT: Isaiah 37:14-20 14 And Hezekiah received the letter from the hand of the messengers, and read it; and Hezekiah went up unto the house of Jehovah, and spread it before Jehovah....

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    _AND HEZEKIAH PRAYED UNTO THE LORD, SAYING,_ No JFB commentary on this verse....

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    7. SEND.. HIM] RV 'put a spirit in him.'...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וַ יִּתְפַּלֵּל֙ חִזְקִיָּ֔הוּ אֶל ־יְהוָ֖ה לֵ...

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    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...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

    15._Then Hezekiah prayed to God, saying, O Jehovah of hosts. _Because Sennacherib was the agent employed by Satan to shake the faith of Hezekiah, he defends himself by this rampart, that God possesses...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    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:...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    AND HEZEKIAH PRAYED UNTO THE LORD, SAYING. He did not return railing for railing, but committed himself and his cause to him that judgeth righteously; he did not write an answer to the letter himself,...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    And Hezekiah prayed unto the Lord, saying,...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    THE EFFECT OF SENNACHERIB'S BOAST UPON HEZEKIAH...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    No text from Poole on this verse....

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Isaiah 37:15 Hezekiah H2396 prayed H6419 (H8691) LORD H3068 saying H559 (H8800) 1 Samuel

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    KING HEZEKIAH SEEKS TO YAHWEH (ISAIAH 37:14). Isaiah 37:14 ‘And Hezekiah received the message from the hand of the messengers and read it, and Hezekiah went up to the house of Yahweh and spread it b...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    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...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _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...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    A KING’S PRAYER Isaiah 37:15. _And Hezekiah prayed, &c._ I. HEZEKIAH PRAYED TO JEHOVAH AS THE GOD OF HIS NATION. “O Lord God of Israel.” 1. The nation bore the name of one of its progenitors, who “a...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    NOBILITY AND SECURITY Isaiah 33:15. _He that walketh righteously, &c._ Those were terrible times in Jerusalem. The Assyrian power was exceedingly formidable; it was as ferocious as it was strong. The...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    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...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    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...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    1 Samuel 7:8; 1 Samuel 7:9; 2 Chronicles 14:11; 2 Chronicles 20:6;...

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