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Isaiah 37:20

ISAIAH—NOTE ON Isaiah 37:20 save us. Isaiah’s message was that the Lord alone saves (see Isaiah 12:2; Isaiah 25:9; Isaiah 33:22; Isaiah 35:4; Isaiah 43:11; Isaiah 45:21; Isaiah 51:5; Isaiah 52:10; Isaiah 56:1; Isaiah 59:1, Isaiah 59:16; Isaiah 63:1, Isaiah 63:5). Now Hezekiah gives voice to that faith, bringing the message of the book to a focal point. that all the kingdoms of the earth may know. The ultimate reason why God intervenes for his people is to make them a living proof of his glory.

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  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Isaiah 37:20. _SAVE US_ - "Save us, we beseech thee"] The supplicating particle, נא _na_, is supplied here from _eighteen_ MSS., _three_ ancient, of Dr. _Kennicott_, and _ten_ of _De Rossi_, and...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    THAT ALL THE KINGDOMS OF THE EARTH MAY KNOW - Since he has been able to subdue all others; and since Judea alone, the land under the protection of Yahweh, would be saved, all the nations would know th...

  • 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...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    SAVE US. Some codices add "I (or, we) pray Thee", Compare 2 Kings 19:19....

  • 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...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    Therefore let Jehovah shew, in this crisis of religion, that He alone possesses true Godhead. _that thou_art _the Lord_, even _thou only_ Lit. "that thou art Jehovah alone," cf. Deuteronomy 6:4. But t...

  • 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

    Now therefore, O LORD our God, save us from his hand, that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that thou art the LORD, even thou only. O LORD OUR GOD, SAVE US FROM HIS HAND ... The strongest arg...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    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...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    The *Assyrian army was the most powerful army that the nations had ever known. But huge armies do not impress God. VERSES 21-38 form a section that is parallel (similar) to Isaiah’s reply earlier in...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וְ עַתָּה֙ יְהוָ֣ה אֱלֹהֵ֔ינוּ הֹושִׁיעֵ֖נוּ מִ...

  • 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...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    Now therefore, O LORD our God, save us from his hand, that (n) all the kingdoms of the earth may know that thou [art] the LORD, [even] thou only. (n) He declares for what cause he prayed, that they m...

  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

    20._And now, O Jehovah our God. _At the conclusion of his prayer, the pious king now rises above that fear with which he had struggled; for the aids by which he had hitherto fortified himself undoubte...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

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  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    NOW THEREFORE, O LORD OUR GOD, SAVE US FROM HIS HAND,.... The hand of the king of Assyria. The Lord had promised that he would and Hezekiah believed he would; but he knew that for this he would be inq...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    Now, therefore, O Lord, our God, upon whom Hezekiah and his people based their firm trust for deliverance, SAVE US FROM HIS HAND, THAT ALL THE KINGDOMS OF THE EARTH MAY KNOW THAT THOU ART THE LORD, EV...

  • 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 37:20 LORD H3068 God H430 save H3467 (H8685) hand H3027 kingdoms H4467 earth H776 know H3045 ...

  • 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

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  • 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 CHRISTIAN PRAYER Isaiah 37:20. _Now, therefore, O Lord our God, save us, &c._ The conclusion of Hezekiah’s prayer. Sennacherib had accomplished the conquest of several countries, notwithstanding th...

  • 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 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 Kings 18:36; 1 Kings 18:37; 1 Kings 8:43; 1 Samuel 17:45; Exodus

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