Marginal Notes in the KJV (1611)
Isaiah 36:5
vain words:
Heb. a word of lips
I have counsell and strength for war:
Or, but counsell and strength are for the war
vain words:
Heb. a word of lips
I have counsell and strength for war:
Or, but counsell and strength are for the war
Verse Isaiah 36:5. _I SAY _- "Thou hast said"] _Fourteen_ MSS. (_three_ ancient) of _Kennicott's_ and _De Rossi's_ have it in the second person, אמרת _amarta_; and so the other copy, 2 Kings 18:20....
I SAY, SAYEST THOU - In 2 Kings 18:20, this is ‘thou sayest;’ and thus many manuscripts read it here, and Lowth and Noyes have adopted that reading. So the Syriac reads it. But the sense is not affect...
THE HISTORICAL PARENTHESIS (36-39) The center of the book of Isaiah is a brief but deeply interesting historical account of events during the reign of King Hezekiah. His name is mentioned not less tha...
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...
I SAY, SAYEST THOU. Some codices read "Thou sayest", as in 2 Kings 18:20. VAIN WORDS. lip-talk. Hebrew word of lips....
The speech of the Rabshakeh, dealing with the two motives which might be supposed to have induced Hezekiah to rebel: (1) his reliance on the help of Egypt (Isaiah 36:6), and (2) his religious confiden...
_I say_, sayest thou, (_but_they are but _vain words_) & _c._ Rather (as Cheyne and others) THINKEST THOU THAT A MERE WORD OF THE LIPS IS COUNSEL AND STRENGTH FOR WAR? "You cannot think so," reasons t...
I SAY, &C.— _Thou hast said,_ (_but they are vain words,_) _I have counsel and strength sufficient for the war._ Lowth....
VI. CHASTENING THROUGH CAPTIVITY Chapter S 36-39 A. PRESSURE, CHAPTER 36 1. PREDICAMENT TEXT: Isaiah 36:1-12 1 Now it came to pass in the fourteenth year of king Hezekiah, that Sennacherib, king o...
I say, sayest thou, (but they are but vain words) I have counsel and strength for war: now on whom dost thou trust, that thou rebellest against me? COUNSEL - Egypt was famed for its wisdom....
36:5 sayest, (g-2) Or 'I say [sayest thou].'...
1. IN THE FOURTEENTH YEAR] The chronology is difficult. From Isaiah 38:1; Isaiah 39:1 we might conclude that Hezekiah's sickness and the Babylonian embassy followed Sennacherib's invasion, whereas Isa...
ISAIAH: GOD CONTROLS THE NATIONS GOD DEFENDS *JERUSALEM ISAIAH CHAPTER S 31 TO 39 _NORMAN HILLYER_ CHAPTER 36 THE *ASSYRIANS ATTACK JUDAH V1 Hezekiah had been king of Judah for nearly 14 years...
The *Rabshakeh hurries from one subject to another subject on purpose. Hezekiah does not have time to think how to answer. WRONG IDEAS ABOUT THE *LORD V7 Then the *Rabshakeh added: ‘It is hopeless...
I HAVE COUNSEL AND STRENGTH FOR WAR... — Reports of Hezekiah’s speech. probably also of his negotiations with Egypt, had reached the ears of the Assyrian king. So Sennacherib. in his inscriptions, spe...
אָמַ֨רְתִּי֙ אַךְ ־דְּבַר ־שְׂפָתַ֔יִם עֵצָ֥ה וּ...
BOOK 4 JERUSALEM AND SENNACHERIB 701 B.C. INTO this fourth book we put all the rest of the prophecies of the Book of Isaiah, that have to do with the prophet's own time: Chapter s 1, 22 and 33, wit...
This chapter is the first of four which constitute a brief historical interlude. All have to do with Hezekiah and Isaiah. The first two are related to the prophecies of judgment so far as they are of...
I say, (f) [sayest thou], (but [they are but] vain words) [I have] counsel and strength for war: now on whom dost thou trust, that thou rebellest against me? (f) He speaks this in the person of Hezek...
5._I have said (only a word of the lips.) _In the sacred history (2 Kings 18:20) the word employed is, _Thou hast said _This may be explained as a declaration what kind of courage Rabshakeh thinks tha...
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:...
I SAY, (SAYEST THOU,) BUT THEY ARE BUT VAIN WORDS,.... Or, "word of lips" f; meaning the following, which he suggests were only the fruit of his lips, not of his heart; or were vain and foolish, and w...
_A.M. 3292. B.C. 712._ In this and the three following Chapter s is contained the historical part of the book of Isaiah, relating a memorable transaction, strongly confirmative of the divine mission...
I say, sayest thou, (but they are but vain words, upon which it is not safe to rely), I HAVE COUNSEL AND STRENGTH FOR WAR, that is, empty bragging is his talk concerning preparation for war; NOW, ON W...
THE ASSYRIANS THREATEN JERUSALEM. The three Chapter s now following form the historical appendix to the first part of the book of the prophet Isaiah, serving chiefly to make the prophecies concerning...
No text from Poole on this verse....
Isaiah 36:5 say H559 (H8804) plans H6098 power H1369 war H4421 mere H8193 words H1697 trust H982 ...
‘And the Rabshakeh said to them, “Say now to Hezekiah. Thus says the great king, the king of Assyria, What confidence is this on which you now rely? I say your counsel and strength for war are but vai...
TRUST (_ See Scofield) - (Psalms 2:12). _...
CONTENTS: Sennacherib's invasion and Jehovah's deliverance. The threats of Rabshakeh. CHARACTERS: God, Sennacherib, Rabskakeh, Hezekiah, Eliakim, Shebnab, Joab, Pharaoh. CONCLUSION: The enemies of G...
Isaiah 36:1. _In the fourteenth year of Hezekiah,_ Sennacherib came up against all the cities of Judah. This history is related in 2 Chronicles 32., with notes and comments: but it was proper for Isai...
_Now on whom dost thou trust?_ TRUST IN OTHERS SOMETIMES DISHONOURED That question may not be without importance in matters of ordinary life. We have all to trust our fellows, more or less, and I sup...
_Rabshakeh said unto them_ WAR ORATORS We have a class of speakers in this country who are silent on all great social and cosmopolitan topics, but make themselves heard and felt the moment any matte...
ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 36:1 Historical Transition: “In Whom Do You Now Trust?” These chapters of history form a bridge between the mostly poetic chs. Isaiah 1:1 and...
IN WHOM ART THOU TRUSTING? Isaiah 36:5.… _Now on whom dost thou trust?_ The question is important in ordinary life, but it is overwhelmingly so in spiritual things. I. A LITTTE BUNDLE OF ANSWERS. 1....
PART II. HISTORICAL SKETCH OF EVENTS IN THE REIGN OF HEZEKIAH (CH. 36-39.). SECTION I. SENNACHERIB'S ATTEMPTS TO REDUCE JUDAEA, AND HIS OVERTHR
Shall we turn to Isaiah chapter 36. Last week as we completed the thirty-fifth chapter of the book of Isaiah, of course, we got into those glorious prophecies of the future Kingdom Age when Jesus Chri...
2 Kings 18:7; 2 Kings 24:1; Ezekiel 17:15; Jeremiah 52:3; Nehemiah 2: