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Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

Isaiah 37:7

Verse Isaiah 37:7. I will send a blast - "I will infuse a spirit into him"] "נותין בו רוח nothen bo ruach never signifies any thing but putting a spirit into a person: this was πνευμα δειλιας, the spirit of deceit." - Secker. "I will send a blast" - I do not think that Archbishop Secker has hit the true meaning of these words. I believe רוח ruach means here a pestilential wind, such as the Arabs call simoom, that instantly suffocates both man and beast; and is what is termed "the angel of the Lord," God's messenger of death to the Assyrians, Isaiah 37:36.

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See also Isaiah 37:7 in other biblical comments:

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    BEHOLD, I WILL SEND A BLAST UPON HIM - Margin, ‘Put a spirit into him.’ The word rendered ‘blast’ (רוח _rûach_) is commonly rendered ‘spirit.’ It may denote breath, air, soul, or spirit. There is no...

  • 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

    Isaiah's answer far exceeds the king's request. He does not need now to pray, for he is already in possession of the Divine message for this crisis....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _I will send a blast upon him_ Render as in R.V. I WILL PUT A SPIRIT IN HIM, i.e. a spirit of craven fear, depriving him of his natural courage and resourcefulness. How the spirit will work is stated...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    BEHOLD, I WILL SEND A BLAST UPON HIM— _Behold, I will put a spirit_ [_of fear_] _into him, when he shall hear,_ &c. Vitringa. See chap. Isaiah 31:8 whence it clearly follows, that the interpretation h...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    B. PERSEVERANCE, CHAPTER 37 1. THE PLEA TEXT: Isaiah 37:1-7 1 And it came to pass, when king Hezekiah heard it, that he rent his clothes, and covered himself with sackcloth, and went into the house...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    Behold, I will send a blast upon him, and he shall hear a rumour, and return to his own land; and I will cause him to fall by the sword in his own land. BLAST - or else, 'I will put a spirit (; ) i...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    This verse may give the impression that Sennacherib’s death happened very soon afterwards. In fact, Sennacherib ruled the *Assyrian *empire for another 20 years. But he never again entered the country...

  • 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...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    I WILL SEND A BLAST UPON HIM. — Better, _I will put a spirit in him._ The Authorised Version suggests the idea of some physical calamity, like that which actually destroyed the Assyrian army. Here, ho...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    הִנְנִ֨י נֹותֵ֥ן בֹּו֙ ר֔וּחַ וְ שָׁמַ֥ע שְׁמ

  • 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

    Behold, I will send a wind upon him, and he shall hear a (f) rumour, and return to his own land; and I will cause him to fall by the sword in his own land. (f) Of the Egyptians and Ethiopians, who wi...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    CHAPTER XXXVII. _ Spirit. Angel, or a different design, 2 Thessalonians ii. 8. (Calmet)_...

  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

    7._Behold, I will bring a wind upon him. _Others translate it, “I will put my Spirit in him,” as if the Prophet were speaking of a secret influence of the heart; but that is a forced interpretation. I...

  • 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

    BEHOLD, I WILL SEND A BLAST UPON HIM,.... The king of Assyria; a pestilential one, as he afterwards did, which destroyed his army: or, I WILL PUT A SPIRIT INTO HIM s; a spirit of fear and dread, whic...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    Behold, I will send a blast upon him, influence his judgments and actions by a spirit which will guide him according to the plans of the Lord, AND HE SHALL HEAR A RUMOR, an evil report, AND RETURN TO...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

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

  • Marginal Notes in the King James Version (1611)

    SEND A BLAST UPON HIM: Or, put a spirit into him...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    No text from Poole on this verse....

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Isaiah 37:7 send H5414 (H8802) spirit H7307 hear H8085 (H8804) rumor H8052 return H7725 (H8804) land...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    KING HEZEKIAH PLEADS FOR THE INTERCESSION OF ISAIAH (ISAIAH 37:1). Isaiah 37:1 ‘And it came about that when king Hezekiah heard it, he tore his clothes and covered himself with sackcloth, and went i...

  • 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 ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 37:7 BEHOLD, I WILL PUT A SPIRIT IN HIM. The God whom Sennacherib dismisses (Isaiah 36:18) is actually in complete command of Sennacherib. His “great arm

  • 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

    2 Chronicles 32:21; 2 Kings 7:6; Isaiah 10:16; Isaiah 10:33;...

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