O LORD of hosts, God of Israel, that (l) dwellest [between] the cherubim, thou [art] the God, [even] thou alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth: thou hast made heaven and earth.
(l) He grounds his prayer on God's promise, who promised to hear them from between the Cherubims.
O LORD OF HOSTS - (See the note at Isaiah 1:9). THAT DWELLEST BETWEEN THE CHERUBIMS - On the cherubim, see the note at Isaiah 14:13. The reference here is doubtless to the fact that the symbol of the...
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 OF HOSTS. See note on Isaiah 1:9, and 1 Samuel 1:3. GOD OF ISRAEL. See note on Isaiah 29:23. DWELLEST: or, sittest enthroned. THE. Hebrew He, the [God]. Compare...
The prayer opens with a solemn invocation of Jehovah, first as God of Israel, and second as the only true God and Creator of all things. _that dwellest_between (or, ART ENTHRONED UPON) _the cherubims_...
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...
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....
O LORD of hosts, God of Israel, that dwellest between the cherubims, thou art the God, even thou alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth: thou hast made heaven and earth. O LORD OF HOSTS, GOD OF IS...
37:16 Same, (b-15) A name of God. Cf. 2 Samuel 7:28 ; Psalms 102:27 . See also ch. 41.4, &c. where the corresponding form is in the first person....
7. SEND.. HIM] RV 'put a spirit in him.'...
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...
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...
THAT DWELLEST BETWEEN THE CHERUBIMS. — A like phrase in Psalms 18:10 refers, apparently, to the dark thunder-clouds of heaven. Here, probably, the reference is to the glory-cloud which was the symbol...
יְהוָ֨ה צְבָאֹ֜ות אֱלֹהֵ֤י יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ יֹשֵׁ֣ב הַ...
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...
16._Thou alone art God over all the kingdoms of the earth. _Not only does he assert God’s almighty power, but likewise maintains the authority which he exercises over the whole world. And these statem...
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:...
O LORD OF HOSTS, GOD OF ISRAEL, THAT DWELLEST BETWEEN THE CHERUBIM,.... Or, "the inhabitant of the cherubim" l; which were over the mercy seat, the residence of the Shechinah, or Majesty of God, the s...
O Lord of hosts, Commander of the heavenly armies, God of Israel, that dwellest between the cherubim, for that was the place from which the Lord communed with Moses, where He dwelt in the midst of His...
THE EFFECT OF SENNACHERIB'S BOAST UPON HEZEKIAH...
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Isaiah 37:16 LORD H3068 hosts H6635 God H430 Israel H3478 dwells H3427 (H8802) cherubim H3742 God H430 kingdoms...
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...
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...
ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 37:16 Hezekiah does not put his own safety first, nor does he plead his own righteousness. He bases his prayer on the character and universal sovereignty of God. ⇐
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...
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...
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...
1 Kings 18:32; 1 Samuel 4:4; 2 Kings 5:15; 2 Samuel 7:26; Colossian