Geneva Study Bible Commentary
Isaiah 37:35
For I will defend this city to save it for my own sake, and for my servant (b) David's sake.
(b) For my promise sake made to David.
For I will defend this city to save it for my own sake, and for my servant (b) David's sake.
(b) For my promise sake made to David.
FOR I WILL DEFEND THIS CITY - Notwithstanding all that Hezekiah had done to put it in a posture of defense (2 Chronicles 32:1, following) still it was Yahweh alone who could preserve it. FOR MINE OWN...
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...
DEFEND. shield. See note on Isaiah 31:5. MY SERVANT. Three are so called in this book: David (here); Israel or Jacob (the nation) (Isaiah 41:8; Isaiah 42:19;...
An assurance that Jehovah will protect Jerusalem, in answer to Hezekiah's prayer....
The answer to the prayer comes in the form of a message from Isaiah. The message as here given really consists of two distinct oracles: (1) a poem, on the pride and the approaching humiliation of Senn...
_I will defend this city_ Cf. ch. Isaiah 31:5, where the same verb is used. _for my servant David's sake_ An expression of frequent occurrence in the books of Kings. See 1 Kings 11:13; 1 Kings 11:34;...
FOR MY SERVANT DAVID'S SAKE— All the promises made to David were made to him in Christ; he and his kingdom were types of the kingdom of Christ. It is to this, and not to the personal merits of David,...
4. THE PRONOUNCEMENT TEXT: Isaiah 37:21-35 21 Then Isaiah the son of Amoz sent unto Hezekiah, saying, Thus saith Jehovah, the God of Israel, Whereas thou hast prayed to me against Sennacherib king...
For I will defend this city to save it for mine own sake, and for my servant David's sake. I WILL DEFEND THIS CITY. Notwithstanding Hezekiah's measures of defense (2 Chronicles 32:3), Yahweh was i...
7. SEND.. HIM] RV 'put a spirit in him.'...
God promised king David that there would always be some member of his family to lead God’s people (see 2 Samuel 7:16). • One of the titles (names) of Jesus the *Messiah was ‘Son of David’ (see Isaiah...
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...
FOR MINE OWN SAKE... — The words set forth, as it were, the two motives of Jehovah’s action: “for His own sake,” as asserting His majesty against the blasphemy of the Assyrians; for “David’s sake,” as...
וְ גַנֹּותִ֛י עַל ־הָ עִ֥יר הַ זֹּ֖את
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...
_Servant. Hence it plainly appears that God protects the living for the sake of the saints departed. To evade this proof, Protestants (Bible 1603) explain, "for God's promise sake made to David." But...
35._And I will be a protector. _This is the reason of the preceding statement, why Sennacherib should not enter into the city; because the Lord will protect it. The Prophet therefore bids Hezekiah and...
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:...
FOR I WILL DEFEND THIS CITY TO SAVE IT,.... Or, "shield it"; and if God will be the shield and protection of any place or people, they must needs be safe; who can hurt them? FOR MY OWN SAKE, AND FOR...
No text from Poole on this verse....
Isaiah 37:35 defend H1598 (H8804) city H5892 save H3467 (H8687) servant H5650 Davids H1732 I will -...
YAHWEH'S ASSURANCE OF DELIVERANCE TO JERUSALEM (ISAIAH 37:30). At this point Isaiah turns his thoughts back to what Hezekiah really wants to know. What is about to happen to Jerusalem? Isaiah 37:30...
YAHWEH'S REPLY THROUGH ISAIAH (ISAIAH 37:21). Isaiah 37:21 ‘Then Isaiah the son of Amoz sent to Hezekiah, saying, “Thus says Yahweh the God of Israel, In lieu of the fact that you have prayed to me a...
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 37:33 HE SHALL NOT COME INTO THIS CITY. God will defend his city for his own glory and out of faithfulness to his covenant with David (see 2 Sam
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 11:12; 1 Kings 11:13; 1 Kings 11:36; 1 Kings 15:4; 2 Kings