Isaiah 37:6

And Isaiah said unto them, Thus shall ye say unto your master, Thus saith the LORD, Be not afraid of the words that thou hast heard, wherewith the servants of the king of Assyria have blasphemed me. SERVANTS OF THE KING OF ASSYRIA - literally, the youths, boys, mere lads, implying disparagement, The Hebrew ( na`ªreey (H5288)) is different from that for "servants" ( `abdeey (H5650)) in Isaiah 37:5. HAVE BLASPHEMED ME - (Isaiah 36:20.) The blasphemy is not merely against you; it is against ME. This is a pledge that I must vindicate my honour against them, and save you....

6._Thus saith Jehovah. _Isaiah begins by saying that he gives the reply in the name of God, and expressly declares that the oracle comes from God, both because prophets ought always to beware of bringing forward anything of their own, and because in so difficult a matter the authority of God was needful. In this manner also, the Prophet shewed that he met the prayers of the pious king. Even false prophets, indeed, boast of the name of God, but falsely. Isaiah was truly the organ of the Holy Spirit, and therefore he has a right to mention the holy name of Him that sent him. _Fear not. _When he bids him “not fear,” he exhorts Hezekiah to be of a courageous or, at least, a calm disposition. Whenever we hear this word, let us be reminded that we are enjoined to cultivate that peace which faith produces in our hearts; for all who trust in God, and expect from him deliverance from their distre...

Verse Isaiah 37:6. _THUS SHALL YE SAY_] כה תאמרון _ko tomerun_, "thus shall ye (_explicitly, earnestly_, and _positively_) say." The paragogic נ _nun_ deepens and increases the sense....

WHEREWITH THE SERVANTS ... - Hebrew, נערי _na‛ărēy_ - The ‘youth,’ or the young men. The word properly denotes boys, youths, young men; and is used here probably by way of disparagement, in contradistinction from an embassy that would be truly respectable, made up of aged men. HAVE BLASPHEMED ME - God regarded these words as spoken against himself and he would vindicate his own honor and name....

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 with Isaiah 37:1, than with the position of the narrative to which it is attached. ISAIAH 37:1 WHEN KING HEZEKIAH HEARD IT; rather, _heard them_;_ i.e._ the "words of Rabshakeh," which his officials reported to him. HE RENT HIS CLOTHES. He did as they had done (Isaiah 36:22

AND ISAIAH SAID UNTO THEM, THUS SHALL YOU SAY UNTO YOUR MASTER,.... Or, "your lord" q; King Hezekiah, whose ministers and messengers they were: THUS SAITH THE LORD, BE NOT AFRAID OF THE WORDS THOU HAST HEARD; be not not terrified by them, they are but words, and no more, and will never become facts: WHEREWITH THE SERVANTS OF THE KING OF ASSYRIA HAVE BLASPHEMED ME; by representing him as no better than the gods of the Gentiles, and as unable to deliver out of the hands of the king of Assyria the city of Jerusalem, when he had said he would. The word r for "servants" signifies boys, lads, young men; so Rabshakeh and his two companions, Rabsaris and Tartan, are called, by way of contempt, they acting a weak and childish part as well as a wicked one. q אל אדניכם "ad dominum vestrum", Montanus. r נערי "pueri recens nati, infantes, pueri judicio", Gusset....

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. _Rabshakeh's letter (Isaiah 37:8)_ 4. _Hezekiah's prayer (Isaiah 37:14)_ 5. _The prayer answered (Isaiah 37:21)_ 6. _The army of Sennacherib judged (Isaiah 37:36)_ 7. The judgment upon Sennacherib ...

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 the Song of Hezekiah. ISAIAH 38:10. THANKSGIVING FOR DELIVERANCE FROM IMMINENT DEATH. This is now generally regarded as a post-exilic psalm. Its absence in the parallel narratine in Kings is significant. Apparently it was inserted here by an editor who thought it suitable to Hezekiah's circumstances. If, as seems likely, it has been influenced by the Book of Job, it must be post-exilic. The title cannot, any more than the Psalm titles, weigh against internal evidence. Hezekiah's writing after his recov

ISAIAH SAID. The message in verses: Isaiah 37:6; Isaiah 37:7 is shorter and calmer than the second....

_the servants_ Lit "the youths." Cf. 1 Kings 20:14....