1 Hezekiah mourning, sends to Isaiah to pray for them
6 Isaiah comforts them
8 Sennacherib, going to encounter Tirhakah, sends a blasphemous letter to Hezekiah
14 Hezekiah's prayer
21 Isaiah's prophecy of the pride and destruction of Sennacherib, and the good of Zion
36 An angel slays the Assyrians
37 Sennacherib is slain at Nineveh by his own sons.

it came 2Ki 19:1

he rent Isa 36:22 2Ki 22:11 Jer 36:24 Jon 3:5,6 Mt 11:21

and went Ezr 9:5 Job 1:20,21

2 And he sent Eliakim, who was over the household, and Shebna the scribe, and the elders of the priests covered with sackcloth, unto Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz.

Isa 37:14 36:3 2Ki 18:18 19:2 22:12-14 2Ch 20:20 Joe 1:13

3 And they said unto him, Thus saith Hezekiah, This day is a day of trouble, and of rebuke, and of blasphemy: for the children are come to the birth, and there is not strength to bring forth.

his day Isa 25:8 33:2 2Ki 19:3 2Ch 15:4 Ps 50:15 91:15 116:3,4 Jer 30:7 Ho 5:15 6:1 Re 3:19

blasphemy. or, provocation Ps 95:8

for the Isa 26:17,18 66:9 Ho 13:13

4 It may be the LORD thy God will hear the words of Rabshakeh, whom the king of Assyria his master hath sent to reproach the living God, and will reprove the words which the LORD thy God hath heard: wherefore lift up thy prayer for the remnant that is left.

it may Jos 14:12 1Sa 14:6 2Sa 16:12 Am 5:15

to reproach Isa 37:23,24 36:20 51:7,8 1Sa 17:26,36 2Ki 19:4,22,23 2Ch 32:15-19

and will Isa 37:23 Ps 50:21

lift up 1Sa 7:8 12:19,23 2Ch 32:20 Ps 106:23 Joe 2:17 Jas 5:16

for the Isa 1:9 8:7,8 10:5,6,22 2Ki 17:18 18:9-16 2Ch 28:19 Ro 9:27

left. Heb. found

5 So the servants of king Hezekiah came to Isaiah.

no reference

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.

thus shall 2Ki 19:5-7 22:15-20

be not Isa 7:4 10:24,25 35:4 41:10-14 43:1,2 51:12,13 Ex 14:13 Le 26:8 Jos 11:6 2Ch 20:15-20 Mr 4:40 5:36

7 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.

I will Isa 10:16-18,33,34 17:13,14 29:5-8 30:28-33 31:8,9 33:10-12 2Ki 7:6 Job 4:9 15:21 Ps 58:9

send a blast upon him. or, put a spirit into him
I will cause Isa 37:36-38 2Ch 32:21

8 So Rabshakeh returned, and found the king of Assyria warring against Libnah: for he had heard that he was departed from Lachish.

Rabshakeh 2Ki 19:8,9 Nu 33:20,21

Libnah Jos 10:29,31-34 21:13 2Ki 8:22 2Ch 21:10

Lachish Jos 12:11 15:39

9 And he heard say concerning Tirhakah king of Ethiopia, He is come forth to make war with thee. And when he heard it, he sent messengers to Hezekiah, saying,

he heard 1Sa 23:27,28

Ethiopia. Cush, which is generally rendered Ethiopia, is applied in Scripture to at least three distinct and different countries. 1. The country watered by the Gihon or Araxes, Ge 2:13, also called Cuth, 2Ki 17:30. 2.A country of Arabia Petraea, bordering upon Egypt, which extended from the northern extremity of the Red sea along its eastern shore. 3. Ethiopia Proper, an extensive country of Africa, comprehending Nubia and Abyssinia; being bounded on the north by Egypt, on the east by the Red Sea and Indian Ocean, and on the south and west by various nations of Africa, and extending from about 6 degrees to 24 degrees n. lat. and 25 to 45 east long. It is probable that it was this latter Cush, or Ethiopia, of which Tirhakah was king; he being in league with his kinsman Sevechus, son of So, or Sabacon, king of Egypt, against Sennacherib, the king of Assyria.

10 Thus shall ye speak to Hezekiah king of Judah, saying, Let not thy God, in whom thou trustest, deceive thee, saying, Jerusalem shall not be given into the hand of the king of Assyria.

let not Isa 36:4,15,20 2Ki 18:5 19:10-13 2Ch 32:7,8,15-19 Ps 22:8 Mt 27:43

11 Behold, thou hast heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all lands by destroying them utterly; and shalt thou be delivered?

Isa 37:18,19 10:7-14 14:17 36:18-20 2Ki 17:4-6 18:33-35

12 Have the gods of the nations delivered them which my fathers have destroyed, as Gozan, and Haran, and Rezeph, and the children of Eden which were in Telassar?

the gods Isa 36:20 46:5-7

Gozan 2Ki 17:6 18:11 19:12

Haran. Haran, the Carrhae of the Greeks and Romans, is situated in the north-west part of Mesopotamia, between the Euphrates and the river Chebar; about 110 miles west of Nisibis, 90 east of Bir, 100 south of Diarbekir, and 170 north of Palmyra. Ge 11:31 12:14 28:10 29:4 Ac 7:2

Eden. It is probable that this Eden is the country near Diarbekir, on the Tigris, called Madon, according to Asseman. Ge 2:8 Eze 27:23 28:13 Am 1:5

Telassar. Telassar is probably the same as Ellasar, as the Jerusalem Targum reads; for both of which the Syriac has Dolassar; and perhaps, as Doederlein supposes, the same as Sharra, a city of Mesopotamia, half a mile from the Euphrates. Ge 14:1 2Ki 19:12

13 Where is the king of Hamath, and the king of Arphad, and the king of the city of Sepharvaim, Hena, and Ivah?

Hamath Isa 19:9 36:19

Hena. Hena is probably the same as Anah, a city of Mesopotamia, situated on an island in the Euphrates. Ivah. 2Ki 17:24,30,31 18:34 19:13

14 And Hezekiah received the letter from the hand of the messengers, and read it: and Hezekiah went up unto the house of the LORD, and spread it before the LORD.

received 2Ki 19:14

and Hezekiah went Isa 37:1 1Ki 8:28-30,38 9:3 2Ch 6:20 Ps 27:5 62:1-3 74:10 76:1-3 123:1-4 143:6 Joe 2:17-20

15 And Hezekiah prayed unto the LORD, saying,

1Sa 7:8,9 2Sa 7:18-29 2Ki 19:15-19 2Ch 14:11 20:6-12 Da 9:3,4 Php 4:6,7 Jas 5:13

16 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.

Lord Isa 6:3 8:13 2Sa 7:26 Ps 46:7,11

dwellest Ex 25:22 1Sa 4:4 Ps 80:1 99:1 Heb 4:16

thou art Isa 37:20 43:10,11 44:6 45:22 54:5 1Ki 18:32 2Ki 5:15 Ps 86:10 Re 11:15-17

thou hast Isa 40:28 44:24 Ge 1:1 Ps 146:6 Jer 10:10-12 Joh 1:3 Col 1:16

17 Incline thine ear, O LORD, and hear; open thine eyes, O LORD, and see: and hear all the words of Sennacherib, which hath sent to reproach the living God.

incline 2Ch 6:40 Job 36:7 Ps 17:6 71:2 130:1,2 Da 9:17-19 1Pe 3:12

hear Isa 37:4 2Sa 16:12 Ps 10:14,15 74:10,22 79:12 89:50,51

18 Of a truth, LORD, the kings of Assyria have laid waste all the nations, and their countries,

the kings 2Ki 15:29 16:9 17:6,24 1Ch 5:26 Na 2:11,12

nations. Heb. lands

19 And have cast their gods into the fire: for they were no gods, but the work of men's hands, wood and stone: therefore they have destroyed them.

and have Isa 10:9-11 36:18-20 46:1,2 Ex 32:20 2Sa 5:21

cast. Heb. given
no gods Isa 40:19-21 41:7 44:9,10,17 Ps 115:4-8 Jer 10:3-6,11 Ho 8:6

20 Now therefore, O LORD our God, save us from his hand, that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that thou art the LORD, even thou only.

that all Isa 42:8 Ex 9:15,16 Jos 7:8,9 1Sa 17:45-47 1Ki 8:43 18:36,37 Ps 46:10 59:13 67:1,2 83:17,18 Eze 36:23 Mal 1:11

even Isa 37:16

21 Then Isaiah the son of Amoz sent unto Hezekiah, saying, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Whereas thou hast prayed to me against Sennacherib king of Assyria:

whereas Isa 38:3-6 58:9 65:24 2Sa 15:31 17:23 2Ki 19:20,21 Job 22:27 Ps 91:15 Da 9:20-23 Ac 4:31

22 This is the word which the LORD hath spoken concerning him; The virgin, the daughter of Zion, hath despised thee, and laughed thee to scorn; the daughter of Jerusalem hath shaken her head at thee.

the virgin Isa 23:12 Jer 14:17 La 1:15 2:13 Am 5:2

the daughter Isa 1:8 10:32 62:11 Ps 9:14 Zep 3:14 Zec 2:10 9:9 Mt 21:5

hath despised Isa 8:9,10 1Sa 17:36,44-47 Ps 2:2-4 27:1-3 31:18 46:1-7 Joe 3:9-12

shaken Job 16:4 Ps 22:7,8 Mt 27:39

23 Whom hast thou reproached and blasphemed? and against whom hast thou exalted thy voice, and lifted up thine eyes on high? even against the Holy One of Israel.

whom hast Isa 37:10-13 Ex 5:2 2Ki 19:4,22 2Ch 32:17 Ps 44:16 73:9 74:18,23 Re 13:1-6

against whom Isa 10:13-15 14:13,14 Ex 9:17 Pr 30:13 Eze 28:2,9 Da 5:20-23 7:25 2Th 2:4

the Holy One Isa 10:20 12:6 17:7 30:11,12 41:14,16 43:3,14 Ex 15:11 Eze 39:7 Hab 1:12,13

24 By thy servants hast thou reproached the Lord, and hast said, By the multitude of my chariots am I come up to the height of the mountains, to the sides of Lebanon; and I will cut down the tall cedars thereof, and the choice fir trees thereof: and I will enter into the height of his border, and the forest of his Carmel.

thy servants. Heb. the hand of they servants Isa 37:4 36:15-20 2Ki 19:22,23

by the Isa 10:13,14 36:9 Ex 15:9 Ps 20:7 Da 4:30

tall cedars thereof, and the choice fir trees thereof. Heb. tallness of the cedars thereof and the choice of the fir trees thereof Isa 10:18 14:8 Eze 31:3 Da 4:8-14,20-22 Zec 11:1,2

of his Carmel. or, and his fruitful field Isa 29:17

25 I have digged, and drunk water; and with the sole of my feet have I dried up all the rivers of the besieged places.

with the sole Isa 36:12 1Ki 20:10 2Ki 19:23,24

besieged. or, fenced and closed

26 Hast thou not heard long ago, how I have done it; and of ancient times, that I have formed it? now have I brought it to pass, that thou shouldest be to lay waste defenced cities into ruinous heaps.

long ago, etc. or, how I have made it long ago, and formed it of ancient times? Should I now bring it to be laid waste, and defenced cities to be ruinous heaps? how I Isa 10:5,6,15 45:7 46:10,11 Ge 50:20 Ps 17:13 76:10 Am 3:6 Ac 2:23 4:27,28 1Pe 2:8 Jude 1:4

27 Therefore their inhabitants were of small power, they were dismayed and confounded: they were as the grass of the field, and as the green herb, as the grass on the housetops, and as corn blasted before it be grown up.

their inhabitants Isa 19:16 Nu 14:9 2Ki 19:26 Ps 127:1,2 Jer 5:10 37:10

of small power. Heb. short of hand
as the grass of Isa 40:6-8 Ps 37:2 90:5,6 92:7 103:15 129:6 Jas 1:10,11 1Pe 1:24

28 But I know thy abode, and thy going out, and thy coming in, and thy rage against me.

I know Ps 139:2-11 Pr 5:21 15:3 Jer 23:23,24 Re 2:13

abode, or sitting

29 Because thy rage against me, and thy tumult, is come up into mine ears, therefore will I put my hook in thy nose, and my bridle in thy lips, and I will turn thee back by the way by which thou camest.

rage Isa 37:10 36:4,10 2Ki 19:27,28 Job 15:25,26 Ps 2:1-3 46:6 93:3,4 Na 1:9-11 Joh 15:22,23 Ac 9:4

tumult Ps 74:4 83:2 Mt 27:24 Ac 22:22

will I Isa 30:28 Job 41:2 Ps 32:9 Eze 29:4 38:4 Am 4:2

30 And this shall be a sign unto thee, Ye shall eat this year such as groweth of itself; and the second year that which springeth of the same: and in the third year sow ye, and reap, and plant vineyards, and eat the fruit thereof.

this shall Isa 7:14 38:7 Ex 3:12 1Ki 13:3-5 2Ki 19:29 20:9

ye shall Isa 7:21-25 Le 25:4,5,20-22

31 And the remnant that is escaped of the house of Judah shall again take root downward, and bear fruit upward:

remnant that is escaped of the house of Judah. Heb. escaping of the house of Judah that remaineth. Isa 1:9 6:13 10:20-22 Jer 44:28

take Isa 27:6 65:9 2Ki 19:30,31 Ps 80:9 Jer 30:19 Ro 9:27 11:5 Ga 3:29

32 For out of Jerusalem shall go forth a remnant, and they that escape out of mount Zion: the zeal of the LORD of hosts shall do this.

they that escape. Heb. the escaping. the zeal Isa 37:20 9:7 59:17 2Ki 19:31 Joe 2:18 Zec 1:14

33 Therefore thus saith the LORD concerning the king of Assyria, He shall not come into this city, nor shoot an arrow there, nor come before it with shields, nor cast a bank against it.

he Isa 8:7-10 10:32-34 17:12,14 33:20 2Ki 19:32-35

shields. Heb. shield
cast Eze 21:22 Lu 19:43,44

34 By the way that he came, by the same shall he return, and shall not come into this city, saith the LORD.

Isa 37:29 Pr 21:30

35 For I will defend this city to save it for mine own sake, and for my servant David's sake.

I will Isa 31:5 38:6 2Ki 20:6

for mine Isa 43:25 58:9-11 De 32:27 Eze 20:9 36:22 Eph 1:6,14

and for 1Ki 11:12,13,36 15:4 Jer 23:5,6 30:9 33:15,16 Eze 37:24,25

36 Then the angel of the LORD went forth, and smote in the camp of the Assyrians a hundred and fourscore and five thousand: and when they arose early in the morning, behold, they were all dead corpses.

the angel Isa 10:12,16-19,33,34 30:30-33 31:8 33:10-12 Ex 12:23 2Sa 24:16 2Ki 19:35 1Ch 21:12,16 2Ch 32:21,22 Ps 35:5,6 Ac 12:23

and when Ex 12:30 Job 20:5-7 24:24 Ps 46:6-11 76:5-7 1Th 5:2,3

37 So Sennacherib king of Assyria departed, and went and returned, and dwelt at Nineveh.

Sennacherib Isa 37:7,29 31:9

Nineveh Ge 10:11,12 Jon 1:2 3:3 Na 1:1 Mt 12:41

38 And it came to pass, as he was worshipping in the house of Nisroch his god, that Adrammelech and Sharezer his sons smote him with the sword; and they escaped into the land of Armenia: and Esarhaddon his son reigned in his stead.

his god Isa 37:10 14:9,12 36:15,18 2Ki 19:36,37 2Ch 32:14,19,21

Armenia. Heb. Ararat. Ge 8:4 Jer 51:27

Esar-haddon. Escar-haddon, called Asar-addinus in the Canon of Ptolemy, was the third son of Sennacherib; and having reigned twenty-nine years over the Assyrians, he took advantage of the anarchy and confusion which followed the death of Mesessimordacus, and seized upon Babylon; which he added to his former empire, and reigned over both for thirteen years; when he was succeeded by his son Saosduchinus, A.M. 3336, B.C. 668. Ezr 4:2