Isaiah 37
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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 of the LORD.
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.
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.
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

Joshua 14:12 Now therefore give me this mountain, whereof the LORD spoke in that …

1 Samuel 14:6 And Jonathan said to the young man that bore his armor, Come, and …

2 Samuel 16:12 It may be that the LORD will look on my affliction, and that the …

Amos 5:15 Hate the evil, and love the good, and establish judgment in the gate…

to reproach

Isaiah 37:23,24 Whom have you reproached and blasphemed? and against whom have you …

Isaiah 36:20 Who are they among all the gods of these lands, that have delivered …

Isaiah 51:7,8 Listen to me, you that know righteousness, the people in whose heart …

1 Samuel 17:26,36 And David spoke to the men that stood by him, saying, What shall …

2 Kings 19:4,22,23 It may be the LORD your God will hear all the words of Rabshakeh, …

2 Chronicles 32:15-19 Now therefore let not Hezekiah deceive you, nor persuade you on this …

and will

Isaiah 37:23 Whom have you reproached and blasphemed? and against whom have you …

Psalm 50:21 These things have you done, and I kept silence; you thought that …

lift up

1 Samuel 7:8 And the children of Israel said to Samuel, Cease not to cry to the …

1 Samuel 12:19,23 And all the people said to Samuel, Pray for your servants to the …

2 Chronicles 32:20 And for this cause Hezekiah the king, and the prophet Isaiah the …

Psalm 106:23 Therefore he said that he would destroy them, had not Moses his chosen …

Joel 2:17 Let the priests, the ministers of the LORD, weep between the porch …

James 5:16 Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that …

for the

Isaiah 1:9 Except the LORD of hosts had left to us a very small remnant, we …

Isaiah 8:7,8 Now therefore, behold, the Lord brings up on them the waters of the …

Isaiah 10:5,6,22 O Assyrian, the rod of my anger, and the staff in their hand is my …

2 Kings 17:18 Therefore the LORD was very angry with Israel, and removed them out …

2 Kings 18:9-16 And it came to pass in the fourth year of king Hezekiah, which was …

2 Chronicles 28:19 For the LORD brought Judah low because of Ahaz king of Israel; for …

Romans 9:27 Esaias also cries concerning Israel, Though the number of the children …

left. Heb. found

So the servants of king Hezekiah came to Isaiah.

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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.
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.
So Rabshakeh returned, and found the king of Assyria warring against Libnah: for he had heard that he was departed from Lachish.
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,
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.
Behold, thou hast heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all lands by destroying them utterly; and shalt thou be delivered?
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

Isaiah 36:20 Who are they among all the gods of these lands, that have delivered …

Isaiah 46:5-7 To whom will you liken me, and make me equal, and compare me, that …

Gozan

2 Kings 17:6 In the ninth year of Hoshea the king of Assyria took Samaria, and …

2 Kings 18:11 And the king of Assyria did carry away Israel to Assyria, and put …

2 Kings 19:12 Have the gods of the nations delivered them which my fathers have …

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

Genesis 11:31 And Terah took Abram his son, and Lot the son of Haran his son's …

Genesis 12:14 And it came to pass, that, when Abram was come into Egypt, the Egyptians …

Genesis 28:10 And Jacob went out from Beersheba, and went toward Haran.

Genesis 29:4 And Jacob said to them, My brothers, from where be you? And they …

Acts 7:2 And he said, Men, brothers, and fathers, listen; The God of glory …

Eden. It is probable that this Eden is the country near Diarbekir, on the Tigris, called Madon, according to Asseman.

Genesis 2:8 And the LORD God planted a garden eastward in Eden; and there he …

Ezekiel 27:23 Haran, and Canneh, and Eden, the merchants of Sheba, Asshur, and …

Ezekiel 28:13 You have been in Eden the garden of God; every precious stone was …

Amos 1:5 I will break also the bar of Damascus, and cut off the inhabitant …

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.

Genesis 14:1 And it came to pass in the days of Amraphel king of Shinar, Arioch …

2 Kings 19:12 Have the gods of the nations delivered them which my fathers have …

Where is the king of Hamath, and the king of Arphad, and the king of the city of Sepharvaim, Hena, and Ivah?
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.
And Hezekiah prayed unto the LORD, saying,
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

Isaiah 6:3 And one cried to another, and said, Holy, holy, holy, is the LORD …

Isaiah 8:13 Sanctify the LORD of hosts himself; and let him be your fear, and …

2 Samuel 7:26 And let your name be magnified for ever, saying, The LORD of hosts …

Psalm 46:7,11 The LORD of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah…

dwellest

Exodus 25:22 And there I will meet with you, and I will commune with you from …

1 Samuel 4:4 So the people sent to Shiloh, that they might bring from there the …

Psalm 80:1 Give ear, O Shepherd of Israel, you that lead Joseph like a flock; …

Psalm 99:1 The LORD reigns; let the people tremble: he sits between the cherubim; …

Hebrews 4:16 Let us therefore come boldly to the throne of grace, that we may …

thou art

Isaiah 37:20 Now therefore, O LORD our God, save us from his hand, that all the …

Isaiah 43:10,11 You are my witnesses, said the LORD, and my servant whom I have chosen: …

Isaiah 44:6 Thus said the LORD the King of Israel, and his redeemer the LORD …

Isaiah 45:22 Look to me, and be you saved, all the ends of the earth: for I am …

Isaiah 54:5 For your Maker is your husband; the LORD of hosts is his name; and …

1 Kings 18:32 And with the stones he built an altar in the name of the LORD: and …

2 Kings 5:15 And he returned to the man of God, he and all his company, and came, …

Psalm 86:10 For you are great, and do wondrous things: you are God alone.

Revelation 11:15-17 And the seventh angel sounded; and there were great voices in heaven, saying…

thou hast

Isaiah 40:28 Have you not known? have you not heard, that the everlasting God, …

Isaiah 44:24 Thus said the LORD, your redeemer, and he that formed you from the …

Genesis 1:1 In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.

Psalm 146:6 Which made heaven, and earth, the sea, and all that therein is: which …

Jeremiah 10:10-12 But the LORD is the true God, he is the living God, and an everlasting …

John 1:3 All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made …

Colossians 1:16 For by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that …

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

Isaiah 23:12 And he said, You shall no more rejoice, O you oppressed virgin, daughter …

Jeremiah 14:17 Therefore you shall say this word to them; Let my eyes run down with …

Lamentations 1:15 The LORD has trodden under foot all my mighty men in the middle of …

Lamentations 2:13 What thing shall I take to witness for you? what thing shall I liken …

Amos 5:2 The virgin of Israel is fallen; she shall no more rise: she is forsaken …

the daughter

Isaiah 1:8 And the daughter of Zion is left as a cottage in a vineyard, as a …

Isaiah 10:32 As yet shall he remain at Nob that day: he shall shake his hand against …

Isaiah 62:11 Behold, the LORD has proclaimed to the end of the world, Say you …

Psalm 9:14 That I may show forth all your praise in the gates of the daughter …

Zephaniah 3:14 Sing, O daughter of Zion; shout, O Israel; be glad and rejoice with …

Zechariah 2:10 Sing and rejoice, O daughter of Zion: for, see, I come, and I will …

Zechariah 9:9 Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion; shout, O daughter of Jerusalem: …

Matthew 21:5 Tell you the daughter of Sion, Behold, your King comes to you, meek, …

hath despised

Isaiah 8:9,10 Associate yourselves, O you people, and you shall be broken in pieces; …

1 Samuel 17:36,44-47 Your servant slew both the lion and the bear: and this uncircumcised …

Psalm 2:2-4 The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel …

Psalm 27:1-3 The LORD is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? the LORD …

Psalm 31:18 Let the lying lips be put to silence; which speak grievous things …

Psalm 46:1-7 God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble…

Joel 3:9-12 Proclaim you this among the Gentiles; Prepare war, wake up the mighty …

shaken

Job 16:4 I also could speak as you do: if your soul were in my soul's stead, …

Psalm 22:7,8 All they that see me laugh me to scorn: they shoot out the lip, they …

Matthew 27:39 And they that passed by reviled him, wagging their heads,

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

Isaiah 37:10-13 Thus shall you speak to Hezekiah king of Judah, saying, Let not your …

Exodus 5:2 And Pharaoh said, Who is the LORD, that I should obey his voice to …

2 Kings 19:4,22 It may be the LORD your God will hear all the words of Rabshakeh, …

2 Chronicles 32:17 He wrote also letters to rail on the LORD God of Israel, and to speak …

Psalm 44:16 For the voice of him that reproaches and blasphemes; by reason of …

Psalm 73:9 They set their mouth against the heavens, and their tongue walks …

Psalm 74:18,23 Remember this, that the enemy has reproached, O LORD, and that the …

Revelation 13:1-6 And I stood on the sand of the sea, and saw a beast rise up out of …

against whom

Isaiah 10:13-15 For he said, By the strength of my hand I have done it, and by my …

Isaiah 14:13,14 For you have said in your heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will …

Exodus 9:17 As yet exalt you yourself against my people, that you will not let them go?

Proverbs 30:13 There is a generation, O how lofty are their eyes! and their eyelids …

Ezekiel 28:2,9 Son of man, say to the prince of Tyrus, Thus said the Lord GOD; Because …

Daniel 5:20-23 But when his heart was lifted up, and his mind hardened in pride, …

Daniel 7:25 And he shall speak great words against the most High, and shall wear …

2 Thessalonians 2:4 Who opposes and exalts himself above all that is called God, or that …

the Holy One

Isaiah 10:20 And it shall come to pass in that day, that the remnant of Israel, …

Isaiah 12:6 Cry out and shout, you inhabitant of Zion: for great is the Holy …

Isaiah 17:7 At that day shall a man look to his Maker, and his eyes shall have …

Isaiah 30:11,12 Get you out of the way, turn aside out of the path, cause the Holy …

Isaiah 41:14,16 Fear not, you worm Jacob, and you men of Israel; I will help you, …

Isaiah 43:3,14 For I am the LORD your God, the Holy One of Israel, your Savior: …

Exodus 15:11 Who is like to you, O LORD, among the gods? who is like you, glorious …

Ezekiel 39:7 So will I make my holy name known in the middle of my people Israel; …

Habakkuk 1:12,13 Are you not from everlasting, O LORD my God, my Holy One? we shall …

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.
I have digged, and drunk water; and with the sole of my feet have I dried up all the rivers of the besieged places.
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.
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.
But I know thy abode, and thy going out, and thy coming in, and thy rage against me.
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

Isaiah 37:10 Thus shall you speak to Hezekiah king of Judah, saying, Let not your …

Isaiah 36:4,10 And Rabshakeh said to them, Say you now to Hezekiah, Thus said the …

2 Kings 19:27,28 But I know your stayed, and your going out, and your coming in, and …

Job 15:25,26 For he stretches out his hand against God, and strengthens himself …

Psalm 2:1-3 Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing…

Psalm 46:6 The heathen raged, the kingdoms were moved: he uttered his voice, …

Psalm 93:3,4 The floods have lifted up, O LORD, the floods have lifted up their …

Nahum 1:9-11 What do you imagine against the LORD? he will make an utter end: …

John 15:22,23 If I had not come and spoken to them, they had not had sin: but now …

Acts 9:4 And he fell to the earth, and heard a voice saying to him, Saul, …

tumult

Psalm 74:4 Your enemies roar in the middle of your congregations; they set up …

Psalm 83:2 For, see, your enemies make a tumult: and they that hate you have …

Matthew 27:24 When Pilate saw that he could prevail nothing, but that rather a …

Acts 22:22 And they gave him audience to this word, and then lifted up their …

will I

Isaiah 30:28 And his breath, as an overflowing stream, shall reach to the middle …

Job 41:2 Can you put an hook into his nose? or bore his jaw through with a thorn?

Psalm 32:9 Be you not as the horse, or as the mule, which have no understanding: …

Ezekiel 29:4 But I will put hooks in your jaws, and I will cause the fish of your …

Ezekiel 38:4 And I will turn you back, and put hooks into your jaws, and I will …

Amos 4:2 The Lord GOD has sworn by his holiness, that, see, the days shall …

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.
And the remnant that is escaped of the house of Judah shall again take root downward, and bear fruit upward:
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.
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.
By the way that he came, by the same shall he return, and shall not come into this city, saith the LORD.
For I will defend this city to save it for mine own sake, and for my servant David's sake.
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.
So Sennacherib king of Assyria departed, and went and returned, and dwelt at Nineveh.
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.
Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge by R. A. Torrey [ca. 1880]
Expanded version courtesy INT Bible ©2013, Used by permission

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