Isaiah 37:24

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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

Isaiah 37:4

Isaiah 36:15

2 Kings 19:22

By the

Daniel 4:30

Tall cedars thereof, and the choice fir trees thereof

Zechariah 11:1

Of his carmel

Isaiah 29:17

General references

Bible References

Thy servants

Maybe Yahweh your God heard [the] words of Rabshakeh whom the king of Assyria, his master, has sent to taunt [the] living God, and he will rebuke the words that Yahweh your God hears. And you must lift up a prayer for the benefit of the remnant that is found.'"

And [do] not let Hezekiah make you rely on Yahweh, saying, "Surely Yahweh will deliver us; this city will not be given into the hand of the king of Assyria!"

Whom have you mocked and reviled? And against whom have you have raised [your] voice and have haughtily lifted your eyes? Against the Holy One of Israel!

By the

For he says, "I have done [it] by the strength of my hand and by my wisdom, for I have understanding, and I have removed [the] boundaries of peoples, and I have plundered their stores, and like a bull I have brought down {the inhabitants}.

But how can you drive back {one governor among the least of my master's servants}, when you trust in Egypt for chariots and horsemen?

[The] enemy said, 'I will pursue, I will overtake, I will divide plunder, my desire will be full [of] them, I will draw my sword, my hand will destroy them.'

{Some boast in chariots and others in horses}, but we boast in the name of Yahweh, our God.

And the king answered and said, "Is this not the great Babylon which I have built as a royal palace by the strength of my own power, and for the glory of my own majesty?"

Tall cedars thereof, and the choice fir trees thereof

And he will destroy the glory of his forest and orchard {completely}, and it will be like the wasting away of one who is sick.

Even [the] cypresses rejoice over you, the cedars of Lebanon: 'Since you were laid down, no [wood] cutter comes up against us.'

Look! Assyria [was] a cedar in Lebanon, [with] beautiful branches and a forest giving shade, and {very high}, and its treetop [was] between [the] clouds.

Then {at last} Daniel came before me {whose name was} Belteshazzar, {according to} the name of my god, [and] {in whom was the spirit of the holy gods}, {and I related the dream to him}.

Open your doors, Lebanon, so that fire will devour your cedars!

Of his carmel

{In a very little while} shall not Lebanon change into fruitful land, and the fruitful land be regarded as forest?

General references

Still you [are] behaving haughtily to my people by not releasing them.

And he took six hundred select chariots and all the chariots of Egypt and officers over all of them.

and against all the lofty and lifted up cedars of Lebanon, and against all the large trees of Bashan,

And [do] not let Hezekiah make you rely on Yahweh, saying, "Surely Yahweh will deliver us; this city will not be given into the hand of the king of Assyria!"