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

It may be that the LORD your God will hear the words of the Rabshakeh, whom his master the king of Assyria has sent to mock the living God, and will rebuke the words that the LORD your God has heard; therefore lift up your prayer for the remnant that is left.'"

Do not let Hezekiah make you trust in the LORD by saying, "The LORD will surely deliver us. This city will not be given into the hand of the king of Assyria."

"Whom have you mocked and reviled? Against whom have you raised your voice and lifted your eyes to the heights? Against the Holy One of Israel!

By the

For he says: "By the strength of my hand I have done it, and by my wisdom, for I have understanding; I remove the boundaries of peoples, and plunder their treasures; like a bull I bring down those who sit on thrones.

How then can you repulse a single captain among the least of my master's servants, when you trust in Egypt for chariots and for horsemen?

The enemy said, 'I will pursue, I will overtake, I will divide the spoil, my desire shall have its fill of them. I will draw my sword; my hand shall destroy them.'

Some trust in chariots and some in horses, but we trust in the name of the LORD our God.

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

Tall cedars thereof, and the choice fir trees thereof

The glory of his forest and of his fruitful land the LORD will destroy, both soul and body, and it will be as when a sick man wastes away.

The cypresses rejoice at you, the cedars of Lebanon, saying, 'Since you were laid low, no woodcutter comes up against us.'

Behold, Assyria was a cedar in Lebanon, with beautiful branches and forest shade, and of towering height, its top among the clouds.

At last Daniel came in before me--he who was named Belteshazzar after the name of my god, and in whom is the spirit of the holy gods--and I told him the dream, saying,

Open your doors, O Lebanon, that the fire may devour your cedars!

Of his carmel

Is it not yet a very little while until Lebanon shall be turned into a fruitful field, and the fruitful field shall be regarded as a forest?

General references

You are still exalting yourself against my people and will not let them go.

and took six hundred chosen chariots and all the other chariots of Egypt with officers over all of them.

against all the cedars of Lebanon, lofty and lifted up; and against all the oaks of Bashan;

Do not let Hezekiah make you trust in the LORD by saying, "The LORD will surely deliver us. This city will not be given into the hand of the king of Assyria."