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Isaiah 37:1 (show verse)
And when King Hezekiah heard this, he tore his clothes and covered himself with sackcloth and went into the house of the Lord.
Isaiah 37:2 (show verse)
Then he sent Eliakim, who was in charge of the [royal] household, and Shebna the scribe, and the elders of the priests, covered with sackcloth, to Isaiah the prophet, the son of Amoz.
Isaiah 37:3 (show verse)
They said to him, “This is what Hezekiah says, ‘This day is a day of distress, rebuke and disgrace; for children have come to birth, and there is no strength to deliver them.
Isaiah 37:4 (show verse)
It may be that the Lord your God will hear the words of the Rabshakeh [the commander], whom his master the king of Assyria has sent to taunt and defy the living God, and will avenge the words which the Lord your God has heard. Therefore, offer a prayer for the remnant [of His people] that is left.’”
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Isaiah 37:5 (show verse)
So the servants of King Hezekiah came to Isaiah.
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Isaiah 37:6 (show verse)
Isaiah said to them, “You shall say the following to your master: ‘This is what the Lord says, “Do not be afraid because of the words that you have heard, with which the servants of the king of Assyria have blasphemed Me.
Isaiah 37:7 (show verse)
Listen carefully, I will put a spirit in him so that he will hear a rumor and return to his own land. And I will make him fall by the sword in his own land.”’”
Isaiah 37:8 (show verse)
So the Rabshakeh returned and found the king of Assyria fighting against Libnah [a fortified city of Judah], for he had heard that the king had left Lachish.
Isaiah 37:9 (show verse)
And Sennacherib king of Assyria, heard them say concerning Tirhakah king of Cush (Ethiopia), “He has come out to fight against you.” And when he heard it, he sent messengers to Hezekiah, saying,
Isaiah 37:10 (show verse)
“You shall say to Hezekiah king of Judah, ‘Do not let your God in whom you trust deceive you, saying, “Jerusalem will not be given into the hand of the king of Assyria.”
Isaiah 37:11 (show verse)
Listen carefully, you have heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all lands, utterly destroying them. So will you be rescued?
Isaiah 37:12 (show verse)
Did the gods of the nations which my fathers destroyed rescue them—Gozan, Haran [of Mesopotamia], Rezeph, and the sons of Eden who were in Telassar?
Blasphemy » Instances of » Rabshakeh, in the siege of jerusalem
Eden » A marketplace of costly merchandise
Haran » Also called charran » Idolatry in
Letters » Rabshakeh to hezekiah
Libnah » A city » A city of the tribe of judah, captured by joshua » Sennacherib besieged; his army defeated near
Rezeph » A city destroyed » By assyrians
Telassar » A city » A city or district conquered by the assyrians
Thelasar » A city » Conquered » By the assyrians
Eden » A marketplace of costly merchandise
Haran » Also called charran » Idolatry in
Letters » Rabshakeh to hezekiah
Libnah » A city » A city of the tribe of judah, captured by joshua » Sennacherib besieged; his army defeated near
Rezeph » A city destroyed » By assyrians
Telassar » A city » A city or district conquered by the assyrians
Thelasar » A city » Conquered » By the assyrians
Isaiah 37:13 (show verse)
Where is the king of Hamath, the king of Arpad [of northern Syria], the king of the city of Sepharvaim, [the king of] Hena, or [the king of] Ivvah?’”
Blasphemy » Instances of » Rabshakeh, in the siege of jerusalem
Divination » Effected through » Observing heavenly bodies
Hena » A city » A city on the euphrates river
Ivah » A district » A district in babylon conquered by the assyrians
Letters » Rabshakeh to hezekiah
Libnah » A city » A city of the tribe of judah, captured by joshua » Sennacherib besieged; his army defeated near
Sepharvaim » An assyrian city, from which the king of assyria colonized samaria
Divination » Effected through » Observing heavenly bodies
Hena » A city » A city on the euphrates river
Ivah » A district » A district in babylon conquered by the assyrians
Letters » Rabshakeh to hezekiah
Libnah » A city » A city of the tribe of judah, captured by joshua » Sennacherib besieged; his army defeated near
Sepharvaim » An assyrian city, from which the king of assyria colonized samaria
Isaiah 37:14 (show verse)
Then Hezekiah took the letter from the hand of the messengers and read it, and he went up to the house of the Lord and spread it out before the Lord.
Attendance » Reasons for » A refuge in times of trouble
Blasphemy » Instances of » Rabshakeh, in the siege of jerusalem
Letters » Rabshakeh to hezekiah
Libnah » A city » A city of the tribe of judah, captured by joshua » Sennacherib besieged; his army defeated near
Sabbath » Worship celebrated on » Refuge » Times of trouble
Blasphemy » Instances of » Rabshakeh, in the siege of jerusalem
Letters » Rabshakeh to hezekiah
Libnah » A city » A city of the tribe of judah, captured by joshua » Sennacherib besieged; his army defeated near
Sabbath » Worship celebrated on » Refuge » Times of trouble
Isaiah 37:15 (show verse)
And Hezekiah prayed to the Lord saying,
Isaiah 37:16 (show verse)
“O Lord of hosts, God of Israel, who is enthroned above the cherubim, You are the God, You alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth. You have made heaven and earth.
Blasphemy » Instances of » Rabshakeh, in the siege of jerusalem
Libnah » A city » A city of the tribe of judah, captured by joshua » Sennacherib besieged; his army defeated near
special divine Manifestations » Shekinah glory » Mercy-seat
Mercy-seat » The shekinah upon
Shekinah » The visible sign of God's presence on the ark of the testimony in the holy of holies
Libnah » A city » A city of the tribe of judah, captured by joshua » Sennacherib besieged; his army defeated near
special divine Manifestations » Shekinah glory » Mercy-seat
Mercy-seat » The shekinah upon
Shekinah » The visible sign of God's presence on the ark of the testimony in the holy of holies
Isaiah 37:17 (show verse)
Incline Your ear, O Lord, and hear; open Your eyes, O Lord, and see; and hear all the words of Sennacherib that he has sent to taunt and defy the living God.
Isaiah 37:18 (show verse)
It is true, O Lord, that the kings of Assyria have laid waste all the countries and their lands,
Isaiah 37:19 (show verse)
and have cast the gods [of those peoples] into the fire, for they were not gods but the work of men’s hands, wood and stone. Therefore they have destroyed them.
Isaiah 37:20 (show verse)
Now, O Lord our God, save us from his hand so that all the kingdoms of the earth may know and fully realize that You alone, Lord, are God.”
Isaiah 37:21 (show verse)
Then Isaiah son of Amoz sent word to Hezekiah, saying, “For the Lord, the God of Israel says this, ‘Because you have prayed to Me about Sennacherib king of Assyria,
Isaiah 37:22 (show verse)
this is the word that the Lord has spoken against him:
“She has shown contempt for you and mocked you,
The Virgin Daughter of Zion (Jerusalem);
She has shaken her head behind you,
The Daughter of Jerusalem!
The Virgin Daughter of Zion (Jerusalem);
She has shaken her head behind you,
The Daughter of Jerusalem!
Isaiah 37:23 (show verse)
“Whom have you taunted and blasphemed?
And against whom have you raised your voice
And haughtily lifted up your eyes?
Against the Holy One of Israel!
Isaiah 37:24 (show verse)
“Through your servants you have taunted and defied the Lord,
And you have said, ‘With my many chariots I have gone up to the heights of the mountains,
To the remotest parts of Lebanon.
I cut down its tallest cedars and its choicest cypress trees;
And I will go to its remotest height, its most luxuriant and thickest forest.
Assyria » Prophecies concerning
Assyria » Sennacherib king of » Reproved for pride and blasphemy
Blasphemy » Instances of » Rabshakeh, in the siege of jerusalem
Cedars » Described as » High
Forests » Often destroyed by enemies
Forests » Mentioned in scripture » Carmel
Libnah » A city » A city of the tribe of judah, captured by joshua » Sennacherib besieged; his army defeated near
Assyria » Sennacherib king of » Reproved for pride and blasphemy
Blasphemy » Instances of » Rabshakeh, in the siege of jerusalem
Cedars » Described as » High
Forests » Often destroyed by enemies
Forests » Mentioned in scripture » Carmel
Libnah » A city » A city of the tribe of judah, captured by joshua » Sennacherib besieged; his army defeated near
Isaiah 37:25 (show verse)
‘I dug wells and drank [foreign] waters,
And with the sole of my feet I dried up
All the canals [of the Nile] of Egypt.’
Isaiah 37:26 (show verse)
“Have you not heard [says the God of Israel]
That I did it long ago,
That I planned it in ancient times?
Now I have brought it to pass,
That you [king of Assyria] would [be My instrument to] turn fortified cities into ruinous heaps.
Isaiah 37:27 (show verse)
“Therefore their inhabitants had little power,
They were terrorized and shamed;
They were like the grass of the field and the green vegetation,
Like grass on the housetops and like a field [of grain] scorched before it is grown.
Assyria » Prophecies concerning
Assyria » Sennacherib king of » Reproved for pride and blasphemy
Blasphemy » Instances of » Rabshakeh, in the siege of jerusalem
Grass » Illustrative » (on tops of houses,) of the wicked
Libnah » A city » A city of the tribe of judah, captured by joshua » Sennacherib besieged; his army defeated near
Man » A social being » As grass
Mortality » Of man » Man compared to withering grass
The wicked » Confounded
Assyria » Sennacherib king of » Reproved for pride and blasphemy
Blasphemy » Instances of » Rabshakeh, in the siege of jerusalem
Grass » Illustrative » (on tops of houses,) of the wicked
Libnah » A city » A city of the tribe of judah, captured by joshua » Sennacherib besieged; his army defeated near
Man » A social being » As grass
Mortality » Of man » Man compared to withering grass
The wicked » Confounded
Isaiah 37:28 (show verse)
“But I know your sitting down
And your going out and your coming in [every detail of your life],
And your raging against Me.
Isaiah 37:29 (show verse)
“Because your raging against Me
And your arrogance has come up to My ears,
I will put My hook in your nose
And My bridle in your
And I will turn you back by the way you came.
Assyria » Prophecies concerning
Assyria » Sennacherib king of » Reproved for pride and blasphemy
Blasphemy » Instances of » Rabshakeh, in the siege of jerusalem
Government » Of God » Manifested in the control of men
Libnah » A city » A city of the tribe of judah, captured by joshua » Sennacherib besieged; his army defeated near
Assyria » Sennacherib king of » Reproved for pride and blasphemy
Blasphemy » Instances of » Rabshakeh, in the siege of jerusalem
Government » Of God » Manifested in the control of men
Libnah » A city » A city of the tribe of judah, captured by joshua » Sennacherib besieged; his army defeated near
Isaiah 37:30 (show verse)
“This shall be the sign [of these things] to you [Hezekiah]: you are to eat this year what grows of itself, and in the second year that which springs from the same, and in the third year you are to sow and harvest, and plant vineyards and eat their fruit.
Isaiah 37:31 (show verse)
The surviving remnant of the house of Judah will again take root downward and bear fruit upward.
Isaiah 37:32 (show verse)
For out of Jerusalem will come a remnant and from Mount Zion a band of survivors. The zeal of the Lord of hosts will do this.”’
Isaiah 37:33 (show verse)
“Therefore, the Lord says this concerning the king of Assyria, ‘He will not come into this city or shoot an arrow there, or come before it with shield, or raise an assault ramp against it.
Isaiah 37:34 (show verse)
By the way that he came, by the same way he will return, and he will not come into this city,’ declares the Lord.
Isaiah 37:35 (show verse)
‘For I will defend this city to save it, for My own sake and for the sake of My servant David.’”
Isaiah 37:36 (show verse)
And the angel of the Lord went out and struck 185,000 in the camp of the Assyrians; and when the [surviving] men got up early the next morning, they saw all the dead.
Angels » Of wrath, execute the judgments of God
Assyria » Army of, destroyed by the angel of the lord
Libnah » A city » A city of the tribe of judah, captured by joshua » Sennacherib besieged; his army defeated near
Miracles » Catalogue of » The destruction of sennacherib's army
Sennacherib » Death of
Assyria » Army of, destroyed by the angel of the lord
Libnah » A city » A city of the tribe of judah, captured by joshua » Sennacherib besieged; his army defeated near
Miracles » Catalogue of » The destruction of sennacherib's army
Sennacherib » Death of
Isaiah 37:37 (show verse)
So Sennacherib king of Assyria departed and returned and lived at Nineveh.
Isaiah 37:38 (show verse)
It came to pass as he was worshiping in the house of Nisroch his god, that Adrammelech and Sharezer his sons killed him with the sword; and they escaped into the land of Ararat [in Armenia]. And Esarhaddon his son became king in his place.
Adrammelech » Son of sennacherib
Ararat » Assassins of sennacherib take refuge in
Armenia » Assassins of sennacherib take refuge in
Assassination » Instances of » Sennacherib, by his sons
Esar-haddon (esarhaddon) » Succeeds sennacherib
Homicide » Instances of felonious » Of sennacherib
Nineveh » Sennacherib in
Nisroch » An idol
Parricide » Murdering one's own parent s
Patricide » Of sennacherib
Regicide » Of sennacherib
Sennacherib » Death of
Sharezer » Son of sennacherib
Ararat » Assassins of sennacherib take refuge in
Armenia » Assassins of sennacherib take refuge in
Assassination » Instances of » Sennacherib, by his sons
Esar-haddon (esarhaddon) » Succeeds sennacherib
Homicide » Instances of felonious » Of sennacherib
Nineveh » Sennacherib in
Nisroch » An idol
Parricide » Murdering one's own parent s
Patricide » Of sennacherib
Regicide » Of sennacherib
Sennacherib » Death of
Sharezer » Son of sennacherib