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Kretzmann's Popular Commentary

Isaiah 39:7

And of thy sons that shall issue from thee, which thou shalt beget, his direct descendants, shall they take away, this being true even of his son Manasseh, but particularly of the last kings of his line; and they shall be eunuchs, court officers, chamberlains, in the palace of the king of Babylon. Cf Daniel 1:2 to Daniel 3:7.

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See also Isaiah 39:7 in other biblical comments:

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    AND OF THAT SONS - Thy posterity (see the note at Matthew 1:1). THAT SHALL ISSUE FROM THEE - Of the royal family. The captivity at Babylon occurred more than a hundred years after this, and of course...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    CHAPTER 39 Hezekiah's Self-Exaltation 1. _The ambassadors of Merodach-baladan (Isaiah 39:1)_ 2. _Hezekiah's boasting (Isaiah 39:2)_ 3. _Isaiah's inquiry (Isaiah 39:3)_ 4. The Babylonian captivity ann...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    ISAIAH 36-39. This section has been extracted from 2 Kings 18:13 to 2 Kings 20:19, and the Song of Hezekiah has been added. For an exposition see the notes on 2 K.; here we have simply to deal with th...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    THY SONS. Hezekiah had none as yet, and Jehovah's promise to David (2 Samuel 7:16) seemed in danger of failing. Manasseh was not born till the third of the fifteen added years. Hence his reference to...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    This is the only occasion on which a prophecy of the Babylonian Exile appears to be attributed to Isaiah. It is not easy to reconcile such a prediction with the particular circumstances in which it is...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    The words _which thou shalt beget_seem, according to usage, to imply that the calamity would fall on Hezekiah's own children....

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    _Isaiah 39:7. They shall be eunuchs,_ &c. The Hebrew word סריסים _sarisim,_ rendered _eunuchs,_ signifies great officers employed about the person of the sovereign; and, as eunuchs were generally inve...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    2. PUNISHMENT TEXT: Isaiah 39:5-8 5 Then said Isaiah to Hezekiah, Hear the word of Jehovah of hosts. 6 Behold, the days are coming, when all that is in thy house, and that which thy fathers have...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    And of thy sons that shall issue from thee, which thou shalt beget, shall they take away; and they shall be eunuchs in the palace of the king of Babylon. THY SONS THAT SHALL ISSUE FROM THEE - the...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    THY SONS] fulfilled in the captivity of Manasseh (2 Chronicles 33:11), and later in the fate of Jehoiachin (2 Kings 25:27)....

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    ALLIANCE WITH BABYLON DENOUNCED Conclusion of the historical appendix. The chapter belongs to the period when Merodach-Baladan of Babylon was making efforts to bring the various peoples of W. Asia int...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    ISAIAH: GOD CONTROLS THE NATIONS GOD DEFENDS *JERUSALEM ISAIAH CHAPTER S 31 TO 39 _NORMAN HILLYER_ CHAPTER 39 This chapter uses almost the same words as 2 Kings 20:12-19. VISITORS FROM BABYLO...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    BEHOLD, THE DAYS COME... — The words, it may be noted, received a two-fold fulfilment, under widely different conditions. Hezekiah’s son Manasseh, at the time when Isaiah spoke unborn, was carried as...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וּ מִ בָּנֶ֜יךָ אֲשֶׁ֨ר יֵצְא֧וּ מִמְּךָ֛ אֲש

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    CHAPTER XI DRIFTING TO EGYPT 720-705 13. B.C. Isaiah 20:1; Isaiah 21:1; Isaiah 38:1; Isaiah 39:1 FROM 720, when chapter 11 m

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    This brief chapter tells the story of Hezekiah's folly. After his recovery an embassy came from Babylon ostensibly to congratulate him. That their real motive was sinister is evident from the attitude...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    And of thy sons that shall issue from thee, which thou shalt beget, shall they take away; and they shall be (f) eunuchs in the palace of the king of Babylon. (f) That is, officers and servants....

  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

    7._Of thy sons _It might be thought that this was far more distressing to Hezekiah, and therefore it is put last for the sake of heightening the picture. Even though any calamity spread widely in a na...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 36, 37, 38, AND 39. Chapter s 36-39 relate the history of the invasion of Sennacherib, its result, and the sickness unto death of Hezekiah, which preceded it:...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    AND OF THY SONS THAT SHALL ISSUE FROM THEE, WHICH THOU SHALT BEGET, SHALL THEY TAKE AWAY,.... Manasseh his immediate son was taken and carried to Babylon, though afterwards released; nor does it appea...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    No text from Poole on this verse....

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Isaiah 39:7 away H3947 (H8799) sons H1121 descend H3318 (H8799) beget H3205 (H8686) eunuchs H5631 palace...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: Hezekiah's folly. Babylonian captivity of Judah foretold. CHARACTERS: Isaiah, Merodach-baladan, Hezekiah. CONCLUSION: It is folly for one whom God has dignified to be overproud of the resp...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    Isaiah 39:1. _Merodach-Baladan._ He is called Berodach in 2 Kings 20:12; and being the son of Baladan, he joined his father's name to his own. Merodach is the name of an idol, and Baladan the name of...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _Hear the word of the Lord of hosts_ ISAIAH’S PROPHECY OF THE BABYLONIAN CAPTIVITY Jarchi directs attention to the exact correspondence of the punishment with the offence. As the Babylonians had se...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _Merodach-baladan, the son of Baladan, King of Babylon, sent letters and a present to Hezekiah_ MERODACH-BALADAN Marduk-apal-iddina, son of Yakin, is the Chaldean ruler who more than any other vassa...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION This chapter is parallel with 2 Kings 20:12, and scarcely differs from it at all. Verse I has the additional words, "and was recovered;" 2 Kings 20:2, the phrase, "was glad of them," for "h...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    At that time Merodachbaladan, the son of Baladan, king of Babylon, sent letters and a present to Hezekiah: for he heard that he had been sick, and that he had recovered (Isaiah 39:1). Now here's anot...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    2 Chronicles 33:11; 2 Chronicles 36:10; 2 Chronicles 36:20; 2 Kings 24:12;...

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