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Isaiah 37:17

open thine eyes … and see The Hebr. has "thine eye," which is probably a better reading than "thine eyes" in 2 Kings 19:16. So "who hath sent" is more correct than "who hath sent him" (the messenger).

to reproach the living God as in Isaiah 37:4.

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See also Isaiah 37:17 in other biblical comments:

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    INCLINE THINE EAR - This is evidently language taken from what occurs among people. When they are desirous of hearing distinctly, they incline the ear or apply it close to the speaker. Similar languag...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    CHAPTER 37 Hezekiah in the House of the Lord and Sennacherib's Second Attempt 1. _Hezekiah's humiliation and Isaiah sent for (Isaiah 37:1)_ 2. _The message from the prophet (Isaiah 37:6)_ 3. Rabshake...

  • 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

    EAR... EYES. Figure of speech _Anthropopatheia._...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    3. THE PRAYER TEXT: Isaiah 37:14-20 14 And Hezekiah received the letter from the hand of the messengers, and read it; and Hezekiah went up unto the house of Jehovah, and spread it before Jehovah....

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    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. INCLINE THINE EAR . . . OPEN THINE EYES -...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    7. SEND.. HIM] RV 'put a spirit in him.'...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    The king’s prayer is one of calm trust in the *Lord (see my note on Isaiah 28:16). Hezekiah has had experience of the wonderful things that God can do....

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    ISAIAH: GOD CONTROLS THE NATIONS GOD DEFENDS *JERUSALEM ISAIAH CHAPTER S 31 TO 39 _NORMAN HILLYER_ CHAPTER 37 HEZEKIAH ASKS ISAIAH FOR ADVICE V1 When king Hezekiah heard the report from his th...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    הַטֵּ֨ה יְהוָ֤ה ׀ אָזְנְךָ֙ וּֽ שְׁמָ֔ע פְּקַ֧ח...

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    CHAPTER XXVI HAD ISAIAH A GOSPEL FOR THE INDIVIDUAL? THE two narratives, in which Isaiah's career culminates-that of the Deliverance of Jerusalem Isaiah 36:1; Isaiah 37:1 and that of the Recovery of...

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

    Penitently, went Hezekiah immediately into the house of the Lord, while he sent messengers to Isaiah. The prophet sent them back with words of encouragement, declaring that God would deliver them. In...

  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

    17._incline thine ear, O Jehovah. _From these words we conclude how great was the perplexity of Hezekiah; for the earnestness that pervades the prayer breathes an amazing power of anguish, so that it...

  • 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

    INCLINE THINE EAR, O LORD, AND HEAR,.... The prayer which Hezekiah was now presenting to him, as also the reproach of the enemy: OPEN THINE EYES, O LORD, AND SEE; the letter he spread before him, and...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    Incline Thine ear, O Lord, in the gesture of close attention, AND HEAR; OPEN THINE EYES, O LORD, AND SEE, both of them, as it were, being focused upon conditions as they obtained in Judah at that time...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    THE EFFECT OF SENNACHERIB'S BOAST UPON HEZEKIAH...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    No text from Poole on this verse....

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Isaiah 37:17 Incline H5186 (H8685) ear H241 LORD H3068 hear H8085 (H8798) open H6491 (H8798) eyes...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    KING HEZEKIAH SEEKS TO YAHWEH (ISAIAH 37:14). Isaiah 37:14 ‘And Hezekiah received the message from the hand of the messengers and read it, and Hezekiah went up to the house of Yahweh and spread it b...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: Jehovah's message to the people by Isaiah. Sennacherib's message to Hezekiah. Hezekiah's prayer and Jehovah's answer. Destruction of Assyrians. CHARACTERS: God, Hezekiah, Eliakim, Shebna, I...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    Isaiah 37:3. _This is a day of trouble, and of rebuke, and of blasphemy._ What moral idea can we form of a conqueror? A man hailed, adored, and applauded by the world. History is full of his fame, and...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _And Hezekiah received the letter. .. and read it. .. and spread it before the Lord_ HEZEKIAH’S PRAYER AND DELIVERANCE In the struggles, defeats, and final triumph of the ancient people of God in the...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    A KING’S PRAYER Isaiah 37:15. _And Hezekiah prayed, &c._ I. HEZEKIAH PRAYED TO JEHOVAH AS THE GOD OF HIS NATION. “O Lord God of Israel.” 1. The nation bore the name of one of its progenitors, who “a...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION This chapter is the sequel of the preceding, and is so closely connected with it that the two really constitute but one narrative. Isaiah 37:22 of Isaiah 36:1. is more closely connected wit...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    And it came to pass, when king Hezekiah heard it, that he tore his clothes (Isaiah 37:1), Yeah, man, it is bad. Rip, you know. and he covered himself with sackcloth (Isaiah 37:1), Now sackcloth was...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    1 Peter 3:12; 2 Chronicles 6:40; 2 Samuel 16:12; Daniel 9:17;...

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