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Isaiah 37:4

Many of God’s people had been living to the north of the land called Judah. But they are now prisoners in Assyria.

Isaiah gives the *Lord’s reply to Hezekiah

v5 Isaiah received king Hezekiah’s message. v6 Isaiah sent back this answer: ‘The *Lord tells you not to let the servants of the king of Assyria frighten you by their words. The *Lord has heard their insults. v7 The *Lord will cause the king of Assyria to hear certain news. It will make him return to his own country. I shall arrange that he dies there.’

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  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

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  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

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  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

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  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

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  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

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  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

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  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

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  • John Darby's Synopsis

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  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

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  • Marginal Notes in the King James Version (1611)

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  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

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  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

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  • Summarized Bible Commentary

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  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

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  • The Pulpit Commentaries

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