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Isaiah 36:4

ISAIAH—NOTE ON Isaiah 36:4 Thus says the great king. The Rabshakeh pronounces a royal decree, amplified in vv. Isaiah 36:13, Isaiah 36:16. It is answered by a higher royal decree in Isaiah 37:6, Isaiah 37:21, Isaiah 37:33. On what do you rest this trust of yours? The word “trust” appears seven times in the Hebrew text of this paragraph (Isaiah 36:4, Isaiah 36:5, Isaiah 36:6, Isaiah 36:7, Isaiah 36:9). At the heart of Isaiah’s message is a call to God’s people to trust his promises during difficulties.

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See also Isaiah 36:4 in other biblical comments:

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    WHAT CONFIDENCE - What is the ground of your confidence? on what do you trust? The appellation ‘great king’ was the customary title of the kings of the Persians and Assyrians....

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    THE HISTORICAL PARENTHESIS (36-39) The center of the book of Isaiah is a brief but deeply interesting historical account of events during the reign of King Hezekiah. His name is mentioned not less tha...

  • 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

    THE GREAT KING. Contrast Psalms 47:2. TRUSTEST. hast confided. Hebrew. _batah._ App-69. See Hezekiah's "Songs of the Degrees" (Psalms 121:3; Psalms 125:1;...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    The speech of the Rabshakeh, dealing with the two motives which might be supposed to have induced Hezekiah to rebel: (1) his reliance on the help of Egypt (Isaiah 36:6), and (2) his religious confiden...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    VI. CHASTENING THROUGH CAPTIVITY Chapter S 36-39 A. PRESSURE, CHAPTER 36 1. PREDICAMENT TEXT: Isaiah 36:1-12 1 Now it came to pass in the fourteenth year of king Hezekiah, that Sennacherib, king o...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    And Rabshakeh said unto them, Say ye now to Hezekiah, Thus saith the great king, the king of Assyria, What confidence is this wherein thou trustest? GREAT KING - the usual title of the Persian and...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    1. IN THE FOURTEENTH YEAR] The chronology is difficult. From Isaiah 38:1; Isaiah 39:1 we might conclude that Hezekiah's sickness and the Babylonian embassy followed Sennacherib's invasion, whereas Isa...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    The *Rabshakeh never calls Hezekiah a king. He does this on purpose. He wants to make Hezekiah feel weak. The *Rabshakeh does not want Hezekiah to feel like a real king....

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    ISAIAH: GOD CONTROLS THE NATIONS GOD DEFENDS *JERUSALEM ISAIAH CHAPTER S 31 TO 39 _NORMAN HILLYER_ CHAPTER 36 THE *ASSYRIANS ATTACK JUDAH V1 Hezekiah had been king of Judah for nearly 14 years...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וַ יֹּ֤אמֶר אֲלֵיהֶם֙ רַב־שָׁקֵ֔ה אִמְרוּ ־נָ֖א...

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    BOOK 4 JERUSALEM AND SENNACHERIB 701 B.C. INTO this fourth book we put all the rest of the prophecies of the Book of Isaiah, that have to do with the prophet's own time: Chapter s 1, 22 and 33, wit...

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

    This chapter is the first of four which constitute a brief historical interlude. All have to do with Hezekiah and Isaiah. The first two are related to the prophecies of judgment so far as they are of...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    And (e) Rabshakeh said to them, Say ye now to Hezekiah, Thus saith the great king, the king of Assyria, What confidence [is] this in which thou trustest? (e) Sennacherib's chief captain....

  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

    4._Say now to Hezekiah. _He relates that the three ambassadors, though they were attended by all the magnificence that yet remained in the kingdom, were not only repulsed, but disdainfully treated by...

  • 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 RABSHAKEH SAID UNTO THEM,.... The three ministers above mentioned: SAY YE NOW TO HEZEKIAH; tell him what follows; he does not call him king, as he does his own master: THUS SAITH THE GREAT KING,...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _A.M. 3292. B.C. 712._ In this and the three following Chapter s is contained the historical part of the book of Isaiah, relating a memorable transaction, strongly confirmative of the divine mission...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    And Rabshakeh said unto them, Say ye now to Hezekiah, Thus saith the great king, the king of Assyria, What confidence is this wherein thou trustest? Just on whom and on what did Hezekiah depend to del...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    THE ASSYRIANS THREATEN JERUSALEM. The three Chapter s now following form the historical appendix to the first part of the book of the prophet Isaiah, serving chiefly to make the prophecies concerning...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    No text from Poole on this verse....

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Isaiah 36:4 Rabshakeh H7262 said H559 (H8799) Say H559 (H8798) Hezekiah H2396 says H559 (H8804) great...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    ‘And the Rabshakeh said to them, “Say now to Hezekiah. Thus says the great king, the king of Assyria, What confidence is this on which you now rely? I say your counsel and strength for war are but vai...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: Sennacherib's invasion and Jehovah's deliverance. The threats of Rabshakeh. CHARACTERS: God, Sennacherib, Rabskakeh, Hezekiah, Eliakim, Shebnab, Joab, Pharaoh. CONCLUSION: The enemies of G...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    Isaiah 36:1. _In the fourteenth year of Hezekiah,_ Sennacherib came up against all the cities of Judah. This history is related in 2 Chronicles 32., with notes and comments: but it was proper for Isai...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _Rabshakeh said unto them_ WAR ORATORS We have a class of speakers in this country who are silent on all great social and cosmopolitan topics, but make themselves heard and felt the moment any matte...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    MODERN RABSHAKEHS, AND THEIR ATTEMPTS TO TERRIFY GOD’S PEOPLE INTO A HUMBLE SURRENDER Isaiah 36:4. _What confidence is this wherein thou trustest?_ Sennacherib is surprised at the attitude of resista...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    PART II. HISTORICAL SKETCH OF EVENTS IN THE REIGN OF HEZEKIAH (CH. 36-39.). SECTION I. SENNACHERIB'S ATTEMPTS TO REDUCE JUDAEA, AND HIS OVERTHR

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    Shall we turn to Isaiah chapter 36. Last week as we completed the thirty-fifth chapter of the book of Isaiah, of course, we got into those glorious prophecies of the future Kingdom Age when Jesus Chri...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    2 Chronicles 32:14; 2 Chronicles 32:7; 2 Kings 18:19; 2 Kings 18:5;...

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