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Isaiah 36:7

ISAIAH—NOTE ON Isaiah 36:7 Because the Rabshakeh does not understand that the God of Israel is different from the gods of the pagan high places and altars, he assumes that Hezekiah’s destruction of those altars was offensive to the Lord (see 2 Kings 18:4; 2 Chronicles 31:1).

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See also Isaiah 36:7 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Isaiah 36:7. _BUT IF THOU SAY_ - "But if ye say"] _Two_ ancient MSS. have תאמרו _tomeru_ in the plural number; so likewise the _Septuagint,_ _Chaldee_, and the other copy, 2 Kings 18:22. _YE S...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    BUT IF THOU SAY TO ME - If you shall make this plea, that you believe Yahweh will protect you in your revolt. The word ‘thou’ here refers to Hezekiah, or to the ambassadors speaking in his name. In 2...

  • 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

    THOU. Some codices read "ye", as in 2 Kings 18:22. THE LORD. Hebrew. _Jehovah._ App-4. GOD. Hebrew. _Elohim._ App-4. IS IT NOT HE... ? Manifesting Rabshakeh's ignorance....

  • 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...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    Not only is Hezekiah destitute of earthly help, but he has forfeited the protection of his own deity, by what from the heathen point of view seemed an act of sacrilege, the abolition of the local sanc...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    BUT IF THOU SAY, &C.— It appears from this passage, what deep root idolatry had taken in the time of Ahaz, when Hezekiah, the great reformer of religion, seemed to have instituted a new one in the eye...

  • 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

    But if thou say to me, We trust in the LORD our God: is it not he, whose high places and whose altars Hezekiah hath taken away, and said to Judah and to Jerusalem, Ye shall worship before this altar?...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    The allusion is to Hezekiah's reformation; the reduction of the number of shrines would seem to a heathen to dishonour the national god....

  • 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

    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...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    The *Rabshakeh argues that the *Lord is not willing to help the people in Judah. And the *Rabshakeh claims that Hezekiah has not been loyal to the *Lord. The *Rabshakeh even suggests evidence to prove...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    But the *Rabshakeh does not understand the God whom Hezekiah trusts. People from other nations would make an *idol out of wood, silver or gold. They would consider that *idol to be their god. But the...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    IS IT NOT HE, WHOSE HIGH PLACES... — This was this impression left on the mind of the Rabshakeh by what he heard of Hezekiah’s reformation. From the Assyrian stand-point a god was honoured in proporti...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וְ כִי ־תֹאמַ֣ר אֵלַ֔י אֶל ־יְהוָ֥ה אֱלֹהֵ֖ינ

  • 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...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    _Altar. Such is the blindness of infidels, that they confound what is done to destroy idols, with their worship. (Worthington)_...

  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

    7._And if thou shalt say to me. _Rabshakeh employs an argument which consists of three parts. Either Hezekiah thinks that he has sufficient strength to resist, or he expects assistance from Egypt, or...

  • 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

    BUT IF THOU SAY TO ME, WE TRUST IN THE LORD OUR GOD,.... In his promises, providence, power, and protection, and not in human counsels and strength; not in allies and auxiliaries, as Pharaoh king of E...

  • 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

    But if thou say to me, We trust in the Lord, our God, in Jehovah, the God of Israel, IS IT NOT HE WHOSE HIGH PLACES AND WHOSE ALTARS HEZEKIAH HATH TAKEN AWAY AND SAID TO JUDAH AND TO JERUSALEM, YE SHA...

  • 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 36:7 say H559 (H8799) trust H982 (H8804) LORD H3068 God H430 places H1116 altars H4196 Hezekiah...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    ‘But if you say to me, “We trust in Yahweh our God.' Is not this he whose high places and whose altars Hezekiah has taken away, and has said to Judah and to Jerusalem, “You shall worship before this a...

  • 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 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

    1 Chronicles 5:20; 1 Corinthians 2:15; 2 Chronicles 16:7; 2 Chronicles 30:14;...

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