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Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

Isaiah 37:26

Hast thou not heard - This is evidently the language of God addressed to Sennacherib. It is designed to state to him that he was under his control; that this was the reason Isaiah 37:27 why the inhabitants of the nations had been unable to resist him; that he was entirely in his hands Isaiah 37:28; and that lie would control him as he pleased Isaiah 37:29.

Long ago how I have done it - You boast that all this is by your own counsel and power. Yet I have done it; that is, I have purposed, planned, arranged it long ago (compare Isaiah 22:11).

That thou shouldest be to lay waste - I have raised you up for this purpose, and you have been entirely under my control (see the note at Isaiah 10:5).

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See also Isaiah 37:26 in other biblical comments:

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  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

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  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    FORMED. purposed. Compare Isaiah 10:5; Isaiah 10:15; Isaiah 30:32....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

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  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

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  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    The verse reads, with a slight change of pointing: HAST THOU NOT HEARD? LONG AGO HAVE I MADE IT, FROM THE DAYS OF OLD HAVE I FORMED IT: NOW I BRING IT TO PASS, AND SO HAST THOU BEEN ( ABLE) TO LAY WAS...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    In all his successes the Assyrian has been but the unconscious instrument of Jehovah's eternal purpose. Cf. ch. Isaiah 10:5-15....

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    HAST THOU NOT HEARD LONG AGO— The address of God to the Assyrian is here continued from Isaiah 37:23 wherein he answers the boastings of this proud prince, and convinces him that all his counsel and p...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

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  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    Hast thou not heard long ago, how I have done it; and of ancient times, that I have formed it? now have I brought it to pass, that thou shouldest be to lay waste defenced cities into ruinous heaps....

  • Darby's translation notes (1890)

    37:26 ago (c-7) Or 'from afar.' formed (d-17) Or 'purposed,' as ch. 46.11....

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    Jehovah is here the speaker. DONE.. FORMED IT] Referring to the ordering of events in the divine providence. THAT THOU, etc.] The Assyrian is Jehovah's instrument....

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

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  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

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  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

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  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

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  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    הֲ לֹֽוא ־שָׁמַ֤עְתָּ לְ מֵֽ רָחֹוק֙ אֹותָ֣הּ

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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

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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

    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

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  • Marginal Notes in the King James Version (1611)

    HAST THOU NOT HEARD LONG AGO, HOW I HAVE DONE IT; AND OF ANCIENT TIMES, THAT I HAVE FORMED IT? NOW HAVE I BROUGHT IT TO PASS, THAT THOU SHOULDEST BE TO LAY WASTE DEFENCED CITIES INTO RUINOUS HEAPS: O...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    No text from Poole on this verse....

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Isaiah 37:26 hear H8085 (H8804) ago H7350 made H6213 (H8804) ancient H6924 times H3117 formed H3335 ...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    YAHWEH'S REPLY. THE KING OF ASSYRIA IS BUT YAHWEH'S TOOL AND WILL BE DEALT WITH ACCORDINGLY (ISAIAH 37:26). Yahweh's reply to Sennacherib is to point out what He has accomplished in the past. He want...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

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  • Summarized Bible Commentary

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  • 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

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  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 37:26 I DETERMINED IT LONG AGO. God does not simply respond to events as they happen; those events merely reveal his own long-intended purpose (see...

  • 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

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  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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