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Verse Isaiah 37:25. _WATER_ - "Strange waters"] The word זרים
_zarim, strange_, lost out of the Hebrew text in this place, is
supplied from the other copy. A MS. supplies the word רבים
_rabbim, many_,...
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I HAVE DIGGED - That is, I have digged wells. This was regarded among
eastern nations as an important achievement. It was difficult to find
water, even by digging, in sandy deserts; and in a country a...
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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...
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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...
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RIVERS. arms, or canals. Compare Isaiah 19:6, and Micah 7:12.
BESIEGED PLACES. Hebrew. _matzor._ Put for Egypt....
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The poem on Sennacherib is in substance a Taunt-song; but in form an
elegy, written in the measure characteristic of the _qînâh_. The
first two lines (Isaiah 37:22) read:
SHE HATH DESPISED THEE, HAT...
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The answer to the prayer comes in the form of a message from Isaiah.
The message as here given really consists of two distinct oracles: (1)
a poem, on the pride and the approaching humiliation of Senn...
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The king of Assyria is represented as boasting of the ease with which
he triumphs over all natural obstacles in the pursuance of his plans;
such language is blasphemy against Jehovah, the Lord of Natu...
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_I have digged … water_ I (again emphatic) DIG AND DRINK FOREIGN
WATERS. The word "foreign" is to be supplied from 2 Kings 19:24. For
the expression cf. Proverbs 9:17; Proverbs 5:15.
all the rivers of...
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BY THE MULTITUDE OF MY CHARIOTS— Cities, in the prophetical
writings, are metaphorically represented by woods or forests,
especially those of _Lebanon_ and _Carmel;_ and the several ranks of
inhabitan...
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4. THE PRONOUNCEMENT
TEXT: Isaiah 37:21-35
21
Then Isaiah the son of Amoz sent unto Hezekiah, saying, Thus saith
Jehovah, the God of Israel, Whereas thou hast prayed to me against
Sennacherib king...
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I have digged, and drunk water; and with the sole of my feet have I
dried up all the rivers of the besieged places.
I HAVE DIGGED, AND DRUNK WATER. In 2 Kings 19:24, it is "strange
waters." I have...
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37:25 Matsor. (b-22) Egypt. see ch. 19.6....
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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...
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People in that region were familiar with the use of impressive
language. But Sennacherib so very greatly *exaggerates his actions
that his proud words sound stupid.
• For example, not even Sennacheri...
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I HAVE DIGGED, AND DRUNK WATER... — This, again, was one of the
common boasts of the Assyrian conquerors. It was Sennacherib’s
special glory, as recorded in his inscriptions, that he had provided
citi...
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אֲנִ֥י קַ֖רְתִּי וְ שָׁתִ֣יתִי מָ֑יִם
וְ אַחְ
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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...
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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...
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I have dug, (q) and drank water; and with the sole of my feet have I
dried up all the rivers of the besieged places.
(q) He boasts of his policy in that he can find means to nourish his
army: and of...
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_Shut, &c. Hebrew matsor, (Haydock) "of Egypt," where Sennacherib had
been. (Calmet)_...
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25._I shall dig and drink water. _The tyrant still goes on to boast of
his strength, and threatens that e will bring so powerful an army that
by means of their numbers he will dry up all the fountains...
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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:...
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I HAVE DIGGED, AND DRUNK WATER,.... In places where he came, and found
no water for his army, he set his soldiers to work, to dig cisterns,
as the Targum, or wells, so that they had water sufficient t...
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BESEIGED PLACES:
Or, fenced and closed...
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No text from Poole on this verse....
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Isaiah 37:25 dug H6979 (H8804) drunk H8354 (H8804) water H4325 soles
H3709 feet H6471 up H2717 ...
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YAHWEH'S REPLY THROUGH ISAIAH (ISAIAH 37:21).
Isaiah 37:21
‘Then Isaiah the son of Amoz sent to Hezekiah, saying, “Thus says
Yahweh the God of Israel, In lieu of the fact that you have prayed to
me a...
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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...
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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...
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_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...
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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...
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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...
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1 Kings 20:10; 2 Kings 19:23; 2 Kings 19:24; Isaiah 36:12...