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Themes in Isaiah 37

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Themes in Isaiah 37

Isaiah 37:1 (show verse)

When King Hezekiah heard their report, he tore his clothes, put on sackcloth, and went to the Lord’s temple.

Attendance » Reasons for » A refuge in times of trouble
Sabbath » Worship celebrated on » Refuge » Times of trouble

Isaiah 37:2 (show verse)

Then he sent Eliakim, who was in charge of the palace, Shebna the court secretary, and the leading priests, who were wearing sackcloth, to the prophet Isaiah son of Amoz.

Eliakim » Son of hilkiah, deputy of hezekiah
Prophets » Counselors to kings
Shebna (shebnah) » A scribe of hezekiah

Isaiah 37:3 (show verse)

They said to him, “This is what Hezekiah says: ‘Today is a day of distress, rebuke, and disgrace, for children have come to the point of birth, and there is no strength to deliver them.

Prophets » Counselors to kings

Perhaps Yahweh your God will hear all the words of the Rabshakeh, whom his master the king of Assyria sent to mock the living God, and will rebuke him for the words that Yahweh your God has heard. Therefore offer a prayer for the surviving remnant.’”

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Isaiah 37:5 (show verse)

So the servants of King Hezekiah went to Isaiah,

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Isaiah 37:6 (show verse)

who said to them, “Tell your master this, ‘The Lord says: Don’t be afraid because of the words you have heard, which the king of Assyria’s attendants have blasphemed Me with.

Isaiah » Comforts and encourages hezekiah and the people during the siege of jerusalem by rab-shakeh

Isaiah 37:7 (show verse)

I am about to put a spirit in him and he will hear a rumor and return to his own land, where I will cause him to fall by the sword.’”

Blasting » Sent as a judgment
Isaiah » Comforts and encourages hezekiah and the people during the siege of jerusalem by rab-shakeh

Isaiah 37:8 (show verse)

When the Rabshakeh heard that the king of Assyria had left Lachish, he returned and found him fighting against Libnah.

Libnah » A city » A city of the tribe of judah, captured by joshua » Sennacherib besieged; his army defeated near

Isaiah 37:9 (show verse)

The king had heard this about Tirhakah king of Cush: “He has set out to fight against you.” So when he heard this, he sent messengers to Hezekiah, saying,

Letters » Rabshakeh to hezekiah
Libnah » A city » A city of the tribe of judah, captured by joshua » Sennacherib besieged; his army defeated near
Tirhakah » King of ethiopia

Isaiah 37:10 (show verse)

“Say this to Hezekiah king of Judah: ‘Don’t let your God, whom you trust, deceive you by promising that Jerusalem won’t be handed over to the king of Assyria.

Blasphemy » Instances of » Rabshakeh, in the siege of jerusalem
Letters » Rabshakeh to hezekiah
Libnah » A city » A city of the tribe of judah, captured by joshua » Sennacherib besieged; his army defeated near

Isaiah 37:11 (show verse)

Look, you have heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all the countries: they completely destroyed them. Will you be rescued?

Isaiah 37:12 (show verse)

Did the gods of the nations that my predecessors destroyed rescue them—Gozan, Haran, Rezeph, and the Edenites in Telassar?

Blasphemy » Instances of » Rabshakeh, in the siege of jerusalem
Eden » A marketplace of costly merchandise
Haran » Also called charran » Idolatry in
Letters » Rabshakeh to hezekiah
Libnah » A city » A city of the tribe of judah, captured by joshua » Sennacherib besieged; his army defeated near
Rezeph » A city destroyed » By assyrians
Telassar » A city » A city or district conquered by the assyrians
Thelasar » A city » Conquered » By the assyrians

Isaiah 37:13 (show verse)

Where is the king of Hamath, the king of Arpad, the king of the city of Sepharvaim, Hena, or Ivvah?’”

Blasphemy » Instances of » Rabshakeh, in the siege of jerusalem
Divination » Effected through » Observing heavenly bodies
Hena » A city » A city on the euphrates river
Ivah » A district » A district in babylon conquered by the assyrians
Letters » Rabshakeh to hezekiah
Libnah » A city » A city of the tribe of judah, captured by joshua » Sennacherib besieged; his army defeated near
Sepharvaim » An assyrian city, from which the king of assyria colonized samaria

Isaiah 37:14 (show verse)

Hezekiah took the letter from the messengers, read it, then went up to the Lord’s temple and spread it out before the Lord.

Attendance » Reasons for » A refuge in times of trouble
Blasphemy » Instances of » Rabshakeh, in the siege of jerusalem
Letters » Rabshakeh to hezekiah
Libnah » A city » A city of the tribe of judah, captured by joshua » Sennacherib besieged; his army defeated near
Sabbath » Worship celebrated on » Refuge » Times of trouble

Isaiah 37:15 (show verse)

Then Hezekiah prayed to the Lord:

Blasphemy » Instances of » Rabshakeh, in the siege of jerusalem
Libnah » A city » A city of the tribe of judah, captured by joshua » Sennacherib besieged; his army defeated near

Isaiah 37:16 (show verse)

Lord of Hosts, God of Israel, who is enthroned above the cherubim, You are God—You alone—of all the kingdoms of the earth. You made the heavens and the earth.

Blasphemy » Instances of » Rabshakeh, in the siege of jerusalem
Libnah » A city » A city of the tribe of judah, captured by joshua » Sennacherib besieged; his army defeated near
special divine Manifestations » Shekinah glory » Mercy-seat
Mercy-seat » The shekinah upon
Shekinah » The visible sign of God's presence on the ark of the testimony in the holy of holies

Isaiah 37:17 (show verse)

Listen closely, Lord, and hear; open Your eyes, Lord, and see. Hear all the words that Sennacherib has sent to mock the living God.

Blasphemy » Instances of » Rabshakeh, in the siege of jerusalem
Libnah » A city » A city of the tribe of judah, captured by joshua » Sennacherib besieged; his army defeated near

Isaiah 37:18 (show verse)

Lord, it is true that the kings of Assyria have devastated all these countries and their lands.

Armies » Devastation occasioned by
Blasphemy » Instances of » Rabshakeh, in the siege of jerusalem
Libnah » A city » A city of the tribe of judah, captured by joshua » Sennacherib besieged; his army defeated near

Isaiah 37:19 (show verse)

They have thrown their gods into the fire, for they were not gods but made by human hands—wood and stone. So they have destroyed them.

Blasphemy » Instances of » Rabshakeh, in the siege of jerusalem
Idol » Made of » Wood and stone
Libnah » A city » A city of the tribe of judah, captured by joshua » Sennacherib besieged; his army defeated near
Stones » Idols made of

Isaiah 37:20 (show verse)

Now, Lord our God, save us from his power so that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that You are the Lord

—You alone.

Blasphemy » Instances of » Rabshakeh, in the siege of jerusalem
Libnah » A city » A city of the tribe of judah, captured by joshua » Sennacherib besieged; his army defeated near

Isaiah 37:21 (show verse)

Then Isaiah son of Amoz sent a message to Hezekiah: “The Lord, the God of Israel, says: ‘Because you prayed to Me about Sennacherib king of Assyria,

Assyria » Prophecies concerning
Assyria » Sennacherib king of » Reproved for pride and blasphemy
Blasphemy » Instances of » Rabshakeh, in the siege of jerusalem
Libnah » A city » A city of the tribe of judah, captured by joshua » Sennacherib besieged; his army defeated near

Isaiah 37:22 (show verse)

this is the word the Lord has spoken against him:

Virgin Daughter Zion
despises you and scorns you:
Daughter Jerusalem shakes her head
behind your back.

Isaiah 37:23 (show verse)

Who is it you have mocked and blasphemed?
Who have you raised your voice against
and lifted your eyes in pride?
Against the Holy One of Israel!

Isaiah 37:24 (show verse)

You have mocked the Lord through your servants.
You have said, “With my many chariots
I have gone up to the heights of the mountains,
to the far recesses of Lebanon.
I cut down its tallest cedars,
its choice cypress trees.
I came to its distant heights,
its densest forest.

Assyria » Prophecies concerning
Assyria » Sennacherib king of » Reproved for pride and blasphemy
Blasphemy » Instances of » Rabshakeh, in the siege of jerusalem
Cedars » Described as » High
Forests » Often destroyed by enemies
Forests » Mentioned in scripture » Carmel
Libnah » A city » A city of the tribe of judah, captured by joshua » Sennacherib besieged; his army defeated near

Isaiah 37:25 (show verse)

I dug wells and drank water.
I dried up all the streams of Egypt
with the soles of my feet.”

Isaiah 37:26 (show verse)

Have you not heard?
I designed it long ago;
I planned it in days gone by.
I have now brought it to pass,
and you have crushed fortified cities
into piles of rubble.

Isaiah 37:27 (show verse)

Their inhabitants have become powerless,
dismayed, and ashamed.
They are plants of the field,
tender grass,
grass on the rooftops,
blasted by the east wind.

Assyria » Prophecies concerning
Assyria » Sennacherib king of » Reproved for pride and blasphemy
Blasphemy » Instances of » Rabshakeh, in the siege of jerusalem
Grass » Illustrative » (on tops of houses,) of the wicked
Libnah » A city » A city of the tribe of judah, captured by joshua » Sennacherib besieged; his army defeated near
Man » A social being » As grass
Mortality » Of man » Man compared to withering grass
The wicked » Confounded

Isaiah 37:28 (show verse)

But I know your sitting down,
your going out and your coming in,
and your raging against Me.

Isaiah 37:29 (show verse)

Because your raging against Me
and your arrogance have reached My ears,
I will put My hook in your nose
and My bit in your mouth;
I will make you go back
the way you came.

Assyria » Prophecies concerning
Assyria » Sennacherib king of » Reproved for pride and blasphemy
Blasphemy » Instances of » Rabshakeh, in the siege of jerusalem
Government » Of God » Manifested in the control of men
Libnah » A city » A city of the tribe of judah, captured by joshua » Sennacherib besieged; his army defeated near

Isaiah 37:30 (show verse)

“‘This will be the sign for you: This year you will eat what grows on its own, and in the second year what grows from that. But in the third year sow and reap, plant vineyards and eat their fruit.

Assyria » Prophecies concerning
Blasphemy » Instances of » Rabshakeh, in the siege of jerusalem
Libnah » A city » A city of the tribe of judah, captured by joshua » Sennacherib besieged; his army defeated near
Symbols and similitudes » Food

Isaiah 37:31 (show verse)

The surviving remnant of the house of Judah will again take root downward and bear fruit upward.

Isaiah 37:32 (show verse)

For a remnant will go out from Jerusalem and survivors, from Mount Zion. The zeal of the Lord of Hosts will accomplish this.’

Isaiah 37:33 (show verse)

“Therefore, this is what the Lord says about the king of Assyria:

He will not enter this city
or shoot an arrow there
or come before it with a shield
or build up an assault ramp against it.

Isaiah 37:34 (show verse)

He will go back
the way he came,
and he will not enter this city.
This is the Lord’s declaration.

Assyria » Prophecies concerning
Libnah » A city » A city of the tribe of judah, captured by joshua » Sennacherib besieged; his army defeated near

Isaiah 37:35 (show verse)

I will defend this city and rescue it
because of Me
and because of My servant David.”

Assyria » Prophecies concerning
Battle of Life » God » Represented as » A defence
God » Christ as » Defence of believers by
Libnah » A city » A city of the tribe of judah, captured by joshua » Sennacherib besieged; his army defeated near
divine Protector » A defence

Isaiah 37:36 (show verse)

Then the angel of the Lord

went out and struck down 185,000 in the camp of the Assyrians. When the people got up the next morning—there were all the dead bodies!

Angels » Of wrath, execute the judgments of God
Assyria » Army of, destroyed by the angel of the lord
Libnah » A city » A city of the tribe of judah, captured by joshua » Sennacherib besieged; his army defeated near
Miracles » Catalogue of » The destruction of sennacherib's army
Sennacherib » Death of

Isaiah 37:37 (show verse)

So Sennacherib king of Assyria broke camp and left. He returned home and lived in Nineveh.

Nineveh » The ancient capital of assyria
Nineveh » Sennacherib in
Nisroch » An idol
Regicide » Of sennacherib
Sennacherib » Death of

Isaiah 37:38 (show verse)

One day, while he was worshiping in the temple of his god Nisroch, his sons Adrammelech and Sharezer struck him down with the sword and escaped to the land of Ararat. Then his son Esar-haddon became king in his place.

Adrammelech » Son of sennacherib
Ararat » Assassins of sennacherib take refuge in
Armenia » Assassins of sennacherib take refuge in
Assassination » Instances of » Sennacherib, by his sons
Esar-haddon (esarhaddon) » Succeeds sennacherib
Homicide » Instances of felonious » Of sennacherib
Nineveh » Sennacherib in
Nisroch » An idol
Parricide » Murdering one's own parent s
Patricide » Of sennacherib
Regicide » Of sennacherib
Sennacherib » Death of
Sharezer » Son of sennacherib