Isaiah 37:1, Hezekiah mourning, sends to Isaiah to pray for them; Isaiah 37:6, Isaiah comforts them; Isaiah 37:8, Sennacherib, going to encounter Tirhakah, sends a blasphemous letter to Hezekiah; Isaiah 37:14, Hezekiah’s prayer; Isaiah 37:21, Isaiah’s prophecy of the pride and destruction of Sennacherib, and the good of Zion; Isaiah 37:36, An angel slays the Assyrians; Isaiah 37:37, Sennacherib is slain at Nineveh by his own sons.
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Isaiah 37
Isaiah 37 — Overview
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Isaiah 37 — OverviewIsaiah 37 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleIn this chapter we have a further repetition of the story which we had
before in the book of Kings concerning Sennacherib. In the foregoing
chapter we had him conquering and threatening to conquer. In this…Isaiah 37 — OverviewIsaiah 37 · John Gill's Exposition of the Entire BibleIn this chapter are contained Hezekiah's message to Isaiah, desiring his prayer for him and his people, in this time of sore distress, Isa 37:1, the comforting and encouraging answer returned by the prophet to him, Isa…Isaiah 37:1-7Isaiah 37:1-7 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleWe may observe here, 1. That the best way to baffle the malicious
designs of our enemies against us is to be driven by them to God and to
our duty and so to fetch meat out of the eater. Rabshakeh intended to…Isaiah 37:1Isaiah 37:1 · The Pulpit CommentaryWhen King Hezekiah heard it; rather, heard them; i.e. the "words of Rabshakeh," which his officials reported to him. He rent his clothes. He did as they had done (Isaiah 36:22; see the comment on that verse). But he…Isaiah 37:1Isaiah 37:1 · The Pulpit CommentaryCarrying troubles to God.
The silence which Hezekiah kept, and commanded, represents only the negative side of his dealing with the Assyrian insults and threatenings. The earnest man can seldom be satisfied with the…Isaiah 37:1-4Isaiah 37:1-4 · The Pulpit CommentaryOur highest solicitude.
A very graphic scene is here sketched. The highest personages in the realm are moved to the strongest feelings of indignation and concern. Dignity is entirely forgotten; the profound agitations…