Isaiah 37:11
in Isaiah 37Surely you have heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all the other countries, devoting them to destruction. Will you then be spared?
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
Behold, thou hast heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all lands, by destroying them utterly: and shalt thou be delivered?
KJV
Behold, thou hast heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all lands by destroying them utterly; and shalt thou be delivered?
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This verse in Isaiah 37
Commentary
6 notes on this verseAnd just as he had said to the people, "Do not let Hezekiah deceive you," he speaks the same blasphemy to the king, saying, "Do not let your God deceive you." And he gives examples from the past, how their gods were unable to deliver other lands from their hands, and therefore Jerusalem will not be able to be delivered either.… We pass over what is clear, so that we may dwell on uncertainties. Herodotus relates that Sennacherib, the king of the Assyrians, fought against the Egyptians and besieged Pelusium.
This site's exposition
your God, in whom you trust, deceive you
on Isaiah 37:10-13
The written letter repeats Rabshakeh's speech in a shorter, colder form, naming the gods of Gozan, Haran, and Rezeph. It assumes the LORD is one more national god, of the same kind as the idols of Hamath or Sepharvaim. Hezekiah's own prayer answers that error in verses 18 to 20.
This site's exposition
Will you then be spared?
Jerome sets this letter beside the speech of chapter 36. There the people were told that Hezekiah would deceive them, and here the king is told that his God will deceive him. Devoting to destruction is the word Isaiah used of the LORD's own judgment on the nations at 34:2.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers1 voice
(Verse 8 and following) But when Rabshakeh returned, he found the king of Assyria fighting against Libnah, for he had heard that the king had left Lachish. And he heard that Tirhakah, the king of Ethiopia, had come out to fight against him. When he heard this, he sent messengers to Hezekiah saying: 'Thus you shall speak to Hezekiah, king of Judah, saying: Do not let your God deceive you, in whom you trust, saying: Jerusalem will not be given into the hand of the king of Assyria.'
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
Behold, thou hast heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all lands, by destroying them utterly,....
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
proposed
And shalt thou be delivered? - How will it be possible for you to stand out against the conquerors of the world?
The words behind it
12 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| הִנֵּ֣ה׀ | hineh | here! | H2009 → | 843 times |
| אַתָּ֣ה | ʾatah | you | H859 → | 1094 times |
| שָׁמַ֗עְתָּ | shama'ta | you have heard | H8085 → | 1159 times |
| אֲשֶׁ֨ר | ʾasher | [that] which | H834 → | 5497 times |
| עָשׂ֜וּ | ʾasu | they have done | H6213 → | 2628 times |
| מַלְכֵ֥י | malkhei | [the] kings of | H4428 → | 2525 times |
| אַשּׁ֛וּר | ʾashur | Assyria | H804 → | 151 times |
| לְכָל־ | lekhol | to all | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| הָאֲרָצ֖וֹת | haaratzot | the lands | H776 → | 2504 times |
| לְהַחֲרִימָ֑ם | lehacharimam | by totally destroying them | H2763 → | 52 times |
| וְאַתָּ֖ה | veatah | and you | H859 → | 1094 times |
| תִּנָּצֵֽל׃ | tinatzel | will you be delivered? | H5337 → | 212 times |
הִנֵּ֣ה׀here!
hinehH2009 →843 times
אַתָּ֣הyou
ʾatahH859 →1094 times
שָׁמַ֗עְתָּyou have heard
shama'taH8085 →1159 times
אֲשֶׁ֨ר[that] which
ʾasherH834 →5497 times
עָשׂ֜וּthey have done
ʾasuH6213 →2628 times
מַלְכֵ֥י[the] kings of
malkheiH4428 →2525 times
אַשּׁ֛וּרAssyria
ʾashurH804 →151 times
לְכָל־to all
lekholH3605 →5413 times
הָאֲרָצ֖וֹתthe lands
haaratzotH776 →2504 times
לְהַחֲרִימָ֑םby totally destroying them
lehacharimamH2763 →52 times
וְאַתָּ֖הand you
veatahH859 →1094 times
תִּנָּצֵֽל׃will you be delivered?
tinatzelH5337 →212 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
Where this verse is studied
On this page
Studies1
About Isaiah
Who and where
1 name in this verse with a page on the site.
This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes on the Book of Isaiah; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Jerome, Commentary on Isaiah; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament and John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763).