Isaiah 37:35
in Isaiah 37‘I will defend this city and save it for My own sake and for the sake of My servant David.’”
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
For I will defend this city to save it, for mine own sake, and for my servant David’s sake.
KJV
For I will defend this city to save it for mine own sake, and for my servant David’s sake.
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This verse in Isaiah 37
Commentary
6 notes on this verseAnd he assigns the reason: and I will protect this city for my own sake, below: for my own sake will I do it (Isa 48:11), and for the sake of David: for your servant David's sake (Ps 131[132]:10).
This site's exposition
build up a siege ramp against it
on Isaiah 37:33-35
The oracle promises what Rabshakeh's siege never delivers: He will not enter this city or shoot an arrow into it. The tools of a siege are named and denied one by one. The city is defended on two grounds held together, the LORD's own honor and His covenant with David.
This site's exposition
for the sake of My servant David
The LORD gives two reasons, both his own. His name had been blasphemed, and Barnes reads the defence of the city as the answer to that insult. His promise to David, sung at Psalm 132:10, binds him to the city of David's line.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
For I will defend this city to save it,.... Or, "shield it"; and if God will be the shield and protection of any place or people, they must needs be safe; who can hurt them?
The Nineteenth Century2 voices
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
For I will defend this city - Notwithstanding all that Hezekiah had done to put it in a posture of defense (2Ch 32:1, following) still it was Yahweh alone who could preserve it. For mine own sake - God had been reproached and blasphemed by Sennacherib. As his name and power had been thus blasphemed, he says that he would vindicate himself, and for the honor of his own insulted majesty would save the city.
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
I will defend--Notwithstanding Hezekiah's measures of defense (2Ch 32:3-5), Jehovah was its true defender. mine own sake--since Jehovah's name was blasphemed by Sennacherib (Isa 37:23). David's sake--on account of His promise to David (Ps 132:17, 18), and to Messiah, the heir of David's throne (Isa 9:7;
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The words behind it
9 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְגַנּוֹתִ֛י | veganoti | and I will defend | H1598 → | 8 times |
| עַל־ | ʾal- | <on> | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| הָעִ֥יר | hair | the city | H5892 → | 1090 times |
| הַזֹּ֖את | hazot | <the> this | H2063 → | 603 times |
| לְהֽוֹשִׁיעָ֑הּ | lehoshiah | to deliver it | H3467 → | 206 times |
| לְמַֽעֲנִ֔י | lemaani | for own sake my | H4616 → | 272 times |
| וּלְמַ֖עַן | ulemaan | and for [the] sake of | H4616 → | 272 times |
| דָּוִ֥ד | david | David | H1732 → | 999 times |
| עַבְדִּֽי׃ ס | ʾavdi | servant my | H5650 → | 799 times |
וְגַנּוֹתִ֛יand I will defend
veganotiH1598 →8 times
עַל־<on>
ʾal-H5921 →5755 times
הָעִ֥ירthe city
hairH5892 →1090 times
הַזֹּ֖את<the> this
hazotH2063 →603 times
לְהֽוֹשִׁיעָ֑הּto deliver it
lehoshiahH3467 →206 times
לְמַֽעֲנִ֔יfor own sake my
lemaaniH4616 →272 times
וּלְמַ֖עַןand for [the] sake of
ulemaanH4616 →272 times
דָּוִ֥דDavid
davidH1732 →999 times
עַבְדִּֽי׃ סservant my
ʾavdiH5650 →799 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Ephesians 1:14who is the pledge of our inheritance until the redemption of those who are God’s possession, to the praise of His glory.
it leads to
- 2 Corinthians 1:22
placed His seal on us, and put His Spirit in our hearts as a pledge of what is to come.
- 2 Corinthians 5:5
And God has prepared us for this very purpose and has given us the Spirit as a pledge of what is to come.
- Ephesians 4:30
And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, in whom you were sealed for the day of redemption.
- Galatians 4:6
And because you are sons, God sent the Spirit of His Son into our hearts, crying out, “Abba, Father!”
- Romans 8:15–17
For you did not receive a spirit of slavery that returns you to fear, but you received the Spirit of sonship, by whom we cry, “Abba! Father!”
- 2 Corinthians 1:22
Through
Isaiah 31:5Like birds hovering overhead, so the LORD of Hosts will protect Jerusalem. He will shield it and deliver it; He will pass over it and preserve it.”
it leads to
- Psalms 91:4
He will cover you with His feathers; under His wings you will find refuge; His faithfulness is a shield and rampart.
- Psalms 91:4
Through
2 Kings 20:6I will add fifteen years to your life. And I will deliver you and this city from the hand of the king of Assyria. I will defend this city for My sake and for…
it leads to
- 2 Kings 19:34
‘I will defend this city and save it for My own sake and for the sake of My servant David.’”
- 2 Kings 19:34
Through
Isaiah 38:6And I will deliver you and this city from the hand of the king of Assyria. I will defend this city.
it leads to
- 2 Chronicles 32:22
So the LORD saved Hezekiah and the people of Jerusalem from the hands of King Sennacherib of Assyria and all the others, and He gave them rest on every side.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- 2 Chronicles 32:22
Where this verse is studied
On this page
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About Isaiah
Who and where
1 name in this verse with a page on the site.
This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Franz Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Prophecies of Isaiah; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible and Thomas Aquinas, Commentary on Isaiah.