Isaiah 36:14
in Isaiah 36This is what the king says: Do not let Hezekiah deceive you, for he cannot deliver you.
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
Thus saith the king, Let not Hezekiah deceive you; for he will not be able to deliver you:
KJV
Thus saith the king, Let not Hezekiah deceive you: for he shall not be able to deliver you.
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This verse in Isaiah 36
Commentary
7 notes on this verseThe history related here, and in the three following chapters, is, almost in the same words contained 2 Kings 18, 19, 20. It is inserted here, to explain and confirm some of the foregoing predictions.
This site's exposition
stood and called out loudly in Hebrew
on Isaiah 36:13-17
Rabshakeh does the very thing he was asked to avoid and calls out in Hebrew so the whole wall can hear. His appeal is material, Make peace with me and come out to me. The offer ends in exile dressed as prosperity, a land of grain and new wine.
This site's exposition
Do not let Hezekiah deceive you
The Rabshakeh now speaks past the officers to the people on the wall and calls their king a deceiver. Barnes notes that he aimed to loosen their hold on Hezekiah before he struck at their trust in God. Deliver is the word his whole speech turns on.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers1 voice
(Verse 11 and following) And Eliakim, Sobna, and Joah said to Rabshakeh, 'Speak to your servants in the Aramaic language, for we understand it. Do not speak to us in Judahite in the hearing of the people who are on the wall.' But Rabshakeh said to them, 'Has my master sent me to your master and to you to speak these words? Has he not sent me to the men who sit on the wall, who will eat their own dung and drink their own urine with you?'
The Medieval Church1 voice
Then Rabsaces stood, and cried out with a loud voice in the Jews' language. Here his address to the people is set out. And first, his foolish words are set out, in which he frightens them with threats: he shall not be able to deliver …
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
Thus saith the king,....
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
proposed
Let not Hezekiah deceive you - By inducing you to put your trust in Yahweh or in himself; or with promises that you will be delivered. Not be able to deliver you - In 2Ki 18:29, it is added, ‘out of his hand;’ but the sense is substantially the same.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| כֹּ֚ה | koh | thus | H3541 → | 577 times |
| אָמַ֣ר | ʾamar | he says | H559 → | 5305 times |
| הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ | hamelekh | the king | H4428 → | 2525 times |
| אַל־ | ʾal- | may not | H408 → | 724 times |
| יַשִּׁ֥א | yashi' | he deceive | H5377 → | 16 times |
| לָכֶ֖ם | lakhem | <to> you | ||
| חִזְקִיָּ֑הוּ | chizkiyahu | Hezekiah | H2396 → | 127 times |
| כִּ֥י | ki | for | H3588 → | 4482 times |
| לֹֽא־ | lo'- | not | H3808 → | 5168 times |
| יוּכַ֖ל | yukhal | he will be able | H3201 → | 194 times |
| לְהַצִּ֥יל | lehatzil | to deliver | H5337 → | 212 times |
| אֶתְכֶֽם׃ | ʾetkhem | <obj.> you | H853 → | 10935 times |
כֹּ֚הthus
kohH3541 →577 times
אָמַ֣רhe says
ʾamarH559 →5305 times
הַמֶּ֔לֶךְthe king
hamelekhH4428 →2525 times
אַל־may not
ʾal-H408 →724 times
יַשִּׁ֥אhe deceive
yashi'H5377 →16 times
לָכֶ֖ם<to> you
lakhem
חִזְקִיָּ֑הוּHezekiah
chizkiyahuH2396 →127 times
כִּ֥יfor
kiH3588 →4482 times
לֹֽא־not
lo'-H3808 →5168 times
יוּכַ֖לhe will be able
yukhalH3201 →194 times
לְהַצִּ֥ילto deliver
lehatzilH5337 →212 times
אֶתְכֶֽם׃<obj.> you
ʾetkhemH853 →10935 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
2 Thessalonians 2:4He will oppose and exalt himself above every so-called god or object of worship. So he will seat himself in the temple of God, proclaiming himself to be God.
it leads to
- Daniel 7:25
He will speak out against the Most High and oppress the saints of the Most High, intending to change the appointed times and laws; and the saints will be given into his hand for…
- Ezekiel 28:2
“Son of man, tell the ruler of Tyre that this is what the Lord GOD says: Your heart is proud, and you have said, ‘I am a god; I sit in the seat of…
- Revelation 13:6–7
And the beast opened its mouth to speak blasphemies against God and to slander His name and His tabernacle—those who dwell in heaven.
- Isaiah 14:13–14
You said in your heart: “I will ascend to the heavens; I will raise my throne above the stars of God. I will sit on the mount of assembly, in the far reaches of…
- Ezekiel 28:6
Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: Because you regard your heart as the heart of a god,
- Daniel 7:25
Through
Daniel 6:20When he reached the den, he cried out in a voice of anguish, “O Daniel, servant of the living God, has your God, whom you serve continually, been able to deliver you from the…
it leads to
- Hebrews 7:25
Therefore He is able to save completely those who draw near to God through Him, since He always lives to intercede for them.
- Daniel 6:27
He delivers and rescues; He performs signs and wonders in the heavens and on the earth, for He has rescued Daniel from the power of the lions.”
- 1 Chronicles 16:11
Seek out the LORD and His strength; seek His face always.
- Hebrews 7:25
Where this verse is studied
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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; Jerome, Commentary on Isaiah; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament and Thomas Aquinas, Commentary on Isaiah.