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Isaiah 36:18

in Isaiah 36

Do not let Hezekiah mislead you when he says, ‘The LORD will deliver us.’ Has the god of any nation ever delivered his land from the hand of the king of Assyria?

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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

Beware lest Hezekiah persuade you, saying, Jehovah will deliver us. Hath any of the gods of the nations delivered his land out of the hand of the king of Assyria?

KJV

Beware lest Hezekiah persuade you, saying, The Lord will deliver us. Hath any of the gods of the nations delivered his land out of the hand of the king of Assyria?

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This verse in Isaiah 36

Commentary

6 notes on this verse
Hath any of the gods of the nations ... - This is said to show them the impossibility, as he supposed, of being delivered from the arm of the king of Assyria. He had conquered all before him, and not even the gods of the nations had been able to rescue the lands where they were worshipped from the hands of the victorious invader. He inferred, therefore, that Yahweh, the God of Palestine, could not save their land.

This site's exposition

Do not let Hezekiah mislead you

on Isaiah 36:18-20

Rabshakeh lists the gods of Hamath, Arpad, and Sepharvaim and asks, Have they delivered Samaria from my hand? He then places the LORD in the same list, How then can the LORD deliver Jerusalem from my hand? The argument treats the God of Israel as one more defeated idol.

The record, by era

The Medieval Church1 voice

A commentator

Thomas Aquinas

Commentary on Isaiah · Written before 1274.

proposed

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 Awakening3 voices

A commentator

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament (1765)

The 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.

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

They are nothing; he is the great I AM: they are the creatures of men's fancy and the works of men's hands; he is the Creator of all things. Presumptuous sinners are ready to think that, because they have been too hard for their fellow-creatures, they are therefore a match for their Creator.
Beware lest Hezekiah persuade you,....

The words behind it

16 Hebrew words

Every 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.

  • פֶּן־lest

    pen-H6435 →133 times

  • יַסִּ֨יתhe should mislead

    yasitH5496 →

  • אֶתְכֶ֤ם<obj.> you

    ʾetkhemH853 →10935 times

  • חִזְקִיָּ֙הוּ֙Hezekiah

    chizkiyahuH2396 →127 times

  • לֵאמֹ֔ר<to> saying

    lemorH559 →5305 times

  • יְהוָ֖הYahweh

    yahwehH3068 →6520 times

  • יַצִּילֵ֑נוּhe will deliver us

    yatzilenuH5337 →212 times

  • הַהִצִּ֜ילוּ¿ have they delivered

    hahitziluH5337 →212 times

  • אֱלֹהֵ֤י[the] gods of

    ʾeloheiH430 →2601 times

  • הַגּוֹיִם֙the nations

    hagoyimH1471 →561 times

  • אִ֣ישׁanyone

    ʾishH376 →1663 times

  • אֶת־<obj.>

    ʾet-H853 →10935 times

  • אַרְצ֔וֹland its

    ʾartzoH776 →2504 times

  • מִיַּ֖דfrom [the] hand of

    miyadH3027 →1618 times

  • מֶ֥לֶךְ[the] king of

    melekhH4428 →2525 times

  • אַשּֽׁוּר׃Assyria

    ʾashurH804 →151 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

Related verses

18 in all, six open

The number beside each verse is how many compiled reference works tie it to this one. The strongest six stand open.

Isaiah 36:15Do not let Hezekiah persuade you to trust in the LORD when he says, ‘The LORD will surely deliver us; this city will not be given into the hand of the king of Assyria.’4 worksIsaiah 37:17–18Incline Your ear, O LORD, and hear; open Your eyes, O LORD, and see. Listen to all the words that Sennacherib has sent to defy the living God.4 works2 Chronicles 32:8With him is only the arm of flesh, but with us is the LORD our God to help us and to fight our battles.” So the people were strengthened by the words of Hezekiah king of Judah.4 works2 Chronicles 32:13–17Do you not know what I and my fathers have done to all the peoples of the lands? Have the gods of these nations ever been able to deliver their land from my hand?3 worksPsalms 135:15–18The idols of the nations are silver and gold, made by the hands of men.3 worksHabakkuk 2:19–20Woe to him who says to wood, ‘Awake!’ or to silent stone, ‘Arise!’ Can it give guidance? Behold, it is overlaid with gold and silver, yet there is no breath in it at all.”3 works
The other 12 cross-references, with their words ▾
2 Kings 19:17–18Truly, O LORD, the kings of Assyria have laid waste these nations and their lands.3 worksPsalms 135:5–6For I know that the LORD is great; our Lord is above all gods.3 worksIsaiah 37:10“Give this message to Hezekiah king of Judah: ‘Do not let your God, in whom you trust, deceive you by saying that Jerusalem will not be delivered into the hand of the king of Assyria.3 works2 Kings 18:33–35Has the god of any nation ever delivered his land from the hand of the king of Assyria?3 worksIsaiah 36:7But if you say to me, ‘We trust in the LORD our God,’ is He not the One whose high places and altars Hezekiah has removed, saying to Judah and Jerusalem, ‘You must worship before this altar’?3 worksIsaiah 37:12–13Did the gods of the nations destroyed by my fathers rescue those nations—the gods of Gozan, Haran, and Rezeph, and of the people of Eden in Telassar?3 worksPsalms 12:4They say, “With our tongues we will prevail. We own our lips—who can be our master?”3 worksPsalms 92:5–7How great are Your works, O LORD, how deep are Your thoughts!3 worksJeremiah 10:10–12But the LORD is the true God; He is the living God and eternal King. The earth quakes at His wrath, and the nations cannot endure His indignation.3 worksPsalms 115:2–8Why should the nations say, “Where is their God?”3 worksIsaiah 36:10So now, was it apart from the LORD that I have come up against this land to destroy it? The LORD Himself said to me, ‘Go up against this land and destroy it.’”3 worksDaniel 3:15Now, if you are ready, as soon as you hear the sound of the horn, flute, zither, lyre, harp, pipes, and all kinds of music, you must fall down and worship the statue I have made. But if you refuse to worship, you will be thrown at once into the blazing fiery furnace. Then what god will be able to deliver you from my hands?”3 works

The walk

5 stops

Each 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

    Isaiah 36:15

    Do not let Hezekiah persuade you to trust in the LORD when he says, ‘The LORD will surely deliver us; this city will not be given into the hand of the king of Assyria.’

    it leads to

    • Isaiah 37:23–24

      Whom have you taunted and blasphemed? Against whom have you raised your voice and lifted your eyes in pride? Against the Holy One of Israel!

    • Matthew 27:43

      He trusts in God. Let God deliver Him now if He wants Him. For He said, ‘I am the Son of God.’”

    • Psalms 22:7–8

      All who see me mock me; they sneer and shake their heads:

    • Isaiah 36:7

      But if you say to me, ‘We trust in the LORD our God,’ is He not the One whose high places and altars Hezekiah has removed, saying to Judah and Jerusalem, ‘You must worship…

    • Psalms 4:2

      How long, O men, will my honor be maligned? How long will you love vanity and seek after lies? Selah

Where this verse is studied

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About Isaiah

The Prophet Isaiah, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
The Prophet Isaiah, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
Isaiah: the study guide →Read Isaiah 36 →

This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Albert Barnes, Notes on the Book of Isaiah; Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament; Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible and Thomas Aquinas, Commentary on Isaiah.

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