Isaiah 37:23
in Isaiah 37Whom have you taunted and blasphemed? Against whom have you raised your voice and lifted your eyes in pride? Against the Holy One of Israel!
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
Whom hast thou defied and blasphemed? and against whom hast thou exalted thy voice and lifted up thine eyes on high? even against the Holy One of Israel.
KJV
Whom hast thou reproached and blasphemed? and against whom hast thou exalted thy voice, and lifted up thine eyes on high? even against the Holy One of Israel.
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This verse in Isaiah 37
Commentary
6 notes on this verseA commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
When hast thou reproached? - Not an idol. Not one who has no power to take vengeance, or to defend the city under his protection, but the living God. Exalted thy voice - That is, by thy messenger. Thou hast spoken in a loud, confident tone; in the language of reproach and threatening. And lifted up thine eyes on high - To lift up the eyes is an indication of haughtiness and pride. He had evinced arrogance in his manner, and he was yet to learn that it was against the living and true God.
This site's exposition
Against the Holy One of Israel
on Isaiah 37:23-25
The oracle names whom the boasting has reached: Against the Holy One of Israel, the title Isaiah uses more than any other book. The king's own words are quoted back to him: I have dug wells and drunk foreign waters. Barnes notes that Assyrian inscriptions make boasts of this kind.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers1 voice
(v. 21 seqq.) However, Isaiah (also known as Josiah), the son of Amos, sent to Hezekiah saying: Thus says the Lord God of Israel: concerning what you asked me about Sennacherib, the king of Assyria, this is the word that the Lord spoke about him: He has despised you and mocked you, O virgin daughter of Zion. After you, the daughter of Jerusalem has shaken her head. Whom did you reproach and blaspheme? Against whom did you raise your voice and lift your eyes in pride, to the Holy One of Israel?
The Medieval Church1 voice
Second, he threatens the punishment of destruction for the fault which he committed against God; and concerning this, he does three things: first, he sets out the fault; second, he adds to this divine power, where it says, have you not heard what I have …
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
Whom hast thou reproached and blasphemed?....
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
Against the Holy One of Israel - For אל el, to, the other copy has על al, against, rather more properly.
The words behind it
14 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| מִ֤י | mi | whom? | H4310 → | 423 times |
| חֵרַ֙פְתָּ֙ | cherafta | have you taunted | H2778 → | 41 times |
| וְגִדַּ֔פְתָּ | vegidafta | and have you blasphemed? | H1442 → | |
| וְעַל־ | veal- | and on | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| מִ֖י | mi | whom? | H4310 → | 423 times |
| הֲרִימ֣וֹתָה | harimotah | have you raised | H7311 → | 190 times |
| קּ֑וֹל | kol | a voice | H6963 → | 506 times |
| וַתִּשָּׂ֥א | vatisa' | and have you lifted up? | H5375 → | 656 times |
| מָר֛וֹם | marom | height | H4791 → | 54 times |
| עֵינֶ֖יךָ | ʾeineikha | eyes your | H5869 → | 887 times |
| אֶל־ | ʾel- | against | H413 → | 5510 times |
| קְד֥וֹשׁ | kedoosh | [the] holy [one] of | H6918 → | 116 times |
| יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ | yisrael | Israel | H3478 → | 2507 times |
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
מִ֤יwhom?
miH4310 →423 times
חֵרַ֙פְתָּ֙have you taunted
cheraftaH2778 →41 times
וְגִדַּ֔פְתָּand have you blasphemed?
vegidaftaH1442 →
וְעַל־and on
veal-H5921 →5755 times
מִ֖יwhom?
miH4310 →423 times
הֲרִימ֣וֹתָהhave you raised
harimotahH7311 →190 times
קּ֑וֹלa voice
kolH6963 →506 times
וַתִּשָּׂ֥אand have you lifted up?
vatisa'H5375 →656 times
מָר֛וֹםheight
maromH4791 →54 times
עֵינֶ֖יךָeyes your
ʾeineikhaH5869 →887 times
אֶל־against
ʾel-H413 →5510 times
קְד֥וֹשׁ[the] holy [one] of
kedooshH6918 →116 times
יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃Israel
yisraelH3478 →2507 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
- 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…
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- 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…
- 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.
- Ezekiel 28:2
Through
Daniel 7:25He 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…
it leads to
- Daniel 12:7
And the man dressed in linen, who was above the waters of the river, raised his right hand and his left hand toward heaven, and I heard him swear by Him who lives forever,…
- Revelation 12:14
But the woman was given two wings of a great eagle to fly from the presence of the serpent to her place in the wilderness, where she was nourished for a time, and times,…
- 2 Thessalonians 2:4
He 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.
- Revelation 13:5–11
The beast was given a mouth to speak arrogant and blasphemous words, and authority to act for 42 months.
- Revelation 12:6
And the woman fled into the wilderness, where God had prepared a place for her to be nourished for 1,260 days.
- Daniel 12:7
Where this verse is studied
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Studies1
About Isaiah
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Albert Barnes, Notes on the Book of Isaiah; Franz Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Prophecies of Isaiah; Jerome, Commentary on Isaiah; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Thomas Aquinas, Commentary on Isaiah.