Isaiah 37:28
in Isaiah 37But I know your sitting down, your going out and coming in, and your raging against Me.
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ASV
But I know thy sitting down, and thy going out, and thy coming in, and thy raging against me.
KJV
But I know thy abode, and thy going out, and thy coming in, and thy rage against me.
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This verse in Isaiah 37
Commentary
7 notes on this verseA commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
But I know - The language of God. ‘I am well acquainted with all that pertains to you. You neither go out to war, nor return, nor abide in your capital without my providential direction’ (see the notes at Isa 10:5-7). Thy abode - Margin, ‘Sitting.’ Among the Hebrews, sitting down, rising up, and going out, were phrases to describe the whole of a man’s life and actions (compare Deu 6:7; Deu 28:6; 1Ki 3:7; Psa 121:8). God here says that he knew the place where he dwelt, and he was able to return him again to it Isa 37:
This site's exposition
I know your sitting down
on Isaiah 37:28-29
The LORD answers: I know your sitting down, and your raging against Me. The sentence I will put My hook in your nose pictures a captured animal led by force, as Assyrian art shows captives led. The empire that led nations by hooks is itself led home.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers1 voice
(Verse 26 and following) Have you not heard what I did to him in the past? From ancient times I formed it, and now I have brought it forth, and it has become a ruin of the hills that fight against me, and of fortified cities. The inhabitants of those cities were brought low, they trembled and were confused. They became like the grass of the field, and the green herb, and the roof grass that withered before it could mature.
The Medieval Church1 voice
Third, as to the knowledge of all his deeds: your dwelling, that is, the seat of the king, your coming in, to the land of the Jews: for his eyes are upon the ways of men, and he considers all their steps (Job 34:21).
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
But I know thy abode, and thy going out, and thy coming in,....
And that was not all; he had a hand upon him too, a strict hand, a strong hand, a hook in his nose and a bridle in his lips, with which, though he was very headstrong and unruly, he could and would turn him back by the way which he came,
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
abode--rather, "sitting down" (Ps 139:2). The expressions here describe a man's whole course of life (De 6:7; There is also a special reference to Sennacherib's first being at home, then going forth against Judah and Egypt, and raging against Jehovah (Isa 37:4).
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The words behind it
7 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְשִׁבְתְּךָ֛ | veshivtekha | and sitting down your | H3427 → | 1079 times |
| וְצֵאתְךָ֥ | vetzetekha | and going out you | H3318 → | 1067 times |
| וּבוֹאֲךָ֖ | uvoakha | and coming in you | H935 → | 2568 times |
| יָדָ֑עְתִּי | yadaeti | I know | H3045 → | 945 times |
| וְאֵ֖ת | veet | and <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| הִֽתְרַגֶּזְךָ֥ | hitragezkha | raging you | H7264 → | 41 times |
| אֵלָֽי׃ | ʾelai | against me | H413 → | 5510 times |
וְשִׁבְתְּךָ֛and sitting down your
veshivtekhaH3427 →1079 times
וְצֵאתְךָ֥and going out you
vetzetekhaH3318 →1067 times
וּבוֹאֲךָ֖and coming in you
uvoakhaH935 →2568 times
יָדָ֑עְתִּיI know
yadaetiH3045 →945 times
וְאֵ֖תand <obj.>
veetH853 →10935 times
הִֽתְרַגֶּזְךָ֥raging you
hitragezkhaH7264 →41 times
אֵלָֽי׃against me
ʾelaiH413 →5510 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
Proverbs 15:3The eyes of the LORD are in every place, observing the evil and the good.
it leads to
- Hebrews 4:13
Nothing in all creation is hidden from God’s sight; everything is uncovered and exposed before the eyes of Him to whom we must give account.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Jeremiah 23:24
“Can a man hide in secret places where I cannot see him?” declares the LORD. “Do I not fill the heavens and the earth?” declares the LORD.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Jeremiah 16:17
For My eyes are on all their ways. They are not hidden from My face, and their guilt is not concealed from My eyes.
- 2 Chronicles 16:9
For the eyes of the LORD roam to and fro over all the earth, to show Himself strong on behalf of those whose hearts are fully devoted to Him. You have acted foolishly in…
- Proverbs 5:21
For a man’s ways are before the eyes of the LORD, and the LORD examines all his paths.
- Hebrews 4:13
Through
Proverbs 5:21For a man’s ways are before the eyes of the LORD, and the LORD examines all his paths.
it leads to
- Proverbs 15:3
The eyes of the LORD are in every place, observing the evil and the good.
- Job 34:21
For His eyes are on the ways of a man, and He sees his every step.
- Jeremiah 32:19
the One great in counsel and mighty in deed, whose eyes are on all the ways of the sons of men, to reward each one according to his ways and according to the fruit…
- Proverbs 15:3
Where this verse is studied
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About Isaiah
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; Franz Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Prophecies of Isaiah; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; Jerome, Commentary on Isaiah; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible and Thomas Aquinas, Commentary on Isaiah.