Isaiah 38:6
in Isaiah 38And I will deliver you and this city from the hand of the king of Assyria. I will defend this city.
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And I will deliver thee and this city out of the hand of the king of Assyria; and I will defend this city.
KJV
And I will deliver thee and this city out of the hand of the king of Assyria: and I will defend this city.
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This verse in Isaiah 38
Commentary
7 notes on this verse(Verses 4-6) And the word of the Lord came to Isaiah, saying: Go and tell Hezekiah: Thus says the Lord God of David, your father: I have heard your prayer, I have seen your tears. Behold, I will add fifteen years to your days, and I will deliver you and this city from the hand of the king of Assyria, and I will protect it. The history, which is read consecutively in the volume of Kings, is referred to in a seemingly backwards order, as if it were a prophetic account.
This site's exposition
the word of the LORD came to Isaiah
on Isaiah 38:4-6
The sentence is reversed before Isaiah has left the palace, and the answer comes from the LORD, the God of your father David. The years are counted, I will add fifteen years. The same word joins the king's life to the city's safety, I will deliver you and this city.
This site's exposition
I will defend this city
Jamieson, Fausset and Brown read the promise as assurance that Hezekiah had nothing more to fear from Assyria, whose army had fallen in chapter 37. The parallel at Second Kings 20:6 adds that the LORD defends the city for his own sake and for David. King and city stand together.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
And I will deliver thee and this city out of the hand of the king of Assyria,....
The Nineteenth Century3 voices
I will defend this city - The other copy, 2Ki 20:6, adds:” for mine own sake, and for the sake of David my servant;” and the sentence seems somewhat abrupt without it.
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
In 2Ki 20:8, after this verse comes the statement which is put at the end, in order not to interrupt God's message (Isa 38:21, 22) by Isaiah (Isa 38:5-8). will deliver--The city was already delivered, but here assurance is given, that Hezekiah shall have no more to fear from the Assyrians.
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
proposed
And I will deliver thee and this city - The purport of this promise is, that he and the city should be finally and entirely delivered from all danger of invasion from the Assyrians. It might be apprehended that Sennacherib would collect a large army, and return; or that his successor would prosecute the war which he had commenced. But the assurance here is given to Hezekiah that he had nothing more to fear from the Assyrians (see the notes at Isa 31:4-5; Isa 37:35). In the parallel place in 2Ki 20:6, it is added. ‘I will defend this city for mine own sake, and for my servant David’s sake.’ In the parallel passage also, in 2Ki 20:7-8, there is inserted the statement which occurs in Isaiah at the end of the chapter Isa 38:21-22. It is evident that those two verses more appropriately come in here. Lowth conjectures that the abridger of the history omitted those verses, and when he had transcribed the song of Hezekiah, he saw that they were necessary to complete the narrative, and placed them at the end of the chapter, with proper marks to have them inserted in the right place, which marks were overlooked by transcribers. It is, however, immaterial where the statement is made; and it is now impossible to tell in what manner the transposition occurred.
The words behind it
11 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וּמִכַּ֤ף | umikaf | and from [the] hand of | H3709 → | 192 times |
| מֶֽלֶךְ־ | melekh- | [the] king of | H4428 → | 2525 times |
| אַשּׁוּר֙ | ʾashur | Assyria | H804 → | 151 times |
| אַצִּ֣ילְךָ֔ | ʾatzilekha | I will deliver you | H5337 → | 212 times |
| וְאֵ֖ת | veet | and <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| הָעִ֣יר | hair | the city | H5892 → | 1090 times |
| הַזֹּ֑את | hazot | <the> this | H2063 → | 603 times |
| וְגַנּוֹתִ֖י | veganoti | and I will defend | H1598 → | 8 times |
| עַל־ | ʾal- | <on> | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| הָעִ֥יר | hair | the city | H5892 → | 1090 times |
| הַזֹּֽאת׃ | hazot | <the> this | H2063 → | 603 times |
וּמִכַּ֤ףand from [the] hand of
umikafH3709 →192 times
מֶֽלֶךְ־[the] king of
melekh-H4428 →2525 times
אַשּׁוּר֙Assyria
ʾashurH804 →151 times
אַצִּ֣ילְךָ֔I will deliver you
ʾatzilekhaH5337 →212 times
וְאֵ֖תand <obj.>
veetH853 →10935 times
הָעִ֣ירthe city
hairH5892 →1090 times
הַזֹּ֑את<the> this
hazotH2063 →603 times
וְגַנּוֹתִ֖יand I will defend
veganotiH1598 →8 times
עַל־<on>
ʾal-H5921 →5755 times
הָעִ֥ירthe city
hairH5892 →1090 times
הַזֹּֽאת׃<the> this
hazotH2063 →603 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 Timothy 4:17But the Lord stood by me and strengthened me, so that through me the message would be fully proclaimed, and all the Gentiles would hear it. So I was delivered from the mouth of…
it leads to
- 1 Peter 5:8
Be sober-minded and alert. Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour.
- Philippians 1:12–14
Now I want you to know, brothers, that my circumstances have actually served to advance the gospel.
- Psalms 22:21
Save me from the mouth of the lion; at the horns of the wild oxen You have answered me!
- 1 Samuel 17:37
David added, “The LORD, who delivered me from the claws of the lion and the bear, will deliver me from the hand of this Philistine.” “Go,” said Saul, “and may the LORD be with…
- Daniel 6:22
My God sent His angel and shut the mouths of the lions. They have not hurt me, for I was found innocent in His sight, and I have done no wrong against you, O…
- 1 Peter 5:8
Through
Isaiah 37:35‘I will defend this city and save it for My own sake and for the sake of My servant David.’”
it leads to
- 2 Kings 20:6
I 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…
- Isaiah 31:5
Like 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.”
- Jeremiah 33:15–16
In those days and at that time I will cause to sprout for David a righteous Branch, and He will administer justice and righteousness in the land.
- 2 Kings 20:6
Where this verse is studied
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes on the Book of Isaiah; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; Jerome, Commentary on Isaiah; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.