Isaiah 37
KJ3 Literal Translation — Chapter 37 of 66
Chapter Summary
Hezekiah, mourning, asks Isaiah to pray for them. Sennacherib sends a blasphemous letter to Hezekiah. Isaiah's prophecy of the pride and destruction of Sennacherib, and the good of Zion. The Angel of Jehovah slays 185,000.
Key Hebrew Words
People & Context
King of Judah who mourns, prays in the house of Jehovah, and is delivered from Assyria
King of Assyria who sends a blasphemous letter against Jehovah and is later slain at Nineveh
Prophet, son of Amoz, who delivers Jehovah's word of Sennacherib's downfall
Official over the house, sent in sackcloth to Isaiah
The scribe sent with the elders of the priests to the prophet
King of Ethiopia (Cush) reported to be marching out to fight Sennacherib
Timeline
Hezekiah tears his clothes, puts on sackcloth, goes into the house of Jehovah, and sends officials in sackcloth to the prophet Isaiah for prayer.
Isaiah 37:1-5Isaiah assures the king's messengers that God will put a spirit in Sennacherib causing him to hear a rumor, return to his own land, and fall by the sword.
Isaiah 37:6-7Hearing that King Tirhakah of Ethiopia is coming to fight, Sennacherib sends messengers with a letter warning Hezekiah that his God cannot save him any more than the gods of other conquered nations saved them.
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