Isaiah 37:18

Isaiah 37:18 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Of a truth, Lord, the kings of Assyria have laid waste all the nations, and their countries,
• New International Version (NIV)“It is true, Lord, that the Assyrian kings have laid waste all these peoples and their lands.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Truly, O Lord, the kings of Assyria have laid waste all the nations and their lands,
• New King James Version (NKJV)Truly, Lord, the kings of Assyria have laid waste all the nations and their lands,

Context of Isaiah 37:18

16Lord of Armies, God of Israel, enthroned between the cherubim, you are God — you alone — of all the kingdoms of the earth. You made the heavens and the earth. 17Listen closely, Lord, and hear; open your eyes, Lord, and see. Hear all the words that Sennacherib has sent to mock the living God. Lord, it is true that the kings of Assyria have devastated all these countries and their lands. 19They have thrown their gods into the fire, for they were not gods but made from wood and stone by human hands. So they have destroyed them. 20Now, Lord our God, save us from his power so that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that you, Lord, are God — you alone.

Isaiah 37:18 word by word

אָמְנָ֖ם יְהוָ֑ה הֶחֱרִ֜יבוּ מַלְכֵ֥י אַשּׁ֛וּר אֶת־כָּל־הָאֲרָצ֖וֹת וְאֶת־אַרְצָֽם׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Of a truthאׇמְנָם'omnâm · trulyH551
• Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• the kingsמֶ֫לֶךְmelek · kingH4428
• of Assyriaאַשּׁוּר'ashshûr 'ashshûr · AssyriaH804
• have laid wasteחָרֵבchârab chârêb · to destroyH2717
• all the nationsאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: country/planetH776

Cross-references for Isaiah 37:18

• 2 Kings 15:29In the days of King Pekah of Israel, King Tiglath-pileser of Assyria came and captured Ijon, Abel-beth-maacah, Janoah, Kedesh, Hazor, Gilead, and Galilee — all the land of Naphtali — and deported the people to Assyria.
• 2 Kings 16:9So the king of Assyria listened to him and marched up to Damascus and captured it. He deported its people to Kir but put Rezin to death.
• 2 Kings 17:6In the ninth year of Hoshea, the king of Assyria captured Samaria. He deported the Israelites to Assyria and settled them in Halah, along the Habor (Gozan’s river), and in the cities of the Medes.
• 1 Chronicles 5:26So the God of Israel roused the spirit of King Pul (that is, Tiglath-pileser) of Assyria, and he took the Reubenites, Gadites, and half the tribe of Manasseh into exile. He took them to Halah, Habor, Hara, and Gozan’s river, where they are until today.
• Nahum 2:11Where is the lions’ lair, or the feeding ground of the young lions, where the lion and lioness prowled, and the lion’s cub, with nothing to frighten them away?

Commentaries on Isaiah 37:18

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 18The nations - הארצות haratsoth, "the lands; "instead of this word, which destroys the sense, ten of Kennicott's and five of De Rossi's MSS. (one ancient) have here גוים goyim, "nations;" which is undoubtedly the true reading, being preserved also in the other copy; 2 Kings 19:17. Another MS. suggests another method of rectifying the sense in this place, by reading מלכם malcam, "their king, "instead of ארצם artsam, "their land;" but it ought to be מלכיהם…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 18Of a truth - It is as he has said, that all the nations had been subjected to the arms of the Assyrian. He now intends to add Jerusalem to the number of vanquished cities and kingdoms, and to boast; that he has subdued the nation under the protection of Yahweh, as he had done the nations under the protection of idol-gods. Have laid waste all, the nations - Hebrew, as Margin, All the lands.‘ But this is evidently an elliptical form of expression, meaning…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 14-20When Hezekiah received Sennacherib’s boastful threat, he went back to the temple and prayed for help. His prayer was different from Ahaz’s reaction to danger decades earlier (see Isaiah 7).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1818. have laid waste--conceding the truth of the Assyrian's allegation (Is 36:18-20), but adding the reason, "For they were no gods."Read the comment

Topics related to Isaiah 37:18

• Blasphemy
• Libnah
• Prayer

In the dictionaries

• Assyria
• Assyria, Assyrian, Assyrian Empire
• Hezekiah
• Bible, the
• Chronicles, Books of
• Isaiah
• Sennacherib

Commentaries on Isaiah 37

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings