English Standard Version
Isaiah 37:17
17Incline your ear, O Lord, and hear; open your eyes, O Lord, and see; and hear all the words of Sennacherib, which he has sent to mock the living God.
Isaiah 37:17 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Incline thine ear, O Lord, and hear; open thine eyes, O Lord, and see: and hear all the words of Sennacherib, which hath sent to reproach the living God.
- New International Version (NIV)Give ear, Lord, and hear; open your eyes, Lord, and see; listen to all the words Sennacherib has sent to ridicule the living God.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Incline Your ear, O Lord, and hear; open Your eyes, O Lord, and see; and hear all the words of Sennacherib, which he has sent to reproach the living God.
- New Living Translation (NLT)Bend down, O Lord, and listen! Open your eyes, O Lord, and see! Listen to Sennacherib’s words of defiance against the living God.
Context of Isaiah 37:17
15And Hezekiah prayed to the Lord: 16"O Lord of hosts, God of Israel, enthroned above the cherubim, you are the God, you alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth; you have made heaven and earth. Incline your ear, O Lord, and hear; open your eyes, O Lord, and see; and hear all the words of Sennacherib, which he has sent to mock the living God. 18Truly, O Lord, the kings of Assyria have laid waste all the nations and their lands, 19and have cast their gods into the fire. For they were no gods, but the work of men's hands, wood and stone. Therefore they were destroyed.
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הַטֵּ֨ה יְהוָ֤ה׀ אָזְנְךָ֙ וּֽשְׁמָ֔ע פְּקַ֧ח יְהוָ֛ה עֵינֶ֖ךָ וּרְאֵ֑ה וּשְׁמַ֗ע אֵ֚ת כָּל־דִּבְרֵ֣י סַנְחֵרִ֔יב אֲשֶׁ֣ר שָׁלַ֔ח לְחָרֵ֖ף אֱלֹהִ֥ים חָֽי׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- Inclineנָטָהnâţâh · to stretchH5186
- thine earאֹ֫זֶן'ôzen · earH241
- O Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
- and hearשָׁמַעshâma‛ · to hear: hearH8085
- openפָּקַחpâqach · to openH6491
- thine eyesעַ֫יִן‛ayin · eyeH5869
- and seeרָאָהrâ'âh · to see: seeH7200
- all the wordsדָּבָרdâbâr · wordH1697
- of Sennacheribסַנְחֵרִיבsanchêrîyb · SennacheribH5576
- which hath sentשָׁלַחshâlach · to send: departH7971
- to reproachחָרַףchâraph · to tauntH2778
- the livingחַיchay · aliveH2416
- Godאֱלֹהִים'ĕlôhîym · GodH430
Cross-references for Isaiah 37:17
- 2 Chronicles 6:40Now, O my God, let your eyes be open and your ears attentive to the prayer of this place.
- Job 36:7He does not withdraw his eyes from the righteous, but with kings on the throne he sets them forever, and they are exalted.
- Psalms 17:6I call upon you, for you will answer me, O God; incline your ear to me; hear my words.
- Psalms 71:2In your righteousness deliver me and rescue me; incline your ear to me, and save me!
- Psalms 130:1Out of the depths I cry to you, O Lord!
- Daniel 9:17Now therefore, O our God, listen to the prayer of your servant and to his pleas for mercy, and for your own sake, O Lord, make your face to shine upon your sanctuary, which is desolate.
- 1 Peter 3:12For the eyes of the Lord are on the righteous, and his ears are open to their prayer. But the face of the Lord is against those who do evil."
- Isaiah 37:4It may be that the Lord your God will hear the words of the Rabshakeh, whom his master the king of Assyria has sent to mock the living God, and will rebuke the words that the Lord your God has heard; therefore lift up your prayer for the remnant that is left.'"
- 2 Samuel 16:12It may be that the Lord will look on the wrong done to me, and that the Lord will repay me with good for his cursing today."
- Psalms 10:14But you do see, for you note mischief and vexation, that you may take it into your hands; to you the helpless commits himself; you have been the helper of the fatherless.
- Psalms 74:10How long, O God, is the foe to scoff? Is the enemy to revile your name forever?
- Psalms 79:12Return sevenfold into the lap of our neighbors the taunts with which they have taunted you, O Lord!
- Psalms 89:50Remember, O Lord, how your servants are mocked, and how I bear in my heart the insults of all the many nations,
Commentaries on Isaiah 37:17
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 17Incline thine ear - This is evidently language taken from what occurs among people. When they are desirous of hearing distinctly, they incline the ear or apply it close to the speaker. Similar language is not unfrequently used in the Scriptures as applicable to God 2 Kings 19:16; Psalm 86:1; Psalm 31:2; Psalm 88:2; Daniel 9:18. Open thine eyes - This is similar language applied to God, derived from the fact that when we wish to see an object, the eyes are…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. 1717. ear ... eyes--singular, plural. When we wish to hear a thing we lend one ear; when we wish to see a thing we open both eyes.Read the comment
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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
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