English Standard Version
Isaiah 37:20
20So now, O Lord our God, save us from his hand, that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that you alone are the Lord."
Isaiah 37:20 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Now therefore, O Lord our God, save us from his hand, that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that thou art the Lord, even thou only.
- New International Version (NIV)Now, Lord our God, deliver us from his hand, so that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that you, Lord, are the only God.”
- New King James Version (NKJV)Now therefore, O Lord our God, save us from his hand, that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that You are the Lord, You alone.”
- New Living Translation (NLT)Now, O Lord our God, rescue us from his power; then all the kingdoms of the earth will know that you alone, O Lord, are God.”
Context of Isaiah 37:20
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. So now, O Lord our God, save us from his hand, that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that you alone are the Lord." 21Then Isaiah the son of Amoz sent to Hezekiah, saying, "Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel: Because you have prayed to me concerning Sennacherib king of Assyria, 22this is the word that the Lord has spoken concerning him: "'She despises you, she scorns you— the virgin daughter of Zion; she wags her head behind you— the daughter of Jerusalem.
Read all of Isaiah 37Isaiah 37:20 word by word
וְעַתָּה֙ יְהוָ֣ה אֱלֹהֵ֔ינוּ הוֹשִׁיעֵ֖נוּ מִיָד֑וֹ וְיֵֽדְעוּ֙ כָּל־מַמְלְכ֣וֹת הָאָ֔רֶץ כִּֽי־אַתָּ֥ה יְהוָ֖ה לְבַדֶּֽךָ׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Isaiah 37:20
- Isaiah 42:8I am the Lord; that is my name; my glory I give to no other, nor my praise to carved idols.
- Exodus 9:15For by now I could have put out my hand and struck you and your people with pestilence, and you would have been cut off from the earth.
- Joshua 7:8O Lord, what can I say, when Israel has turned their backs before their enemies!
- 1 Samuel 17:45Then David said to the Philistine, "You come to me with a sword and with a spear and with a javelin, but I come to you in the name of the Lord of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom you have defied.
- 1 Kings 8:43hear in heaven your dwelling place and do according to all for which the foreigner calls to you, in order that all the peoples of the earth may know your name and fear you, as do your people Israel, and that they may know that this house that I have built is called by your name.
- 1 Kings 18:36And at the time of the offering of the oblation, Elijah the prophet came near and said, "O Lord, God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, let it be known this day that you are God in Israel, and that I am your servant, and that I have done all these things at your word.
- Psalms 46:10"Be still, and know that I am God. I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth!"
- Psalms 59:13consume them in wrath; consume them till they are no more, that they may know that God rules over Jacob to the ends of the earth. Selah
- Psalms 67:1May God be gracious to us and bless us and make his face to shine upon us, Selah
- Psalms 83:17Let them be put to shame and dismayed forever; let them perish in disgrace,
- Ezekiel 36:23And I will vindicate the holiness of my great name, which has been profaned among the nations, and which you have profaned among them. And the nations will know that I am the Lord, declares the Lord God, when through you I vindicate my holiness before their eyes.
- Malachi 1:11For from the rising of the sun to its setting my name will be great among the nations, and in every place incense will be offered to my name, and a pure offering. For my name will be great among the nations, says the Lord of hosts.
- Isaiah 37:16"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.
Commentaries on Isaiah 37:20
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 20Save us "Save us, we beseech thee" - The supplicating particle, נא na, is supplied here from eighteen MSS., three ancient, of Dr. Kennicott, and ten of De Rossi, and from the other copy; 2 Kings 19:19. That thou art the Lord, even thou only "That thou Jehovah art the only God" - The word אלהים Elohim, "God, "is lost here in the Hebrew text, but preserved in the other copy; 2 Kings 19:19. The Syriac and Septuagint seem here to have had in their copies…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 20That all the kingdoms of the earth may know - Since he has been able to subdue all others; and since Judea alone, the land under the protection of Yahweh, would be saved, all the nations would know that it could not be by the power of an idol. The desire of Hezckiah, therefore, was not primarily that of his own personal safely or the safety of his kingdom. It was that Yahweh might vindicate his great and holy name from reproach, and that the world might…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 20You alone, O LORD, are God: Hezekiah cared about the Lord's reputation, which Sennacherib had insulted. Hezekiah understood that if the Lord defeated the Assyrians and their gods, His holy name would be honored worldwide (see Exodus 9:16; 14:4, 17–18; Joshua 2:9–11; 1 Samuel 4:7–8).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2020. The strongest argument to plead before God in prayer, the honor of God (Ex 32:12-14; Psa 83:18; Da 9:18, 19).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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