Isaiah 37:7

Isaiah 37:7 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Behold, I will send a blast upon him, and he shall hear a rumour, and return to his own land; and I will cause him to fall by the sword in his own land.
• New International Version (NIV)Listen! When he hears a certain report, I will make him want to return to his own country, and there I will have him cut down with the sword.’ ”
• New King James Version (NKJV)Surely I will send a spirit upon him, and he shall hear a rumor and return to his own land; and I will cause him to fall by the sword in his own land.” ’ ”
• New Living Translation (NLT)Listen! I myself will move against him, and the king will receive a message that he is needed at home. So he will return to his land, where I will have him killed with a sword.’”

Context of Isaiah 37:7

5When the servants of King Hezekiah came to Isaiah, 6Isaiah said to them, "Say to your master, 'Thus says the Lord: Do not be afraid because of the words that you have heard, with which the young men of the king of Assyria have reviled me. Behold, I will put a spirit in him, so that he shall hear a rumor and return to his own land, and I will make him fall by the sword in his own land.'" 8The Rabshakeh returned, and found the king of Assyria fighting against Libnah, for he had heard that the king had left Lachish. 9Now the king heard concerning Tirhakah king of Cush, "He has set out to fight against you." And when he heard it, he sent messengers to Hezekiah, saying,

Isaiah 37:7 word by word

הִנְנִ֨י נוֹתֵ֥ן בּוֹ֙ ר֔וּחַ וְשָׁמַ֥ע שְׁמוּעָ֖ה וְשָׁ֣ב אֶל־אַרְצ֑וֹ וְהִפַּלְתִּ֥יו בַּחֶ֖רֶב בְּאַרְצֽוֹ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Behold, I will sendנָתַןnâthan · to give: putH5414
• a blastרוּחַrûach · spiritH7307
• upon him, and he shall hearשָׁמַעshâma‛ · to hear: hearH8085
• a rumourשְׁמוּעָהshemû‛âh · tidingsH8052
• and returnשׁוּבshûb · to return: returnH7725
• to his own landאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: country/planetH776
• and I will cause him to fallנָפַלnâphal · to fall: killH5307
• by the swordחֶ֫רֶבchereb · swordH2719

Cross-references for Isaiah 37:7

• Isaiah 10:16Therefore the Lord God of hosts will send wasting sickness among his stout warriors, and under his glory a burning will be kindled, like the burning of fire.
• Isaiah 17:13The nations roar like the roaring of many waters, but he will rebuke them, and they will flee far away, chased like chaff on the mountains before the wind and whirling dust before the storm.
• Isaiah 29:5But the multitude of your foreign foes shall be like small dust, and the multitude of the ruthless like passing chaff. And in an instant, suddenly,
• Isaiah 30:28his breath is like an overflowing stream that reaches up to the neck; to sift the nations with the sieve of destruction, and to place on the jaws of the peoples a bridle that leads astray.
• Isaiah 31:8"And the Assyrian shall fall by a sword, not of man; and a sword, not of man, shall devour him; and he shall flee from the sword, and his young men shall be put to forced labor.
• Isaiah 33:10"Now I will arise," says the Lord, "now I will lift myself up; now I will be exalted.
• 2 Kings 7:6For the Lord had made the army of the Syrians hear the sound of chariots and of horses, the sound of a great army, so that they said to one another, "Behold, the king of Israel has hired against us the kings of the Hittites and the kings of Egypt to come against us."
• Job 4:9By the breath of God they perish, and by the blast of his anger they are consumed.
• Job 15:21Dreadful sounds are in his ears; in prosperity the destroyer will come upon him.
• Psalms 58:9Sooner than your pots can feel the heat of thorns, whether green or ablaze, may he sweep them away!
• Isaiah 37:36And the angel of the Lord went out and struck down 185,000 in the camp of the Assyrians. And when people arose early in the morning, behold, these were all dead bodies.
• 2 Chronicles 32:21And the Lord sent an angel, who cut off all the mighty warriors and commanders and officers in the camp of the king of Assyria. So he returned with shame of face to his own land. And when he came into the house of his god, some of his own sons struck him down there with the sword.

Commentaries on Isaiah 37:7

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 7I will send a blast "I will infuse a spirit into him" - "רוח בו נותין nothen bo roach never signifies any thing but putting a spirit into a person: this was , the spirit of deceit." - Secker. "I will send a blast" - I do not think that Archbishop Secker has hit the true meaning of these words. I believe רוח ruach means here a pestilential wind, such as the Arabs call simoom, that instantly suffocates both man and beast; and is what is termed "the angel of…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 7Behold, I will send a blast upon him - Margin, Put a spirit into him.‘ The word rendered blast‘ (רוח rûach ) is commonly rendered spirit.‘ It may denote breath, air, soul, or spirit. There is no reason to think that the word is used here in the sense of blast of wind, as our translators seem to have supposed. The sense is probably, I will infuse into him a spirit of fear, by which be shall be alarmed by the rumour which he shall hear, and return to his…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 5-7God answered that he would deal with the Assyrians and rescue the remnant of his people from their distress (see Isaiah 63:9).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 77. blast--rather, "I will put a spirit (Is 28:6; 1Ki 22:23) into him," that is, so influence his judgment that when he hears the report (Is 37:9, concerning Tirhakah), he shall return [Gesenius]; the "report" also of the destruction of his army at Jerusalem, reaching Sennacherib, while he was in the southwest of Palestine on the borders of Egypt, led him to retreat. by the sword--(Is 37:38).Read the comment

Topics related to Isaiah 37:7

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• Hezekiah
• Rabmag
• Bible, the
• Blast
• Chronicles, Books of
• Hezekiah (2)
• Holy Spirit
• 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