Isaiah 37:17

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.
• English Standard Version (ESV)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.
• 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.

Context of Isaiah 37:17

15and prayed to the Lord, 16“Lord of Armies, God of Israel, you are enthroned over the angels. You alone are God of the kingdoms of the world. You made heaven and earth. Turn your ear toward me, Lord, and listen. Open your eyes, Lord, and see. Listen to the entire message that Sennacherib sent to defy the living God. 18It is true, Lord, that the kings of Assyria have leveled every country. 19They have thrown the gods from these countries into fires because these gods aren’t real gods. They’re only wooden and stone statues made by human hands. So the Assyrians have destroyed them.

Isaiah 37:17 word by word

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 6:40“Finally, my God, may your eyes be open and your ears attentive to the prayers ⌞offered⌟ in this place.
• Job 36:7He doesn’t take his eyes off righteous people. He seats them on thrones with kings to honor them forever.
• Psalms 17:6I have called on you because you answer me, O God. Turn your ear toward me. Hear what I have to say.
• Psalms 71:2Rescue me and free me because of your righteousness. Turn your ear toward me, and save me.
• Psalms 130:1O Lord, out of the depths I call to you.
• Daniel 9:17“Our God, listen to my prayer and request. For your own sake, Lord, look favorably on your holy place, which is lying in ruins.
• 1 Peter 3:12The Lord’s eyes are on those who do what he approves. His ears hear their prayer. The Lord confronts those who do evil.”
• Isaiah 37:4The Lord your God may have heard the words of the field commander. His master, the king of Assyria, sent him to defy the living God. The Lord your God may punish him because of the message that the Lord your God heard. Pray for the few people who are left.”
• 2 Samuel 16:12Maybe the Lord will see my misery and turn his curse into a blessing for me today.”
• Psalms 10:14You have seen ⌞it⌟; yes, you have taken note of trouble and grief and placed them under your control. The victim entrusts himself to you. You alone have been the helper of orphans.
• Psalms 74:10How long, O God, will the enemy insult us? Will the enemy despise you forever?
• Psalms 79:12Pay each one of our neighbors back with seven times the number of insults they used to insult you, O Lord.
• Psalms 89:50Remember, O Lord, how your servant has been insulted. Remember how I have carried in my heart ⌞the insults⌟ from so many people.

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

Topics related to Isaiah 37:17

• Blasphemy
• Libnah
• Prayer

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• God
• Sennacherib
• Sennacherib, or Sennacherib
• god, false god, goddess, idol, idolater, idolatrous, idolatry
• Hezekiah
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• Isaiah

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