New American Standard Bible 1995
Isaiah 36:10
10Have I now come up 1without the Lord’s approval against this land to destroy it? 2The Lord said to me, ‘Go up against this land and destroy it.’”’”
Isaiah 36:10 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And am I now come up without the Lord against this land to destroy it? the Lord said unto me, Go up against this land, and destroy it.
- New International Version (NIV)Furthermore, have I come to attack and destroy this land without the Lord? The Lord himself told me to march against this country and destroy it.’ ”
- English Standard Version (ESV)Moreover, is it without the Lord that I have come up against this land to destroy it? The Lord said to me, "Go up against this land and destroy it."'"
- New King James Version (NKJV)Have I now come up without the Lord against this land to destroy it? The Lord said to me, ‘Go up against this land, and destroy it.’ ”
Context of Isaiah 36:10
8Now therefore, come make a bargain with my master the king of Assyria, and I will give you two thousand horses, if you are able on your part to set riders on them. 9How then can you repulse one official of the least of my master’s servants and rely on Egypt for chariots and for horsemen? Have I now come up without the Lord’s approval against this land to destroy it? The Lord said to me, ‘Go up against this land and destroy it.’”’” 11Then Eliakim and Shebna and Joah said to Rabshakeh, “Speak now to your servants in Aramaic, for we understand it; and do not speak with us in Judean in the hearing of the people who are on the wall.” 12But Rabshakeh said, “Has my master sent me only to your master and to you to speak these words, and not to the men who sit on the wall, doomed to eat their own dung and drink their own urine with you?”
Read all of Isaiah 36Isaiah 36:10 word by word
וְעַתָּה֙ הֲמִבַּלְעֲדֵ֣י יְהוָ֔ה עָלִ֛יתִי עַל־הָאָ֥רֶץ הַזֹּ֖את לְהַשְׁחִיתָ֑הּ יְהוָה֙ אָמַ֣ר אֵלַ֔י עֲלֵ֛ה אֶל־הָאָ֥רֶץ הַזֹּ֖את וְהַשְׁחִיתָֽהּ׃Read the interlinear
- Have I nowעַתָּ֫ה‛attâh · nowH6258
- comeעָלָה‛âlâh · to ascend: riseH5927
- withoutבִּלְעֲדֵיbil‛ădêy bal‛ădêy · besideH1107
- the Lord’sיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
- approval againstעַל‛al · uponH5921
- thisזֶהzeh · thisH2088
- landאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: country/planetH776
- to destroyשָׁחַתshâchath · to ruinH7843
- saidאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
- up againstאֶל'êl 'el · to(wards)H413
Cross-references for Isaiah 36:10
- Isaiah 10:5Woe to Assyria, the rod of My anger And the staff in whose hands is My indignation,
- Isaiah 37:28But I know your sitting down And your going out and your coming in And your raging against Me.
- 1 Kings 13:18He said to him, “I also am a prophet like you, and an angel spoke to me by the word of the Lord, saying, ‘Bring him back with you to your house, that he may eat bread and drink water.’” But he lied to him.
- 2 Kings 18:25Have I now come up without the Lord’s approval against this place to destroy it? The Lord said to me, ‘Go up against this land and destroy it.’”’”
- 2 Chronicles 35:21But Neco sent messengers to him, saying, “What have we to do with each other, O King of Judah? I am not coming against you today but against the house with which I am at war, and God has ordered me to hurry. Stop for your own sake from interfering with God who is with me, so that He will not destroy you.”
- Amos 3:6If a trumpet is blown in a city will not the people tremble? If a calamity occurs in a city has not the Lord done it?
Commentaries on Isaiah 36:10
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 10Am I now come up without the Lord - Probably some apostate Israelitish priest might have encouraged the king of Assyria by telling him that Jehovah had given him a commission against Jerusalem.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 10And am I now come up without the Lord - Am I come up without his permission or command? Rabshakeh here speaks in the name of his master; and he means to say that he had the express command of Yahweh to inflict punishment on the Jews. It is possible that there had been conveyed to Sennacherib a rumour of what Isaiah had said (see Isaiah 10:5-6) that God would bring the Assyrians upon the Jewish people to punish them for their sins, and that Rabshakeh now…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 10The LORD Himself said to me: It was common for a king to claim that a god approved of their actions when they destroyed other kingdoms. This matched Isaiah’s prophecy in Isaiah 10:5–6.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1010. A boastful inference from the past successes of Assyria, designed to influence the Jews to surrender; their own principles bound them to yield to Jehovah's will. He may have heard from partisans in Judah what Isaiah had foretold (Is 10:5, 6).Read the comment
In the dictionaries
Notes
- 1. Isaiah 36:10 Lit without the Lord ↩
- 2. Isaiah 36:10 1 Kin 13:18; 22:6, 12 ↩
Commentaries on Isaiah 36
- 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
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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