Isaiah 37:14

Isaiah 37:14 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And Hezekiah received the letter from the hand of the messengers, and read it: and Hezekiah went up unto the house of the Lord, and spread it before the Lord.
• New International Version (NIV)Hezekiah received the letter from the messengers and read it. Then he went up to the temple of the Lord and spread it out before the Lord.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Hezekiah received the letter from the hand of the messengers, and read it; and Hezekiah went up to the house of the Lord, and spread it before the Lord.
• New King James Version (NKJV)And Hezekiah received the letter from the hand of the messengers, and read it; and Hezekiah went up to the house of the Lord, and spread it before the Lord.

Context of Isaiah 37:14

12Were the nations whom my predecessors destroyed – the nations of Gozan, Haran, Rezeph, and the people of Eden in Telassar – rescued by their gods? 13Where are the king of Hamath, the king of Arpad, and the kings of Lair, Sepharvaim, Hena, and Ivvah?’” Hezekiah took the letter from the messengers and read it. Then Hezekiah went up to the Lord’s temple and spread it out before the Lord. 15Hezekiah prayed before the Lord: 16“O Lord who commands armies, O God of Israel, who is enthroned on the cherubim! You alone are God over all the kingdoms of the earth. You made the sky and the earth.

Isaiah 37:14 word by word

וַיִּקַּ֨ח חִזְקִיָּ֧הוּ אֶת־הַסְּפָרִ֛ים מִיַּ֥ד הַמַּלְאָכִ֖ים וַיִּקְרָאֵ֑הוּ וַיַּ֙עַל֙ בֵּ֣ית יְהוָ֔ה וַיִּפְרְשֵׂ֥הוּ חִזְקִיָּ֖הוּ לִפְנֵ֥י יְהוָֽה׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And Hezekiahחִזְקִיָּהוּchizqîyâh chizqîyâhû yechizqîyâh yechizqîyâhû · HezekiahH2396
• receivedלָקַחlâqach · to take: recieveH3947
• the letterסֵ֫פֶרsêpher siphrâh · scroll: documentH5612
• from the handיָדyâd · handH3027
• of the messengersמַלְאָךְmal'âk · messengerH4397
• and readקָרָאqârâ' · to call: read outH7121
• went upעָלָה‛âlâh · to ascend: riseH5927
• unto the houseבַּ֫יִתbayith · house: templeH1004
• of the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• and spreadפָּרַשׂpâraώ · to spreadH6566
• it beforeפָּנֶהpânîym · face: beforeH6440

Cross-references for Isaiah 37:14

• 2 Kings 19:14Hezekiah took the letter from the messengers and read it. Then Hezekiah went up to the Lord’s temple and spread it out before the Lord.
• Isaiah 37:1When King Hezekiah heard this, he tore his clothes, put on sackcloth, and went to the Lord’s temple.
• 1 Kings 8:28But respond favorably to your servant’s prayer and his request for help, O Lord my God. Answer the desperate prayer your servant is presenting to you today.
• 1 Kings 9:3The Lord said to him, “I have answered your prayer and your request for help that you made to me. I have consecrated this temple you built by making it my permanent home; I will be constantly present there.
• 2 Chronicles 6:20Night and day may you watch over this temple, the place where you promised you would live. May you answer your servant’s prayer for this place.
• Psalms 27:5He will surely give me shelter in the day of danger; he will hide me in his home; he will place me on an inaccessible rocky summit.
• Psalms 62:1For God alone I patiently wait; he is the one who delivers me.
• Psalms 74:10How long, O God, will the adversary hurl insults? Will the enemy blaspheme your name forever?
• Psalms 76:1God has revealed himself in Judah; in Israel his reputation is great.
• Psalms 123:1I look up toward you, the one enthroned in heaven.
• Psalms 143:6I spread my hands out to you in prayer; my soul thirsts for you in a parched land.
• Joel 2:17Let the priests, those who serve the Lord, weep from the vestibule all the way back to the altar. Let them say, “Have pity, O Lord, on your people; please do not turn over your inheritance to be mocked, to become a proverb among the nations. Why should it be said among the peoples, “Where is their God?”

Commentaries on Isaiah 37:14

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 14And read it "And read them" - ויקראם vayikraem . So MS. Bodl. in this place; and so the other copy; instead of ויקראהו vaiyikraehu, "and read It." And spread it "And spread them" - ויפרשהו vaiyiphresehu . הו hu is upon a rasure in a MS., which probably was at first ם mem . The same mistake as in the foregoing note.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 14And Hezekiah received the letter - Hebrew, Letters‘ (plural). It is not mentioned in the account of the embassy Isaiah 37:9, that a letter was sent, but it is not probable that all embassage would be sent to a monarch without a written document. Went up into the house of the Lord - The temple Isaiah 37:1. And spread it before the Lord - Perhaps unrolled the document there, and spread it out; or perhaps it means simply that he spread out the contents of…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. 1414. spread--unrolled the scroll of writing. God "knows our necessities before we ask Him," but He delights in our unfolding them to Him with filial confidence (2Ch 20:3, 11-13).Read the comment

Topics related to Isaiah 37:14

• Blasphemy
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• Hezekiah
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• Chronicles, Books of
• Epistle
• 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