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.
• 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.
• New Living Translation (NLT)Bend down, O Lord, and listen! Open your eyes, O Lord, and see! Listen to Sennacherib’s words of defiance against the living God.

Context of Isaiah 37:17

15And Hezekiah prayed to the Lord: 16“Lord Almighty, the God of Israel, enthroned between the cherubim, you alone are God over all the kingdoms of the earth. You have made heaven and earth. Give ear, Lord, and hear; open your eyes, Lord, and see; listen to all the words Sennacherib has sent to ridicule the living God. 18“It is true, Lord, that the Assyrian kings have laid waste all these peoples and their lands. 19They have thrown their gods into the fire and destroyed them, for they were not gods but only wood and stone, fashioned by human hands.

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“Now, my God, may your eyes be open and your ears attentive to the prayers offered in this place.
• Job 36:7He does not take his eyes off the righteous; he enthrones them with kings and exalts them forever.
• Psalms 17:6I call on you, my God, for you will answer me; turn your ear to me and hear my prayer.
• Psalms 71:2In your righteousness, rescue me and deliver me; turn your ear to me and save me.
• Psalms 130:1Out of the depths I cry to you, Lord;
• Daniel 9:17“Now, our God, hear the prayers and petitions of your servant. For your sake, Lord, look with favor on your desolate sanctuary.
• 1 Peter 3:12For the eyes of the Lord are on the righteous and his ears are attentive to their prayer, but the face of the Lord is against those who do evil.”
• Isaiah 37:4It may be that the Lord your God will hear the words of the field commander, whom his master, the king of Assyria, has sent to ridicule the living God, and that he will rebuke him for the words the Lord your God has heard. Therefore pray for the remnant that still survives.”
• 2 Samuel 16:12It may be that the Lord will look upon my misery and restore to me his covenant blessing instead of his curse today.”
• Psalms 10:14But you, God, see the trouble of the afflicted; you consider their grief and take it in hand. The victims commit themselves to you; you are the helper of the fatherless.
• Psalms 74:10How long will the enemy mock you, God? Will the foe revile your name forever?
• Psalms 79:12Pay back into the laps of our neighbors seven times the contempt they have hurled at you, Lord.
• Psalms 89:50Remember, Lord, how your servant has been mocked, how I bear in my heart the taunts of all the nations,

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

In the dictionaries

• God
• Sennacherib
• Sennacherib, or Sennacherib
• god, false god, goddess, idol, idolater, idolatrous, idolatry
• Hezekiah
• Bible, the
• Chronicles, Books of
• 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