New King James Version
Isaiah 37:12
12Have the gods of the nations delivered those whom my fathers have destroyed, Gozan and Haran and Rezeph, and the people of Eden who were in Telassar?
Isaiah 37:12 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Have the gods of the nations delivered them which my fathers have destroyed, as Gozan, and Haran, and Rezeph, and the children of Eden which were in Telassar?
- New International Version (NIV)Did the gods of the nations that were destroyed by my predecessors deliver them—the gods of Gozan, Harran, Rezeph and the people of Eden who were in Tel Assar?
- English Standard Version (ESV)Have the gods of the nations delivered them, the nations that my fathers destroyed, Gozan, Haran, Rezeph, and the people of Eden who were in Telassar?
- New Living Translation (NLT)Have the gods of other nations rescued them—such nations as Gozan, Haran, Rezeph, and the people of Eden who were in Tel-assar? My predecessors destroyed them all!
Context of Isaiah 37:12
10“Thus you shall speak to Hezekiah king of Judah, saying: ‘Do not let your God in whom you trust deceive you, saying, “Jerusalem shall not be given into the hand of the king of Assyria.” 11Look! You have heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all lands by utterly destroying them; and shall you be delivered? Have the gods of the nations delivered those whom my fathers have destroyed, Gozan and Haran and Rezeph, and the people of Eden who were in Telassar? 13Where is the king of Hamath, the king of Arpad, and the king of the city of Sepharvaim, Hena, and Ivah?’ ” 14And 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.
Read all of Isaiah 37Isaiah 37:12 word by word
הַהִצִּ֨ילוּ אוֹתָ֜ם אֱלֹהֵ֤י הַגּוֹיִם֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר הִשְׁחִ֣יתוּ אֲבוֹתַ֔י אֶת־גּוֹזָ֖ן וְאֶת־חָרָ֑ן וְרֶ֥צֶף וּבְנֵי־עֶ֖דֶן אֲשֶׁ֥ר בִּתְלַשָּֽׂר׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- Have the godsאֱלֹהִים'ĕlôhîym · GodH430
- of the nationsגּוֹיgôy gôy · nationH1471
- deliveredנָצַלnâtsal · to rescueH5337
- them which my fathersאָב'âb · fatherH1
- have destroyedשָׁחַתshâchath · to ruinH7843
- Gozanגּוֹזָןgôzân · GozanH1470
- and Haranחָרָןchârân · HaranH2771
- and Rezephרֶ֫צֶףretseph · RezephH7530
- and the childrenבֵּןbên · son: descendant/peopleH1121
- of Edenעֶ֫דֶן‛eden · EdenH5729
- in Telassarתְּלַאשָּׂ֑רtela'ώώar telaώώar · TelassarH8515
Cross-references for Isaiah 37:12
- Isaiah 36:20Who among all the gods of these lands have delivered their countries from my hand, that the Lord should deliver Jerusalem from my hand?’ ”
- Isaiah 46:5“To whom will you liken Me, and make Me equal And compare Me, that we should be alike?
- 2 Kings 17:6In the ninth year of Hoshea, the king of Assyria took Samaria and carried Israel away to Assyria, and placed them in Halah and by the Habor, the River of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes.
- 2 Kings 18:11Then the king of Assyria carried Israel away captive to Assyria, and put them in Halah and by the Habor, the River of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes,
- 2 Kings 19:12Have the gods of the nations delivered those whom my fathers have destroyed, Gozan and Haran and Rezeph, and the people of Eden who were in Telassar?
- Genesis 11:31And Terah took his son Abram and his grandson Lot, the son of Haran, and his daughter-in-law Sarai, his son Abram’s wife, and they went out with them from Ur of the Chaldeans to go to the land of Canaan; and they came to Haran and dwelt there.
- Genesis 12:14So it was, when Abram came into Egypt, that the Egyptians saw the woman, that she was very beautiful.
- Genesis 28:10Now Jacob went out from Beersheba and went toward Haran.
- Genesis 29:4And Jacob said to them, “My brethren, where are you from?” And they said, “We are from Haran.”
- Acts 7:2And he said, “Brethren and fathers, listen: The God of glory appeared to our father Abraham when he was in Mesopotamia, before he dwelt in Haran,
- Genesis 2:8The Lord God planted a garden eastward in Eden, and there He put the man whom He had formed.
- Ezekiel 27:23Haran, Canneh, Eden, the merchants of Sheba, Assyria, and Chilmad were your merchants.
- Ezekiel 28:13You were in Eden, the garden of God; Every precious stone was your covering: The sardius, topaz, and diamond, Beryl, onyx, and jasper, Sapphire, turquoise, and emerald with gold. The workmanship of your timbrels and pipes Was prepared for you on the day you were created.
- Amos 1:5I will also break the gate bar of Damascus, And cut off the inhabitant from the Valley of Aven, And the one who holds the scepter from Beth Eden. The people of Syria shall go captive to Kir,” Says the Lord.
- Genesis 14:1And it came to pass in the days of Amraphel king of Shinar, Arioch king of Ellasar, Chedorlaomer king of Elam, and Tidal king of nations,
Commentaries on Isaiah 37:12
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 12As Gozan, and Haran - חרן Charan : but הרן Haran is the reading of four of Kennicott's MSS. and one of De Rossi's.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 12My fathers - My predecessors on the throne. Gozan - This was a region or country in the northern part of Mesopotamia, and on the river Chaboras. There was a river of the name of Gozan in Media, which ran through the province, and gave it its name. The river fell probably into the Chaboras. This region is known to have been under the dominion of Assyria, for Shalmaneser, when he had subdued the ten tribes, carried them away beyond the Euphrates to a…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 12The argument was that Judah's god, like the gods of other nations already conquered by Assyria, would not be able to save Judah (see also Isaiah 36:18–20). Gozan, Haran, Rezeph, Eden, and Telassar were cities in Mesopotamia.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1212. Gozan--in Mesopotamia, on the Chabour (2Ki 17:6; 18:11). Gozan is the name of the district, Chabour of the river. Haran--more to the west. Abraham removed to it from Ur (Ge 11:31); the Carroe of the Romans. Rezeph--farther west, in Syria. Eden--There is an ancient village, Adna, north of Baghdad. Some think Eden to be the name of a region (of Mesopotamia or its vicinity) in which was Paradise; Paradise was not Eden itself (Ge 2:8). "A garden in Eden."…Read the comment
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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
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