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 Living Translation (NLT)After Hezekiah received the letter from the messengers and read it, he went up to the Lord’s Temple and spread it out before the Lord.

Context of Isaiah 37:14

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? 13Where is the king of Hamath, the king of Arpad, and the king of the city of Sepharvaim, Hena, and Ivah?’ ” 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. 15Then Hezekiah prayed to the Lord, saying: 16“O Lord of hosts, God of Israel, the One who dwells between the cherubim, You are God, You alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth. You have made heaven and 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 19:14And 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.
• Isaiah 37:1And so it was, when King Hezekiah heard it, that he tore his clothes, covered himself with sackcloth, and went into the house of the Lord.
• 1 Kings 8:28Yet regard the prayer of Your servant and his supplication, O Lord my God, and listen to the cry and the prayer which Your servant is praying before You today:
• 1 Kings 9:3And the Lord said to him: “I have heard your prayer and your supplication that you have made before Me; I have consecrated this house which you have built to put My name there forever, and My eyes and My heart will be there perpetually.
• 2 Chronicles 6:20that Your eyes may be open toward this temple day and night, toward the place where You said You would put Your name, that You may hear the prayer which Your servant makes toward this place.
• Psalms 27:5For in the time of trouble He shall hide me in His pavilion; In the secret place of His tabernacle He shall hide me; He shall set me high upon a rock.
• Psalms 62:1Truly my soul silently waits for God; From Him comes my salvation.
• Psalms 74:10O God, how long will the adversary reproach? Will the enemy blaspheme Your name forever?
• Psalms 76:1In Judah God is known; His name is great in Israel.
• Psalms 123:1Unto You I lift up my eyes, O You who dwell in the heavens.
• Psalms 143:6I spread out my hands to You; My soul longs for You like a thirsty land. Selah
• Joel 2:17Let the priests, who minister to the Lord, Weep between the porch and the altar; Let them say, “Spare Your people, O Lord, And do not give Your heritage to reproach, That the nations should rule over them. Why should they say 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
• Church
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• Hezekiah
• Bible, the
• 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