Isaiah 37:24

Isaiah 37:24 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)By thy servants hast thou reproached the Lord, and hast said, By the multitude of my chariots am I come up to the height of the mountains, to the sides of Lebanon; and I will cut down the tall cedars thereof, and the choice fir trees thereof: and I will enter into the height of his border, and the forest of his Carmel.
• New International Version (NIV)By your messengers you have ridiculed the Lord. And you have said, ‘With my many chariots I have ascended the heights of the mountains, the utmost heights of Lebanon. I have cut down its tallest cedars, the choicest of its junipers. I have reached its remotest heights, the finest of its forests.
• English Standard Version (ESV)By your servants you have mocked the Lord, and you have said, With my many chariots I have gone up the heights of the mountains, to the far recesses of Lebanon, to cut down its tallest cedars, its choicest cypresses, to come to its remotest height, its most fruitful forest.
• New King James Version (NKJV)By your servants you have reproached the Lord, And said, ‘By the multitude of my chariots I have come up to the height of the mountains, To the limits of Lebanon; I will cut down its tall cedars And its choice cypress trees; I will enter its farthest height, To its fruitful forest.

Context of Isaiah 37:24

22the Lord has spoken this word against him: “The virgin daughter of Zion despises you and laughs at you. The daughter of Jerusalem shakes her head in derision as you flee. 23“Whom have you been defying and ridiculing? Against whom did you raise your voice? At whom did you look with such haughty eyes? It was the Holy One of Israel! By your messengers you have defied the Lord. You have said, ‘With my many chariots I have conquered the highest mountains— yes, the remotest peaks of Lebanon. I have cut down its tallest cedars and its finest cypress trees. I have reached its farthest heights and explored its deepest forests. 25I have dug wells in many foreign lands and refreshed myself with their water. With the sole of my foot, I stopped up all the rivers of Egypt!’ 26“But have you not heard? I decided this long ago. Long ago I planned it, and now I am making it happen. I planned for you to crush fortified cities into heaps of rubble.

Isaiah 37:24 word by word

בְּיַ֣ד עֲבָדֶיךָ֮ חֵרַ֣פְתָּ׀ אֲדֹנָי֒ וַתֹּ֗אמֶר בְּרֹ֥ב רִכְבִּ֛י אֲנִ֥י עָלִ֛יתִי מְר֥וֹם הָרִ֖ים יַרְכְּתֵ֣י לְבָנ֑וֹן וְאֶכְרֹ֞ת קוֹמַ֤ת אֲרָזָיו֙ מִבְחַ֣ר בְּרֹשָׁ֔יו וְאָבוֹא֙ מְר֣וֹם קִצּ֔וֹ יַ֖עַר כַּרְמִלּֽוֹ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Byיָדyâd · hand: byH3027
• thy servantsעֶ֫בֶד‛ebed · servant/slaveH5650
• hast thou reproachedחָרַףchâraph · to tauntH2778
• the Lordאֲדֹנָי'ădônây · LordH136
• and hast saidאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
• By the multitudeרֹבrôb · abundanceH7230
• of my chariotsרֶ֫כֶבrekeb · chariotH7393
• am I come upעָלָה‛âlâh · to ascend: riseH5927
• to the heightמָרוֹםmârôm · heightH4791
• of the mountainsהַרhar · mountain: mountH2022
• to the sidesיַרְכָהyerêkâh · flankH3411
• of Lebanonלְבָנוֹןlebânôn · LebanonH3844
• and I will cut downכָּרַתkârath · to cut: cutH3772
• the tallקוֹמָהqômâh · heightH6967
• cedarsאֶ֫רֶז'erez · cedarH730
• the choiceמִבְחָרmibchâr · bestH4005
• fir treesבְּרוֹשׁberôsh · cypressH1265
• thereof: and I will enterבּוֹאbô' · to come (in): comeH935
• of his borderקֵץqêts · endH7093
• the forestיַ֫עַרya‛ar · woodH3293
• of his Carmelכַּרְמֶלkarmel · CarmelH3760

Cross-references for Isaiah 37:24

• Isaiah 37:4But perhaps the Lord your God has heard the Assyrian chief of staff, sent by the king to defy the living God, and will punish him for his words. Oh, pray for those of us who are left!”
• Isaiah 36:15Don’t let him fool you into trusting in the Lord by saying, ‘The Lord will surely rescue us. This city will never fall into the hands of the Assyrian king!’
• 2 Kings 19:22“Whom have you been defying and ridiculing? Against whom did you raise your voice? At whom did you look with such haughty eyes? It was the Holy One of Israel!
• Isaiah 10:13He boasts, “By my own powerful arm I have done this. With my own shrewd wisdom I planned it. I have broken down the defenses of nations and carried off their treasures. I have knocked down their kings like a bull.
• Isaiah 36:9With your tiny army, how can you think of challenging even the weakest contingent of my master’s troops, even with the help of Egypt’s chariots and charioteers?
• Exodus 15:9“The enemy boasted, ‘I will chase them and catch up with them. I will plunder them and consume them. I will flash my sword; my powerful hand will destroy them.’
• Psalms 20:7Some nations boast of their chariots and horses, but we boast in the name of the Lord our God.
• Daniel 4:30As he looked out across the city, he said, ‘Look at this great city of Babylon! By my own mighty power, I have built this beautiful city as my royal residence to display my majestic splendor.’
• Isaiah 10:18The Lord will consume Assyria’s glory like a fire consumes a forest in a fruitful land; it will waste away like sick people in a plague.
• Isaiah 14:8Even the trees of the forest— the cypress trees and the cedars of Lebanon— sing out this joyous song: ‘Since you have been cut down, no one will come now to cut us down!’
• Ezekiel 31:3You are like mighty Assyria, which was once like a cedar of Lebanon, with beautiful branches that cast deep forest shade and with its top high among the clouds.
• Daniel 4:8At last Daniel came in before me, and I told him the dream. (He was named Belteshazzar after my god, and the spirit of the holy gods is in him.)
• Zechariah 11:1Open your doors, Lebanon, so that fire may devour your cedar forests.
• Isaiah 29:17Soon—and it will not be very long— the forests of Lebanon will become a fertile field, and the fertile field will yield bountiful crops.

Commentaries on Isaiah 37:24

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 24By thy servants "By thy messengers" - The text has עבדיך abdeycha, thy servants; but the true reading seems to be מלאכיך malacheycha, thy messengers, as in the other copy, 2 Kings 19:23; and as the Septuagint and Syriac found it in their copies in this place. Reproached the Lord - אדני Adonai : but one of my MSS. has אדני יהוה Yehovah Adonai, Jehovah the Lord. This reading is not found, I think, in any other MS., but several have יהוה Yehovah for אדני…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 24By thy servants - Hebrew, By the hand of thy servants.‘ That is, by Rabshakeh Isaiah 37:9, Isaiah 37:14. And hast said - Isaiah does not here quote the precise words which Rabshakeh or the other messengers had used, but quotes the substance of what had been uttered, and expresses the real feelings and intentions of Sennacherib. By the multitude of my chariots - The word chariots‘ here denotes war-chariois (see the notes at Isaiah 2:7; Isaiah 66:20). To…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 24Isaiah seems to be familiar with the typical royal Assyrian boasts, including that they possessed the highest mountains. These words sound very much like those found in the annals of the Assyrian kings inscribed on the walls of their temples.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2424. said--virtually. Hast thou within thyself? height--imagery from the Assyrian felling of trees in Lebanon (Is 14:8; 33:9); figuratively for, "I have carried my victorious army through the regions most difficult of access, to the most remote lands." sides--rather, "recesses" [G. V. Smith]. fir trees--not cypresses, as some translate; pine foliage and cedars are still found on the northwest side of Lebanon [Stanley]. height of ... border--In 2Ki 19:23…Read the comment

Topics related to Isaiah 37:24

• Assyria
• Blasphemy
• Libnah

In the dictionaries

• Carmel
• Lebanon
• Carmel, Mount Carmel
• Hezekiah
• Bible, the
• Cedar
• Chronicles, Books of
• Far; Farther
• Hezekiah (2)
• 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