Isaiah 36:10

Isaiah 36:10 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And am I now come up without the Lord against this land to destroy it? the Lord said unto me, Go up against this land, and destroy it.
• New International Version (NIV)Furthermore, have I come to attack and destroy this land without the Lord? The Lord himself told me to march against this country and destroy it.’ ”
• English Standard Version (ESV)Moreover, is it without the Lord that I have come up against this land to destroy it? The Lord said to me, "Go up against this land and destroy it."'"
• New King James Version (NKJV)Have I now come up without the Lord against this land to destroy it? The Lord said to me, ‘Go up against this land, and destroy it.’ ”

Context of Isaiah 36:10

8Now therefore give pledges, I pray thee, to my master the king of Assyria, and I will give thee two thousand horses, if thou canst on thy part set riders upon them. 9How then wilt thou turn away the face of one captain of the least of my master’s servants, and put thy trust on Egypt for chariots and for horsemen? And am I now come up without the LORD against this land to destroy it? the LORD said to me, Go up against this land, and destroy it. 11Then said Eliakim and Shebna and Joah to Rabshakeh, Speak, I pray thee, to thy servants in the Syrian language; for we understand it : and speak not to us in the Jews’ language, in the ears of the people that are on the wall. 12But Rabshakeh said, Hath my master sent me to thy master and to thee to speak these words? hath he not sent me to the men that sit upon the wall, that they may devour their own dung, and drink their own urine with you?

Isaiah 36:10 word by word

וְעַתָּה֙ הֲמִבַּלְעֲדֵ֣י יְהוָ֔ה עָלִ֛יתִי עַל־הָאָ֥רֶץ הַזֹּ֖את לְהַשְׁחִיתָ֑הּ יְהוָה֙ אָמַ֣ר אֵלַ֔י עֲלֵ֛ה אֶל־הָאָ֥רֶץ הַזֹּ֖את וְהַשְׁחִיתָֽהּ׃Read the interlinear

• upעָלָה‛âlâh · to ascend: riseH5927
• withoutבִּלְעֲדֵיbil‛ădêy bal‛ădêy · besideH1107
• LORDיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• landאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: country/planetH776
• destroyשָׁחַתshâchath · to ruinH7843
• saidאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559

Cross-references for Isaiah 36:10

• Isaiah 10:5O Assyrian, the rod of my anger, and the staff in their hand is my indignation.
• Isaiah 37:28But I know thy abode, and thy going out, and thy coming in, and thy rage against me.
• 1 Kings 13:18He said to him, I am a prophet also as thou art ; and an angel spoke to me by the word of the LORD, saying, Bring him back with thee into thy house, that he may eat bread and drink water. But he lied to him.
• 2 Kings 18:25Have I now come up without the LORD against this place to destroy it? The LORD said to me, Go up against this land, and destroy it.
• 2 Chronicles 35:21But he sent ambassadors to him, saying, What have I to do with thee, thou king of Judah? I come not against thee this day, but against the house with which I have war: for God commanded me to make haste: forbear thee from meddling with God, who is with me, that he may not destroy thee.
• Amos 3:6Shalt a trumpet be blown in the city, and the people not be afraid? shall there be evil in a city, and the LORD hath not done it ?

Commentaries on Isaiah 36:10

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 10Am I now come up without the Lord - Probably some apostate Israelitish priest might have encouraged the king of Assyria by telling him that Jehovah had given him a commission against Jerusalem.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 10And am I now come up without the Lord - Am I come up without his permission or command? Rabshakeh here speaks in the name of his master; and he means to say that he had the express command of Yahweh to inflict punishment on the Jews. It is possible that there had been conveyed to Sennacherib a rumour of what Isaiah had said (see Isaiah 10:5-6) that God would bring the Assyrians upon the Jewish people to punish them for their sins, and that Rabshakeh now…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 10The LORD Himself said to me: It was common for a king to claim that a god approved of their actions when they destroyed other kingdoms. This matched Isaiah’s prophecy in Isaiah 10:5–6.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1010. A boastful inference from the past successes of Assyria, designed to influence the Jews to surrender; their own principles bound them to yield to Jehovah's will. He may have heard from partisans in Judah what Isaiah had foretold (Is 10:5, 6).Read the comment

In the dictionaries

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• Chronology of the Old Testament
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Commentaries on Isaiah 36

• 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
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings