Revised Webster's Bible
Isaiah 37:26
26Hast thou not heard long ago, how I have done it; and of ancient times, that I have formed it? now have I brought it to pass, that thou shouldest be to lay waste fortified cities into ruinous heaps.1
Isaiah 37:26 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Hast thou not heard long ago, how I have done it; and of ancient times, that I have formed it? now have I brought it to pass, that thou shouldest be to lay waste defenced cities into ruinous heaps.
- New International Version (NIV)“Have you not heard? Long ago I ordained it. In days of old I planned it; now I have brought it to pass, that you have turned fortified cities into piles of stone.
- English Standard Version (ESV)"'Have you not heard that I determined it long ago? I planned from days of old what now I bring to pass, that you should make fortified cities crash into heaps of ruins,
- New King James Version (NKJV)“Did you not hear long ago How I made it, From ancient times that I formed it? Now I have brought it to pass, That you should be For crushing fortified cities into heaps of ruins.
Context of Isaiah 37:26
24By thy servants hast thou reproached the Lord, and hast said, By the multitude of my chariots have I come up to the height of the mountains, to the sides of Lebanon; and I will cut down its tall cedars, and its choice fir trees: and I will enter into the height of its border, and the forest of his Carmel. 25I have dug, and drunk water; and with the sole of my feet have I dried up all the rivers of the besieged places. Hast thou not heard long ago, how I have done it; and of ancient times, that I have formed it? now have I brought it to pass, that thou shouldest be to lay waste fortified cities into ruinous heaps. 27Therefore their inhabitants were of small power, they were dismayed and confounded: they were as the grass of the field, and as the green herb, as the grass on the housetops, and as grain blighted before it is grown up. 28But I know thy abode, and thy going out, and thy coming in, and thy rage against me.
Read all of Isaiah 37Isaiah 37:26 word by word
הֲלֽוֹא־שָׁמַ֤עְתָּ לְמֵֽרָחוֹק֙ אוֹתָ֣הּ עָשִׂ֔יתִי מִ֥ימֵי קֶ֖דֶם וִיצַרְתִּ֑יהָ עַתָּ֣ה הֲבֵאתִ֔יהָ וּתְהִ֗י לְהַשְׁא֛וֹת גַּלִּ֥ים נִצִּ֖ים עָרִ֥ים בְּצֻרֽוֹת׃Read the interlinear
- heardשָׁמַעshâma‛ · to hear: hearH8085
- agoרָחֹקrâchôq râchôq · distantH7350
- doneעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to make: doH6213
- ancientקֶ֫דֶםqedem qêdmâh · front: oldH6924
- timesיוֹםyôm · dayH3117
- formedיָצַרyâtsar · to form: planH3335
- broughtבּוֹאbô' · to come (in): comeH935
- wasteשָׁאָהshâ'âh · to crashH7582
- fortifiedבָּצַרbâtsar · to gather/restrain/fortifyH1219
- citiesעִיר‛îyr ‛âr ‛âyar · cityH5892
- ruinousנָצָהnâtsâh · to desolateH5327
- heapsגַּלgal · heapH1530
Cross-references for Isaiah 37:26
- Isaiah 10:5O Assyrian, the rod of my anger, and the staff in their hand is my indignation.
- Isaiah 45:7I form the light, and create darkness: I make peace, and create evil: I the LORD do all these things .
- Isaiah 46:10Declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times the things that are not yet done, saying, My counsel shall stand, and I will do all my pleasure:
- Genesis 50:20But as for you, ye thought evil against me; but God meant it for good, to bring to pass, as it is this day, to save many people alive.
- Psalms 17:13Arise, O LORD, disappoint him, cast him down: deliver my soul from the wicked, who is thy sword:
- Psalms 76:10Surely the wrath of man shall praise thee: the remainder of wrath shalt thou restrain.
- 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 ?
- Acts 2:23Him, being delivered by the determinate counsel and foreknowledge of God, ye have taken, and by wicked hands have crucified and slain:
- Acts 4:27For in truth against thy holy child Jesus, whom thou hast anointed, both Herod, and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles, and the people of Israel, were gathered together,
- 1 Peter 2:8And a stone of stumbling, and a rock of offence, even to them who stumble at the word, being disobedient: to this also they were appointed.
- Jude 1:4For certain men have crept in unawares, who were before of old ordained to this condemnation, ungodly men, turning the grace of our God into lasciviousness, and denying the only Lord God, and our Lord Jesus Christ.
Commentaries on Isaiah 37:26
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 26Lay waste defended cities into ruinous heaps "Lay waste warlike nations; strong fenced cities" - נצים גלים gallim nitstsim . It is not easy to give a satisfactory account of these two words, which have greatly embarrassed all the interpreters, ancient and modern. For גלים gallim I read גוים goyim, as the Septuagint do in this place, . The word נצים netsim the Vulgate renders in this place compugnantium; in the parallel place, 2 Kings 19:25, pugnantium…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 26Hast thou not heard - This is evidently the language of God addressed to Sennacherib. It is designed to state to him that he was under his control; that this was the reason Isaiah 37:27 why the inhabitants of the nations had been unable to resist him; that he was entirely in his hands Isaiah 37:28; and that lie would control him as he pleased Isaiah 37:29. Long ago how I have done it - You boast that all this is by your own counsel and power. Yet I have…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 26I planned … that you should crush … into piles of rubble: Assyria was God's agent of destruction, but the Assyrians did not understand they were just a tool in God's hand (see Isaiah 10), carrying out what God had planned long ago (Isaiah 14:24–27).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2626. Reply of God to Sennacherib. long ago--join, rather, with "I have done it." Thou dost boast that it is all by thy counsel and might: but it is I who, long ago, have ordered it so (Is 22:11); thou wert but the instrument in My hands (Is 10:5, 15). This was the reason why "the inhabitants were of small power before thee" (Is 37:27), namely, that I ordered it so; yet thou art in My hands, and I know thy ways (Is 37:28), and I will check thee (Is 37:29)…Read the comment
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- 1. Isaiah 37:26 Hast...: or, Hast thou not heard how I have made it long ago, and formed it of ancient times? should I now bring it to be laid waste, and defenced cities to be ruinous heaps? ↩
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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