Isaiah 36
Overview
36:1 Sennacherib invades Judah;
36:2 Rabshakeh, sent by Sennacherib, by blasphemous persuasions solicits the people to revolt;
36:22 His words are told to Hezekiah. Verse 1 it came 2 Kings 18:13, 18:17; 2 Chronicles 32:1 that Sennacherib Isaiah 1:7, 1:8, 7:17, 8:7, 8:8, 10:28-32, 33:7, 33:8 Reciprocal 2 Chronicles 12:4 - the fenced; 32:32 - in the vision; Nehemiah 9:32 - since the time; Isaiah 19:17 - the land; 22:8 - he discovered; 42:22 - a people; 52:4 - the Assyrian; Jeremiah 50:17 - first; Hosea 1:7 - I will; Matthew 1:9 - Ezekias Verse 2 am sent 2 Kings 18:17-37; 2 Chronicles 32:9-23 the conduit Isaiah 7:3, 22:9-11 Reciprocal 2 Samuel 20:13 - the highway; 1 Kings 20:2 - General Verse 3 Eliakim Isaiah 22:15-20 Shebna 2 Samuel 8:16, 8:17, 20:24, 20:25 scribeor, secretaryReciprocal 2 Kings 18:18 - Eliakim; Isaiah 22:20 - Eliakim; 33:7 - the ambassadors; 36:22 - Eliakim; 37:2 - General Verse 4 Thus saith Isaiah 10:8-14, 37:11-15; Proverbs 16:18; Ezekiel 31:3-18; Daniel 4:30; Acts 12:22, 12:23; Jude 1:16 AssyriaAssyria proper, now Kourdistan, was bounded by Armenia on the north, Media and Persia on the east, Babylonia on the south, and the Tigris, which divides it from Mesopotamia, on the west, between 33 degrees and 38 degrees n lat. and 42 degrees and 46 degrees e long. But the Assyrian empire, the bounds of which were different at different times, in its most flourishing state, according to the descriptions of the Greek and Roman writers, comprehended all the countries and nations between the Mediterranean on the west, and the Indus on the east, and between the deserts of Scythia on the north, and the Indian ocean on the south.What 2 Kings 18:5, 18:19-37, 19:10; 2 Chronicles 32:7-10, 32:14-16; Psalm 42:3, 42:10, 71:10, 71:11 Reciprocal 2 Chronicles 32:10 - Thus saith; Isaiah 36:13 - Hear; 37:10 - Let not; 37:29 - rage; Jeremiah 48:14 - How; Ezekiel 29:16 - the confidence; 31:5 - his height; 31:8 - nor any; 2 Corinthians 5:6 - we are always Verse 5 vain wordsHeb. a word of lips. I have counsel and strength for war. or, but counsel and strength are for the war. Proverbs 21:30, 21:31, 24:5, 24:6 that 2 Kings 18:7, 24:1; Nehemiah 2:19, 2:20; Jeremiah 52:3; Ezekiel 17:15 Reciprocal Jeremiah 48:14 - How Verse 6 Isaiah 20:5, 20:6, 30:1-7, 31:3; 2 Kings 17:4, 18:21; Jeremiah 37:5-8; Ezekiel 29:6, 29:7 Reciprocal 2 Kings 18:24 - thy trust; Psalm 118:9 - than to put; Proverbs 25:19 - General; Song of Songs 8:5 - leaning; Isaiah 30:2 - walk; 31:1 - to them; 36:9 - and put; Jeremiah 17:5 - Cursed; Ezekiel 17:15 - in; 17:17 - shall Verse 7 We trust 2 Kings 18:5, 18:22; 1 Chronicles 5:20; 2 Chronicles 16:7-9, 32:7, 32:8; Psalm 22:4, 22:5, 42:5, 42:10, 42:11 is it not Deuteronomy 12:2-6, 12:13, 12:14; 2 Kings 18:4; 2 Chronicles 30:14, 31:1, 32:12; 1 Corinthians 2:15 Reciprocal 2 Kings 18:19 - What confidence; Psalm 118:9 - than to put; Isaiah 36:15 - General; 36:18 - lest Verse 8 pledgesor, hostages, 2 Kings 14:14 and I Isaiah 10:13, 10:14; 1 Samuel 17:40-43; 1 Kings 20:10, 20:18; 2 Kings 18:23; Nehemiah 4:2-5; Psalm 20:7, 20:8, 123:3, 123:4 Reciprocal Genesis 49:18 - General; Deuteronomy 17:16 - multiply horses; Judges 9:29 - Increase thine army; 1 Samuel 17:36 - seeing; 2 Kings 13:7 - fifty horsemen; Psalm 80:6 - our enemies; Isaiah 10:8 - General; Jeremiah 9:23 - neither; Hosea 14:3 - we will not Verse 9 the least Isaiah 10:8; 2 Kings 18:24 and put Isaiah 36:6, 30:16, 30:17; Deuteronomy 17:16; Proverbs 21:31; Jeremiah 2:36 Reciprocal Judges 9:29 - Increase thine army; 1 Kings 10:28 - horses brought; 2 Kings 7:6 - the kings of the Egyptians; 18:23 - I will deliver; 2 Chronicles 32:21 - the leaders; 33:11 - the captains; Isaiah 23:8 - merchants; 31:1 - stay on horses; 37:24 - By the; Jeremiah 9:23 - neither Verse 10 Isaiah 10:5-7, 37:28; 1 Kings 13:18; 2 Kings 18:25; 2 Chronicles 35:21; Amos 3:6 Reciprocal Genesis 19:13 - Lord hath; Isaiah 36:18 - lest; 37:29 - rage Verse 11 in the Syrian 2 Kings 18:26, 18:27; Ezra 4:7; Daniel 2:4 Reciprocal Nehemiah 4:5 - before the builders; Isaiah 22:20 - Eliakim; 36:22 - Eliakim Verse 12 that they may Isaiah 9:20; Leviticus 26:29; Deuteronomy 28:53-57; 2 Kings 6:25-29, 18:27; Jeremiah 19:9; Lamentations 4:9, 4:10; Ezekiel 4:16 Reciprocal 2 Kings 18:26 - in the Syrian language; 2 Chronicles 32:11 - to give over; Nehemiah 4:5 - before the builders; Psalm 80:6 - our enemies; Isaiah 3:1 - the Lord; 37:25 - with the sole Verse 13 cried 1 Samuel 17:8-11; 2 Kings 18:28-32; 2 Chronicles 32:18; Psalm 17:10-13, 73:8, 73:9, 82:6, 82:7 Hear Isaiah 36:4, 8:7, 10:8-13; Ezekiel 31:3-10; Daniel 4:37 Reciprocal Hosea 8:10 - the king Verse 14 Isaiah 37:10-13; 2 Kings 19:10-13, 19:22; 2 Chronicles 32:11, 32:13-19; Daniel 3:15-17, 6:20; 7:25; 2 Thessalonians 2:4; Revelation 13:5, 13:6 Reciprocal Psalm 25:2 - let not Verse 15 Isaiah 36:7, 37:23, 37:24; Psalm 4:2, 22:7, 22:8, 71:9-11; Matthew 27:43 Reciprocal 1 Samuel 17:36 - seeing; Isaiah 36:18 - lest; 37:10 - Let not; 37:38 - his god Verse 16 Make an agreement with me by a presentor, Seek my favour by a present, Heb. Make with me a blessing, Genesis 32:20, 33:11; 1 Samuel 25:27; 2 Samuel 8:6; 2 Kings 5:15, 18:31; 2 Corinthians 9:5 *marg.come out 1 Samuel 11:3; 2 Kings 24:12-16 eat ye 1 Kings 4:20, 4:25; Micah 4:4; Zechariah 3:10 Reciprocal Judges 3:15 - sent a present; 1 Samuel 11:1 - Make; 2 Samuel 8:2 - brought gifts; 1 Kings 10:25 - every man Verse 17 I come 2 Kings 17:6-23, 18:9-12, 24:11; Proverbs 12:10 a land of corn Exodus 3:8; Deuteronomy 8:7-9, 11:12; Job 20:17
The other copy in 2 Kings 18:32, adds here, "a land of oil olive, and of honey; that ye may live, and not die, and hearken not unto Hezekiah when he seduceth you.
Verse 18 lest Isaiah 36:7, 36:10, 36:15, 37:10; Psalm 12:4, 92:5-7 Hath Isaiah 37:12, 37:13, 37:17, 37:18; 2 Kings 18:33-35, 19:12, 19:13, 19:17, 19:18; 2 Chronicles 32:13-17; Psalm 115:2-8, 135:5, 135:6, 135:15-18; Jeremiah 10:3-5, 10:10-12; Daniel 3:15; Habakkuk 2:19, 2:20 Reciprocal 1 Samuel 17:36 - seeing; 2 Kings 18:34 - the gods; 2 Chronicles 32:8 - rested; 32:11 - to give over; 32:15 - persuade; Isaiah 10:7 - in his heart; 37:11 - General; 37:19 - And have; 37:38 - his god; 46:2 - they could; Ezekiel 25:8 - the house; 31:5 - his height; Amos 6:2 - better; Matthew 27:43 - trusted Verse 19 Hamath Numbers 34:8; 2 Samuel 8:9 ArphadThe variation of Arphad and Arpad exists only in the translation; the original being uniformly ארפד [H774]. Isaiah 10:9; Jeremiah 49:23, ArpadSepharvaimCalmet is of opinion that Sepharvaim was the capital of the Saspires, who, according to Herodotus, were the only people that inhabited between the Colchians and Medes; and probably the Sarapases, whom Strabo places in Armenia. Hiller considers the name as denoting Sephar of the Parvaim, i.e., Mount Sephar adjacent to the regions of Arabia called Parvaim. But it is more probable, as Wells and others suppose, that Sepharvaim is the Σιπφαρα, Sipphara, of Ptolemy, the Σιππαρηνων πολις, the city of the Sippareni, mentioned by Abydenus, and probably the Hipparenum of Pliny, a city of Mesopotamia, situated upon the Euphrates, near where it is divided into two arms, by one of which, it is probable, it was divided into two parts. 2 Kings 17:24 and have Isaiah 10:10, 10:11; 2 Kings 17:5-7, 18:10-12 Reciprocal 18:34 - the gods; Isaiah 37:13 - Hamath; 44:17 - Deliver me; 46:2 - they could; Jeremiah 16:20 - General; Ezekiel 31:5 - his height; Amos 6:2 - better Verse 20 that the Lord Isaiah 37:18, 37:19, 37:23-29, 45:16, 45:17; Exodus 5:2; 2 Kings 19:22-37; 2 Chronicles 32:15, 32:19; Job 15:25, 15:26, 40:9-12; Psalm 50:21, 73:9; Daniel 3:15 Reciprocal Exodus 15:9 - I will pursue; Psalm 55:19 - no changes; Isaiah 10:11 - as I have; 37:4 - to reproach; 37:10 - Let not; 37:12 - the gods; 44:17 - Deliver me; 50:2 - have I; Ezekiel 35:13 - with Verse 21 2 Kings 18:26, 18:37; Psalm 38:13-15, 39:1; Proverbs 9:7, 26:4; Amos 5:13; Matthew 7:6 Reciprocal 1 Samuel 10:27 - he held his peace; 25:12 - came; Proverbs 23:9 - Speak; Ecclesiastes 3:7 - time to keep Verse 22 Eliakim Isaiah 36:3, 36:11 with their 33:7, 37:1, 37:2; 2 Kings 5:7; Ezra 9:3; Matthew 26:65
The history of the invasion of Sennacherib, observes Bp. Lowth, and the miraculous destruction of his army, which makes the subject of so many of Isaiah's prophecies, is very properly inserted here, as affording the best light to many parts of these prophecies; and as almost necessary to introduce the prophecy in the Isaiah 37:1, being the answer of God to Hezekiah's prayer, which could not be properly understood without it. Sennacherib succeeded his father Shalmaneser on the throne of Assyria, am 3290, bc 714, and reigned only about eight years.Reciprocal Genesis 37:34 - General; 1 Samuel 25:12 - came; 2 Kings 18:18 - Eliakim; 18:37 - with their clothes rent; Proverbs 25:1 - which; Isaiah 22:20 - Eliakim; 28:19 - and it; 29:2 - I will; Jeremiah 18:13 - virgin; 36:24 - nor rent; Lamentations 2:10 - they have girded; Mark 14:63 - his