Isaiah 37:1
Verse 1 of 38. The 37th of 66 chapters in Isaiah, in The Major Prophets.
1And it came to pass, when king Hezekiah heard it, that he rent his clothes, and covered himself with sackcloth, and went into the house of the Lord.
2And he sent Eliakim, who was over the household, and Shebna the scribe, and the elders of the priests covered with sackcloth, unto Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz.
3And they said unto him, Thus saith Hezekiah, This day is a day of trouble, and of rebuke, and of blasphemy: for the children are come to the birth, and there is not strength to bring forth.
4It may be the Lord thy God will hear the words of Rabshakeh, whom the king of Assyria his master hath sent to reproach the living God, and will reprove the words which the Lord thy God hath heard: wherefore lift up thy prayer for the remnant that is left.
5So the servants of king Hezekiah came to Isaiah.
Isaiah 37:1 in the World English Bible
When King Hezekiah heard it, he tore his clothes, covered himself with sackcloth, and went into the LORD’s house.Read Isaiah 37:1 in the WEB
Matthew Henry on Isaiah 37:1
We may observe here, 1. That the best way to baffle the malicious designs of our enemies against us is to be driven by them to God and to our duty and so to fetch meat out of the eater. Rabshakeh intended to frighten Hezekiah from the Lord, but it proves that he frightens him to the Lord. The wind, instead of forcing the traveller's coat from him, makes him wrap it the closer about him.
Read Matthew Henry on Isaiah 37:1–7: Hezekiah's Message to Isaiah. (b. c. 710.)
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