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And will you be delivered?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/isaiah/37.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />You know perfectly well what the kings of Assyria have done wherever they have gone. They have completely destroyed everyone who stood in their way! Why should you be any different?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/isaiah/37.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />Behold, you have heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all lands, devoting them to destruction. And shall you be delivered?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/isaiah/37.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />Surely you have heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all the other countries, devoting them to destruction. Will you then be spared?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/isaiah/37.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />Behold, thou hast heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all lands by destroying them utterly; and shalt thou be delivered?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/isaiah/37.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />Look! You have heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all lands by utterly destroying them; and shall you be delivered?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/isaiah/37.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />Behold, you yourself have heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all the lands, destroying them completely. So will you be saved?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/isaiah/37.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8216Behold, you have heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all the lands, destroying them completely. So will you be spared?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/isaiah/37.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />‘Behold, you have heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all the lands, destroying them completely. So will you be spared?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/isaiah/37.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />Behold, you have heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all the lands, devoting them to destruction. So will you be delivered?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/isaiah/37.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />Listen carefully, you have heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all lands, utterly destroying them. So will you be rescued?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/isaiah/37.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Look, you have heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all the countries: they completely destroyed them. Will you be rescued?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/isaiah/37.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Look, you have heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all the countries: they completely destroyed them. Will you be rescued? <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/isaiah/37.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />Behold, thou hast heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all lands, by destroying them utterly: and shalt thou be delivered?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/isaiah/37.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />You have heard how we Assyrian kings have completely wiped out other nations. What makes you feel so safe? <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/isaiah/37.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />Behold, thou hast heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all lands, by destroying them utterly: and shalt thou be delivered?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/isaiah/37.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />You heard what the kings of Assyria did to all countries, how they totally destroyed them. Will you be rescued?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/isaiah/37.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />You have heard what an Assyrian emperor does to any country he decides to destroy. Do you think that you can escape? <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/isaiah/37.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />Surely you have heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all countries, dooming them to destruction. So do you think you will be saved? <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/isaiah/37.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />Surely you have heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all the other countries, devoting them to destruction. Will you then be spared?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/isaiah/37.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />Certainly you have heard how the kings of Assyria have annihilated all lands. Do you really think you will be rescued?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/isaiah/37.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />Look, you have heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all lands, by destroying them utterly. Shall you be delivered?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/isaiah/37.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />Behold, thou hast heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all lands by destroying them utterly; and shalt thou be delivered?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/isaiah/37.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />Behold, you have heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all lands, by destroying them utterly. Shall you be delivered? <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/isaiah/37.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />Behold, you have heard that which the kings of Asshur have done to all the lands—to devote them—and you are delivered!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/isaiah/37.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> Lo, thou hast heard that which the kings of Asshur have done to all the lands -- to devote them -- and thou art delivered!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/isaiah/37.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />Behold, thou heardest what the kings of Assur did to all the lands to destroy them; and shalt thou be delivered?<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/isaiah/37.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />Behold thou hast heard all that the kings of the Assyrians hare done to all countries which they have destroyed, and canst thou be delivered? <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/isaiah/37.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />Behold, you have heard about all that the kings of the Assyrians have done to all the lands that they have conquered, and so, how can you be delivered?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/isaiah/37.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />You, certainly, have heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all the lands: they put them under the ban! And are you to be delivered?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/isaiah/37.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />See, you have heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all lands, destroying them utterly. Shall you be delivered?<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/isaiah/37.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />Behold, you have heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all lands by destroying them utterly; and shall you be delivered?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/isaiah/37.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />Behold you have heard all that the Kings of Assyria have done to all lands, killing them by sword, and are you delivered?<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/isaiah/37.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />Behold, thou hast heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all lands, by destroying them utterly; and shalt thou be delivered?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/isaiah/37.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />Hast thou not heard what the kings of the Assyrians have done, how they have destroyed the whole earth? and shalt thou be delivered?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/isaiah/37-11.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Xv9bHT-nr9s?start=7784" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/isaiah/37.htm">Sennacherib's Blasphemous Letter</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">10</span>“Give this message to Hezekiah king of Judah: ‘Do not let your God, in whom you trust, deceive you by saying that Jerusalem will not be delivered into the hand of the king of Assyria. <span class="reftext">11</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/2009.htm" title="2009: hin·nêh (Interjection) -- Lo! behold! Prolongation for hen; lo!">Surely</a> <a href="/hebrew/859.htm" title="859: ’at·tāh (Pro-2ms) -- You (masc. sing.). ">you</a> <a href="/hebrew/8085.htm" title="8085: šā·ma‘·tā (V-Qal-Perf-2ms) -- To hear. A primitive root; to hear intelligently.">have heard</a> <a href="/hebrew/834.htm" title="834: ’ă·šer (Pro-r) -- Who, which, that. A primitive relative pronoun; who, which, what, that; also when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.">what</a> <a href="/hebrew/4428.htm" title="4428: mal·ḵê (N-mpc) -- King. From malak; a king.">the kings</a> <a href="/hebrew/804.htm" title="804: ’aš·šūr (N-proper-fs) -- Ashshur, the second son of Shem; also his descendants and the country occupied by them, its region and its empire.">of Assyria</a> <a href="/hebrew/6213.htm" title="6213: ‘ā·śū (V-Qal-Perf-3cp) -- To do, make. A primitive root; to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application.">have done</a> <a href="/hebrew/3605.htm" title="3605: lə·ḵāl (Prep-l:: N-msc) -- The whole, all. Or kowl; from kalal; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every.">to all the other</a> <a href="/hebrew/776.htm" title="776: hā·’ă·rā·ṣō·wṯ (Art:: N-fp) -- Earth, land. From an unused root probably meaning to be firm; the earth.">countries,</a> <a href="/hebrew/2763.htm" title="2763: lə·ha·ḥă·rî·mām (Prep-l:: V-Hifil-Inf:: 3mp) -- A primitive root; to seclude; specifically to devote to religious uses; physical and reflexive, to be blunt as to the nose.">devoting them to destruction.</a> <a href="/hebrew/859.htm" title="859: wə·’at·tāh (Conj-w:: Pro-2ms) -- You (masc. sing.). ">Will you then</a> <a href="/hebrew/5337.htm" title="5337: tin·nā·ṣêl (V-Nifal-Imperf-2ms) -- To strip, plunder, deliver oneself, be delivered, snatch away, deliver. ">be spared?</a> </span><span class="reftext">12</span>Did the gods of the nations destroyed by my fathers rescue those nations—the gods of Gozan, Haran, and Rezeph, and of the people of Eden in Telassar?…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/19-11.htm">2 Kings 19:11</a></span><br />Surely you have heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all the other countries, devoting them to destruction. Will you then be spared?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_chronicles/32-13.htm">2 Chronicles 32:13-15</a></span><br />Do you not know what I and my fathers have done to all the peoples of the lands? Have the gods of these nations ever been able to deliver their land from my hand? / Who among all the gods of these nations that my fathers devoted to destruction has been able to deliver his people from my hand? How then can your God deliver you from my hand? / So now, do not let Hezekiah deceive you, and do not let him mislead you like this. Do not believe him, for no god of any nation or kingdom has been able to deliver his people from my hand or from the hand of my fathers. How much less will your God deliver you from my hand!”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/36-18.htm">Isaiah 36:18-20</a></span><br />Do not let Hezekiah mislead you when he says, ‘The LORD will deliver us.’ Has the god of any nation ever delivered his land from the hand of the king of Assyria? / Where are the gods of Hamath and Arpad? Where are the gods of Sepharvaim? Have they delivered Samaria from my hand? / Who among all the gods of these lands has delivered his land from my hand? How then can the LORD deliver Jerusalem from my hand?”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/18-33.htm">2 Kings 18:33-35</a></span><br />Has the god of any nation ever delivered his land from the hand of the king of Assyria? / Where are the gods of Hamath and Arpad? Where are the gods of Sepharvaim, Hena, and Ivvah? Have they delivered Samaria from my hand? / Who among all the gods of these lands has delivered his land from my hand? How then can the LORD deliver Jerusalem from my hand?”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/19-17.htm">2 Kings 19:17-19</a></span><br />Truly, O LORD, the kings of Assyria have laid waste these nations and their lands. / They have cast their gods into the fire and destroyed them, for they were not gods, but only wood and stone—the work of human hands. / And now, O LORD our God, please save us from his hand, so that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that You alone, O LORD, are God.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_chronicles/32-17.htm">2 Chronicles 32:17-19</a></span><br />He also wrote letters mocking the LORD, the God of Israel, and saying against Him: “Just as the gods of the nations did not deliver their people from my hand, so the God of Hezekiah will not deliver His people from my hand.” / Then the Assyrians called out loudly in Hebrew to the people of Jerusalem who were on the wall, to frighten and terrify them in order to capture the city. / They spoke against the God of Jerusalem as they had spoken against the gods of the peoples of the earth—the work of human hands.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/37-7.htm">Jeremiah 37:7-10</a></span><br />“This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says that you are to tell the king of Judah, who sent you to Me: Behold, Pharaoh’s army, which has marched out to help you, will go back to its own land of Egypt. / Then the Chaldeans will return and fight against this city. They will capture it and burn it down. / This is what the LORD says: Do not deceive yourselves by saying, ‘The Chaldeans will go away for good,’ for they will not! ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/50-18.htm">Jeremiah 50:18</a></span><br />Therefore this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: “I will punish the king of Babylon and his land as I punished the king of Assyria.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/nahum/1-9.htm">Nahum 1:9-11</a></span><br />Whatever you plot against the LORD, He will bring to an end. Affliction will not rise up a second time. / For they will be entangled as with thorns and consumed like the drink of a drunkard—like stubble that is fully dry. / From you, O Nineveh, comes forth a plotter of evil against the LORD, a counselor of wickedness.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/31-3.htm">Ezekiel 31:3-14</a></span><br />Look at Assyria, a cedar in Lebanon, with beautiful branches that shaded the forest. It towered on high; its top was among the clouds. / The waters made it grow; the deep springs made it tall, directing their streams all around its base and sending their channels to all the trees of the field. / Therefore it towered higher than all the trees of the field. Its branches multiplied, and its boughs grew long as it spread them out because of the abundant waters. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/daniel/3-15.htm">Daniel 3:15</a></span><br />Now when you hear the sound of the horn, flute, zither, lyre, harp, pipes, and all kinds of music, if you are ready to fall down and worship the statue I have made, very good. But if you refuse to worship, you will be thrown at once into the blazing fiery furnace. Then what god will be able to deliver you from my hands?”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/daniel/6-16.htm">Daniel 6:16-20</a></span><br />So the king gave the order, and they brought Daniel and threw him into the den of lions. The king said to Daniel, “May your God, whom you serve continually, deliver you!” / A stone was brought and placed over the mouth of the den, and the king sealed it with his own signet ring and with the rings of his nobles, so that nothing concerning Daniel could be changed. / Then the king went to his palace and spent the night fasting. No entertainment was brought before him, and sleep fled from him. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/24-24.htm">Matthew 24:24</a></span><br />For false Christs and false prophets will appear and perform great signs and wonders to deceive even the elect, if that were possible.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/mark/13-22.htm">Mark 13:22</a></span><br />For false Christs and false prophets will appear and perform signs and wonders to deceive even the elect, if that were possible.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/21-8.htm">Luke 21:8</a></span><br />Jesus answered, “See to it that you are not deceived. For many will come in My name, claiming, ‘I am He,’ and, ‘The time is near.’ Do not follow them.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">Behold, you have heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all lands by destroying them utterly; and shall you be delivered?</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/37-18.htm">Isaiah 37:18,19</a></b></br> Of a truth, LORD, the kings of Assyria have laid waste all the nations, and their countries, … </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/10-7.htm">Isaiah 10:7-14</a></b></br> Howbeit he meaneth not so, neither doth his heart think so; but <i>it is</i> in his heart to destroy and cut off nations not a few… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/14-17.htm">Isaiah 14:17</a></b></br> <i>That</i> made the world as a wilderness, and destroyed the cities thereof; <i>that</i> opened not the house of his prisoners?</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/isaiah/37-6.htm">Asshur</a> <a href="/isaiah/37-10.htm">Assyria</a> <a href="/isaiah/32-19.htm">Completely</a> <a href="/isaiah/36-20.htm">Countries</a> <a href="/isaiah/34-5.htm">Curse</a> <a href="/isaiah/37-10.htm">Delivered</a> <a href="/isaiah/33-1.htm">Destroying</a> <a href="/job/11-13.htm">Devote</a> <a href="/proverbs/23-18.htm">Doubt</a> <a href="/isaiah/37-8.htm">Ears</a> <a href="/isaiah/23-5.htm">Fate</a> <a href="/isaiah/37-9.htm">Heard</a> <a href="/isaiah/36-21.htm">Kept</a> <a href="/isaiah/24-21.htm">Kings</a> <a href="/isaiah/36-20.htm">Lands</a> <a href="/isaiah/30-12.htm">Putting</a> <a href="/isaiah/36-18.htm">Safe</a> <a href="/psalms/78-50.htm">Spared</a> <a href="/ecclesiastes/1-8.htm">Story</a> <a href="/isaiah/36-15.htm">Surely</a> <a href="/isaiah/34-2.htm">Utterly</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/isaiah/37-18.htm">Asshur</a> <a href="/isaiah/37-18.htm">Assyria</a> <a href="/isaiah/60-12.htm">Completely</a> <a href="/isaiah/37-18.htm">Countries</a> <a href="/isaiah/43-28.htm">Curse</a> <a href="/isaiah/37-12.htm">Delivered</a> <a href="/isaiah/49-17.htm">Destroying</a> <a href="/jeremiah/50-26.htm">Devote</a> <a href="/matthew/14-31.htm">Doubt</a> <a href="/isaiah/37-26.htm">Ears</a> <a href="/isaiah/53-8.htm">Fate</a> <a href="/isaiah/37-26.htm">Heard</a> <a href="/isaiah/37-32.htm">Kept</a> <a href="/isaiah/37-18.htm">Kings</a> <a href="/isaiah/37-25.htm">Lands</a> <a href="/isaiah/49-8.htm">Putting</a> <a href="/isaiah/37-12.htm">Safe</a> <a href="/isaiah/57-1.htm">Spared</a> <a href="/isaiah/38-19.htm">Story</a> <a href="/isaiah/38-17.htm">Surely</a> <a href="/isaiah/40-30.htm">Utterly</a><div class="vheading2">Isaiah 37</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/isaiah/37-1.htm">Hezekiah mourning, sends to Isaiah to pray for them</a></span><br><span class="reftext">6. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/isaiah/37-6.htm">Isaiah comforts them</a></span><br><span class="reftext">8. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/isaiah/37-8.htm">Sennacherib, going to encounter Tirhakah, sends a blasphemous letter to Hezekiah</a></span><br><span class="reftext">14. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/isaiah/37-14.htm">Hezekiah's prayer</a></span><br><span class="reftext">21. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/isaiah/37-21.htm">Isaiah's prophecy of the destruction of Sennacherib, and the good of Zion</a></span><br><span class="reftext">36. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/isaiah/37-36.htm">An angel slays the Assyrians</a></span><br><span class="reftext">37. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/isaiah/37-37.htm">Sennacherib is slain at Nineveh by his own sons.</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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The kings of Assyria, such as Tiglath-Pileser III, Shalmaneser V, Sargon II, and Sennacherib, expanded their territory through aggressive campaigns. Historical records and archaeological findings, such as the annals of Sennacherib, confirm the widespread destruction and subjugation of nations. This phrase highlights the fear and intimidation tactics used by Assyria, which were well-known throughout the ancient Near East. The Assyrians often employed psychological warfare, spreading tales of their victories to demoralize their enemies.<p><b>devoting them to destruction</b><br>The phrase "devoting them to destruction" reflects the Assyrian practice of total warfare, where conquered cities were often completely destroyed, and their inhabitants killed or exiled. This concept is reminiscent of the Hebrew term "herem," used in the context of the Israelites' conquest of Canaan, where certain cities were devoted to destruction as an offering to God (e.g., Jericho in <a href="/joshua/6.htm">Joshua 6</a>). The Assyrians, however, did this for their own glory and power, contrasting with the divine mandate given to Israel. This phrase underscores the severity of Assyrian conquests and the threat they posed to Judah.<p><b>Will you then be spared?</b><br>This rhetorical question is a direct challenge to the faith and resolve of the people of Judah. It implies that, given the Assyrians' track record, Judah's survival seems unlikely. However, this sets the stage for a demonstration of God's power and faithfulness, as Hezekiah's prayer and Isaiah's prophecy lead to divine intervention (<a href="/isaiah/37-36.htm">Isaiah 37:36-38</a>). This question also serves as a test of faith, urging the people to trust in God rather than fear human power. It echoes the biblical theme that true deliverance comes from reliance on God, not on human strength or alliances, as seen in other scriptures like <a href="/psalms/20-7.htm">Psalm 20:7</a> and <a href="/2_chronicles/20-15.htm">2 Chronicles 20:15</a>.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/h/hezekiah.htm">Hezekiah</a></b><br>The King of Judah during the time of the Assyrian threat. He is known for his faithfulness to God and his efforts to reform the religious practices of Judah.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/s/sennacherib.htm">Sennacherib</a></b><br>The King of Assyria, known for his military campaigns and conquests. He is the antagonist in this account, threatening Jerusalem and King Hezekiah.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/a/assyria.htm">Assyria</a></b><br>A powerful empire known for its military might and conquests. It was a significant threat to the smaller kingdoms of the ancient Near East, including Judah.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/j/jerusalem.htm">Jerusalem</a></b><br>The capital city of Judah, which was under threat from the Assyrian army. It is a central location in the account of <a href="/bsb/isaiah/37.htm">Isaiah 37</a>.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/p/prophet_isaiah.htm">Prophet Isaiah</a></b><br>A major prophet in the Old Testament who served as a spiritual advisor to King Hezekiah. He played a crucial role in encouraging Hezekiah to trust in God.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/trust_in_god's_sovereignty.htm">Trust in God's Sovereignty</a></b><br>Despite overwhelming odds, Hezekiah's account teaches us to trust in God's power and sovereignty over all nations and circumstances.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_power_of_prayer.htm">The Power of Prayer</a></b><br>Hezekiah's response to the Assyrian threat was to seek God in prayer, demonstrating the importance of turning to God in times of crisis.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_faithfulness.htm">God's Faithfulness</a></b><br>The deliverance of Jerusalem is a testament to God's faithfulness to His promises and His people.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_futility_of_human_arrogance.htm">The Futility of Human Arrogance</a></b><br>Sennacherib's arrogance and eventual downfall remind us that human pride is ultimately futile against God's plans.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/e/encouragement_in_trials.htm">Encouragement in Trials</a></b><br>Just as God delivered Jerusalem, believers can find encouragement that God is present and active in their own trials.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_isaiah_37.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Isaiah 37</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_does_judah_harvest_post-siege.htm">In Isaiah 37:30-32, how can a devastated Judah produce such an abundant harvest within a single season after the Assyrian siege?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/isaiah_3_25-26__align_with_judah's_history.htm">Isaiah 3:25-26: How do the predicted devastations align (or conflict) with known historical or archaeological data on warfare and destruction in ancient Judah?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/is_there_evidence_of_isaiah's_land_ruin.htm">Isaiah 1:7 describes a land devoured by foreigners; is there historical or archaeological evidence confirming such devastation at the time of Isaiah?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_are_syria_and_aram_linked_biblically.htm">What is Assyria's role in the Bible?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/isaiah/37.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 11.</span> <span class="cmt_word">- Thou hast heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all lands</span> (compare the Assyrian inscriptions, <span class="accented">passim</span>). Tiglath-Pileser I. calls himself " the conquering hero, the terror of whose name has overwhelmed <span class="accented">all regions"</span> ('Records of the Past,' vol. 5. p. 8); Asshur-izir-pal, "the king who subdued <span class="accented">all the races of men"</span> (ibid., ch. 7. p. 11); Shalmaneser II., "the marcher over <span class="accented">the whole world"</span> (ibid., vol. 5. p. 29); Shamas-Vul, "the trampler on the <span class="accented">world"</span> (ibid., vol. 1:12). Sargon says that "the gods had granted him the exercise of his sovereignty over <span class="accented">all</span> kings" (ibid., ch. 9. p. 4), and that he "<span class="accented">reigned</span> from the two beginnings to the two ends of the four celestial points" (ibid., ch. 11. p. 33), <span class="accented">i.e.</span> from the furthest north to the furthest south, and from the extreme cast to the extreme west. Sennacherib himself says, "<span class="accented">Aashur</span>, father of the gods, among all kings firmly has raised me, and <span class="accented">over all that dwell in the countries</span> he caused to increase my weapons" (ibid., ch. 11. p. 49). From first to last, in their inscriptions, the monarchs claim a universal dominion. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/isaiah/37-11.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">Surely</span><br /><span class="heb">הִנֵּ֣ה ׀</span> <span class="translit">(hin·nêh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Interjection<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2009.htm">Strong's 2009: </a> </span><span class="str2">Lo! behold!</span><br /><br /><span class="word">you</span><br /><span class="heb">אַתָּ֣ה</span> <span class="translit">(’at·tāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Pronoun - second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_859.htm">Strong's 859: </a> </span><span class="str2">Thou and thee, ye and you</span><br /><br /><span class="word">have heard</span><br /><span class="heb">שָׁמַ֗עְתָּ</span> <span class="translit">(šā·ma‘·tā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8085.htm">Strong's 8085: </a> </span><span class="str2">To hear intelligently</span><br /><br /><span class="word">what</span><br /><span class="heb">אֲשֶׁ֨ר</span> <span class="translit">(’ă·šer)</span><br /><span class="parse">Pronoun - relative<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_834.htm">Strong's 834: </a> </span><span class="str2">Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the kings</span><br /><span class="heb">מַלְכֵ֥י</span> <span class="translit">(mal·ḵê)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4428.htm">Strong's 4428: </a> </span><span class="str2">A king</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of Assyria</span><br /><span class="heb">אַשּׁ֛וּר</span> <span class="translit">(’aš·šūr)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_804.htm">Strong's 804: </a> </span><span class="str2">Ashshur</span><br /><br /><span class="word">have done</span><br /><span class="heb">עָשׂ֜וּ</span> <span class="translit">(‘ā·śū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6213.htm">Strong's 6213: </a> </span><span class="str2">To do, make</span><br /><br /><span class="word">to all [the other]</span><br /><span class="heb">לְכָל־</span> <span class="translit">(lə·ḵāl)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3605.htm">Strong's 3605: </a> </span><span class="str2">The whole, all, any, every</span><br /><br /><span class="word">countries,</span><br /><span class="heb">הָאֲרָצ֖וֹת</span> <span class="translit">(hā·’ă·rā·ṣō·wṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - feminine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_776.htm">Strong's 776: </a> </span><span class="str2">Earth, land</span><br /><br /><span class="word">destroying them completely.</span><br /><span class="heb">לְהַחֲרִימָ֑ם</span> <span class="translit">(lə·ha·ḥă·rî·mām)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l | Verb - Hifil - Infinitive construct | third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2763.htm">Strong's 2763: </a> </span><span class="str2">To seclude, to devote to religious uses, to be blunt as to the nose</span><br /><br /><span class="word">Will you then</span><br /><span class="heb">וְאַתָּ֖ה</span> <span class="translit">(wə·’at·tāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Pronoun - second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_859.htm">Strong's 859: </a> </span><span class="str2">Thou and thee, ye and you</span><br /><br /><span class="word">be spared?</span><br /><span class="heb">תִּנָּצֵֽל׃</span> <span class="translit">(tin·nā·ṣêl)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5337.htm">Strong's 5337: </a> </span><span class="str2">To strip, plunder, deliver oneself, be delivered, snatch away, deliver</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/isaiah/37-11.htm">Isaiah 37:11 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/isaiah/37-11.htm">Isaiah 37:11 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/isaiah/37-11.htm">Isaiah 37:11 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/isaiah/37-11.htm">Isaiah 37:11 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/isaiah/37-11.htm">Isaiah 37:11 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/isaiah/37-11.htm">Isaiah 37:11 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/isaiah/37-11.htm">Isaiah 37:11 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/isaiah/37-11.htm">Isaiah 37:11 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/isaiah/37-11.htm">Isaiah 37:11 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/isaiah/37-11.htm">Isaiah 37:11 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/isaiah/37-11.htm">OT Prophets: Isaiah 37:11 Behold you have heard what the kings (Isa Isi Is)</a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/isaiah/37-10.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Isaiah 37:10"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Isaiah 37:10" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/isaiah/37-12.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Isaiah 37:12"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Isaiah 37:12" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>