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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. <a href="/nlt/isaiah/37.htm">New Living Translation</a> “But have you not heard? I decided this long ago. Long ago I planned it, and now I am making it happen. I planned for you to crush fortified cities into heaps of rubble. <a href="/esv/isaiah/37.htm">English Standard Version</a> “‘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, <a href="/bsb/isaiah/37.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> 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 should crush fortified cities into piles of rubble. <a href="/kjv/isaiah/37.htm">King James Bible</a> 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. <a href="/nkjv/isaiah/37.htm">New King James Version</a> “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. <a href="/nasb_/isaiah/37.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> “Have you not heard? Long ago I did it, From ancient times I planned it. Now I have brought it about That you would turn fortified cities into ruined heaps. <a href="/nasb/isaiah/37.htm">NASB 1995</a> &#8220Have you not heard? Long ago I did it, From ancient times I planned it. Now I have brought it to pass, That you should turn fortified cities into ruinous heaps. <a href="/nasb77/isaiah/37.htm">NASB 1977 </a> “Have you not heard? Long ago I did it, From ancient times I planned it. Now I have brought it to pass, That you should turn fortified cities into ruinous heaps. <a href="/lsb/isaiah/37.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> Have you not heard? Long ago I did it; From days of old I formed it. Now I have brought it to pass, That you should devastate fortified cities into ruinous heaps. <a href="/amp/isaiah/37.htm">Amplified Bible</a> “Have you not heard [says the God of Israel] That I did it long ago, That I planned it in ancient times? Now I have brought it to pass, That you [king of Assyria] would [be My instrument to] turn fortified cities into ruinous heaps. <a href="/csb/isaiah/37.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> Have you not heard? I designed it long ago; I planned it in days gone by. I have now brought it to pass, and you have crushed fortified cities into piles of rubble. <a href="/hcsb/isaiah/37.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> Have you not heard? I designed it long ago; I planned it in days gone by. I have now brought it to pass, and you have crushed fortified cities into piles of rubble. <a href="/asv/isaiah/37.htm">American Standard Version</a> Hast thou not heard how I have done it long ago, and formed it of ancient times? now have I brought it to pass, that it should be thine to lay waste fortified cities into ruinous heaps. <a href="/cev/isaiah/37.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> Sennacherib, now listen to me, the LORD. I planned all of this long ago. And you don't even know that I alone am the one who decided that you would do these things. I let you make ruins of fortified cities. <a href="/erv/isaiah/37.htm">English Revised Version</a> Hast thou not heard how I have done it long ago, and formed it of ancient times? now have I brought it to pass, that thou shouldest be to lay waste fenced cities into ruinous heaps. <a href="/gwt/isaiah/37.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> " 'Haven't you heard? I did this long ago. I planned it in the distant past. Now I make it happen so that you will turn fortified cities into piles of rubble. <a href="/gnt/isaiah/37.htm">Good News Translation</a> "Have you never heard that I planned all this long ago? And now I have carried it out. I gave you the power to turn fortified cities into piles of rubble. <a href="/isv/isaiah/37.htm">International Standard Version</a> "'Didn't you hear how in the distant past I decided to do it, how I planned from days of old? Now I've made it happen— that fortified cities become devastated, besieged heaps. <a href="/msb/isaiah/37.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> 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 should crush fortified cities into piles of rubble. <a href="/net/isaiah/37.htm">NET Bible</a> Certainly you must have heard! Long ago I worked it out, in ancient times I planned it, and now I am bringing it to pass. The plan is this: Fortified cities will crash into heaps of ruins. <a href="/nheb/isaiah/37.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> Have you not heard how I have done it long ago, and formed it in ancient times? Now I have brought it to pass, that it should be yours to destroy fortified cities, turning them into ruinous heaps. <a href="/wbt/isaiah/37.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> 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 shouldst be to lay waste fortified cities into ruinous heaps. <a href="/web/isaiah/37.htm">World English Bible</a> “‘Have you not heard how I have done it long ago, and formed it in ancient times? Now I have brought it to pass, that it should be yours to destroy fortified cities, turning them into ruinous heaps. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/isaiah/37.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> Have you not heard from afar [that] I did it, "" From days of old—that I formed it? Now I have brought it in, "" And it is to make desolate, "" Ruinous heaps—fortified cities, <a href="/ylt/isaiah/37.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> Hast thou not heard from afar? -- it I did, From days of old -- that I formed it. Now, I have brought it in, And it is to make desolate, Ruinous heaps -- fenced cities, <a href="/slt/isaiah/37.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> Didst thou not hear to remoteness I did it? from days of old and I formed it? now did I bring it and thou shalt be to lay waste fortified cities into straits.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/isaiah/37.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> Hast thou not heard what I have done to him of old? from the days of old I have formed it: and now I have brought it to effect: and it hath come to pass that hills fighting together, and fenced cities should be destroyed. <a href="/cpdv/isaiah/37.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> Have you not heard what I have done to it in past times? In ancient times, I formed it. And now I have brought it forth. And it has been made so that the hills and the fortified cities would fight together, unto its destruction. <a href="/nabre/isaiah/37.htm">New American Bible</a> Have you not heard? A long time ago I prepared it, from days of old I planned it, Now I have brought it about: You are here to reduce fortified cities to heaps of ruins, <a href="/nrsvce/isaiah/37.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> “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,<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/isaiah/37.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> Have you not heard long ago, how I have done it; and of the days of old, that I have prepared it? Now I have brought it to pass, that you should be laid waste and desolate as when fortified cities are in ruin, <a href="/hpbt/isaiah/37.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> Have you not heard that from a distance I have done it and from the first days I have prepared it and now I shall bring it that you will be for a desert and for a desolation like the fortress cities?<div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/isaiah/37.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> Hast thou not heard? Long ago I made it, In ancient times I fashioned it; Now have I brought it to pass, Yea, it is done; that fortified cities Should be laid waste into ruinous heaps. <a href="/sep/isaiah/37.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> Hast thou not heard of these things which I did of old? I appointed them from ancient times; but now have I manifested my purpose of desolating nations in their strong holds, and them that dwell in strong cities. <a href="/parallel/isaiah/37-26.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Xv9bHT-nr9s?start=7947" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/isaiah/37.htm">The Fall of Sennacherib Prophesied</a> …25I have dug wells and drunk foreign waters. With the soles of my feet I have dried up all the streams of Egypt.” 26<a href="/hebrew/3808.htm" title="3808: hă·lō·w- (Adv-NegPrt) -- Not. Or lowi; or loh; a primitive particle; not; by implication, no; often used with other particles.">Have you not</a> <a href="/hebrew/8085.htm" title="8085: šā·ma‘·tā (V-Qal-Perf-2ms) -- To hear. A primitive root; to hear intelligently.">heard?</a> <a href="/hebrew/7350.htm" title="7350: lə·mê·rā·ḥō·wq (Prep-l, Prep-m:: Adj-ms) -- Or rachoq; from rachaq; remote, literally or figuratively, of place or time; specifically, precious; often used adverbially.">Long ago</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’ō·w·ṯāh (DirObjM:: 3fs) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/6213.htm" title="6213: ‘ā·śî·ṯî (V-Qal-Perf-1cs) -- To do, make. A primitive root; to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application.">I ordained it;</a> <a href="/hebrew/3117.htm" title="3117: mî·mê (Prep-m:: N-mpc) -- Day. From an unused root meaning to be hot; a day, whether literal, or figurative.">in days</a> <a href="/hebrew/6924.htm" title="6924: qe·ḏem (N-ms) -- The front, of place, time. Or qedmah; from qadam; the front, of place or time; often used adverbially.">of old</a> <a href="/hebrew/3335.htm" title="3335: wî·ṣar·tî·hā (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConjPerf-1cs:: 3fs) -- Probably identical with yatsar;); to mould into a form; especially as a potter; figuratively, to determine (i.e. Form a resolution).">I planned it.</a> <a href="/hebrew/6258.htm" title="6258: ‘at·tāh (Adv) -- Now. From eth; at this time, whether adverb, conjunction or expletive.">Now I have</a> <a href="/hebrew/935.htm" title="935: hă·ḇê·ṯî·hā (V-Hifil-Perf-1cs:: 3fs) -- To come in, come, go in, go. A primitive root; to go or come.">brought it to pass,</a> <a href="/hebrew/1961.htm" title="1961: ū·ṯə·hî (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConjImperf.Jus-2ms) -- To fall out, come to pass, become, be. A primitive root; to exist, i.e. Be or become, come to pass."></a> <a href="/hebrew/7582.htm" title="7582: lə·haš·’ō·wṯ (Prep-l:: V-Hifil-Inf) -- To make a din or crash, crash into ruins. A primitive root; to rush; by implication, to desolate.">that you should crush</a> <a href="/hebrew/1219.htm" title="1219: bə·ṣu·rō·wṯ (Adj-fp) -- To cut off, make inaccessible, enclose. A primitive root; to clip off; specifically to gather grapes; also to be isolated.">fortified</a> <a href="/hebrew/5892.htm" title="5892: ‘ā·rîm (N-fp) -- Excitement. Or par; or ayar; from uwr a city in the widest sense.">cities</a> <a href="/hebrew/1530.htm" title="1530: gal·lîm (N-mp) -- A heap, wave, billow. From galal; something rolled, i.e. A heap of stone or dung, by analogy, a spring of water.">into piles</a> <a href="/hebrew/5327.htm" title="5327: niṣ·ṣîm (V-Nifal-Prtcpl-mp) -- A primitive root; properly, to go forth, i.e. to be expelled, and desolate; causatively, to lay waste; also, to quarrel.">of rubble.</a> 27Therefore their inhabitants, devoid of power, are dismayed and ashamed. They are like plants in the field, tender green shoots, grass on the rooftops, scorched before it is grown.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/isaiah/46-10.htm">Isaiah 46:10</a> I declare the end from the beginning, and from ancient times what is still to come. I say, ‘My purpose will stand, and all My good pleasure I will accomplish.’ <a href="/isaiah/14-24.htm">Isaiah 14:24-27</a> The LORD of Hosts has sworn: “Surely, as I have planned, so will it be; as I have purposed, so will it stand. / I will break Assyria in My land; I will trample him on My mountain. His yoke will be taken off My people, and his burden removed from their shoulders.” / This is the plan devised for the whole earth, and this is the hand stretched out over all the nations. ... <a href="/isaiah/10-5.htm">Isaiah 10:5-15</a> Woe to Assyria, the rod of My anger; the staff in their hands is My wrath. / I will send him against a godless nation; I will dispatch him against a people destined for My rage, to take spoils and seize plunder, and to trample them down like clay in the streets. / But this is not his intention; this is not his plan. For it is in his heart to destroy and cut off many nations. ... <a href="/isaiah/25-1.htm">Isaiah 25:1</a> O LORD, You are my God! I will exalt You; I will praise Your name. For You have worked wonders—plans formed long ago—in perfect faithfulness. <a href="/isaiah/40-21.htm">Isaiah 40:21-23</a> Do you not know? Have you not heard? Has it not been declared to you from the beginning? Have you not understood since the foundation of the earth? / He sits enthroned above the circle of the earth; its dwellers are like grasshoppers. He stretches out the heavens like a curtain, and spreads them out like a tent to dwell in. / He brings the princes to nothing and makes the rulers of the earth meaningless. <a href="/isaiah/44-7.htm">Isaiah 44:7-8</a> Who then is like Me? Let him say so! Let him declare his case before Me, since I established an ancient people. Let him foretell the things to come, and what is to take place. / Do not tremble or fear. Have I not told you and declared it long ago? You are My witnesses! Is there any God but Me? There is no other Rock; I know not one.” <a href="/isaiah/45-21.htm">Isaiah 45:21</a> Speak up and present your case—yes, let them take counsel together. Who foretold this long ago? Who announced it from ancient times? Was it not I, the LORD? There is no other God but Me, a righteous God and Savior; there is none but Me. <a href="/isaiah/48-3.htm">Isaiah 48:3-5</a> I foretold the former things long ago; they came out of My mouth and I proclaimed them. Suddenly I acted, and they came to pass. / For I knew that you are stubborn; your neck is iron and your forehead is bronze. / Therefore I declared it to you long ago; I announced it before it came to pass, so that you could not claim, ‘My idol has done this; my carved image and molten god has ordained it.’ <a href="/jeremiah/4-28.htm">Jeremiah 4:28</a> Therefore the earth will mourn and the heavens above will grow dark. I have spoken, I have planned, and I will not relent or turn back.” <a href="/jeremiah/51-12.htm">Jeremiah 51:12</a> Raise a banner against the walls of Babylon; post the guard; station the watchmen; prepare the ambush. For the LORD has both devised and accomplished what He spoke against the people of Babylon. <a href="/ezekiel/38-17.htm">Ezekiel 38:17</a> This is what the Lord GOD says: Are you the one of whom I have spoken in former days through My servants, the prophets of Israel, who in those times prophesied for years that I would bring you against them? <a href="/acts/2-23.htm">Acts 2:23</a> He was delivered up by God’s set plan and foreknowledge, and you, by the hands of the lawless, put Him to death by nailing Him to the cross. <a href="/acts/4-27.htm">Acts 4:27-28</a> In fact, this is the very city where Herod and Pontius Pilate conspired with the Gentiles and the people of Israel against Your holy servant Jesus, whom You anointed. / They carried out what Your hand and will had decided beforehand would happen. <a href="/romans/8-28.htm">Romans 8:28</a> And we know that God works all things together for the good of those who love Him, who are called according to His purpose. <a href="/ephesians/1-11.htm">Ephesians 1:11</a> In Him we were also chosen as God’s own, having been predestined according to the plan of Him who works out everything by the counsel of His will,</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>Have you 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 you should be to lay waste defended cities into ruinous heaps.long ago, etc.<a href="/isaiah/10-5.htm">Isaiah 10:5,6,15</a> O Assyrian, the rod of mine anger, and the staff in their hand is mine indignation… <a href="/isaiah/45-7.htm">Isaiah 45:7</a> I form the light, and create darkness: I make peace, and create evil: I the LORD do all these things.<a href="/isaiah/46-10.htm">Isaiah 46:10,11</a> Declaring 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: … <div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/isaiah/25-1.htm">Ago</a> <a href="/isaiah/23-7.htm">Ancient</a> <a href="/isaiah/36-6.htm">Broken</a> <a href="/isaiah/36-1.htm">Cities</a> <a href="/isaiah/36-1.htm">Defenced</a> <a href="/isaiah/36-5.htm">Design</a> <a href="/isaiah/37-19.htm">Destroy</a> <a href="/isaiah/28-22.htm">Determined</a> <a href="/isaiah/37-11.htm">Ears</a> <a href="/isaiah/33-11.htm">Effect</a> <a href="/isaiah/37-19.htm">Fashioned</a> <a href="/isaiah/29-16.htm">Formed</a> <a href="/isaiah/36-1.htm">Fortified</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/22-8.htm">Have</a> <a href="/psalms/79-1.htm">Heaps</a> <a href="/isaiah/37-11.htm">Heard</a> <a href="/isaiah/35-7.htm">Lay</a> <a href="/isaiah/5-14.htm">Masses</a> <a href="/isaiah/26-20.htm">Past</a> <a href="/job/27-16.htm">Piles</a> <a href="/isaiah/25-1.htm">Planned</a> <a href="/isaiah/32-7.htm">Purposing</a> <a href="/isaiah/17-1.htm">Ruinous</a> <a href="/ecclesiastes/7-18.htm">Shouldest</a> <a href="/ecclesiastes/7-18.htm">Shouldst</a> <a href="/isaiah/36-2.htm">Strong</a> <a href="/isaiah/33-6.htm">Times</a> <a href="/isaiah/36-1.htm">Towns</a> <a href="/isaiah/37-17.htm">Turn</a> <a href="/isaiah/37-17.htm">Turned</a> <a href="/isaiah/30-28.htm">Turning</a> <a href="/isaiah/26-1.htm">Walls</a> <a href="/isaiah/37-18.htm">Waste</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/isaiah/44-8.htm">Ago</a> <a href="/isaiah/43-13.htm">Ancient</a> <a href="/isaiah/42-3.htm">Broken</a> <a href="/isaiah/40-9.htm">Cities</a> <a href="/jeremiah/1-18.htm">Defenced</a> <a href="/jeremiah/10-12.htm">Design</a> <a href="/isaiah/42-14.htm">Destroy</a> <a href="/jeremiah/3-5.htm">Determined</a> <a href="/isaiah/37-29.htm">Ears</a> <a href="/isaiah/44-26.htm">Effect</a> <a href="/isaiah/44-10.htm">Fashioned</a> <a href="/isaiah/43-1.htm">Formed</a> <a href="/jeremiah/1-18.htm">Fortified</a> <a href="/matthew/18-29.htm">Have</a> <a href="/jeremiah/9-11.htm">Heaps</a> <a href="/isaiah/38-5.htm">Heard</a> <a href="/isaiah/38-21.htm">Lay</a> <a href="/hosea/12-11.htm">Masses</a> <a href="/isaiah/40-28.htm">Past</a> <a href="/daniel/2-5.htm">Piles</a> <a href="/isaiah/46-11.htm">Planned</a> <a href="/daniel/8-24.htm">Purposing</a> <a href="/2_kings/19-25.htm">Ruinous</a> <a href="/isaiah/44-21.htm">Shouldest</a> <a href="/isaiah/48-5.htm">Shouldst</a> <a href="/isaiah/39-1.htm">Strong</a> <a href="/isaiah/41-26.htm">Times</a> <a href="/isaiah/42-11.htm">Towns</a> <a href="/isaiah/37-29.htm">Turn</a> <a href="/isaiah/38-2.htm">Turned</a> <a href="/isaiah/38-2.htm">Turning</a> <a href="/isaiah/49-16.htm">Walls</a> <a href="/isaiah/37-27.htm">Waste</a><div class="vheading2">Isaiah 37</div>1. <a href="/isaiah/37-1.htm">Hezekiah mourning, sends to Isaiah to pray for them</a> 6. <a href="/isaiah/37-6.htm">Isaiah comforts them</a> 8. <a href="/isaiah/37-8.htm">Sennacherib, going to encounter Tirhakah, sends a blasphemous letter to Hezekiah</a> 14. <a href="/isaiah/37-14.htm">Hezekiah's prayer</a> 21. <a href="/isaiah/37-21.htm">Isaiah's prophecy of the destruction of Sennacherib, and the good of Zion</a> 36. <a href="/isaiah/37-36.htm">An angel slays the Assyrians</a> 37. <a href="/isaiah/37-37.htm">Sennacherib is slain at Nineveh by his own sons.</a> </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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This rhetorical question emphasizes the ignorance or forgetfulness of the audience regarding God's sovereignty and past actions. It suggests that the information being presented is not new but has been revealed before, possibly through the prophets or the Law. This echoes the call to remember God's past deeds, as seen in <a href="/deuteronomy/4-9.htm">Deuteronomy 4:9</a> and <a href="/psalms/78-3.htm">Psalm 78:3-4</a>, where the importance of recalling God's works is stressed.Long ago I ordained it; This phrase highlights God's eternal plan and foreknowledge. It underscores the belief that God is not reacting to events but has a predetermined plan. This aligns with the biblical theme of God's sovereignty and predestination, as seen in <a href="/ephesians/1-4.htm">Ephesians 1:4-5</a>, where God’s plans are established before the foundation of the world.in days of old I planned it. This reinforces the idea of God's timeless nature and His control over history. It suggests that the events unfolding are part of a divine strategy established long ago. This can be connected to the prophetic nature of Scripture, where God reveals His plans through prophets, as seen in <a href="/amos/3-7.htm">Amos 3:7</a>.Now I have brought it to pass, This indicates the fulfillment of God's plans in the present time. It reflects the biblical theme of prophecy and fulfillment, where God’s spoken word through the prophets comes to fruition. This is seen in the fulfillment of prophecies concerning Jesus Christ, such as those in <a href="/isaiah/53.htm">Isaiah 53</a>.that you should crush fortified cities into piles of rubble. This phrase speaks to the specific judgment and destruction ordained by God, often as a consequence of sin or rebellion. It reflects the historical context of Assyrian conquests, where fortified cities were indeed reduced to ruins. This can be seen as a type of divine judgment, similar to the destruction of Jericho in <a href="/joshua/6.htm">Joshua 6</a>, where God’s power is demonstrated through the fall of seemingly impregnable cities.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/i/isaiah.htm">Isaiah</a> A major prophet in the Old Testament, Isaiah is the author of the book bearing his name. He served as a prophet in Judah during the reigns of several kings, including Hezekiah. 2. <a href="/topical/h/hezekiah.htm">Hezekiah</a> The king of Judah during the time of Isaiah's prophecy. He is known for his faithfulness to God and his efforts to reform the religious practices of Judah. 3. <a href="/topical/s/sennacherib.htm">Sennacherib</a> The king of Assyria who invaded Judah and laid siege to Jerusalem. His military campaigns are a backdrop to the events in <a href="/bsb/isaiah/37.htm">Isaiah 37</a>. 4. <a href="/topical/j/jerusalem.htm">Jerusalem</a> The capital city of Judah, which was under threat from the Assyrian army during the events described in <a href="/bsb/isaiah/37.htm">Isaiah 37</a>. 5. <a href="/topical/a/assyria.htm">Assyria</a> A powerful empire known for its military might and conquests, including its campaign against Judah.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/g/god's_sovereignty_and_plan.htm">God's Sovereignty and Plan</a> God is sovereign over history and nations. His plans are established long before they come to pass, demonstrating His control over all events. <a href="/topical/t/trust_in_god's_timing.htm">Trust in God's Timing</a> Believers are encouraged to trust in God's timing and His plans, even when circumstances seem dire or overwhelming. <a href="/topical/g/god's_use_of_nations.htm">God's Use of Nations</a> God can use even those who do not acknowledge Him to accomplish His purposes. This reminds us that God is at work in the world in ways we may not always understand. <a href="/topical/f/faith_in_crisis.htm">Faith in Crisis</a> Like Hezekiah, we are called to turn to God in times of crisis, seeking His guidance and deliverance. <a href="/topical/t/the_power_of_prayer.htm">The Power of Prayer</a> Hezekiah's response to the Assyrian threat was to pray. This teaches us the importance of prayer as a means of aligning ourselves with God's will and seeking His intervention.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_isaiah_37.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Isaiah 37</a> <a href="/q/how_does_isaiah_25_8_align_with_reality.htm">Isaiah 25:8 promises that God will 'wipe away tears from all faces,' yet widespread suffering persists--how does this align with observable reality?</a> <a href="/q/how_to_reconcile_isaiah_53_7_with_gospels.htm">According to Isaiah 53:7, the servant remains silent when oppressed, yet in the Gospels Jesus speaks during his trials--how do we reconcile this contradiction?</a> <a href="/q/why_is_jerusalem_called_'joy_of_the_earth'.htm">Psalm 48:2: How can Jerusalem be 'the joy of the whole earth' if archaeological and historical records suggest it was often besieged and destroyed?</a> <a href="/q/what_does_the_bible_say_about_doomsday.htm">What does the Bible say about the world's end?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/isaiah/37.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(26) Hast thou not heard . . .--The speech of Sennacherib ends, and that of Jehovah begins. The adverb "long ago" should be connected with the words that follow. The events of history had all been foreseen and ordered, as in the remote past, by the counsels of Jehovah. Kings and armies were but as His puppets in the drama of the world's history. The words "hast thou not heard" suggest the thought that Isaiah assumes that Sennacherib had heard of his prophecies, or those of his fore-runners, as to the purposes of Jehovah--an assumption which, looking to the fact that he had ministers who were well acquainted with Hebrew (<a href="/isaiah/36-12.htm" title="But Rabshakeh said, Has my master sent me to your master and to you to speak these words? has he not sent me to the men that sit on the wall, that they may eat their own dung, and drink their own urine with you?">Isaiah 36:12</a>), was in itself probable enough.<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/isaiah/37.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 26. - Hast thou not heard, etc.? An abrupt transition, such as is common in Isaiah. From speaking in the person of Sennacherib, the prophet without warning breaks off, and returns to speaking in the person of Jehovah, as his mouthpiece. "Hast thou not heard," he says, long ago; or rather, "that from long ago! have done this?" Art thou so ignorant, so devoid of that light of nature, which should "lighten every man that cometh into the world" (<a href="/john/1-9.htm">John 1:9</a>), as not to know God's method of governing the world? How that "from long ago," in his eternal counsels, he designs the rise and fall of nations, and the mode in which their destruction is to be brought about? Art thou not aware that conquerors are mere instruments in God's hands - "the rods of his anger" (<a href="/isaiah/10-5.htm">Isaiah 10:5</a>) - to work his will, and then to have his will worked upon them in turn (see <a href="/isaiah/10-6.htm">Isaiah 10:6-19</a>)? Sennacherib seems to be really reproached for not knowing what he ought to have known, and might have known, if he had listened to the voice of conscience and reason. Now have brought it to pass, etc. All that Sennacherib had done, he had done as God's instrument, by his permission - nay, by his aid. He had been the axe in the hand of the hewer (<a href="/isaiah/10-15.htm">Isaiah 10:15</a>), the saw, the rod, the staff, of God's indignation (<a href="/isaiah/10-5.htm">Isaiah 10:5</a>), the executor of his vengeance. The very purpose of his being was that he should "lay waste (certain) defenced cities into ruinous heaps." <a href="/commentaries/isaiah/37-26.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>Have you not הֲלֽוֹא־ (hă·lō·w-) Adverb - Negative particle <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3808.htm">Strong's 3808: </a> Not, no heard? שָׁמַ֤עְתָּ (šā·ma‘·tā) Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8085.htm">Strong's 8085: </a> To hear intelligently Long ago לְמֵֽרָחוֹק֙ (lə·mê·rā·ḥō·wq) Preposition-l, Preposition-m | Adjective - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7350.htm">Strong's 7350: </a> Remote, of place, time, precious I ordained it; עָשִׂ֔יתִי (‘ā·śî·ṯî) Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6213.htm">Strong's 6213: </a> To do, make in days מִ֥ימֵי (mî·mê) Preposition-m | Noun - masculine plural construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3117.htm">Strong's 3117: </a> A day of old קֶ֖דֶם (qe·ḏem) Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6924.htm">Strong's 6924: </a> The front, of place, time I planned it. וִיצַרְתִּ֑יהָ (wî·ṣar·tî·hā) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular | third person feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3335.htm">Strong's 3335: </a> To mould into a, form, as a, potter, to determine Now I have עַתָּ֣ה (‘at·tāh) Adverb <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6258.htm">Strong's 6258: </a> At this time brought it to pass, הֲבֵאתִ֔יהָ (hă·ḇê·ṯî·hā) Verb - Hifil - Perfect - first person common singular | third person feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_935.htm">Strong's 935: </a> To come in, come, go in, go that you should crush לְהַשְׁא֛וֹת (lə·haš·’ō·wṯ) Preposition-l | Verb - Hifil - Infinitive construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7582.htm">Strong's 7582: </a> To make a din or crash, crash into ruins fortified בְּצֻרֽוֹת׃ (bə·ṣu·rō·wṯ) Adjective - feminine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1219.htm">Strong's 1219: </a> To cut off, make inaccessible, enclose cities עָרִ֥ים (‘ā·rîm) Noun - feminine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5892.htm">Strong's 5892: </a> Excitement into piles גַּלִּ֥ים (gal·lîm) Noun - masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1530.htm">Strong's 1530: </a> Something rolled, a heap of stone, dung, a spring of water of rubble. נִצִּ֖ים (niṣ·ṣîm) Verb - Nifal - Participle - masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5327.htm">Strong's 5327: </a> To go forth, to be expelled, desolate, to lay waste, to quarrel <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/isaiah/37-26.htm">Isaiah 37:26 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/isaiah/37-26.htm">Isaiah 37:26 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/isaiah/37-26.htm">Isaiah 37:26 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/isaiah/37-26.htm">Isaiah 37:26 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/isaiah/37-26.htm">Isaiah 37:26 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/isaiah/37-26.htm">Isaiah 37:26 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/isaiah/37-26.htm">Isaiah 37:26 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/isaiah/37-26.htm">Isaiah 37:26 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/isaiah/37-26.htm">Isaiah 37:26 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/isaiah/37-26.htm">Isaiah 37:26 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/isaiah/37-26.htm">OT Prophets: Isaiah 37:26 Have you not heard how I have (Isa Isi Is)</a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/isaiah/37-25.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Isaiah 37:25"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Isaiah 37:25" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/isaiah/37-27.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Isaiah 37:27"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Isaiah 37:27" /></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>