Isaiah 37:17

Incline thine ear, O LORD, and hear. Open thine eyes, O LORD, and see, and hear all the words of Sennacherib, who has sent to defy the living God.

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In The King James Version

Incline thine ear, O LORD, and hear; open thine eyes, O LORD, and see: and hear all the words of Sennacherib, which hath sent to reproach the living God.

In Context

16O LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, who sit [above] the cherubim, thou are the God, even thou alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth. Thou have made heaven and earth.

18Of a truth, LORD, the kings of Assyria have laid waste all the countries, and their land,

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Cross References

2 Chronicles 6:40Now, O my God, let, I beseech thee, thine eyes be open, and let thine ears be attendant to the prayer that is made in this place.

Job 36:7He does not withdraw his eyes from the righteous, but he sets them forever with kings upon the throne, and they are exalted.

Psalms 17:6I have called upon thee, for thou will answer me, O God. Incline thine ear to me, [and] hear my speech.

Psalms 74:10How long, O God, shall the adversary reproach? Shall the enemy blaspheme thy name forever?

Psalms 79:12and render to our neighbors sevenfold into their bosom their reproach with which they have reproached thee, O LORD,

Psalms 130:1Out of the depths I have cried to thee, O LORD.

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 37:9-21

Prayer of Hezekiah. ( b. c. 710.) 8 So Rabshakeh returned, and found the king of Assyria warring against Libnah: for he had heard that he was departed from Lachish. 9 And he heard say concerning Tirhakah king of Ethiopia, He is come forth to make war with thee. And when he heard it, he sent messengers to Hezekiah, saying, 10 Thus shall ye speak to Hezekiah king of Judah, saying, Let not thy God, in whom thou trustest, deceive thee, saying, Jerusalem shall not be given into the hand of the king of Assyria. 11… Read the whole commentary →

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