Isaiah 37:17
O Lord, incline your ear and listen. O Lord, open your eyes and see. And hear all the words of Sennacherib, which he has sent to blaspheme the living God.
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In The King James Version
In Context
18For truly, O Lord, the kings of the Assyrians have laid waste to countries and territories.
Cross References
2 Chronicles 6:40For you are my God. Let your eyes be open, I beg you, and let your ears be attentive to the prayer that is made in this place.
Job 36:7He will not take his eyes away from the just, and he continually establishes kings on their throne, and they are exalted.
Psalms 17:6The sorrows of Hell encompassed me, and the snares of death intercepted me.
Psalms 74:10But I will announce it in every age. I will sing to the God of Jacob.
Psalms 79:12It extended its new branches even to the sea, and its new seedlings even to the river.
Psalms 130:1A Canticle in steps: of David. O Lord, my heart has not been exalted, and my eyes have not been raised up. Neither have I walked in greatness, nor in wonders beyond me.
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 →