Isaiah 37:17

Incline, O Lord, thy ear, and hear: open, O Lord, thy eyes, and see, and hear all the words of Sennacherib, which he hath sent to blaspheme the living God.

Douay-Rheims 1899

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, God of Israel, who sittest upon the cherubims, thou alone art the God of all the kingdoms of the earth, thou hast made heaven and earth.

18For of a truth, O Lord, the kings of the Assyrians have laid waste lands, and their countries.

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Cross References

2 Chronicles 6:40For thou art my God: let thy eyes, I beseech thee, be open, and let thy ears be attentive to the prayer, that is made in this place.

Job 36:7He will not take away his eyes from the just, and he placeth kings on the throne for ever, and they are exalted.

Psalms 17:6I have cried to thee, for thou, O God, hast heard me: O incline thy ear unto me, and hear my words.

Psalms 74:10How long, O God, shall the enemy reproach: is the adversary to provoke thy name for ever?

Psalms 79:12And render to our neighbours sevenfold in their bosom: the reproach wherewith they have reproached thee, O Lord.

Psalms 130:1Often have they fought against me from my youth, let Israel now say.

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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