Isaiah 37:35
And I will protect this city, and will save it for my own sake, and for the sake of David my servant.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
For I will defend this city to save it for mine own sake, and for my servant David’s sake.
In Context
34By the way that he came, he shall return, and into this city he shall not come, saith the Lord.
Cross References
1 Kings 11:12Nevertheless in thy days I will not do it, for David thy father's sake: but I will rend it out of the hand of thy son.
1 Kings 15:4But for David's sake the Lord his God gave him a lamp in Jerusalem, to set up his son after him, and to establish Jerusalem:
1 Chronicles 17:19O Lord, for thy servant's sake, according to thy own heart, thou hast shewn all this magnificence, and wouldst have all the great things to be known.
Isaiah 38:6And I will deliver thee and this city out of the hand of the king of the Assyrians, and I will protect it.
Isaiah 48:9For my name's sake I will remove my wrath far off: and for my praise I will bridle thee, lest thou shouldst perish.
Jeremiah 23:5Behold the days come, saith the Lord, and I will raise up to David a just branch: and a king shall reign, and shall be wise, and shall execute judgement and justice in the earth.
Matthew Henry on Isaiah 37:22-38
Sennacherib Threatened; Sennacherib Destroyed. ( b. c. 710.) 21 Then Isaiah the son of Amoz sent unto Hezekiah, saying, Thus saith the Lord God of Israel, Whereas thou hast prayed to me against Sennacherib king of Assyria: 22 This is the word which the Lord hath spoken concerning him; The virgin, the daughter of Zion, hath despised thee, and laughed thee to scorn; the daughter of Jerusalem hath shaken her head at thee. 23 Whom hast thou reproached and blasphemed? and against whom hast thou exalted thy voice, and… Read the whole commentary →