Isaiah 37:35
I will defend this city and save it, for my own sake and for the sake of my servant David.”
Free Bible Version
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
34He shall return the same way he came, and he shall not enter this city, says the Lord.
Cross References
1 Kings 11:12However, for the sake of your father David, I will not do this in your lifetime—I will take it away from your son.
1 Kings 15:4Even so, for David's sake, the Lord his God let his descendants continue to rule like a lamp, a son to rule after him and to make Jerusalem strong.
1 Chronicles 17:19Lord, you're doing all this for me, your servant, and because it's what you want—doing all these amazing things and letting people know about them.
Isaiah 38:6I will save you and this city from the king of Assyria. I will defend this city.
Isaiah 48:9But because of my nature I am delaying my punishment; and because of my reputation, I'm not going to destroy you.
Jeremiah 23:5Look, the time is coming, declares the Lord, when I will choose a descendant of David who does what is right. As king he will rule with wisdom and do what is just and right throughout the country.
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 →