Isaiah 37:35
And I have covered over this city, || To save it, for My own sake, || And for the sake of My servant David.”
Literal Standard 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
Cross References
1 Kings 11:12Only, I do not do it in your days, for the sake of your father David; I tear it out of the hand of your son;
1 Kings 15:4but for David’s sake his God YHWH has given to him a lamp in Jerusalem, to raise up his son after him, and to establish Jerusalem,
1 Chronicles 17:19O YHWH, for Your servant’s sake, and according to Your own heart You have done all this greatness, to make known all these great things.
Isaiah 38:6and out of the hand of the king of Asshur I deliver you and this city, and have covered over this city.
Isaiah 48:9I defer My anger for My Name’s sake, || And [for] My praise I restrain for you, || So as not to cut you off.
Jeremiah 23:5“Behold, days are coming,” || A declaration of YHWH, || “And I have raised a righteous shoot to David, || And a king has reigned and acted wisely, || And done judgment and righteousness 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 →