Isaiah 37:35
‘I will defend this city and save it for My own sake and for the sake of My servant David.’”
Majority Standard Bible
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 will go back the way he came, and he will not enter this city,’ declares the LORD.
Cross References
1 Kings 11:12Nevertheless, for the sake of your father David, I will not do it during your lifetime; I will tear it out of the hand of your son.
1 Kings 15:4Nevertheless, for the sake of David, the LORD his God gave him a lamp in Jerusalem by raising up a son to succeed him and to make Jerusalem strong.
1 Chronicles 17:19O LORD. For the sake of Your servant and according to Your own heart, You have accomplished this great thing and made known all these great promises.
Isaiah 38:6And I will deliver you and this city from the hand of the king of Assyria. I will defend this city.
Isaiah 48:9For the sake of My name I will delay My wrath; for the sake of My praise I will restrain it, so that you will not be cut off.
Jeremiah 23:5Behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when I will raise up for David a righteous Branch, and He will reign wisely as King and will administer justice and righteousness in the land.
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 →