Isaiah 37:26

Hast thou not heard long ago, 1 how I have done it; 1 and of yemei kedem (days of old), 1 that I have formed it? 1 Now have I brought it to pass, 1 that thou shouldest be to lay waste fortified cities into ruinous heaps. 1

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

Hast thou not heard long ago, how I have done it; and of ancient times, that I have formed it? now have I brought it to pass, that thou shouldest be to lay waste defenced cities into ruinous heaps.

In Context

25I have dug, 1 and drunk mayim; 1 and with the sole of my feet have I dried up all the streams of the besieged places. 1

27Therefore their inhabitants were of small power, 1 they were dismayed and put to shame; 1 they were as the esev of the sadeh, 1 and as the green herb, 1 as the khatzir (grass) on the gagot (rooftops) 1 is sun-scorched before it is grown up. 1

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Cross References

Genesis 50:20But as for you, ye intended ra'ah against me; but Elohim intended it for tovah, to bring to pass, as it is this day, to save Am Rav (much people) alive.

Psalms 76:10When Elohim arose to mishpat, 1 to save all the meek of Eretz. 1 Selah 1

Isaiah 10:15Shall the garzen (axe) boast itself against Him that cuts therewith? 1 Or shall the masor (saw) magnify itself against Him that useth it? 1 As if the shevet (rod) should shake itself against them that lift it up, 1 or as if the matteh (staff) should lift up itself, 1 as if it were not etz. 1

Isaiah 25:1Hashem, Thou art Elohai; 1 I will exalt Thee, 1 I will praise Shimecha; 1 for Thou hast done peleh; + 25:1 See Isa 9:6 [5] 1 Thy etzot (plans) of old 1 are emunah omen (perfect faithfulness). 1

Isaiah 46:10Making known acharim (end-times things) from reshit (the beginning), 1 and mikedem (from ancient times) the things that have not yet happened, 1 saying: My etza (counsel, purpose, plan) shall stand, 1 and I will do all My pleasure; 1

Acts 2:23This one, delivered up by the determined cheshbon (plan) and yedi'ah mukdemet (foreknowledge) of Hashem, and by the hand of lawless Bnei Adam you made him talui al HaEtz + 2:23 Dt 21:23 (being hanged on the Tree) and put him to death. + 2:23 Isa 53:10

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 →

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