Isaiah 37:7

Hineni, I will put a ruach in him, when he shall hear a shemuah (report), and return to his own land; and I will cause him to fall by the cherev in his own land.

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

Behold, I will send a blast upon him, and he shall hear a rumour, and return to his own land; and I will cause him to fall by the sword in his own land.

In Context

6And Yeshayah said unto them, Thus shall ye say unto adoneichem, Thus saith Hashem, Be not afraid before the words that thou hast heard, wherewith the na'arei Melech Ashur have made gidduf (blasphemy) against Me.

8So Rav Shakeh left [Yerushalayim], and found Melech Ashur warring against Livnah; for he had heard that he + 37:8 Melech Ashur was departed from Lakhish.

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Cross References

2 Chronicles 32:21And Hashem sent a malach, which destroyed all the fighting gibborim, and the nagid and sar in the machaneh of the melech Assyria. So he withdrew in boshet panim (shamefaced disgrace) to his own land. And when he was entered the bais elohav, they that came forth of his own loins + 32:21 i.e., his sons cut him down there with the cherev.

Job 15:21A dreadful sound is in his oznayim; 1 during shalom the shoded (destroyer) shall come upon him. 1

Isaiah 10:16Therefore shall HaAdon Hashem Tzva'os 1 send among his fat ones leanness; 1 and instead of his kavod there will be kindled a burning 1 like the blazing of eish. 1

Isaiah 17:13The nations shall roar like the roaring of mayim rabbim; 1 but He shall rebuke them, 1 and they shall flee far off, 1 and shall be chased as the motz (chaff) of the harim before the ruach, 1 and like whirling dust before the storm. 1

Isaiah 30:28And His Ruach, like an overflowing stream, 1 shall reach half-way to the tzavar (neck), 1 to sift the Goyim with the sieve of shav (vanity, futility); 1 and there shall be a misleading bridle bit in the jaws of the people.

Isaiah 33:10Now will I arise, saith Hashem; 1 now will I be exalted; 1 now will I lift up Myself. 1

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 37:2-8

Hezekiah's Message to Isaiah. ( b. c. 710.) 1 And it came to pass, when king Hezekiah heard it, that he rent his clothes, and covered himself with sackcloth, and went into the house of the Lord . 2 And he sent Eliakim, who was over the household, and Shebna the scribe, and the elders of the priests covered with sackcloth, unto Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz. 3 And they said unto him, Thus saith Hezekiah, This day is a day of trouble, and of rebuke, and of blasphemy: for the children are come to the birth, and… Read the whole commentary →

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