Isaiah 37:17

Turn your ear, Yahweh, and listen. Open your eyes, Yahweh, and see, and hear the words of Sennacherib, which he has sent to mock the living God.

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In The King James Version

Incline thine ear, O LORD, and hear; open thine eyes, O LORD, and see: and hear all the words of Sennacherib, which hath sent to reproach the living God.

In Context

16“Yahweh of hosts, God of Israel, you who sit above the cherubim, you are God alone over all the kingdoms of the earth. You made the heavens and the earth.

18It is true, Yahweh, the kings of Assyria have destroyed all the nations and their lands.

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Cross References

2 Chronicles 6:40Now, my God, I beg you, let your eyes be open, and let your ears be attentive to the prayer that is made in this place.

Job 36:7He does not withdraw his eyes from righteous people 1 but instead sets them on thrones like kings forever, 1 and they are lifted up. 1

Psalms 17:6I call to you, for you answer me, God; turn your ear to me and listen when I speak. 1

Psalms 74:10How long, God, will the enemy throw insults at you? 1 Will the enemy blaspheme your name forever? 1

Psalms 79:12Pay back into the laps of our neighboring countries seven times as much 1 as the insults with which they have insulted you, Lord. 1

Psalms 130:1Out of the depths I cry to you, Yahweh. 1

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 37:9-21

Prayer of Hezekiah. ( b. c. 710.) 8 So Rabshakeh returned, and found the king of Assyria warring against Libnah: for he had heard that he was departed from Lachish. 9 And he heard say concerning Tirhakah king of Ethiopia, He is come forth to make war with thee. And when he heard it, he sent messengers to Hezekiah, saying, 10 Thus shall ye speak to Hezekiah king of Judah, saying, Let not thy God, in whom thou trustest, deceive thee, saying, Jerusalem shall not be given into the hand of the king of Assyria. 11… Read the whole commentary →

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