Isaiah 37:23

Whom have you defied and insulted? Against whom have you exalted your voice 1 and lifted up your eyes in pride? Against the Holy One of Israel. 1

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In The King James Version

Whom hast thou reproached and blasphemed? and against whom hast thou exalted thy voice, and lifted up thine eyes on high? even against the Holy One of Israel.

In Context

22this is the word that Yahweh has spoken about him: 1 “The virgin daughter of Zion despises you and laughs you to scorn; 1 the daughter of Jerusalem shakes her head at you. 1

24By your servants you have defied the Lord and have said, 'With the multitude of my chariots 1 I have gone up to the heights of the mountains, to the highest elevations of Lebanon. 1 I will cut down its tall cedars and choice cypress trees there, 1 and I will enter into its farthest high places, its most fruitful forest. 1

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Cross References

Exodus 5:2Pharaoh said, “Who is Yahweh? Why should I listen to his voice and let Israel go? I do not know Yahweh; moreover, I will not let Israel go.”

Exodus 15:11Who is like you, Yahweh, among the gods? 1 Who is like you, majestic in holiness, 1 honored in praises, doing miracles? 1

1 Samuel 17:36Your servant has killed both a lion and a bear. This uncircumcised Philistine will be like one of them, since he has challenged the armies of the living God.”

2 Kings 19:22Whom have you defied and insulted? 2 Against whom have you exalted your voice 1 and lifted up your eyes in pride? 2 Against the Holy One of Israel! 1

Psalms 44:16because of the voice of him who rebukes and insults, 1 because of the enemy and the avenger. 1

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

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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