Isaiah 37:26

Have you not heard how I determined it long ago 1 and worked it out in ancient times? Now I am bringing it to pass. 1 You are here to reduce impregnable cities into heaps of ruins. 1

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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 wells and drunk water; + 37:25 Some ancient and modern versions have I have dug wells and drunk water in foreign lands . 1 I dried up all the rivers of Egypt under the soles of my feet.' 1

27Their inhabitants, of little strength, are shattered and ashamed. 1 They are plants in the field, green grass, 1 the grass on the roof or in the field, 1 before the east wind. 1

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Cross References

Genesis 50:20As for you, you meant to harm me, but God meant it for good, to preserve the lives of many people, as you see today.

Psalms 76:10Surely your angry judgment against humanity will bring you praise; 1 you gird yourself with what is left of your anger. 1

Isaiah 10:15Will the ax boast about itself against the one who wields it? 1 Will the saw praise itself more than the one who cuts with it? 1 It is as if a rod could lift up those who raise it, or as if a wooden club could lift up a person. 1

Isaiah 25:1Yahweh, you are my God; I will exalt you, I will praise your name; 1 for you have done wonderful things, things planned long ago, in perfect faithfulness. 1

Isaiah 46:10I announce the end from the beginning, and beforehand what has not yet happened; 1 I say, “My plan will happen, and I will do as I desire.” 1

Acts 2:23This man was handed over by God's predetermined plan and foreknowledge; and you, by the hand of lawless men, put him to death by nailing him to a cross.

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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