Isaiah 37:1

When King Hezekiah heard it, he tore his clothes, covered himself with sackcloth, and went into the LORD’s house.

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In The King James Version

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.

In Context

2He sent Eliakim, who was over the household, and Shebna the scribe, and the elders of the priests, covered with sackcloth, to Isaiah the prophet, the son of Amoz.

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Cross References

2 Kings 19:1When King Hezekiah heard it, he tore his clothes, covered himself with sackcloth, and went into the LORD’s house.

2 Chronicles 32:20Hezekiah the king and Isaiah the prophet, the son of Amoz, prayed because of this, and cried to heaven.

Esther 4:1Now when Mordecai found out all that was done, Mordecai tore his clothes and put on sackcloth with ashes, and went out into the middle of the city, and wailed loudly and bitterly.

Isaiah 22:12In that day, the Lord, GOD of Armies, called to weeping, to mourning, to baldness, and to dressing in sackcloth;

Isaiah 37:14Hezekiah received the letter from the hand of the messengers and read it. Then Hezekiah went up to the LORD’s house, and spread it before the LORD.

Jonah 3:5The people of Nineveh believed God; and they proclaimed a fast and put on sackcloth, from their greatest even to their least.

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 37:1

In this chapter we have a further repetition of the story which we had before in the book of Kings concerning Sennacherib. In the foregoing chapter we had him conquering and threatening to conquer. In this chapter we have him falling, and at last fallen, in answer to prayer, and in fulfillment of many of the prophecies which we have met with in the foregoing chapters. Here we have, I. Hezekiah's pious reception of Rabshakeh's impious discourse, ver. 1 . II. The gracious message he sent to Isaiah to desire his… Read the whole commentary →

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