Isaiah 37:17
Encline thine eare, O Lord, and heare: open thine eyes, O Lord, and see, and heare all the wordes of Saneherib, who hath sent to blaspheme the liuing God.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
In Context
18Trueth it is, O Lord, that the Kings of Asshur haue destroyed all lands, and their countrey,
Cross References
2 Chronicles 6:40Nowe my God, I beseech thee, let thine eyes be open, and thine eares attent vnto the prayer that is made in this place.
Job 36:7He withdraweth not his eyes from the righteous, but they are with Kings in ye throne, where he placeth them for euer: thus they are exalted.
Psalms 17:6I haue called vpon thee: surely thou wilt heare me, O God: incline thine eare to me, and hearken vnto my wordes.
Psalms 74:10O God, howe long shall the aduersarie reproche thee? shall the enemie blaspheme thy Name for euer?
Psalms 79:12And render to our neighbours seuen folde into their bosome their reproche, wherewith they haue reproched thee, O Lord.
Psalms 130:1A song of degrees. Out of the deepe places haue I called vnto thee, O Lord.
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 →