Isaiah 37:35
For I will defend this citie to saue it, for mine owne sake, and for my seruant Dauids sake.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
For I will defend this city to save it for mine own sake, and for my servant David’s sake.
In Context
34By the same way that he came, he shall returne, and not come into this citie, saith the Lord.
Cross References
1 Kings 11:12Notwithstanding in thy dayes I will not doe it, because of Dauid thy father, but I will rent it out of the hand of thy sonne:
1 Kings 15:4But for Dauids sake did the Lord his God giue him a light in Ierusalem, and set vp his sonne after him, and established Ierusalem,
1 Chronicles 17:19O Lord, for thy seruantes sake, euen according to thine heart hast thou done all this great thing to declare all magnificence.
Isaiah 38:6And I will deliuer thee out of the hand of the King of Asshur, and this citie: for I will defende this citie.
Isaiah 48:9For my Names sake will I defer my wrath, and for my praise will I refraine it from thee, that I cut thee not off.
Jeremiah 23:5Behold, The dayes come, saith the Lord, that I will raise vnto Dauid a righteous branche, and a King shall reigne, and prosper, and shall execute iudgement, and iustice in the earth.
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 →