Isaiah 37:15-20
New English Translation
15 Hezekiah prayed before the Lord: 16 “O Lord of Heaven’s Armies, O God of Israel, who is enthroned on the cherubim![a] You alone are God over all the kingdoms of the earth. You made the sky[b] and the earth. 17 Pay attention, Lord, and hear! Open your eyes, Lord, and observe! Listen to this entire message Sennacherib sent and how he taunts the living God![c] 18 It is true, Lord, that the kings of Assyria have destroyed all the nations[d] and their lands. 19 They have burned the gods of the nations,[e] for they are not really gods, but only the product of human hands manufactured from wood and stone. That is why the Assyrians could destroy them.[f] 20 Now, O Lord our God, rescue us from his power, so all the kingdoms of the earth may know that you alone are the Lord.”[g]
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- Isaiah 37:16 sn The cherubim (singular “cherub”) refer to the images of winged angelic creatures that were above the ark of the covenant.
- Isaiah 37:16 tn Or “the heavens.” The Hebrew term שָׁמַיִם (shamayim) may be translated “heavens” or “sky” depending on the context.
- Isaiah 37:17 tn Heb “Hear all the words of Sennacherib which he sent to taunt the living God.”
- Isaiah 37:18 tn The Hebrew text here has “all the lands,” but the parallel text in 2 Kgs 19:17 has “the nations.”
- Isaiah 37:19 tn Heb “and they put their gods in the fire.”
- Isaiah 37:19 tn Heb “so they destroyed them” (NASB similar).
- Isaiah 37:20 tn The parallel text in 2 Kgs 19:19 reads, “that you, Lord, are the only God.”
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