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Isaiah 37:1 KJV
Isaiah · chapter 37 · verse 1
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.Isaiah 37:1 · King James Version
Isaiah 37:1 in context
1And 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.
2And he sent Eliakim, who was over the household, and Shebna the scribe, and the elders of the priests covered with sackcloth, unto Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz.
3And they said unto him, Thus saith Hezekiah, This day is a day of trouble, and of rebuke, and of blasphemy: for the children are come to the birth, and there is not strength to bring forth.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- sackclothsaqproperly, a meshH8242 →
- HezekiahChizqîyâhChizkijah, a king of Judah, also the name of two other IsraelitesH2396 →
- clothesbegeda coveringH899 →
- coveredkâçâhproperly, to plumpH3680 →
- heardshâmaʻto hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etcH8085 →
- housebayitha houseH1004 →
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We may observe here, 1. That the best way to baffle the malicious designs of our enemies against us is to be driven by them to God and to our duty and so to fetch meat out of the eater. Rabshakeh intended to frighten Hezekiah from the Lord, but it proves that he frightens him to the Lord.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-7