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Isaiah 37:35 KJV
Isaiah · chapter 37 · verse 35
For I will defend this city to save it for mine own sake, and for my servant David’s sake.Isaiah 37:35 · King James Version
Isaiah 37:35 in context
33Therefore thus saith the LORD concerning the king of Assyria, He shall not come into this city, nor shoot an arrow there, nor come before it with shields, nor cast a bank against it.
34By the way that he came, by the same shall he return, and shall not come into this city, saith the LORD.
35For I will defend this city to save it for mine own sake, and for my servant David’s sake.
36Then the angel of the LORD went forth, and smote in the camp of the Assyrians a hundred and fourscore and five thousand: and when they arose early in the morning, behold, they were all dead corpses.
37So Sennacherib king of Assyria departed, and went and returned, and dwelt at Nineveh.
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Key words (Strong's)
- servantʻebeda servantH5650 →
- defendgânanto hedge aboutH1598 →
- cityʻîyra city in the widest senseH5892 →
- saveyâshaʻproperly, to be open, wide or freeH3467 →
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We may here observe, 1. That those who receive messages of terror from men with patience, and send messages of faith to God by prayer, may expect messages of grace and peace from God for their comfort, even when they are most cast down.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 21-38