Isaiah 37
| Isaiah 37 | |
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 The Great Isaiah Scroll, the best preserved of the biblical scrolls found at Qumran from the second century BC, contains all the verses in this chapter. | |
| Book | Book of Isaiah |
| Category | Nevi'im |
| Christian Bible part | Old Testament |
| Order in the Christian part | 23 |
Isaiah 37 is the thirty-seventh chapter of the Book of Isaiah in the Hebrew Bible or the Old Testament of the Christian Bible. This book contains the prophecies attributed to the prophet Isaiah, and is a part of the Book of the Prophets.[1][2] The Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary describes chapters 36 to 39 as an "historical appendix closing the first division of Isaiah's prophecies ... added to make the parts of these referring to Assyria more intelligible".[3] The text largely replicates 2 Kings 19:1–37
Text
- The original text is written in Hebrew language.
- This chapter is divided into 38 verses.
Textual versions
Some most ancient manuscripts containing this chapter in Hebrew language:
- Masoretic Text (10th century)
- Dead Sea Scrolls: (2nd century BC) [4]
- 1QIsaa: complete
- 1QIsab: extant: verses 7‑13
- 4QIsab (4Q56): extant: verses 29‑32
Ancient translations in Koine Greek:
- Septuagint (3rd century BC)
- Theodotion version (~AD 180)
Structure
The New King James Version organises this chapter as follows:
- Isaiah 37:1–7 = Isaiah Assures Deliverance
- Isaiah 37:8–20 = Sennacherib's Threat and Hezekiah's Prayer
- Isaiah 37:21–35 = The Word of the Lord Concerning Sennacherib
- Isaiah 37:36–38 = Sennacherib's Defeat and Death
Verse 3
- We are like a woman who is ready to give birth, but is too weak to do it.[5]
A proverbial expression reflecting powerlessness.[6] Hosea 13:13, similarly, states:
- He (Ephraim) is a child without wisdom; when the time arrives, he doesn’t have the sense to come out of the womb".[7]
Defeat of Sennacherib's Army
- Then 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.[8]
Epilogue: Verse 38
- And it came to pass, as he was worshipping in the house of Nisroch his god, that Adrammelech and Sharezer his sons smote him with the sword; and they escaped into the land of Armenia: and Esarhaddon his son reigned in his stead.[9]
According to Assyrian records, Sennacherib was assassinated in 681 BC, twenty years after the 701 BC invasion of Judah.[10]
Armenia: or Ararat.[11]
See also
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- Related Bible parts: 2 Kings 18, 2 Kings 19, 2 Kings 20, 2 Chronicles 29, 2 Chronicles 30, 2 Chronicles 31, 2 Chronicles 32, Isaiah 22, Isaiah 30, Isaiah 36, Isaiah 38, Isaiah 39, 1 John 4
References
- ^ J. D. Davis. 1960. A Dictionary of the Bible. Grand Rapids, Michigan: Baker Book House.
- ^ Theodore Hiebert, et al. 1996. The New Interpreter's Bible: Volume VI. Nashville: Abingdon.
- ^ Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary on Isaiah 36, accessed 8 May 2018
- ^ Timothy A. J. Jull; Douglas J. Donahue; Magen Broshi; Emanuel Tov (1995). "Radiocarbon Dating of Scrolls and Linen Fragments from the Judean Desert". Radiocarbon. 37 (1): 14. Retrieved 26 November 2014.
- ^ Isaiah 37:3
- ^ Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary on Isaiah 37, accessed 9 May 2018
- ^ Hosea 13:13
- ^ Isaiah 37:36
- ^ Isaiah 37:38
- ^ J. D. Douglas, ed., New Bible Dictionary (Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 1965) 1160.
- ^ Isaiah 37:38: NKJV
External links
Jewish
Christian
- Isaiah 37 English Translation with Parallel Latin Vulgate
- Lowth, R., Isaiah: a new translation: with a preliminary dissertation, and notes, critical, philological and explanatory, Boston, W. Hilliard; Cambridge, J. Munroe and Company, 1834
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