Commentaries:
Barnes' Notes
O Lord of hosts - (See the note at Isaiah 1:9).
That dwellest between the cherubims - On the cherubim, see the note at Isaiah 14:13. The reference here is doubtless to the fact that the symbol of the divine presence in the temple the Shechinah (from ׁ shâkan , to dwell, to inhabit; so called because it was the symbol of God' s dwelling with his people or inhabiting the temple) - rested on the cover of the ark in the temple. Hence, God is frequently represented as dwelling between the cherubim Exodus 25:22; Psalms 80:1; Psalms 99:1. On the whole subject of the cherubim, the reader may consult an article in the Quarterly Christian Spectator for September 1836.
Thou art the God - The only God Isaiah 43:10-11.
Even thou alone - There is none besides thee - a truth which is often affirmed in the Scriptures Deuteronomy 32:39; Psalms 86:10; I Corinthians 8:4.
Thou hast made heaven and earth - It was on the ground of this power and universal dominion that Hezekiah pleaded that God would interpose.
Other Barnes' Notes entries containing Isaiah 37:16:
Psalms 18:10
Psalms 80:1
Amos 9:5
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