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Isaiah 37:35
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33 “Therefore thus says the Lord concerning the king of Assyria:
‘He shall not come into this city,
Nor shoot an arrow there,
Nor come before it with shield,
Nor build a siege mound against it.
34 By the way that he came,
By the same shall he return;
And he shall not come into this city,’
Says the Lord.
35 ‘For I will adefend this city, to save it
For My own sake and for My servant bDavid’s sake.’ ”  

Sennacherib’s Defeat and Death

36 Then the aangel of the Lord went out, and2 killed in the camp of the Assyrians one hundred and eighty-five thousand; and when people arose early in the morning, there were the corpses—all dead.  
37 So Sennacherib king of Assyria departed and went away, returned home, and remained at Nineveh.
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Isaiah 37:35

For I will defend this city - Notwithstanding all that Hezekiah had done to put it in a posture of defense (II Chronicles 32:1, following) still it was Yahweh alone who could preserve it.

For mine own sake - God had been reproached and blasphemed by Sennacherib. As his name and power had been thus blasphemed, he says that he would vindicate himself, and for the honor of his own insulted majesty would save the city.

And for my servant David' s sake - On account of the promise which he had made to him that there should not fail a man to sit on his throne, and that the city and nation should not be destroyed until the Messiah should appear (see Psalms 132:10-18).




Other Barnes' Notes entries containing Isaiah 37:35:

Psalms 106:8
Isaiah 38:5
Isaiah 38:6

 

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