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Isaiah 37:2-4
1599 Geneva Bible
Isaiah 37:2-4
1599 Geneva Bible
2 And he sent Eliakim the steward of the house, and Shebna the chancellor, with the Elders of the Priests, clothed in sackcloth unto [a]Isaiah the Prophet the son of Amoz.
3 And he said unto him, Thus saith Hezekiah, This day is a day of tribulation and of rebuke and blasphemy: for the children are come to the [b]birth, and there is no strength to bring forth.
4 If so be the Lord thy God hath [c]heard the words of Rabshakeh, whom the King of Assyria his master hath sent to rail on the living God, and to reproach him with words, which the Lord thy God hath heard, then [d]lift thou up thy prayer for the remnant that are left.
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- Isaiah 37:2 To have comfort of him by the word of God, that his faith might be confirmed and so his prayer be more earnest: teaching hereby that in all dangers these two are the only remedies, to seek unto God and his ministers.
- Isaiah 37:3 We are in as great sorrow as a woman that travaileth of child, and cannot be delivered.
- Isaiah 37:4 That is, will declare by effect that he hath heard it: for when God deferreth to punish, it seemeth to the flesh, that he knoweth not the sin, or heareth not the cause.
- Isaiah 37:4 Declaring that the minister’s office doth not only stand in comforting by the word, but also in praying for the people.
Isaiah 37:2-4
New International Version
Isaiah 37:2-4
New International Version
2 He sent Eliakim(A) the palace administrator, Shebna(B) the secretary, and the leading priests, all wearing sackcloth, to the prophet Isaiah son of Amoz.(C) 3 They told him, “This is what Hezekiah says: This day is a day of distress(D) and rebuke and disgrace, as when children come to the moment of birth(E) and there is no strength to deliver them. 4 It may be that the Lord your God will hear the words of the field commander, whom his master, the king of Assyria, has sent to ridicule(F) the living God,(G) and that he will rebuke him for the words the Lord your God has heard.(H) Therefore pray(I) for the remnant(J) that still survives.”
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