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Text -- Isaiah 37:33 (NET)

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37:33 So this is what the Lord says about the king of Assyria: ‘He will not enter this city, nor will he shoot an arrow here. He will not attack it with his shielded warriors, nor will he build siege works against it.
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Names, People and Places, Dictionary Themes and Topics

Names, People and Places:
 · Assyria a member of the nation of Assyria


Dictionary Themes and Topics: WAR | TOPHETH | Siege | Libnah | ISAIAH, 8-9 | ISAIAH, 1-7 | Hezekiah | Blasphemy | BOWMAN | BANK | Assyria | ARMOR; ARMS | more
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Commentary -- Word/Phrase Notes (per phrase)

JFB: Isa 37:33 - -- He did come near it, but was not allowed to conduct a proper siege.

He did come near it, but was not allowed to conduct a proper siege.

JFB: Isa 37:33 - -- A mound to defend the assailants in attacking the walls.

A mound to defend the assailants in attacking the walls.

Calvin: Isa 37:33 - -- 33.Therefore thus saith Jehovah He now returns to the deliverance of which he had formerly spoken; for God proraised, first, that he would drive out ...

33.Therefore thus saith Jehovah He now returns to the deliverance of which he had formerly spoken; for God proraised, first, that he would drive out Sennacherib; secondly, that he would grant food and nourishment for the sustenance of the people, though the country had been wasted and pillaged; and, thirdly, that he would cause flint small number to grow into a vast multitude. Having made these declarations, he returns to the first, because without it all the rest might appear to be useless; that is, if the people were not rescued from the hands, of that tyrant.

He shall not enter into the city God threatens that he will be as a fortress, to hinder him from “entering into the city,” and that he will even meet him, so as to hinder him from coming nearer or fighting against it; for he says that he shall not cast an arrow nor a balister. I think that in this passage סללה (solelah) denotes a balister, or some such machine for throwing darts, rather than a mound; for “mounds” are not thrown or poured.

TSK: Isa 37:33 - -- He : Isa 8:7-10, Isa 10:32-34, Isa 17:12, Isa 17:14, Isa 33:20; 2Ki 19:32-35 shields : Heb. shield cast : Eze 21:22; Luk 19:43, Luk 19:44

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Commentary -- Word/Phrase Notes (per Verse)

Barnes: Isa 37:33 - -- He shall not come into this city - Sennacherib encamped probably on the northeast side of the city, and his army was destroyed there (see the n...

He shall not come into this city - Sennacherib encamped probably on the northeast side of the city, and his army was destroyed there (see the notes at Isa 10:28 ff.)

Nor shoot an arrow there - That is, nor shoot an arrow within the walls of the city.

Nor come before it with shields - (See the note at Isa 21:5). The meaning here is, that the army should not be permitted to come before the city defended with shields, and prepared with the means of attack and defense.

Nor cast a bank against it - A mound; a pile of earth thrown up in the manner of a fort to defend the assailants, or to give them an advantage in attacking the walls. Sieges were conducted by throwing up banks or fortifications, behind which the army of attack could be secure to carry on their operations. Towers filled with armed men were also constructed, covered with hides and other impenetrable materials, which could be made to approach the walls, and from which those who were within could safely conduct the attack.

Gill: Isa 37:33 - -- Therefore thus saith the Lord concerning the king of Assyria,.... The issue of his expedition, and the fruitfulness of it; how vain his attempts would...

Therefore thus saith the Lord concerning the king of Assyria,.... The issue of his expedition, and the fruitfulness of it; how vain his attempts would be, and how successless in this undertaking:

he shall not come into this city; shall not enter into it, and take possession of it, though so sure of it; or, "shall not come unto it w"; for some think he never was any nearer it than Libnah, from whence he sent his letters to Hezekiah, Isa 37:8,

nor shoot an arrow there; neither he nor his archers, so as to annoy or kill anyone person in it:

nor come before it with shields; or, "with a shield"; that is, he himself with one; otherwise his army under Rabshakeh was before it with men armed with shields; or the sense is, he shall not prevent it, or seize upon it, with his shielded men:

nor cast a bank against it; raise a mount, in order to fix his batteries upon, and play his artillery from, and shoot his arrows in to greater advantage.

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Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

NET Notes: Isa 37:33 Heb “[with] a shield” (so ASV, NASB, NRSV).

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Commentary -- Verse Range Notes

TSK Synopsis: Isa 37:1-38 - --1 Hezekiah mourning, sends to Isaiah to pray for them.6 Isaiah comforts them.8 Sennacherib, going to encounter Tirhakah, sends a blasphemous letter to...

Matthew Henry: Isa 37:21-38 - -- 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 me...

Keil-Delitzsch: Isa 37:33-35 - -- The prophecy concerning the protection of Jerusalem becomes more definite in the last turn than it ever has been before. "Therefore thus saith Jeho...

Constable: Isa 7:1--39:8 - --III. Israel's crisis of faith chs. 7--39 This long section of the book deals with Israel's major decision in Isa...

Constable: Isa 36:1--39:8 - --C. The tests of Israel's trust chs. 36-39 Chapters 36-39 conclude the section of the book dealing with t...

Constable: Isa 36:1--37:38 - --1. The Assyrian threat chs. 36-37 In chapters 7-8 Isaiah tried to persuade King Ahaz to trust Go...

Constable: Isa 37:14-35 - --The response to the letter 37:14-35 37:14-15 When Hezekiah received Sennacherib's letter, he took it with him into the temple and laid all the enemy's...

Guzik: Isa 37:1-38 - --Isaiah 37 - Assyria Destroyed, God Glorified A. King Hezekiah seeks the LORD. 1. (1-5) Hezekiah's immediate reaction upon hearing the words of Rabsh...

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Introduction / Outline

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TSK: Isaiah (Book Introduction) Isaiah has, with singular propriety, been denominated the Evangelical Prophet, on account of the number and variety of his prophecies concerning the a...

TSK: Isaiah 37 (Chapter Introduction) Overview Isa 37:1, Hezekiah mourning, sends to Isaiah to pray for them; Isa 37:6, Isaiah comforts them; Isa 37:8, Sennacherib, going to encounter ...

Poole: Isaiah (Book Introduction) THE ARGUMENT THE teachers of the ancient church were of two sorts: 1. Ordinary, the priests and Levites. 2. Extraordinary, the prophets. These we...

Poole: Isaiah 37 (Chapter Introduction) CHAPTER 37 Hezekiah mourneth, and sendeth to Isaiah to pray for them, Isa 37:1-5 . He comforteth them, Isa 37:6,7 . Sennacherib, called away agains...

MHCC: Isaiah (Book Introduction) Isaiah prophesied in the reigns of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah. He has been well called the evangelical prophet, on account of his numerous and...

MHCC: Isaiah 37 (Chapter Introduction) This chapter is the same as 2 Kings 19.

Matthew Henry: Isaiah (Book Introduction) An Exposition, With Practical Observations, of The Book of the Prophet Isaiah Prophet is a title that sounds very great to those that understand it, t...

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Constable: Isaiah (Book Introduction) Introduction Title and writer The title of this book of the Bible, as is true of the o...

Constable: Isaiah (Outline) Outline I. Introduction chs. 1-5 A. Israel's condition and God's solution ch. 1 ...

Constable: Isaiah Isaiah Bibliography Alexander, Joseph Addison. Commentary on the Prophecies of Isaiah. 1846, 1847. Revised ed. ...

Haydock: Isaiah (Book Introduction) THE PROPHECY OF ISAIAS. INTRODUCTION. This inspired writer is called by the Holy Ghost, (Ecclesiasticus xlviii. 25.) the great prophet; from t...

Gill: Isaiah (Book Introduction) INTRODUCTION TO ISAIAH This book is called, in the New Testament, sometimes "the Book of the Words of the Prophet Esaias", Luk 3:4 sometimes only t...

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