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Isaiah 37:17

Sennacherib
Prayer

15 And Hezekiah prayed to the LORD:

16 “O LORD of Hosts, God of Israel, enthroned above the cherubim, You alone are God over all the kingdoms of the earth. You made the heavens and the earth.

Incline Your ear, O LORD, and hear; open Your eyes, O LORD, and see. Listen to all the words that Sennacherib has sent to defy the living God.

18 Truly, O LORD, the kings of Assyria have laid waste all these countries and their lands.

19 They have cast their gods into the fire and destroyed them, for they were not gods, but only wood and stone—the work of human hands.

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BSB
Incline Your ear, O LORD, and hear; open Your eyes, O LORD, and see. Listen to all the words that Sennacherib has sent to defy the living God.
KJV
Incline thine ear, O LORD, and hear; open thine eyes, O LORD, and see: and hear all the words of Sennacherib, which hath sent to reproach the living God.
WEB
Turn your ear, LORD, and hear. Open your eyes, LORD, and behold. Hear all of the words of Sennacherib, who has sent to defy the living God.
ASV
Incline thine ear, O Jehovah, and hear; open thine eyes, O Jehovah, and see; and hear all the words of Sennacherib, who hath sent to defy the living God.
DARBY
Incline thine ear, O Jehovah, and hear; open, Jehovah, thine eyes, and see; and hear all the words of Sennacherib, who hath sent to reproach the living God.
BLB
Incline, O YHWH, Your ear, and hear; open, O YHWH, Your eyes, and see. And hear all the words of Sennacherib that he has sent to reproach the living God.
ÅB
Herre, bøy ditt øre til og hør! Herre, opplat dine øyne og se! Hør alle de ord som Sankerib har sendt for å håne den levende Gud!
OTB
Bøy ditt øre, Herre, og hør; åpne dine øyne, Herre, og se; og lytt til alle ordene som Sankerib har sendt for å spotte den levende Gud.
B1930
Herre, bøi ditt øre til og hør! Herre, oplat dine øine og se! Hør alle de ord som Sankerib har sendt for å håne den levende Gud!

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • 2 Chronicles 6:40

    Now, my God, may Your eyes be open and Your ears attentive to the prayer offered in this place.

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  • Psalms 17:6

    I call on You, O God, for You will answer me. Incline Your ear to me; hear my words.

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  • 1 Peter 3:12

    For the eyes of the Lord are on the righteous, and His ears are inclined to their prayer. But the face of the Lord is against those who do evil.”

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  • Psalms 74:22

    Rise up, O God; defend Your cause! Remember how the fool mocks You all day long.

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  • Psalms 10:14–15

    But You have regarded trouble and grief; You see to repay it by Your hand. The victim entrusts himself to You; You are the helper of the fatherless.

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  • Isaiah 37:4

    Perhaps the LORD your God will hear the words of the Rabshakeh, whom his master the king of Assyria has sent to defy the living God, and He will rebuke him for the words that the LORD your God has heard. Therefore lift up a prayer for the remnant that still survives.”

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  • Job 36:7

    He does not take His eyes off the righteous, but He enthrones them with kings and exalts them forever.

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  • Psalms 89:50–51

    Remember, O Lord, the reproach of Your servants, which I bear in my heart from so many people—

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