Isaiah 37:35
33 So this is what the LORD says about the king of Assyria: ‘He will not enter this city or shoot an arrow into it. He will not come before it with a shield or build up a siege ramp against it.
34 He will go back the way he came, and he will not enter this city,’ declares the LORD.
‘I will defend this city and save it for My own sake and for the sake of My servant David.’”
36 Then the angel of the LORD went out and struck down 185,000 men in the camp of the Assyrians. When the people got up the next morning, there were all the dead bodies!
37 So Sennacherib king of Assyria broke camp and withdrew. He returned to Nineveh and stayed there.
This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- ‘I will defend this city and save it for My own sake and for the sake of My servant David.’”
- KJV
- For I will defend this city to save it for mine own sake, and for my servant David’s sake.
- WEB
- ‘For I will defend this city to save it, for my own sake, and for my servant David’s sake.’”
- ASV
- For I will defend this city to save it, for mine own sake, and for my servant David`s sake.
- DARBY
- And I will defend this city, to save it, for mine own sake, and for my servant David's sake.
- BLB
- ‘And I will cover over this city to save it for My own sake, and for the sake of David My servant.’”
- ÅB
- Og jeg vil verne denne by og frelse den, for min skyld og for min tjener Davids skyld.
- OTB
- ‘Jeg vil beskytte denne byen og redde den, for min skyld og for min tjener Davids skyld.’”
- B1930
- Og jeg vil verne denne by og frelse den, for min skyld og for min tjener Davids skyld.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
2 Kings 20:6
I will add fifteen years to your life. And I will deliver you and this city from the hand of the king of Assyria. I will defend this city for My sake and for the sake of My servant David.’”
Read in contextIsaiah 31:5
Like birds hovering overhead, so the LORD of Hosts will protect Jerusalem. He will shield it and deliver it; He will pass over it and preserve it.”
Read in contextIsaiah 38:6
And I will deliver you and this city from the hand of the king of Assyria. I will defend this city.
Read in contextIsaiah 43:25
I, yes I, am He who blots out your transgressions for My own sake and remembers your sins no more.
Read in contextJeremiah 23:5–6
Behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when I will raise up for David a righteous Branch, and He will reign wisely as King and will administer justice and righteousness in the land.
Read in contextJeremiah 33:15–16
In those days and at that time I will cause to sprout for David a righteous Branch, and He will administer justice and righteousness in the land.
Read in contextEphesians 1:14
who is the pledge of our inheritance until the redemption of those who are God’s possession, to the praise of His glory.
Read in contextEzekiel 37:24–25
My servant David will be king over them, and there will be one shepherd for all of them. They will follow My ordinances and keep and observe My statutes.
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