Isaiah 36:7

But if thou say to me, We trust in the LORD our God: is it not he, whose high places and whose altars Hezekiah hath taken away, and said to Judah and to Jerusalem, Ye shall worship before this altar?

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Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
say	תֹאמַ֣ר to.Mar	H559	to say (used with great latitude) · verb, qal imperfect, 2nd person masculine singular
trust	בָּטָ֑חְנוּ ba.Ta.che.nu	H982	figuratively · verb, qal perfect, 1st person common plural
LORD	יְהוָ֥ה Yah.weh	H3068	Jehovah · proper noun, a title
God	אֱלֹהֵ֖ינוּ 'e.lo.Hei.nu	H430	gods in the ordinary sense · noun, common masculine plural construct + pronominal suffix
places	בָּמֹתָ֣יו ba.mo.Tav	H1116	an elevation · noun, common feminine plural construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular
altars	מִזְבְּחֹתָ֔יו miz.be.cho.Tav	H4196	an altar · noun, common feminine plural construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular
Hezekiah	חִזְקִיָּ֙הוּ֙ chiz.ki.Ya.hu	H2396	Chizkijah · proper noun, a man's name
away	הֵסִ֤יר he.Sir	H5493	to turn off (literal or figurative) · verb, hiphil perfect, 3rd person masculine singular
said	וַיֹּ֤אמֶר vai.Yo.mer	H559	to say (used with great latitude) · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
Judah	לִֽיהוּדָה֙ li.hu.Dah	H3063	Jehudah (or Judah) · preposition + proper noun, a place name
Jerusalem	וְלִיר֣וּשָׁלִַ֔ם ve.li.Ru.sha.Lim	H3389	Jerushalaim or Jerushalem · conjunction + preposition + proper noun, a place name
worship	תִּֽשְׁתַּחֲוֽוּ Tish.ta.cha.Vu	H7812	to depress · verb, hithpael imperfect, 2nd person masculine plural
before	לִפְנֵ֛י lif.Nei	H6440	the face (as the part that turns) · preposition + noun, common masculine plural construct
altar	הַמִּזְבֵּ֥חַ ha.miz.Be.ach	H4196	an altar · definite article + noun, common masculine singular absolute

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Cross-references

2 Kings 18:4-5 He removed the high places, and brake the images, and cut down the groves, and brake in pieces the brasen serpent that Moses had made: for u…
Psalms 42:5 Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted in me? hope thou in God: for I shall yet praise him for the help of his count…
Psalms 42:10-11 As with a sword in my bones, mine enemies reproach me; while they say daily unto me, Where is thy God?
1 Corinthians 2:15 But he that is spiritual judgeth all things, yet he himself is judged of no man.
Deuteronomy 12:2-6 Ye shall utterly destroy all the places, wherein the nations which ye shall possess served their gods, upon the high mountains, and upon the…
Deuteronomy 12:13-14 Take heed to thyself that thou offer not thy burnt offerings in every place that thou seest:
2 Kings 18:22 But if ye say unto me, We trust in the LORD our God: is not that he, whose high places and whose altars Hezekiah hath taken away, and hath s…
1 Chronicles 5:20 And they were helped against them, and the Hagarites were delivered into their hand, and all that were with them: for they cried to God in t…

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 36:1-10

We shall here only observe some practical lessons. 1. A people may be in the way of their duty and yet meet with trouble and distress. Hezekiah was reforming, and his people were in some measure reformed; and yet their country is at that time invaded and a great part of it laid waste. Perhaps they began to grow remiss and cool in the work of reformation, were doing it by halves, and ready to sit down short of a thorough reformation; and then God visited them with this judgment, to put life into them and that good cause. We must not wonder if, when we are doing well, God sends afflictions to quicken us to do better, to do our best, and to press forward towards perfection. 2. That we must neve…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Isaiah 36:7

The Assyrian mistakes Hezekiah's religious reforms whereby he took away the high places (Kg2 18:4) as directed against Jehovah. Some of the high places may have been dedicated to Jehovah, but worshipped under the form of an image in violation of the second commandment: the "brazen serpent," also (broken in pieces by Hezekiah, and called Nehushtan, "a piece of brass," because it was worshipped by Israel) was originally set up by God's command. Hence the Assyrian's allegation has a specious color: you cannot look for help from Jehovah, for your king has "taken away His altars." to Jerusalem-- (Deu 12:5, Deu 12:11; Joh 4:20).

John Gill on Isaiah 36:7

But if thou say to me, we trust in the Lord our God,.... In his promises, providence, power, and protection, and not in human counsels and strength; not in allies and auxiliaries, as Pharaoh king of Egypt; should this be replied, Rabshakeh has something to say to that; having shown the vanity of trusting in the above things, he now proceeds to beat them off of all trust in the Lord their God: is it not he, whose high places and whose altars Hezekiah hath taken away; the question might easily be answered in the negative; no, he has not; the high places and altars which Hezekiah took away were the high places and altars of Heathen gods, of false deities, and not of the true God of Israel, and…

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Dictionary and topics

Hezekiah — Whom Jehovah has strengthened. (1.) Son of Ahaz (2 Kings 18:1; 2 Chr. 29:1), whom he succeeded on the throne of the kingdom of Judah. He reigned twenty-nine years (B.C. 726-697). The history of this…
Isaiah — (Heb. Yesh’yahu, i.e., “the salvation of Jehovah”). (1.) The son of Amoz (Isa. 1:1; 2:1), who was apparently a man of humble rank. His wife was called “the prophetess” (8:3), either because she was…
Sennacherib — Sin (the god) sends many brothers, son of Sargon, whom he succeeded on the throne of Assyria (B.C. 705), in the 23rd year of Hezekiah. “Like the Persian Xerxes, he was weak and vainglorious, cowardly…

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Isaiah 36:7

Word by word — the Hebrew

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 36:1-10

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Isaiah 36:7

John Gill on Isaiah 36:7

Dictionary and topics

Isaiah 36:7

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 36:1-10

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Isaiah 36:7

John Gill on Isaiah 36:7

Dictionary and topics

John Calvin on Isaiah 36:7

Keil & Delitzsch on Isaiah 36:3-10

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Isaiah 36:7

Rashi on Isaiah 36:7