Isaiah 37:22

This is the word which the LORD hath spoken concerning him; The virgin, the daughter of Zion, hath despised thee, and laughed thee to scorn; the daughter of Jerusalem hath shaken her head at thee.

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
word	הַדָּבָ֔ר ha.da.Var	H1697	a word · definite article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
LORD	יְהוָ֖ה Yah.weh	H3068	Jehovah · proper noun, a title
spoken	דִּבֶּ֥ר di.Ber	H1696	perhaps properly · verb, piel perfect, 3rd person masculine singular
virgin	בְּתוּלַת֙ be.tu.Lat	H1330	a virgin (from her privacy) · noun, common feminine singular construct
daughter	בַּת bat-	H1323	a daughter (used in the same wide sense as other terms… · noun, common feminine singular construct
Zion	צִיּ֔וֹן tzi.Yon	H6726	Tsijon (as a permanent capital) · proper noun, a place name
despised	בָּזָ֨ה ba.Zah	H959	to disesteem · verb, qal perfect, 3rd person feminine singular
scorn	לָעֲגָ֣ה la.'a.Gah	H3932	to deride · verb, qal perfect, 3rd person feminine singular
daughter	בַּ֖ת bat	H1323	a daughter (used in the same wide sense as other terms… · noun, common feminine singular construct
Jerusalem	יְרוּשָׁלִָֽם ye.ru.sha.Lim	H3389	Jerushalaim or Jerushalem · proper noun, a place name
shaken	הֵנִ֔יעָה he.Ni.'ah	H5128	to waver · verb, hiphil perfect, 3rd person feminine singular
head	רֹ֣אשׁ rosh	H7218	the head (as most easily shaken) · noun, common masculine singular absolute
thee	אַחֲרֶ֙יךָ֙ 'a.cha.Rei.kha	H310	properly · cardinal number, masculine plural construct + pronominal suffix, 2nd person masculine singular

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Cross-references

Job 16:4 I also could speak as ye do: if your soul were in my soul’s stead, I could heap up words against you, and shake mine head at you.
Psalms 9:14 That I may shew forth all thy praise in the gates of the daughter of Zion: I will rejoice in thy salvation.
Psalms 22:7-8 All they that see me laugh me to scorn: they shoot out the lip, they shake the head, saying,
Isaiah 1:8 And the daughter of Zion is left as a cottage in a vineyard, as a lodge in a garden of cucumbers, as a besieged city.
Jeremiah 14:17 Therefore thou shalt say this word unto them; Let mine eyes run down with tears night and day, and let them not cease: for the virgin daught…
Lamentations 2:13 What thing shall I take to witness for thee? what thing shall I liken to thee, O daughter of Jerusalem? what shall I equal to thee, that I m…
Zephaniah 3:14 Sing, O daughter of Zion; shout, O Israel; be glad and rejoice with all the heart, O daughter of Jerusalem.
Zechariah 2:10 Sing and rejoice, O daughter of Zion: for, lo, I come, and I will dwell in the midst of thee, saith the LORD.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 37:21–end

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 messages of grace and peace from God for their comfort, even when they are most cast down. Isaiah sent a long answer to Hezekiah's prayer in God's name, sent it in writing (for it was too long to be sent by word of mouth), and sent it by way of return to his prayer, relation being thereunto had: "Whereas thou hast prayed to me, know, for thy comfort, that thy prayer is heard." Isaiah might have referred him to the prophecies he had delivered (particularly that ch. 10) and bid him pick out an answer from thence; but, that he might have abundant cons…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Isaiah 37:22

Transition to poetry: in parallelism. virgin . . . daughter--honorable terms. "Virgin" implies that the city is, as yet, inviolate. "Daughter" is an abstract collective feminine personification of the population, the child of the place denoted (see on Isa 23:10; Isa 1:8). Zion and her inhabitants. shaken . . . head--in scorn (Psa 22:7; Psa 109:25; Mat 27:39). With us to shake the head is a sign of denial or displeasure; but gestures have different meanings in different countries (Isa 58:9; Eze 25:6; Zep 2:15).

John Gill on Isaiah 37:22

This is the word which the Lord hath spoken concerning him,.... The sentence he has pronounced upon him, the punishment he has determined to inflict on him, in answer to Hezekiah's prayer against him: the virgin, the daughter of Zion; hath despised thee; and laughed thee to scorn; that, is the inhabitants of Zion, particularly of the fort of Zion, called a "virgin", because it had never been forced, or taken and to show that it was a vain thing in Sennacherib to attempt it, as well as it would have been an injurious one, could he have accomplished it; since God, the Father of this virgin, would carefully keep her from such a rape; and he who was her husband to whom she was espoused as a cha…

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Dictionary and topics

Daughter — This word, besides its natural and proper sense, is used to designate, (1.) A niece or any female descendant (Gen. 20:12; 24:48; 28:6). (2.) Women as natives of a place, or as professing the religion…
Egypt — The land of the Nile and the pyramids, the oldest kingdom of which we have any record, holds a place of great significance in Scripture. The Egyptians belonged to the white race, and their original…
Assyria · Prophecies concerning — Prophecies concerning
Libnah · .Sennacherib besieged; his army — .Sennacherib besieged; his army

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 37:22

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 37:21–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Isaiah 37:22

John Gill on Isaiah 37:22

Dictionary and topics

Isaiah 37:22

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 37:21–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Isaiah 37:22

John Gill on Isaiah 37:22

Dictionary and topics

John Calvin on Isaiah 37:22

Keil & Delitzsch on Isaiah 37:21-23

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Isaiah 37:22

Rashi on Isaiah 37:19