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Isaiah 37:18

What does Isaiah 37:18 mean?

A plain-English look at Isaiah 37:18 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

Of a truth, Jehovah, the kings of Assyria have laid waste all the countries, and their land,

KJV

King James Version · 1611

Of a truth, Lord, the kings of Assyria have laid waste all the nations, and their countries,

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

Of a truth, Jehovah, the kings of Assyria have laid waste all the countries, and their land,

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

Truly, O Lord, the kings of Assyria have made waste all the nations and their lands,

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

`Truly, O Jehovah, kings of Asshur have laid waste all the lands and their land,

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

For of a truth, O Lord, the kings of the Assyrians have laid waste lands, and their countries.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

Of a truth, Jehovah, the kings of Assyria have laid waste all the lands, and their countries,

Context

v.17Incline 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.

v.18This passage

v.19and have cast their gods into the fire: for they were no gods, but the work of men’s hands, wood and stone; therefore they have destroyed them.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Nahum 2:11

    Where is the den of the lions, and the feeding-place of the young lions, where the lion and the lioness walked, the lion’s whelp, and none made them afraid?

  • 1 Chronicles 5:26

    And the God of Israel stirred up the spirit of Pul king of Assyria, and the spirit of Tilgath-pilneser king of Assyria, and he carried them away, even the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh, and brought them unto Halah, and Habor, and Hara, and to the river of Gozan, unto this day.

  • 2 Kings 17:6

    In the ninth year of Hoshea the king of Assyria took Samaria, and carried Israel away unto Assyria, and placed them in Halah, and on the Habor, the river of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes.

  • 2 Kings 16:9

    And the king of Assyria hearkened unto him; and the king of Assyria went up against Damascus, and took it, and carried the people of it captive to Kir, and slew Rezin.

  • 2 Kings 15:29

    In the days of Pekah king of Israel came Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria, and took Ijon, and Abel-beth-maacah, and Janoah, and Kedesh, and Hazor, and Gilead, and Galilee, all the land of Naphtali; and he carried them captive to Assyria.

  • 2 Kings 17:24

    And the king of Assyria brought men from Babylon, and from Cuthah, and from Avva, and from Hamath and Sepharvaim, and placed them in the cities of Samaria instead of the children of Israel; and they possessed Samaria, and dwelt in the cities thereof.

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