Isaiah 36:5

I say, sayest thou. Some codices read "Thou sayest", as in 2 Kings 18:20.

vain words. lip-talk. Hebrew word of lips.

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

I say, sayest thou - In 2 Kings 18:20 , this is ‘thou sayest;’ and thus many manuscripts read it here, and Lowth and Noyes have adopted that rea...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

I say, (f) [sayest thou], (but [they are but] vain words) [I have] counsel and strength for war: now on whom dost thou trust, that thou rebellest aga...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Isaiah 36-39. This section has been extracted from 2 Kings 18:13 to 2 Kings 20:19 , and the Song of Hezekiah has been added. For an exposition s...
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

5. I have said (only a word of the lips.) In the sacred history ( Genesis 18:20 ) the word employed is, Thou hast said This may be explai...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

I say, sayest thou , (but they are but vain words) I have counsel and strength for war: now on whom dost thou trust, that thou rebellest against...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

I say, &c.— Thou hast said, ( but they are vain words, ) I have counsel and strength sufficient for the war. Lowth.
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

I have counsel and strength for war... — Reports of Hezekiah’s speech. probably also of his negotiations with Egypt, had reached the ears of the As...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

BOOK 4 JERUSALEM AND SENNACHERIB 701 B.C. INTO this fourth book we put all the rest of the prophecies of the Book of Isaiah, that have to do wit...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

This chapter is the first of four which constitute a brief historical interlude. All have to do with Hezekiah and Isaiah. The first two are related t...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

I say, (sayest thou,) but they are but vain words ,.... Or, "word of lips" f; meaning the following, which he suggests were only the fruit of his li...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

A.M. 3292. B.C. 712. In this and the three following Chapter s is contained the historical part of the book of Isaiah, relating a memorable tra...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Sennacherib's Insolent Message. B. C. 710. ...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

No text from Poole on this verse.
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘And the Rabshakeh said to them, “Say now to Hezekiah. Thus says the great king, the king of Assyria, What confidence is this on which you now rely?...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

IN WHOM ART THOU TRUSTING? Isaiah 36:5 .… Now on whom dost thou trust? The question is important in ordinary life, but it is overwhelmingly so i...
Scofield Reference Notes

trust ( See Scofield) - ( Psalms 2:12 ).
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Isaiah 36:1 . In the fourteenth year of Hezekiah, Sennacherib came up against all the cities of Judah. This history is related in 2 Chronicles 32...
The Biblical Illustrator

Rabshakeh said unto them War orators We have a class of speakers in this country who are silent on all great social and cosmopolitan topics, bu...
The Biblical Illustrator

Now on whom dost thou trust? Trust in others sometimes dishonoured That question may not be without importance in matters of ordinary life. We...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Assyrians Threaten Jerusalem. The three Chapter s now following form the historical appendix to the first part of the book of the prophet Isai...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

I say, sayest thou, (but they are but vain words, upon which it is not safe to rely ), I have counsel and strength for war, that is, empty bragging...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Kings 18:7 ; 2 Kings 24:1 ; Ezekiel 17:15 ; Jeremiah 52:3 ; Nehemiah 2:19 ; Nehemiah 2:20 ; Proverbs 21:30 ; Proverbs 21:31 ; Proverbs 24:...

⁵ I say, sayest thou, (but they are but vain words) I have counsel and strength for war: now on whom dost thou trust, that thou rebellest against me?

Related Commentaries of Isaiah 36:5

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Scofield Reference Notes

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Isaiah 36:5