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Book of Isaiah, Chapter 37

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Chapter 37 of Isaiah—New World Translation (NWT)

  1. ¶ And it came about that as soon as King Hez·e·kiʹah heard, he immediately ripped his garments apart and covered himself with sackcloth1 and came into the house of Jehovah.2
  2. Further, he sent E·liʹa·kim,3 who was over the household, and Shebʹna the secretary4 and the older men[a] of the priests5 covered with sackcloth to Isaiah6 the son of Aʹmoz the prophet.7
  3. And they proceeded to say to him: “This is what Hez·e·kiʹah has said, ‘This day is a day of distress8 and of rebuke and of scornful insolence,9 for the sons have come as far as the womb’s mouth,[b] and there is no power to give birth.10
  4. Perhaps Jehovah your God[c] will hear the words of Rabʹsha·keh,11 whom the king of As·syrʹi·a his lord[d] sent to taunt12 the living God,[e] and he will actually call him to account for the words that Jehovah your God has heard.13 And you must lift up prayer14 in behalf of the remnant that are to be found.’”15
  5. ¶ So the servants of King Hez·e·kiʹah came in to Isaiah.16
  6. Then Isaiah said to them: “This is what YOU should say to YOUR lord, ‘This is what Jehovah has said:17 “Do not be afraid18 because of the words that you have heard with which the attendants19 of the king of As·syrʹi·a spoke abusively of me.
  7. Here I am putting a spirit20 in him, and he must hear a report21 and return to his own land; and I shall certainly cause him to fall by the sword in his own land.”’”22
  8. ¶ After that Rabʹsha·keh23 returned and found the king of As·syrʹi·a fighting against Libʹnah,24 for he had heard that he had pulled away from Laʹchish.25
  9. Now he heard it said concerning Tir·haʹkah26 the king of E·thi·oʹpi·a:[f] “He has come out to fight against you.” When he heard, he at once sent messengers27 to Hez·e·kiʹah, saying:
  10. “This is what YOU men should say to Hez·e·kiʹah the king of Judah, ‘Do not let your God in whom you are trusting deceive you,28 saying: “Jerusalem will not be given into the hand of the king of As·syrʹi·a.”29
  11. Look! You yourself have heard what the kings of As·syrʹi·a did to all the lands by devoting them to destruction,30 and will you yourself be delivered?31
  12. Have the gods32 of the nations that my forefathers brought to ruin delivered them,33 even Goʹzan34 and Haʹran35 and Reʹzeph and the sons of Eʹden36 that were in Tel-asʹsar?
  13. Where is the king of Haʹmath37 and the king of Arʹpad38 and the king of the city of Seph·ar·vaʹim39—of Heʹna and of Ivʹvah?’”40
  14. ¶ Then Hez·e·kiʹah took the letters out of the hand of the messengers and read them,41 after which Hez·e·kiʹah went up to the house of Jehovah and spread it out before Jehovah.42
  15. And Hez·e·kiʹah began to pray to Jehovah,43 saying:
  16. “O Jehovah of armies, the God of Israel,44 sitting upon the cherubs, you alone are the [true] God of all the kingdoms of the earth.45 You yourself have made the heavens and the earth.46
  17. Incline your ear, O Jehovah, and hear.47 Open your eyes,48 O Jehovah, and see, and hear all the words of Sen·nachʹer·ib49 that he has sent to taunt the living God.[g]50
  18. It is a fact, O Jehovah, that the kings of As·syrʹi·a have devastated all the lands, and their own land.51
  19. And there was a consigning of their gods to the fire,52 because they were no gods,[h]53 but the workmanship of man’s hands,54 wood and stone, so that they destroyed them.55
  20. And now, O Jehovah our God,56 save us out of his hand,57 that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that you, O Jehovah, are [God][i] alone.”58
  21. ¶ And Isaiah the son of Aʹmoz proceeded to send to Hez·e·kiʹah, saying: “This is what Jehovah the God of Israel has said, ‘Because you have prayed to me concerning Sen·nachʹer·ib the king of As·syrʹi·a,59
  22. this is the word that Jehovah has spoken against him:
    ¶ “The virgin daughter of Zion has despised you, she has held you in derision.60
      Behind you the daughter of Jerusalem has wagged [her] head.61
  23. ¶ Whom have you taunted62 and spoken of abusively?63
      And against whom have you lifted up [your] voice64
    ¶ And do you raise your eyes on high?65
      It is against the Holy One of Israel!66
  24. ¶ By means of your servants you have taunted Jehovah[j] and you say,67
      ‘With the multitude of my war chariots I myself68—
    ¶ I shall certainly ascend the height of mountainous regions,69
      The remotest parts of Lebʹa·non;70
    ¶ And I shall cut down its lofty cedars, its choice juniper trees.71
      And I shall enter its final height,[k] the forest of its orchard.72
  25. ¶ I myself shall certainly dig and drink waters,
      And I shall dry up with the soles of my feet all the Nile73 canals of Egypt.’[l]74
  26. ¶ Have you not heard?75 From remote times it is what I will do.76
      From bygone days I have even formed it.77 Now I will bring it in.78
      And you will serve to make fortified cities become desolate as piles of ruins.79
  27. ¶ And their inhabitants will be feeble-handed;80
      They will simply be terrified and ashamed.81
    ¶ They must become as vegetation of the field and green tender grass,82
      Grass of the roofs83 and of the terrace before the east wind.84
  28. ¶ And your sitting quiet[m] and your going out85 and your coming in I well know,86
      And your exciting yourself against me,87
  29. ¶ Because your exciting yourself against me88 and your roaring have come up into my ears.89
      And I shall certainly put my hook in your nose and my bridle between your lips,90
      And I shall indeed lead you back by the way by which you have come.”91
  30. ¶ “‘And this will be the sign for you: There will be an eating this year of the growth from spilled kernels,92 and in the second year grain that shoots up of itself; but in the third year sow seed, YOU people, and reap, and plant vineyards and eat their fruitage.93
  31. And those who escape of the house of Judah, those who are left remaining,94 will certainly take root downward and produce fruitage upward.95
  32. For out of Jerusalem a remnant will go forth96 and those who escape out of Mount Zion.97 The very zeal of Jehovah of armies will do this.98
  33. ¶ “‘Therefore this is what Jehovah has said concerning the king of As·syrʹi·a:99 “He will not come into this city,100 nor will he shoot an arrow there, nor confront it with a shield, nor cast up a siege rampart against it.”’101
  34. ¶ “‘By the way by which he came he will return, and into this city he will not come,’ is the utterance of Jehovah.102
  35. ‘And I shall certainly defend103 this city to save it for my own sake104 and for the sake of David my servant.’”105
  36. ¶ And the angel106 of Jehovah proceeded to go forth and strike down a hundred and eighty-five thousand in the camp of the As·syrʹi·ans.107 When people rose up early in the morning, why, there all of them were dead carcasses.108
  37. Hence Sen·nachʹer·ib109 the king of As·syrʹi·a pulled away and went and returned110 and took up dwelling in Ninʹe·veh.111
  38. And it came about that as he was bowing down at the house of Nisʹroch112 his god,[n]113 A·dramʹme·lech and Shar·eʹzer, his own sons, struck him down with the sword,114 and they themselves escaped to the land of Arʹa·rat.[o]115 And Eʹsar-hadʹdon116 his son began to reign in place of him.

FOOTNOTES

  1. ^ Or, “elders.”
  2. ^ Lit., “the place of breaking through.” Compare 66:9.
  3. ^ “Your God.” Heb., ʼElo·heyʹkha.
  4. ^ “His lord.” Heb., ʼadho·navʹ, pl. of ʼa·dhohnʹ, to denote excellence.
  5. ^ “The living God.” Heb., ʼElo·himʹ chai; the adjective chai, “living,” is sing., although ʼElo·himʹ is pl.
  6. ^ “Ethiopia,” Vg; LXX, “the Ethiopians”; MTSy, “Cush.”
  7. ^ See vs 4 ftn, “Living God.”
  8. ^ Or, “not God.” Heb., loʼ ʼelo·himʹ.
  9. ^ “God,” inserted in agreement with 1QIsa and 2Ki 19:19.
  10. ^ One of 134 scribal changes from YHWH to ʼAdho·naiʹ. See App 1B.
  11. ^ “Height,” M; in 2Ki 19:23, “lodging place.”
  12. ^ “Egypt.” Heb., Ma·tsohrʹ, sing. Compare 36:6 ftn.
  13. ^ “Grass of the roofs, which is scorched before the east wind. (28) Your rising up,” 1QIsa.
  14. ^ “His god.” Heb., ʼelo·havʹ, pl. of ʼelohʹah, to denote the excellence of “Nisroch,” the false god.
  15. ^ “Land of Ararat,” MVg; TSy, “land of Kardo”; LXX, “Armenia.”

REFERENCES

  1. ^ 2Ki 19:1; Mt 11:21
  2. ^ 2Ch 7:16
  3. ^ Is 36:3
  4. ^ 2Ki 18:18
  5. ^ 2Ki 19:2
  6. ^ Is 1:1
  7. ^ 2Ch 26:22; Lu 3:4
  8. ^ Ps 50:15; 91:15
  9. ^ 2Ki 18:32; 2Ch 32:17; Is 10:12; 36:18
  10. ^ 2Ki 19:3; Is 26:17
  11. ^ 2Ki 18:28
  12. ^ 1Sa 17:45; 2Ki 18:35; Is 36:20
  13. ^ 2Ki 19:4
  14. ^ 2Ch 32:20; Ps 50:15; Jl 2:17
  15. ^ 2Ki 17:18; Ro 9:27
  16. ^ 2Ki 19:5
  17. ^ 2Ki 19:6
  18. ^ De 20:1; Ro 8:31
  19. ^ 2Ki 18:17
  20. ^ 2Ki 19:7
  21. ^ Pr 21:1; Ob 1
  22. ^ 2Ch 32:21; Is 37:38
  23. ^ 2Ki 18:17; 19:8
  24. ^ Jos 10:29; 2Ki 8:22
  25. ^ 2Ki 18:14; Mc 1:13
  26. ^ 2Ki 19:9
  27. ^ 2Ki 18:17
  28. ^ 2Ki 18:5; 2Ch 32:15; Ps 22:8; Is 36:4
  29. ^ 2Ki 19:10
  30. ^ 2Ki 17:5; 2Ch 32:13; Is 10:11; 36:18
  31. ^ 2Ki 19:11
  32. ^ 2Sa 5:21; 1Co 8:4
  33. ^ Is 36:19
  34. ^ 2Ki 19:12
  35. ^ Ge 11:31; 29:4
  36. ^ Eze 27:23
  37. ^ 2Sa 8:9; Is 36:19
  38. ^ 2Ki 18:34
  39. ^ 2Ki 17:24
  40. ^ 2Ki 19:13
  41. ^ 2Ki 19:14
  42. ^ 1Ki 8:30; 2Ch 6:20; 20:9
  43. ^ Ezr 9:5; Ps 123:1; Da 9:3
  44. ^ 2Sa 7:26; 1Ki 8:23; Ps 46:7; Is 8:13
  45. ^ Ps 86:10; Is 6:3
  46. ^ Ge 1:1; 2Ki 19:15; Ps 146:6; Je 10:12
  47. ^ 2Ch 6:40; Ps 17:6; 65:2; 71:2; 130:2
  48. ^ 2Ch 16:9; Jb 36:7; 1Pe 3:12
  49. ^ 2Ki 19:16
  50. ^ Ps 74:10; 79:12; Is 37:4
  51. ^ 2Ki 15:29; 16:9; 1Ch 5:26
  52. ^ Is 10:11
  53. ^ Ps 115:4; Je 10:2; 1Co 8:4
  54. ^ Is 40:19; 41:7; Ho 8:6; Ac 17:29
  55. ^ 2Ki 19:18
  56. ^ De 32:31; Ps 91:2
  57. ^ 1Sa 14:6; 2Ki 19:19
  58. ^ De 32:39; Ps 83:18; 96:5
  59. ^ 2Ki 19:20
  60. ^ 2Ki 19:21
  61. ^ Jb 16:4; Ps 22:7; 109:25
  62. ^ 2Ki 19:4, 16
  63. ^ 2Ki 18:30
  64. ^ 2Ki 18:35; Is 10:13
  65. ^ Pr 6:17; 30:13
  66. ^ Ex 15:11; Ps 71:22; Is 5:24; 10:20; Je 51:5; Eze 39:7
  67. ^ 2Ki 19:4, 22; 2Ch 32:17
  68. ^ Ps 20:7
  69. ^ Is 10:12; 14:13
  70. ^ Is 10:34; Eze 31:3
  71. ^ Eze 31:8
  72. ^ 2Ki 19:23
  73. ^ Ex 7:19
  74. ^ 2Ki 19:24; Is 19:6
  75. ^ Ex 9:14; Jos 9:9
  76. ^ Ge 12:3
  77. ^ 2Ki 19:25; Ps 33:11; Is 46:11
  78. ^ Ps 17:13; Is 55:11
  79. ^ Le 26:33; 2Ki 19:25; Is 17:9
  80. ^ Ps 48:6; 127:1
  81. ^ De 28:66; 2Ki 19:26; Ps 48:5
  82. ^ Ps 37:2; 92:7; 103:15; Is 40:7; Jm 1:10
  83. ^ Ps 129:6
  84. ^ 2Ki 19:26
  85. ^ De 28:6
  86. ^ Pr 5:21; 15:3; Je 23:24; Heb 4:13
  87. ^ 2Ki 19:27
  88. ^ Ps 2:2; 10:13; 46:6; Is 10:15; 37:23
  89. ^ 2Ki 18:35; Is 36:4, 20; Na 1:9
  90. ^ Ps 32:9; Is 30:28; Eze 38:4; Am 4:2
  91. ^ 2Ki 19:28, 33
  92. ^ Le 25:5
  93. ^ 2Ki 19:29
  94. ^ Is 1:9; 10:21; Ro 9:27; 11:5
  95. ^ 2Ki 19:30
  96. ^ 2Ki 19:4
  97. ^ 2Ki 19:31
  98. ^ Is 9:7; 59:17; Eze 5:13; Jl 2:18; Zc 1:14
  99. ^ Is 10:24
  100. ^ 2Ch 32:22; Is 10:32; 33:20
  101. ^ 2Ki 19:32
  102. ^ 2Ki 19:33; Pr 21:30
  103. ^ 2Ki 20:6; Is 31:5; 38:6
  104. ^ De 32:27; 1Sa 12:22; Eze 36:22
  105. ^ 1Ki 15:4; 2Ki 19:34; Je 30:9; Eze 37:24
  106. ^ 2Sa 24:16; Ps 35:5
  107. ^ 2Ki 19:35; 2Ch 32:21
  108. ^ Ps 76:6
  109. ^ 2Ki 19:7, 28
  110. ^ 2Ki 19:36
  111. ^ Ge 10:11; Jon 1:2; Na 1:1; Zp 2:13
  112. ^ 2Ki 19:37
  113. ^ 1Co 8:4
  114. ^ 2Ch 32:21
  115. ^ Ge 8:4; Je 51:27
  116. ^ Ezr 4:2

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Comments

  1. Kiamia DoelKiamia Doel
    Jan 9, 2025 23:00 GMT

    The NWT adds words to the text that are not in the greek Manuscripts to fit it's own doctrinal position for example

    Compare the wording of the NWT and the NKJV at Colossians 1:15-17

    NKJV says

    15 He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. 16 For by Him all things were created that are in heaven and that are on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers. All things were created through Him and for Him. 17 And He is before all things, and in Him all things consist.

    NWT says

    15 He is the image of the invisible God,the firstborn OF all creation;16 because by means of him all OTHER things were created in the heavens and on the earth, the things visible and the things invisible,whether they are thrones or lordships or governments or authorities. All OTHER things have been created through him and for him. 17 Also, he is before all OTHER things,and by means of him all OTHER things were made to exist,

    The word “other” is not in the Greek but they add it Why? So they can decieve their followers into thinking that Christ was created by the Father and that he then created other things, that is not what the Greek says.

    1. SmeSme
      Feb 27, 2025 11:17 GMT

      Truth is from God and those that follow him. As for lies? John8:44

      Kiamia, I noticed you used a modern version of kjv to make your point about the nwt.

      Why didn’t you use the original kjv of col1:15?

      Is it because it disproves your point? It proves the opposite of what you wrote?

      Here is kjv col1:15 ¶” Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn OF every creature:“

      Now I appeal to your Christian nature to correct your mistake as God is watching each of us, and let us bless the God of Jesus his father.

      Kjv 1Pe 1:3  Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ….

  2. YanekYanek
    Dec 24, 2024 22:18 GMT

    Joshua, Jehovah’s Witnesses have never denied the deity of the Messiah in his prehuman existence. While on Earth he was fully 100% human. I do not mean he was a mere human, he was not affected by Adam’s unfaithful behavior, he was sinless.

  3. David yakubuDavid yakubu
    Oct 29, 2022 08:05 GMT

    When i do read some comments and seeing that its the same people that are supposed to be called believers but are talking ill of other denominations, it hurts. Let us all remember that We should judge not

    1. jonas smithjonas smith
      Apr 23, 2023 02:57 GMT

      The bible tells us to test the spirits. Satan disguises himself as angel of light. So yes some denomination are not teaching the truth. You are responsible for judging which ones are not. You have to judge the truth at all times. this is what the bible teaches

  4. THTH
    Apr 7, 2021 00:20 GMT

    The NWT is a very good translation. Dr. Jason David BeDuhn PhD attests to that in his book Truth in Translation. drive.google.com/...5p16melHzg8/view

    1. James LernerJames Lerner
      Jul 20, 2024 09:48 GMT

      The NWT is Satanic filth to its very core.

      The JW Cult is Satanic to its very core.

      Praise Yahweh I will never be a victim of JW brainwashing. If I burn in Hell for eternity or I am ultimately annihilated so be it

      May Yahweh's curse rest on the Watchtower Society and its Satanic leadership

    2. jim mcleodjim mcleod
      Aug 22, 2021 06:16 GMT

      NWT is a false translation that takes away from the deity of Jesus !

  5. SlightlyChaoticSlightlyChaotic
    Jan 30, 2021 16:33 GMT

    Thank you for taking the time to provide this service. I like seeing the NASB on your web page in the same format as I read on paper. On other sites, the text area is smaller, and so I have to keep scrolling down to read and sometimes I lose the context. So I really appreciate the format.

    As far as the NWT, you are certainly free to do whatever you think best with your own web pages. I'd suggest that you make a note anytime you have a translation that is associated with only one denomination or church, for example:
    New World Translation (Jehovah's Witness version).

    In Jesus' parable of the wheat and the tares. the main idea seems to be that you can't easily distinguish between God's people and not-God's people on this earth, so our Lord's response is to wait until they are shown to be the kind of people they are inside. But the NWT seems like false teaching to me. So I think the warning passages from Jesus' apostles are more applicable, as in 2 Peter 3:15-16, when he talks about Paul's writings:
    "There are some things in them that are hard to understand, which the ignorant and unstable twist to their own destruction, as they do the other Scriptures."
    And we also have the positive exhortations, as in 2 Timothy 2:15:
    "Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth."

    1. BroderickBroderick
      Jan 31, 2021 00:57 GMT

      Your suggestion regarding the denominational flagging is duly noted. But I can’t help but wonder, wouldn’t a Catholic also want “Protestant versions” marked as well?

      As for the parable, I’m pretty sure the slaves were convinced in their own minds that they could tell the tares from the wheat. After all, aren’t they the ones who identified the problem in the first place? But the master obviously thought otherwise.

      Furthermore, even at the time when Jesus himself was walking the earth, not everybody who claimed fellowship actually followed him causing John to inquire at Mark 9:39, “Teacher, we saw someone casting out demons in Your name, and we tried to prevent him because he was not following us.” But Jesus said, “Do not hinder him . . . for he who is not against us is for us.”

  6. Joshua HarderJoshua Harder
    Dec 11, 2020 17:48 GMT

    Hello, question.. why have you included the NWT with other legitimate bible translations? Or why have you not atleast included a warning to readers? Don't you fear that someone could be influenced by the Watchtower's intentional heresies? Thank you.

    1. KevinKevin
      Jul 11, 2021 17:45 GMT

      en.m.wikipedia.org/..._Holy_Scriptures

      See the section critical review

    2. ChrisChris
      Jan 8, 2021 07:15 GMT

      Please site these intentional heresies. I am well versed in the watch tower outline and agree they are in many ways incorrect but i also bet i can point many out from EVERY established or main denomination. There is much to learn from them all as one who drinks milk?

      Judge not lest ye be judged, that is not to pass judgement on you either brother.

      I debate with scripture. I don't hold it to be true that Michael is Y'Shua HaMeshiach but I also firmly hold it to be true that our G-d and Heavenly Father are not the word encarnate and only begotten son.

      I love not seeing "lord" which i relate to baal. I feel the catholic church is a satanic establishment and I am aware a freemason started the hovies but there are evil in high places and our fight is also with principalities.

      What i'm saying is that in my darkest hours, those two were some of if not the only ones who would bring a Bible and eucharist and pray with me.

      We all fall short of the glory of G-d.

      Don't forget the NWT was recognized as the most accurate translation on Jeopardy.

      Lastly, this is different I noted than the NWT i have read and am very familiar with. Pull up the watchtower page and compare. I truly look forward to getting this one!

  7. julietjuliet
    Aug 17, 2022 09:36 GMT

    the sky is blue

  8. mercymercy
    Aug 12, 2022 21:23 GMT

    i am Mercy, the sky is blue what else do you need

    1. mercymercy
      Aug 12, 2022 21:25 GMT

      i am so sorry, it was a big mistake

  9. God is able to do all thingsGod is able to do all things
    May 17, 2021 17:59 GMT

    Jesus how much love calling yo name

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