But I know your sitting down, your going out, your coming in, and your raging against me.
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But I know your sitting down, your going out, your coming in, and your raging against me.
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But I know thy abode, and thy going out, and thy coming in, and thy rage against me.
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But I know thy sitting down, and thy going out, and thy coming in, and thy raging against Me.
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Passages linked to Isaiah 37:28 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Psalms 139:1-11 Yahweh, you have searched me, and you know me. You know my sitting down and my rising up. You perceive my thoughts from afar. You search out my path and my lying down, and are acquainted with all my ways. For there is not a word on my tongue, but, behold, Yahweh, you know it altogether. You hem me in behind and before. You laid your hand on me. This knowledge is beyond me. It’s lofty. I can’t attain it. Where could I go from your Spirit? Or where could I flee from your presence? If I ascend up into heaven, you are there. If I make my bed in Sheol, behold, you are there! If I take the wings of the dawn, and settle in the uttermost parts of the sea, even there your hand will lead me, and your right hand will hold me. If I say, “Surely the darkness will overwhelm me. The light around me will be night,”
- Revelation 2:13 “I know your works and where you dwell, where Satan’s throne is. You hold firmly to my name, and didn’t deny my faith in the days of Antipas my witness, my faithful one, who was killed among you, where Satan dwells.
- Proverbs 5:21 For the ways of man are before Yahweh’s eyes. He examines all his paths.
- Proverbs 15:3 Yahweh’s eyes are everywhere, keeping watch on the evil and the good.
- Jeremiah 23:23-24 “Am I a God at hand,” says Yahweh, “and not a God afar off? Can anyone hide himself in secret places so that I can’t see him?” says Yahweh. “Don’t I fill heaven and earth?” says Yahweh.
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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain Meaning, his counsels and enterprises.
Meaning, his counsels and enterprises.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And this shall be a sign unto thee,.... Not…
And this shall be a sign unto thee,.... Not to Sennacherib, but to Hezekiah; for here the Lord turns himself from the former, and directs his speech to the latter, in order to comfort him under the dreadful apprehensions he had of the Assyrian monarch, and his army; assuring him of deliverance; giving him a sign or token of it, and which was a wonder, as the word sometimes signifies, and was no less marvellous than the deliverance itself:
ye shall eat this year such as groweth of itself: and the second year that which springeth of the same: and in the third year sow ye, and reap and plant vineyards, and eat the fruit thereof: all which was very wonderful; for whereas, either through the invasion of the land, and the siege of the city, they could not till their land as they had used to do, or what was upon it was destroyed or eaten up by the Assyrian army; and yet, through the wonderful providence of God, the earth of its own accord yielded that very year a sufficiency for them; and though the second year was, as it is thought, a sabbatical year, when the land had rest, and by the law was not to be tilled, yet it also produced of itself what was sufficient for their support; and then the third year being entirely free from the enemy, and all fears of his return, they go about their business as formerly, to sowing and reaping corn, and planting vineyards, and enjoying the fruit of their labours; all which falling out according to this prediction, must greatly confirm the mind of Hezekiah, and make him easy as to any future attempt upon him he might fear. The Vulgate Latin version renders the second clause, "ye shall eat apples the second year"; and so Symmachus, but without foundation.
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Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain But I know - The language of God. ‘I…
But I know - The language of God. ‘I am well acquainted with all that pertains to you. You neither go out to war, nor return, nor abide in your capital without my providential direction’ (see the notes at Isa 10:5-7).
Thy abode - Margin, ‘Sitting.’ Among the Hebrews, sitting down, rising up, and going out, were phrases to describe the whole of a man’s life and actions (compare Deu 6:7; Deu 28:6; 1Ki 3:7; Psa 121:8). God here says that he knew the place where he dwelt, and he was able to return him again to it Isa 37:29.
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And thy rage against me - (See Isa 37:4).
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Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown 1871 · Public Domain abode--rather, "sitting down" (Psa 139:2). The expressions here describe…
abode--rather, "sitting down" (Psa 139:2). The expressions here describe a man's whole course of life (Deu 6:7; Deu 28:6; Kg1 3:7; Psa 121:8). There is also a special reference to Sennacherib's first being at home, then going forth against Judah and Egypt, and raging against Jehovah (Isa 37:4).
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Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 28. The expressions, thy abode… going out… coming in,…
28. The expressions, thy abode… going out… coming in, are commonly agreed to mean all the actions of life. Psa_139:2. These, Jehovah says to the Assyrian general, he has always known.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 28, 29. All the acts of the Assyrian are…
28, 29. All the acts of the Assyrian are under the strict surveillance of Jehovah, who will shew His power over him by dragging him back, like a wild beast, to his place. If the emendation of Wellhausen (see on Isa_37:27) be accepted, Isa_37:28 would read: Before me is thy rising up and thy sitting down (cf. Psa_139:2), and thy going out and thy coming in I know, and thy raging against me.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (28) Thy abode . . .—The three words include,…
(28) Thy abode . . .—The three words include, in the common speech of the Hebrews, the whole of human life in every form of activity (Psa_121:8; Psa_139:2).
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain I know thy abode; literally, thy down-sitting. (comp. Psa_139:2)…
I know thy abode; literally, thy down-sitting. (comp. Psa_139:2) The meaning is that God has, and has had, his eye on Sennacherib throughout all his career, seeing to and watching over his performance of his will. The phrase, going out, and coming in, is a Hebrew idiom for a man"s doings. (see Num_27:17 Deu_28:6 Deu_31:2 1Sa_18:13, 16 2Sa_3:25 1Ki_3:7, etc.) Thy rage against me. As shown in the message sent by Rab-shakeh, (Isa_36:7) in Rabshakeh"s speech to the "men on the wall", (Isa_36:15-20) and in the letter sent to Hezekiah from Lachish. (Isa_37:10)
Vers. 28, 29. God"s agents are never beyond his restrainings.
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He used Assyria, but he holds Assyria in with bit and bridle. The horse may plunge, and rear, and trample, and seem to be beyond all restraint; but God never looses the rein, and draws it in when he pleases. The figures used are even more striking. He puts "a hook in the nose," which Michaelis explains in this way: "The Orientals make use of a contrivance for curbing their work-beasts, which is not adopted among us. They bore the nose through both sides, and put a ring through it, to which they fasten two cords. When a beast becomes unruly, they have only to draw the cord on one side, which, by stopping his breath, punishes him so effectually that, after a few repetitions, he fails not to become quite tractable, whenever he begins to feel it. To this contrivance the Arabian poets often allude." It illustrates two points.
I THE ANXIETIES WE SUFFER WHEN WE FIX OUR GAZE ON SECOND CAUSES.
II THE RESTFULNESS WE GAIN WHEN WE LOOK, BEHIND AND WITHIN, TO THE GREAT, OVERRULING FIRST CAUSE. R.T.
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unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 General Information:
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This continues Yahweh's message to the king of Assyria.
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But I know your sitting down, your going out, your coming in
This refers to all activities of life. AT: "I know everything you do" (See: Merism)
and your raging against me
The word "raging" can be expressed as a verb. AT: "how you rage against me" (See: Abstract Nouns)
your arrogance
Here the king's "arrogance" refers to his arrogant speech. AT: "your arrogant speech" (See: Metonymy)
your arrogance has reached my ears
This speaks of Yahweh hearing the king's speech as if the king's speech were something that traveled to his ear. AT: "I have heard you speaking arrogantly" (See: Metaphor)
I will put my hook in your nose, and my bit in your mouth
A person uses a hook and bit to lead an animal around. This speaks of Yahweh controlling the king as if the king were an animal Yahweh controlled with a bit and hook. AT: "I will control you like a man controls his animal by place a hook in its nose and a bit in its mouth" (See: Metaphor)
I will turn you back the way you came
This refers to causing the king to return to his own home country. The meaning of this can be made clear. AT: "I will force you to return to your own country" (See: Assumed Knowledge and Implicit Information)
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Tyndale Open Study Notes 2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0 37:28 you have raged against me: Assyria was utterly…
37:28 you have raged against me: Assyria was utterly hostile to the Lord, which brought them even greater condemnation.
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