Yesaya 37:17

Bahasa Indonesia Sehari-hari

Sendengkanlah telinga-Mu, ya TUHAN, dan dengarlah; bukalah mata-Mu, ya TUHAN, dan lihatlah; dengarlah segala perkataan Sanherib yang telah dikirimnya untuk mencela Allah yang hidup.

Parallel Translations

Alkitab Terjemahan Baru
Sendengkanlah telinga-Mu, ya TUHAN, dan dengarlah; bukalah mata-Mu, ya TUHAN, dan lihatlah; dengarlah segala perkataan Sanherib yang telah dikirimnya untuk mencela Allah yang hidup.

Alkitab Terjemahan Lama
Ya Tuhan! beri apalah telinga dan dengarlah; ya Tuhan! bukakan apalah mata-Mu dan lihatlah dan dengarlah kiranya segala perkataan Sanherib, yang sudah menyuruhkan orang ini, supaya dicelakannya Allah yang hidup!

Contextual Overview

⁸ Nowe when Rabsakeh returned, he founde the kyng of Assyria laying siege to Libnas: for he had vnderstandyng that he was departed from Lachis. ⁹ And there came a rumour that Tharakas kyng of Ethiopia was come foorth to warre agaynst hym: and when the king of Assyria hearde that, he sent other messengers to kyng Hezekia with this commaundement. ¹⁰ Say thus to Hezekia kyng of Iuda: Let not thy God deceaue thee, in whom thou hopest, and sayest, Hierusalem shall not be geuen into the handes of the kyng of Assyria. ¹¹ For lo, thou knowest well howe the kynges of Assyria haue handled all the landes that they haue subuerted: and hopest thou to escape? ¹² Were the people of the gentiles whom my progenitours conquered, deliuered at any tyme through their gods? [As namely] Gosan, Haran, Rezeph, and the children of Eden, which were at Thalassar? ¹³ Where is the king of Hemath, and the king of Arphad, and the king of the citie Sepharuaim, Ena, and Aua? ¹⁴ Nowe when Hezekia had receaued the letter of the messengers, and read it, he went vp into the house of the Lorde, and opened the letter before the Lorde, ¹⁵ And Hezekia prayed vnto the Lorde [on this maner.] ¹⁶ O Lorde of hoastes, thou God of Israel, which dwellest vpon Cherubim, thou art the God that only is God of all the kingdomes of the world, for thou only hast created heauen and earth. ¹⁷ Encline thine eare Lorde and consider, open thine eyes Lorde and see, and ponder all the wordes of Sennacherib, which hath sent his embassage to blaspheme the lyuyng God.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Incline: 2 Chronicles 6:40, Job 36:7, Psalms 17:6, Psalms 71:2, Psalms 130:1, Psalms 130:2, Daniel 9:17-19, 1 Peter 3:12

hear: Isaiah 37:4, 2 Samuel 16:12, Psalms 10:14, Psalms 10:15, Psalms 74:10, Psalms 74:22, Psalms 79:12, Psalms 89:50, Psalms 89:51

Reciprocal: Exodus 15:7 - them that 1 Kings 18:37 - Hear me 2 Kings 19:16 - bow down Psalms 44:16 - For the Psalms 86:1 - Bow Isaiah 36:18 - Hath Jeremiah 10:10 - the living Lamentations 1:9 - for Daniel 9:18 - incline Zechariah 12:4 - I will open Acts 4:29 - behold 1 Thessalonians 1:9 - the living

Cross-References

2 Kings 6:13
He sayde: Go, and spie where he is, that I may sende and fet him. And one told him, saying: Behold, he is in Dothan.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Incline thine ear, O Lord, and hear,.... The prayer which Hezekiah was now presenting to him, as also the reproach of the enemy:

open thine eyes, O Lord, and see; the letter he spread before him, and take notice of the blasphemies in it; and punish for them. Both these clauses are to be understood after the manner of men, and in a way becoming the being and perfections of God, to whom ears and eyes are not properly to be ascribed, and so likewise the bowing of the one, and the opening of the other; but both denote the gracious condescension of God, to take notice of things on earth, and vindicate the cause of his people, which is his own:

and hear all the words of Sennacherib, which he hath sent to reproach the living God; the Septuagint, Vulgate Latin, and Arabic versions, understand it of the words which Sennacherib sent in the letter to reproach the Lord; but in 2 Kings 19:16, it is, "which hath sent him"; the messenger, Rabshakeh, or whoever was the person that brought the letter to Hezekiah. The Targum paraphrases the latter part thus,

"to reproach the people of the living God;''

both God and his people were reproached, and both carry in them arguments with the Lord to hear and avenge himself and them; and the king prays that he would "hear", take notice of and observe all the words and give a proper answer, by inflicting just punishment.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Incline thine ear - This is evidently language taken from what occurs among people. When they are desirous of hearing distinctly, they incline the ear or apply it close to the speaker. Similar language is not unfrequently used in the Scriptures as applicable to God 2 Kings 19:16; Psalms 86:1; Psalms 31:2; Psalms 88:2; Daniel 9:18.

Open thine eyes - This is similar language applied to God, derived from the fact that when we wish to see an object, the eyes are fixed upon it (compare Job 14:3; Job 27:19).

And hear all the words - That is, attend to their words, and inflict suitable punishment. This was the burden of the prayer of Hezekiah, that God would vindicate his own honor, and save his name from reproach.

Which he hath sent - In the letters which he had sent to Hezekiah, as well as the words which he had sent to the people by Rabshakeh Isaiah 36:18-20.

To reproach the living God - (See the note at Isaiah 37:4).