Isaiah 36:18 “Do not let Hezekiah mislead you when he says, ‘The LORD will deliver u…”

Isaiah 36:18

Do not let Hezekiah mislead you when he says, ‘The LORD will deliver us.’ Has the god of any nation ever delivered his land from the hand of the king of Assyria?

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Beware lest Hezekiah persuade you, saying, The LORD will deliver us. Hath any of the gods of the nations delivered his land out of the hand of the king of Assyria?

World English Bible

Beware lest Hezekiah persuade you, saying, “The LORD will deliver us.” Have any of the gods of the nations delivered their lands from the hand of the king of Assyria?

American Standard Version

Beware lest Hezekiah persuade you, saying, Jehovah will deliver us. Hath any of the gods of the nations delivered his land out of the hand of the king of Assyria?

Geneva Bible 1599

Least Hezekiah deceiue you, saying, The Lord wil deliuer vs. Hath any of the gods of the nations deliuered his land out of the hand of the King of Asshur?

Darby Translation

Let not Hezekiah persuade you, saying, Jehovah will deliver us. Has any of the gods of the nations delivered his land out of the hand of the king of Assyria?

Young's Literal Translation

lest Hezekiah doth persuade you, saying, Jehovah doth deliver us. 'Have the gods of the nations delivered each his land out of the hand of the king of Asshur?

Bible in Basic English

Give no attention to Hezekiah when he says to you, The Lord will keep us safe. Has any one of the gods of the nations kept his land from falling into the hands of the king of Assyria?

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Cross references

“lest”

Isaiah 36:15 Isaiah 36:7 Isaiah 36:10 Isaiah 37:10 Psalm 12:4 Psalm 92:5–7

Isaiah 36:15 · BSB

Do not let Hezekiah persuade you to trust in the LORD when he says, ‘The LORD will surely deliver us; this city will not be given into the hand of the king of Assyria.’

Isaiah 36:7 · BSB

But if you say to me, ‘We trust in the LORD our God,’ is He not the One whose high places and altars Hezekiah has removed, saying to Judah and Jerusalem, ‘You must worship before this altar’?

Isaiah 36:10 · BSB

So now, was it apart from the LORD that I have come up against this land to destroy it? The LORD Himself said to me, ‘Go up against this land and destroy it.’”

Isaiah 37:10 · BSB

“Give this message to Hezekiah king of Judah: ‘Do not let your God, in whom you trust, deceive you by saying that Jerusalem will not be delivered into the hand of the king of Assyria.

Psalm 12:4 · BSB

They say, “With our tongues we will prevail. We own our lips—who can be our master?”

Psalm 92:5–7 · BSB

How great are Your works, O LORD, how deep are Your thoughts!

“Hath”

2 Kings 18:33–35 2 Chronicles 32:13–17 Psalm 115:2–8 Psalm 135:15–18 Jeremiah 10:10–12 Daniel 3:15

2 Kings 18:33–35 · BSB

Has the god of any nation ever delivered his land from the hand of the king of Assyria?

2 Chronicles 32:13–17 · BSB

Do you not know what I and my fathers have done to all the peoples of the lands? Have the gods of these nations ever been able to deliver their land from my hand?

Psalm 115:2–8 · BSB

Why should the nations say, “Where is their God?”

Psalm 135:15–18 · BSB

The idols of the nations are silver and gold, made by the hands of men.

Jeremiah 10:10–12 · BSB

But the LORD is the true God; He is the living God and eternal King. The earth quakes at His wrath, and the nations cannot endure His indignation.

Daniel 3:15 · BSB

Now when you hear the sound of the horn, flute, zither, lyre, harp, pipes, and all kinds of music, if you are ready to fall down and worship the statue I have made, very good. But if you refuse to worship, you will be th…

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

17until I come and take you away to a land like your own—a land of grain and new wine, a land of bread and vineyards.

19Where are the gods of Hamath and Arpad? Where are the gods of Sepharvaim? Have they delivered Samaria from my hand?

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