Isaiah 37:35 “‘I will defend this city and save it for My own sake and for the sake…”

Isaiah 37:35

‘I will defend this city and save it for My own sake and for the sake of My servant David.’”

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

For I will defend this city to save it for mine own sake, and for my servant David’s sake.

World English Bible

‘For I will defend this city to save it, for my own sake, and for my servant David’s sake.’”

American Standard Version

For I will defend this city to save it, for mine own sake, and for my servant David’s sake.

Geneva Bible 1599

For I will defend this citie to saue it, for mine owne sake, and for my seruant Dauids sake.

Darby Translation

And I will defend this city, to save it, for mine own sake, and for my servant David's sake.

Young's Literal Translation

And I have covered over this city, To save it, for Mine own sake, And for the sake of David My servant.'

Bible in Basic English

For I will keep this town safe, for my honour, and for the honour of my servant David.

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Cross references

“I will”

Isaiah 31:5 Isaiah 38:6 2 Kings 20:6

Isaiah 31:5 · BSB

Like birds hovering overhead, so the LORD of Hosts will protect Jerusalem. He will shield it and deliver it; He will pass over it and preserve it.”

Isaiah 38:6 · BSB

And I will deliver you and this city from the hand of the king of Assyria. I will defend this city.

2 Kings 20:6 · BSB

I will add fifteen years to your life. And I will deliver you and this city from the hand of the king of Assyria. I will defend this city for My sake and for the sake of My servant David.’”

“for mine”

Isaiah 43:25 Ephesians 1:14 Isaiah 48:9–11 Deuteronomy 32:27 Ezekiel 20:9 Ezekiel 36:22

Isaiah 43:25 · BSB

I, yes I, am He who blots out your transgressions for My own sake and remembers your sins no more.

Ephesians 1:14 · BSB

who is the pledge of our inheritance until the redemption of those who are God’s possession, to the praise of His glory.

Isaiah 48:9–11 · BSB

For the sake of My name I will delay My wrath; for the sake of My praise I will restrain it, so that you will not be cut off.

Deuteronomy 32:27 · BSB

if I had not dreaded the taunt of the enemy, lest their adversaries misunderstand and say: ‘Our own hand has prevailed; it was not the LORD who did all this.’”

Ezekiel 20:9 · BSB

But I acted for the sake of My name, that it should not be profaned in the eyes of the nations among whom they were living, in whose sight I had revealed Myself to Israel by bringing them out of the land of Egypt.

Ezekiel 36:22 · BSB

Therefore tell the house of Israel that this is what the Lord GOD says: It is not for your sake that I will act, O house of Israel, but for My holy name, which you profaned among the nations to which you went.

“and for”

Jeremiah 30:9 1 Kings 11:36 1 Kings 15:4 1 Kings 11:12 1 Kings 11:13 Jeremiah 23:5

Jeremiah 30:9 · BSB

Instead, they will serve the LORD their God and David their king, whom I will raise up for them.

1 Kings 11:36 · BSB

I will give one tribe to his son, so that My servant David will always have a lamp before Me in Jerusalem, the city where I chose to put My Name.

1 Kings 15:4 · BSB

Nevertheless, for the sake of David, the LORD his God gave him a lamp in Jerusalem by raising up a son to succeed him and to make Jerusalem strong.

1 Kings 11:12 · BSB

Nevertheless, for the sake of your father David, I will not do it during your lifetime; I will tear it out of the hand of your son.

1 Kings 11:13 · BSB

Yet I will not tear the whole kingdom away from him. I will give one tribe to your son for the sake of My servant David and for the sake of Jerusalem, which I have chosen.”

Jeremiah 23:5 · BSB

Behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when I will raise up for David a righteous Branch, and He will reign wisely as King and will administer justice and righteousness in the land.

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

In context

34He will go back the way he came, and he will not enter this city,’ declares the LORD.

36Then the angel of the LORD went out and struck down 185,000 men in the camp of the Assyrians. When the people got up the next morning, there were all the dead bodies!

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