Isaiah 37


Isaiah 37 is the thirty-seventh chapter of the Book of Isaiah in the Hebrew Bible or the Old Testament of the Christian Bible. This book contains the prophecies attributed to the prophet Isaiah, and is a part of the Book of the Prophets.

Text

The original text was written in Hebrew language. This chapter is divided into [|38] verses.

Textual witnesses

Some early manuscripts containing the text of this chapter in Hebrew are of the Masoretic Text tradition, which includes the Codex Cairensis, the Petersburg Codex of the Prophets, Aleppo Codex, Codex Leningradensis.
Fragments containing parts of this chapter were found among the Dead Sea Scrolls :
There is also a translation into Koine Greek known as the Septuagint, made in the last few centuries BCE. Extant ancient manuscripts of the Septuagint version include Codex Vaticanus, Codex Sinaiticus, Codex Alexandrinus and Codex Marchalianus.

Parashot

The parashah sections listed here are based on the Aleppo Codex. Isaiah 37 is a part of the Narrative . : open parashah; : closed parashah.

Isaiah Assures Deliverance

Verse 2

Verse 3

A proverbial expression reflecting powerlessness.

Verses 6–7

The promise in verse 7 about 'the king of Assyria' is taken up in verses 36–38 containing the account of its fulfillment.

Defeat of Sennacherib's Army

Verse 36

Epilogue

Verse 38

According to Assyrian records, Sennacherib was assassinated in 681 BC, twenty years after the 701 BC invasion of Judah.
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