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Isaiah 37

Is. 37:26 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Hast thou not heard
shama` (Hebrew #8085)
to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)
KJV usage: X attentively, call (gather) together, X carefully, X certainly, consent, consider, be content, declare, X diligently, discern, give ear, (cause to, let, make to) hear(-ken, tell), X indeed, listen, make (a) noise, (be) obedient, obey, perceive, (make a) proclaim(-ation), publish, regard, report, shew (forth), (make a) sound, X surely, tell, understand, whosoever (heareth), witness.
Pronounce: shaw-mah'
Origin: a primitive root
λlong ago
rachowq (Hebrew #7350)
from 7368; remote, literally or figuratively, of place or time; specifically, precious; often used adverbially (with preposition)
KJV usage: (a-)far (abroad, off), long ago, of old, space, great while to come.
Pronounce: raw-khoke'
Origin: or rachoq {raw-khoke'}
, how I have done
`asah (Hebrew #6213)
to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application (as follows)
KJV usage: accomplish, advance, appoint, apt, be at, become, bear, bestow, bring forth, bruise, be busy, X certainly, have the charge of, commit, deal (with), deck, + displease, do, (ready) dress(-ed), (put in) execute(-ion), exercise, fashion, + feast, (fight-)ing man, + finish, fit, fly, follow, fulfill, furnish, gather, get, go about, govern, grant, great, + hinder, hold ((a feast)), X indeed, + be industrious, + journey, keep, labour, maintain, make, be meet, observe, be occupied, offer, + officer, pare, bring (come) to pass, perform, pracise, prepare, procure, provide, put, requite, X sacrifice, serve, set, shew, X sin, spend, X surely, take, X thoroughly, trim, X very, + vex, be (warr-)ior, work(-man), yield, use.
Pronounce: aw-saw'
Origin: a primitive root
it; and of ancient
qedem (Hebrew #6924)
from 6923; the front, of place (absolutely, the fore part, relatively the East) or time (antiquity); often used adverbially (before, anciently, eastward)
KJV usage: aforetime, ancient (time), before, east (end, part, side, -ward), eternal, X ever(-lasting), forward, old, past. Compare 6926.
Pronounce: keh'-dem
Origin: or qedmah {kayd'-maw}
times
yowm (Hebrew #3117)
a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverb)
KJV usage: age, + always, + chronicals, continually(-ance), daily, ((birth-), each, to) day, (now a, two) days (agone), + elder, X end, + evening, + (for) ever(-lasting, -more), X full, life, as (so) long as (... live), (even) now, + old, + outlived, + perpetually, presently, + remaineth, X required, season, X since, space, then, (process of) time, + as at other times, + in trouble, weather, (as) when, (a, the, within a) while (that), X whole (+ age), (full) year(-ly), + younger.
Pronounce: yome
Origin: from an unused root meaning to be hot
, that I have formed
yatsar (Hebrew #3335)
((compare 3331)); to mould into a form; especially as a potter; figuratively, to determine (i.e. form a resolution)
KJV usage: X earthen, fashion, form, frame, make(-r), potter, purpose.
Pronounce: yaw-tsar'
Origin: probably identical with 3334 (through the squeezing into shape)
it? now have Ig brought
bow' (Hebrew #935)
to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
KJV usage: abide, apply, attain, X be, befall, + besiege, bring (forth, in, into, to pass), call, carry, X certainly, (cause, let, thing for) to come (against, in, out, upon, to pass), depart, X doubtless again, + eat, + employ, (cause to) enter (in, into, -tering, -trance, -try), be fallen, fetch, + follow, get, give, go (down, in, to war), grant, + have, X indeed, (in-)vade, lead, lift (up), mention, pull in, put, resort, run (down), send, set, X (well) stricken (in age), X surely, take (in), way.
Pronounce: bo
Origin: a primitive root
it to pass, that thou shouldest be to lay waste
sha'ah (Hebrew #7582)
to rush; by implication, to desolate
KJV usage: be desolate, (make a) rush(-ing), (lay) waste.
Pronounce: shaw-aw'
Origin: a primitive root
defenced
batsar (Hebrew #1219)
to clip off; specifically (as denominative from 1210) to gather grapes; also to be isolated (i.e. inaccessible by height or fortification)
KJV usage: cut off, (de-)fenced, fortify, (grape) gather(-er), mighty things, restrain, strong, wall (up), withhold.
Pronounce: baw-tsar'
Origin: a primitive root
cities
`iyr (Hebrew #5892)
or ayar (Judges 10:4) {aw-yar'}; from 5782 a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post)
KJV usage: Ai (from margin), city, court (from margin), town.
Pronounce: eer
Origin: or (in the plural) par {awr}
into ruinous
natsah (Hebrew #5327)
properly, to go forth, i.e. (by implication) to be expelled, and (consequently) desolate; causatively, to lay waste; also (specifically), to quarrel
KJV usage: be laid waste, runinous, strive (together).
Pronounce: naw-tsaw'
Origin: a primitive root
heaps
gal (Hebrew #1530)
something rolled, i.e. a heap of stone or dung (plural ruins), by analogy, a spring of water (plural waves)
KJV usage: billow, heap, spring, wave.
Pronounce: gal
Origin: from 1556
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Ministry on This Verse

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long ago, etc.
or, how I have made it long ago, and formedit of ancient times? Should I now bring it to be laid waste, and defenced cities to be ruinous heaps?.how I.
Is. 10:5‑6,15• 5Oh Assur, vara y bastón de mi furor: en su mano he puesto mi ira.
6Mandaréle contra una gente fementida, y sobre el pueblo de mi ira le enviaré, para que quite despojos, y arrebate presa, y que lo ponga á ser hollado como lodo de las calles.
15¿Gloriaráse el hacha contra el que con ella corta? ¿se ensoberbecerá la sierra contra el que la mueve? como si el bordón se levantase contra los que lo levantan; como si se levantase la vara: ¿no es leño?
(Is. 10:5‑6,15)
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Is. 45:7• 7Que formo la luz y crío las tinieblas, que hago la paz y crío el mal. Yo Jehová que hago todo esto. (Is. 45:7)
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Is. 46:10‑11• 10Que anuncio lo por venir desde el principio, y desde antiguo lo que aun no era hecho; que digo: Mi consejo permanecerá, y haré todo lo que quisiere;
11Que llamo desde el oriente al ave, y de tierra lejana al varón de mi consejo. Yo hablé, y lo haré venir: he lo pensado, y también lo haré.
(Is. 46:10‑11)
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Gn. 50:20• 20Vosotros pensasteis mal sobre mí, mas Dios lo encaminó á bien, para hacer lo que vemos hoy, para mantener en vida á mucho pueblo. (Gn. 50:20)
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Sal. 17:13• 13Levántate, oh Jehová; Prevén su encuentro, póstrale: Libra mi alma del malo con tu espada; (Sal. 17:13)
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Sal. 76:10• 10Ciertamente la ira del hombre te acarreará alabanza: Tú reprimirás el resto de las iras. (Sal. 76:10)
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Am. 3:6• 6¿Tocaráse la trompeta en la ciudad, y no se alborotará el pueblo? ¿habrá algún mal en la ciudad, el cual Jehová no haya hecho? (Am. 3:6)
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Hch. 2:23• 23A éste, entregado por determinado consejo y providencia de Dios, prendisteis y matasteis por manos de los inicuos, crucificándole; (Hch. 2:23)
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Hch. 4:27‑28• 27Porque verdaderamente se juntaron en esta ciudad contra tu santo Hijo Jesús, al cual ungiste, Herodes y Poncio Pilato, con los Gentiles y los pueblos de Israel,
28Para hacer lo que tu mano y tu consejo habían antes determinado que había de ser hecho.
(Hch. 4:27‑28)
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1 P. 2:8• 8Y Piedra de tropiezo, y roca de escándalo á aquellos que tropiezan en la palabra, siendo desobedientes; para lo cual fueron también ordenados. (1 P. 2:8)
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Jud. 4• 4Porque algunos hombres han entrado encubiertamente, los cuales desde antes habían estado ordenados para esta condenación, hombres impíos, convirtiendo la gracia de nuestro Dios en disolución, y negando á Dios que solo es el que tiene dominio, y á nuestro Señor Jesucristo. (Jud. 4)
 His earlier successes against other cities had been ordained of God; now turning against God, he would be utterly crushed, and the remnant of Judah should be delivered for the time being. (Isaiah 37 by F.B. Hole)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Hast thou not heard that long agoc I did it, and that from ancient days I formedd it? Now have I brought it to pass, that thou shouldest lay waste fortified cities into ruinous heaps.

JND Translation Notes

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c
Or "from afar."
d
Or "purposed," as ch. 46.11.