King James Version
Isaiah 36:10 in the King James Version says “And am I now come up without the LORD against this land to destroy it? the LORD said unto me, Go up against this land, a...” — study this verse from Isaiah chapter 36 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And am I now come up without the LORD against this land to destroy it? the LORD said unto me, Go up against this land, and destroy it.”
Isaiah 36:10 · KJV
Now therefore give pledges, I pray thee, to my master the king of Assyria, and I will give thee two thousand horses, if thou be able on thy part to set riders upon them. pledges: or, hostages
How then wilt thou turn away the face of one captain of the least of my master's servants, and put thy trust on Egypt for chariots and for horsemen?
And am I now come up without the LORD against this land to destroy it? the LORD said unto me, Go up against this land, and destroy it.
Then said Eliakim and Shebna and Joah unto Rabshakeh, Speak, I pray thee, unto thy servants in the Syrian language; for we understand it: and speak not to us in the Jews' language, in the ears of the people that are on the wall.
But Rabshakeh said, Hath my master sent me to thy master and to thee to speak these words? hath he not sent me to the men that sit upon the wall, that they may eat their own dung , and drink their own piss with you?
KJV Study — Public Domain
“it the LORD”
H3068(the) self-existent or eternal; jeho-vah, jewish national name of god
“And am I now come up”
H5927to ascend, intransitively (be high) or actively (mount); used in a great variety of senses, primary and secondary, literal and figurative
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
“and destroy”
H7843to decay, i.e., (causatively) ruin (literally or figuratively)
“it the LORD”
H3068(the) self-existent or eternal; jeho-vah, jewish national name of god
“And am I now come up”
H5927to ascend, intransitively (be high) or actively (mount); used in a great variety of senses, primary and secondary, literal and figurative
“and destroy”
H7843to decay, i.e., (causatively) ruin (literally or figuratively)
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