What Does Isaiah 37:17 Mean?

“Incline”

to stretch or spread out; by implication, to bend away (including moral deflection); used in a great variety of application (as follows)

“O LORD”

(the) self-existent or eternal; jeho-vah, jewish national name of god

“thine ear”

broadness. i.e., (concrete) the ear (from its form in man)

“and hear”

to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)

“open”

to open (the senses, especially the eyes); figuratively, to be observant

“O LORD”

(the) self-existent or eternal; jeho-vah, jewish national name of god

“thine eyes”

an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)

“and see”

to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)

“and hear”

to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)

properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)

properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)

“all the words”

a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause

“of Sennacherib”

sancherib, an assyrian king

who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc

“which hath sent”

to send away, for, or out (in a great variety of applications)

“to reproach”

to pull off, i.e., (by implication) to expose (as by stripping); specifically, to betroth (as if a surrender); figuratively, to carp at, i.e., defame;

“God”

gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme god; occasionally applied by way of

“the living”

alive; hence, raw (flesh); fresh (plant, water, year), strong; also (as noun, especially in the feminine singular and masculine plural) life (or livin