King James Version
Isaiah 37:18 in the King James Version says “Of a truth, LORD, the kings of Assyria have laid waste all the nations, and their countries, nations: Heb. lands” — study this verse from Isaiah chapter 37 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Of a truth, LORD, the kings of Assyria have laid waste all the nations, and their countries, nations: Heb. lands”
Isaiah 37:18 · KJV
O LORD of hosts, God of Israel, that dwellest between the cherubims, thou art the God, even thou alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth: thou hast made heaven and earth.
Incline thine ear, O LORD, and hear; open thine eyes, O LORD, and see: and hear all the words of Sennacherib, which hath sent to reproach the living God.
Of a truth, LORD, the kings of Assyria have laid waste all the nations, and their countries, nations: Heb. lands
And have cast their gods into the fire: for they were no gods, but the work of men's hands, wood and stone: therefore they have destroyed them. cast: Heb. given
Now therefore, O LORD our God, save us from his hand, that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that thou art the LORD, even thou only.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“have laid waste”
H2717to parch (through drought) i.e., (by analogy,) to desolate, destroy, kill
“of Assyria”
H804ashshur, the second son of shem; also his descendants and the country occupied by them (i.e., assyria), its region and its empire
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)
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
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