What Does Isaiah 37:26 Mean?

not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles

“Hast thou not heard”

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

“long ago”

remote, literally or figuratively, of place or time; specifically, precious; often used adverbially (with preposition)

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

“how I have done”

to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application

“times”

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 asso

“it and of ancient”

the front, of place (absolutely, the fore part, relatively the east) or time (antiquity); often used adverbially (before, anciently, eastward)

“that I have formed”

to mould into a form; especially as a potter; figuratively, to determine (i.e., form a resolution)

at this time, whether adverb, conjunction or expletive

“it now have I brought”

to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)

to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)

“it to pass that thou shouldest be to lay waste”

to rush; by implication, to desolate

“heaps”

something rolled, i.e., a heap of stone or dung (plural ruins), by analogy, a spring of water (plural waves)

“into ruinous”

properly, to go forth, i.e., (by implication) to be expelled, and (consequently) desolate; causatively, to lay waste; also (specifically), to quarrel

“cities”

a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post)

“defenced”

to gather grapes; also to be isolated (i.e., inaccessible by height or fortification)