What Does Isaiah 37:7 Mean?

lo!; also (as expressing surprise) if

“Behold I will send”

to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)

“a blast”

wind; by resemblance breath, i.e., a sensible (or even violent) exhalation; figuratively, life, anger, unsubstantiality; by extension, a region of the

“upon him and he shall hear”

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

“a rumour”

something heard, i.e., an announcement

“and return”

to turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the idea of return to the starting point);

near, with or among; often in general, to

“in his own land”

the earth (at large, or partitively a land)

“and I will cause him to fall”

to fall, in a great variety of applications (intransitive or causative, literal or figurative)

“by the sword”

drought; also a cutting instrument (from its destructive effect), as a knife, sword, or other sharp implement

“in his own land”

the earth (at large, or partitively a land)