"O LORD of Hosts, God of Israel, enthroned above the cherubim, You alone are God over all the kingdoms of the earth. You made the heavens and the earth. O LORD of HostsThe phrase "LORD of Hosts" is derived from the Hebrew "Yahweh Sabaoth," which signifies God as the commander of the heavenly armies. This title emphasizes God's supreme authority and power over all celestial and earthly forces. In the context of Isaiah, it reassures the Israelites of God's omnipotence and His ability to protect and deliver them from their enemies. Historically, this title would have been a source of comfort and strength, reminding the people of God's past victories and His ongoing sovereignty. God of Israel
This designation highlights the special covenant relationship between God and the nation of Israel. It underscores God's faithfulness and His role as the protector and guide of His chosen people. The phrase serves as a reminder of the unique identity and calling of Israel, set apart to be a light to the nations. In the broader biblical narrative, it points to God's unfolding plan of redemption through Israel, ultimately fulfilled in Jesus Christ. enthroned above the cherubim
The imagery of God being "enthroned above the cherubim" refers to the Ark of the Covenant, where the presence of God was believed to dwell between the two cherubim on the mercy seat. This symbolizes God's holiness and His intimate presence with His people. The cherubim, often depicted as angelic beings, signify the majesty and glory of God. This phrase evokes a sense of awe and reverence, reminding believers of God's transcendence and His immanence. You alone are God
This declaration affirms the monotheistic belief central to the faith of Israel. It emphasizes the exclusivity of Yahweh as the one true God, in contrast to the polytheistic beliefs of surrounding nations. This assertion of God's singularity is foundational to the biblical worldview, calling believers to worship Him alone and reject idolatry. It is a call to recognize God's unique nature and His ultimate authority over all creation. over all the kingdoms of the earth
This phrase acknowledges God's sovereignty over all nations and political powers. It reflects the biblical theme that God is not just the God of Israel but the ruler of the entire world. This understanding provides hope and assurance that, despite the apparent chaos and power struggles among earthly kingdoms, God remains in control. It encourages believers to trust in God's providential plan and His ability to bring about His purposes in history. You made the heavens and the earth
This statement affirms God as the Creator of all things, highlighting His omnipotence and wisdom. The creation of the heavens and the earth is a testament to God's power and His rightful authority over all that exists. It serves as a reminder of the order and purpose inherent in creation, pointing to God's ongoing care and sustenance of the world. For believers, this truth inspires worship and trust in God's creative and redemptive work. Persons / Places / Events 1. LORD of HostsThis title emphasizes God's supreme command over the heavenly armies, highlighting His power and authority. 2. God of IsraelThis designation underscores the covenant relationship between God and the nation of Israel, His chosen people. 3. CherubimAngelic beings associated with the presence of God, often depicted as guardians of His holiness. 4. Kingdoms of the EarthRefers to all earthly nations and powers, over which God has ultimate sovereignty. 5. Hezekiah's PrayerThe context of this verse is King Hezekiah's prayer for deliverance from the Assyrian threat, demonstrating reliance on God's power and sovereignty. Teaching Points God's SovereigntyRecognize that God is sovereign over all nations and rulers. In times of uncertainty, trust in His ultimate control and plan. Covenant RelationshipReflect on the special relationship God has with His people. As believers, we are part of this covenant through Christ, and we can rely on His promises. Presence of GodThe imagery of God enthroned between the cherubim reminds us of His holiness and presence. Approach Him with reverence and awe in prayer and worship. Creator of AllAcknowledge God as the Creator of the heavens and the earth. This truth should inspire worship and a sense of responsibility to care for His creation. Prayer in CrisisLike Hezekiah, bring your concerns and fears to God in prayer, trusting in His power to deliver and provide. Bible Study Questions 1. How does understanding God's sovereignty over the kingdoms of the earth impact your view of current world events? 2. In what ways can you cultivate a deeper sense of God's presence in your daily life, knowing He is enthroned between the cherubim? 3. How does recognizing God as the Creator influence your attitude towards the environment and stewardship of the earth? 4. What can we learn from Hezekiah's prayer about approaching God in times of crisis or need? 5. How does the covenant relationship between God and Israel relate to the New Covenant established through Jesus Christ, and how does this affect your personal faith journey? Connections to Other Scriptures Exodus 25:22The cherubim are mentioned in the context of the Ark of the Covenant, symbolizing God's presence and His communication with Israel. Psalm 24:1This verse echoes the theme of God's sovereignty over the earth, affirming that the earth and everything in it belong to the LORD. Colossians 1:16This New Testament passage connects to the creation theme, affirming that all things were created by and for Christ, who is God. Revelation 4:11This verse praises God for His creation, acknowledging His worthiness to receive glory and honor as the Creator. People Adrammelech, Amoz, Assyrians, David, Eliakim, Esarhaddon, Haran, Hezekiah, Isaiah, Rabshakeh, Sennacherib, Sharezer, Shebna, TirhakahPlaces Ararat, Arpad, Assyria, Cush, Egypt, Gozan, Hamath, Haran, Hena, Ivvah, Jerusalem, Lachish, Lebanon, Libnah, Mount Zion, Nineveh, Rezeph, Sepharvaim, Telassar, Tigris-Euphrates Region, ZionTopics Almighty, Alone, Armies, Cherubim, Cherubims, Cherubs, Dwellest, Enthroned, Hast, Heaven, Heavens, Hosts, Inhabiting, Kingdoms, O, Ones, Seated, Sittest, Thyself, WingedDictionary of Bible Themes Isaiah 37:16 1325 God, the Creator
2376 kingdom of God, coming
4055 heaven and earth
4150 cherubim
4287 universe
5367 kingdoms
5369 kingship, divine
5581 throne
9230 judgment seat Isaiah 37:14-17 5893 insults Isaiah 37:14-20 5292 defence, divine
8031 trust, importance
8611 prayer, for others Library Where to Carry Troubles
And Hezekiah received the letter from the hand of the messengers, and read it: and Hezekiah went up unto the house of the Lord, and spread it before the Lord.'--ISAIAH xxxvii. 14. When Hezekiah heard the threatenings of Sennacherib's servants, he rent his clothes and went into the house of the Lord, and sent to Isaiah entreating his prayers. When he received the menacing letter, his faith was greater, having been heartened by Isaiah's assurances. So he then himself appealed to Jehovah, spreading …
Alexander Maclaren—Expositions of Holy ScriptureThe Triumph of Faith
'And Hezekiah received the letter from the hand of the messengers, and read it: and Hezekiah went up unto the house of the Lord, and spread it before the Lord. 15. And Hezekiah prayed unto the Lord, saying, 16. 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. 17. Incline Thine ear, O Lord, and hear; open Thine eyes, O Lord, and see: and hear all the words of Sennacherib, which …
Alexander Maclaren—Expositions of Holy Scripture The First Trumpet.
The first trumpet of the seventh seal begins from the final disturbance and overthrow of the Roman idolarchy at the close of the sixth seal; and as it was to bring the first plague on the empire, now beginning to fall, it lays waste the third part of the earth, with a horrible storm of hail mingled with fire and blood; that is, it depopulates the territory and people of the Roman world, (viz. the basis and ground of its universal polity) with a terrible and bloody irruption of the northern nations, …
Joseph Mede—A Key to the Apocalypse The Power of Assyria at Its Zenith; Esarhaddon and Assur-Bani-Pal
The Medes and Cimmerians: Lydia--The conquest of Egypt, of Arabia, and of Elam. As we have already seen, Sennacherib reigned for eight years after his triumph; eight years of tranquillity at home, and of peace with all his neighbours abroad. If we examine the contemporary monuments or the documents of a later period, and attempt to glean from them some details concerning the close of his career, we find that there is a complete absence of any record of national movement on the part of either Elam, …
G. Maspero—History Of Egypt, Chaldaea, Syria, Babylonia, and Assyria, V 8 The Golden Eagle is Cut to Pieces. Herod's Barbarity when He was Ready to Die. He Attempts to Kill Himself. He Commands Antipater to be Slain.
1. Now Herod's distemper became more and more severe to him, and this because these his disorders fell upon him in his old age, and when he was in a melancholy condition; for he was already seventy years of age, and had been brought by the calamities that happened to him about his children, whereby he had no pleasure in life, even when he was in health; the grief also that Antipater was still alive aggravated his disease, whom he resolved to put to death now not at random, but as soon as he should …
Flavius Josephus—The Wars of the Jews or History of the Destruction of Jerusalem Christ Rightly and Properly Said to have Merited Grace and Salvation for Us.
1. Christ not only the minister, but also the author and prince of salvation. Divine grace not obscured by this mode of expression. The merit of Christ not opposed to the mercy of God, but depends upon it. 2. The compatibility of the two proved by various passages of Scripture. 3. Christ by his obedience truly merited divine grace for us. 4. This grace obtained by the shedding of Christ's blood, and his obedience even unto death. 5. In this way he paid our ransom. 6. The presumptuous manner in which …
John Calvin—The Institutes of the Christian Religion The Harbinger
The voice of him that crieth in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the LORD , make straight in the desert a high-way for our God. Every valley shall be exalted, and every mountain and hill shall be made low, and the crooked shall be made straight, and the rough places plain. And the glory of the LORD shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together, for the mouth of the LORD hath spoken it. T he general style of the prophecies is poetical. The inimitable simplicity which characterizes every …
John Newton—Messiah Vol. 1 A Discourse of the House and Forest of Lebanon
OF THE HOUSE OF THE FOREST OF LEBANON. ADVERTISEMENT BY THE EDITOR. That part of Palestine in which the celebrated mountains of Lebanon are situated, is the border country adjoining Syria, having Sidon for its seaport, and Land, nearly adjoining the city of Damascus, on the north. This metropolitan city of Syria, and capital of the kingdom of Damascus, was strongly fortified; and during the border conflicts it served as a cover to the Assyrian army. Bunyan, with great reason, supposes that, to keep …
John Bunyan—The Works of John Bunyan Volumes 1-3 The Holy City; Or, the New Jerusalem:
WHEREIN ITS GOODLY LIGHT, WALLS, GATES, ANGELS, AND THE MANNER OF THEIR STANDING, ARE EXPOUNDED: ALSO HER LENGTH AND BREADTH, TOGETHER WITH THE GOLDEN MEASURING-REED EXPLAINED: AND THE GLORY OF ALL UNFOLDED. AS ALSO THE NUMEROUSNESS OF ITS INHABITANTS; AND WHAT THE TREE AND WATER OF LIFE ARE, BY WHICH THEY ARE SUSTAINED. 'Glorious things are spoken of thee, O city of God.'-Psalm 87:3 'And the name of the city from that day shall be, THE LORD IS THERE.'-Ezekiel 48:35 London: Printed in the year 1665 …
John Bunyan—The Works of John Bunyan Volumes 1-3 The Prophet Amos.
GENERAL PRELIMINARY REMARKS. It will not be necessary to extend our preliminary remarks on the prophet Amos, since on the main point--viz., the circumstances under which he appeared as a prophet--the introduction to the prophecies of Hosea may be regarded as having been written for those of Amos also. For, according to the inscription, they belong to the same period at which Hosea's prophetic ministry began, viz., the latter part of the reign of Jeroboam II., and after Uzziah had ascended the …
Ernst Wilhelm Hengstenberg—Christology of the Old Testament Concerning the Lord's Supper
There are two passages which treat in the clearest manner of this subject, and at which we shall look,--the statements in the Gospels respecting the Lord's Supper, and the words of Paul. (1 Cor. xi.) Matthew, Mark, and Luke agree that Christ gave the whole sacrament to all His disciples; and that Paul taught both parts of it is so certain, that no one has yet been shameless enough to assert the contrary. Add to this, that according to the relation of Matthew, Christ did not say concerning the bread, …
Martin Luther—First Principles of the Reformation Divine Support and Protection
[What shall we say then to these things?] If God be for us, who can be against us? T he passions of joy or grief, of admiration or gratitude, are moderate when we are able to find words which fully describe their emotions. When they rise very high, language is too faint to express them; and the person is either lost in silence, or feels something which, after his most laboured efforts, is too big for utterance. We may often observe the Apostle Paul under this difficulty, when attempting to excite …
John Newton—Messiah Vol. 2 Isaiah
CHAPTERS I-XXXIX Isaiah is the most regal of the prophets. His words and thoughts are those of a man whose eyes had seen the King, vi. 5. The times in which he lived were big with political problems, which he met as a statesman who saw the large meaning of events, and as a prophet who read a divine purpose in history. Unlike his younger contemporary Micah, he was, in all probability, an aristocrat; and during his long ministry (740-701 B.C., possibly, but not probably later) he bore testimony, as …
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