2 Kings 19:22
New International Version
Who is it you have ridiculed and blasphemed? Against whom have you raised your voice and lifted your eyes in pride? Against the Holy One of Israel!

New Living Translation
“Whom have you been defying and ridiculing? Against whom did you raise your voice? At whom did you look with such haughty eyes? It was the Holy One of Israel!

English Standard Version
“Whom have you mocked and reviled? Against whom have you raised your voice and lifted your eyes to the heights? Against the Holy One of Israel!

Berean Standard Bible
Whom have you taunted and blasphemed? Against whom have you raised your voice and lifted your eyes in pride? Against the Holy One of Israel!

King James Bible
Whom hast thou reproached and blasphemed? and against whom hast thou exalted thy voice, and lifted up thine eyes on high? even against the Holy One of Israel.

New King James Version
‘Whom have you reproached and blasphemed? Against whom have you raised your voice, And lifted up your eyes on high? Against the Holy One of Israel.

New American Standard Bible
‘Whom have you taunted and blasphemed? And against whom have you raised your voice, And haughtily raised your eyes? Against the Holy One of Israel!

NASB 1995
Whom have you reproached and blasphemed? And against whom have you raised your voice, And haughtily lifted up your eyes? Against the Holy One of Israel!

NASB 1977
‘Whom have you reproached and blasphemed? And against whom have you raised your voice, And haughtily lifted up your eyes? Against the Holy One of Israel!

Legacy Standard Bible
Whom have you reproached and blasphemed? And against whom have you heightened your voice, And haughtily lifted up your eyes? Against the Holy One of Israel!

Amplified Bible
‘Whom have you taunted and blasphemed? Against whom have you raised your voice, And haughtily lifted up your eyes? Against the Holy One of Israel!

Christian Standard Bible
Who is it you mocked and blasphemed? Against whom have you raised your voice and lifted your eyes in pride? Against the Holy One of Israel!

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Who is it you mocked and blasphemed? Against whom have you raised your voice and lifted your eyes in pride? Against the Holy One of Israel!

American Standard Version
Whom hast thou defied and blasphemed? and against whom hast thou exalted thy voice and lifted up thine eyes on high? even against the Holy One of Israel.

Contemporary English Version
Sennacherib, you cursed, shouted, and sneered at me, the holy God of Israel.

English Revised Version
Whom hast thou reproached and blasphemed? and against whom hast thou exalted thy voice and lifted up thine eyes on high? even against the Holy One of Israel.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Whom are you defying and slandering? Against whom are you shouting? Who are you looking at so arrogantly? It is the Holy One of Israel!

Good News Translation
Whom do you think you have been insulting and ridiculing? You have been disrespectful to me, the holy God of Israel.

International Standard Version
Who are you reproaching and blaspheming? Against whom have you raised your voice? And against whom have you lifted up your eyes in arrogance? Against the Holy One of Israel!

Majority Standard Bible
Whom have you taunted and blasphemed? Against whom have you raised your voice and lifted your eyes in pride? Against the Holy One of Israel!

NET Bible
Whom have you taunted and hurled insults at? At whom have you shouted, and looked so arrogantly? At the Holy One of Israel!

New Heart English Bible
Whom have you defied and blasphemed? Against whom have you exalted your voice and lifted up your eyes on high? Against the Holy One of Israel.

Webster's Bible Translation
Whom hast thou reproached and blasphemed? and against whom hast thou exalted thy voice, and lifted up thy eyes on high: even against the Holy One of Israel.

World English Bible
Whom have you defied and blasphemed? Against whom have you exalted your voice and lifted up your eyes on high? Against the Holy One of Israel!
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
Whom have you reproached and reviled? And against whom lifted up a voice? Indeed, you lift up your eyes on high—Against the Holy One of Israel!

Young's Literal Translation
Whom hast thou reproached and reviled? And against whom lifted up a voice? Yea, thou dost lift up on high thine eyes -- Against the Holy One of Israel!

Smith's Literal Translation
Whom didst thou reproach and revile? and against whom didst thou lift up the voice, and thou wilt lift up thine eyes on high against the holy one of Israel?
Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
Whom hast thou reproached, and whom hast thou blasphemed? against whom hast thou exalted thy voice, and lifted up thy eyes on high? against the holy one of Israel.

Catholic Public Domain Version
Whom have you reproached, and whom have you blasphemed? Against whom have you exalted your voice, and lifted up your eyes on high? Against the Holy One of Israel!

New American Bible
Whom have you insulted and blasphemed, at whom have you raised your voice And lifted up your eyes on high? At the Holy One of Israel!

New Revised Standard Version
“Whom have you mocked and reviled? Against whom have you raised your voice and haughtily lifted your eyes? Against the Holy One of Israel!
Translations from Aramaic
Lamsa Bible
Whom have you reproached and blasphemed? And against whom have you raised your voices and lifted up your eyes on high? Even against the Holy One of Israel.

Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
Whom have you rebuked, and in front of whom have you blasphemed, and against whom have you lifted your voice? You have lifted your eyes on high against The Holy One of Israel!
OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
Whom hast thou taunted and Blasphemed? And against whom hast thou exalted thy voice? Yea, thou hast lifted up thine eyes on high, Even against the Holy One of Israel!

Brenton Septuagint Translation
Whom hast thou reproached, and whom hast thou reviled? and against whom hast thou lifted up thy voice, and raised thine eyes on high? Is it against the Holy One of Israel?

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
The Fall of Sennacherib Prophesied
21This is the word that the LORD has spoken against him: ‘The Virgin Daughter of Zion despises you and mocks you; the Daughter of Jerusalem shakes her head behind you. 22 Whom have you taunted and blasphemed? Against whom have you raised your voice and lifted your eyes in pride? Against the Holy One of Israel! 23Through your servants you have taunted the Lord, and you have said: “With my many chariots I have ascended to the heights of the mountains, to the remote peaks of Lebanon. I have cut down its tallest cedars, the finest of its cypresses. I have reached its farthest outposts, the densest of its forests.…

Cross References
Isaiah 37:23
Whom have you taunted and blasphemed? Against whom have you raised your voice and lifted your eyes in pride? Against the Holy One of Israel!

Isaiah 10:15
Does an axe raise itself above the one who swings it? Does a saw boast over him who saws with it? It would be like a rod waving the one who lifts it, or a staff lifting him who is not wood!

Isaiah 37:28-29
But I know your sitting down, your going out and coming in, and your raging against Me. / Because your rage and arrogance against Me have reached My ears, I will put My hook in your nose and My bit in your mouth; I will send you back the way you came.’

Isaiah 14:13-14
You said in your heart: “I will ascend to the heavens; I will raise my throne above the stars of God. I will sit on the mount of assembly, in the far reaches of the north. / I will ascend above the tops of the clouds; I will make myself like the Most High.”

Psalm 74:18
Remember how the enemy has mocked You, O LORD, how a foolish people has spurned Your name.

Psalm 73:9
They set their mouths against the heavens, and their tongues strut across the earth.

Psalm 2:1-4
Why do the nations rage and the peoples plot in vain? / The kings of the earth take their stand and the rulers gather together, against the LORD and against His Anointed One: / “Let us break Their chains and cast away Their cords.” ...

Psalm 89:51
how Your enemies have taunted, O LORD, and have mocked every step of Your anointed one!

Ezekiel 28:2
“Son of man, tell the ruler of Tyre that this is what the Lord GOD says: Your heart is proud, and you have said, ‘I am a god; I sit in the seat of gods in the heart of the sea.’ Yet you are a man and not a god, though you have regarded your heart as that of a god.

Ezekiel 35:13
You boasted against Me with your mouth and multiplied your words against Me. I heard it Myself!

Daniel 5:23
Instead, you have exalted yourself against the Lord of heaven. The vessels from His house were brought to you, and as you drank wine from them with your nobles, wives, and concubines, you praised your gods of silver and gold, bronze and iron, wood and stone, which cannot see or hear or understand. But you have failed to glorify the God who holds in His hand your very breath and all your ways.

Acts 9:4-5
He fell to the ground and heard a voice say to him, “Saul, Saul, why do you persecute Me?” / “Who are You, Lord?” Saul asked. “I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting,” He replied.

Acts 12:21-23
On the appointed day, Herod donned his royal robes, sat on his throne, and addressed the people. / And they began to shout, “This is the voice of a god, not a man!” / Immediately, because Herod did not give glory to God, an angel of the Lord struck him down, and he was eaten by worms and died.

Romans 1:21
For although they knew God, they neither glorified Him as God nor gave thanks to Him, but they became futile in their thinking and darkened in their foolish hearts.

Romans 1:30
slanderers, God-haters, insolent, arrogant, and boastful. They invent new forms of evil; they disobey their parents.


Treasury of Scripture

Whom have you reproached and blasphemed? and against whom have you exalted your voice, and lifted up your eyes on high? even against the Holy One of Israel.

Whom.

2 Kings 18:28-35
Then Rabshakeh stood and cried with a loud voice in the Jews' language, and spake, saying, Hear the word of the great king, the king of Assyria: …

Exodus 5:2
And Pharaoh said, Who is the LORD, that I should obey his voice to let Israel go? I know not the LORD, neither will I let Israel go.

Psalm 73:9
They set their mouth against the heavens, and their tongue walketh through the earth.

exalted thy voice.

Exodus 9:17
As yet exaltest thou thyself against my people, that thou wilt not let them go?

Proverbs 30:13
There is a generation, O how lofty are their eyes! and their eyelids are lifted up.

Isaiah 10:15
Shall the axe boast itself against him that heweth therewith? or shall the saw magnify itself against him that shaketh it? as if the rod should shake itself against them that lift it up, or as if the staff should lift up itself, as if it were no wood.

the Holy One.

Psalm 71:22
I will also praise thee with the psaltery, even thy truth, O my God: unto thee will I sing with the harp, O thou Holy One of Israel.

Isaiah 5:24
Therefore as the fire devoureth the stubble, and the flame consumeth the chaff, so their root shall be as rottenness, and their blossom shall go up as dust: because they have cast away the law of the LORD of hosts, and despised the word of the Holy One of Israel.

Isaiah 30:11,12,15
Get you out of the way, turn aside out of the path, cause the Holy One of Israel to cease from before us…

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2 Kings 19
1. Hezekiah, in mourning, sends to Isaiah to pray for them.
6. Isaiah comforts them.
8. Sennacherib, going to encounter Tirhakah, sends a blasphemous letter to Hezekiah.
14. Hezekiah's prayer.
20. Isaiah's prophecy of the destruction of Sennacherib, and the good of Zion.
35. An angel slays the Assyrians.
36. Sennacherib is slain by his own sons.














Whom have you taunted and blasphemed?
This phrase is a rhetorical question posed by God through the prophet Isaiah, addressing the arrogance of the Assyrian king, Sennacherib. The context is the Assyrian siege of Jerusalem during the reign of King Hezekiah. Taunting and blaspheming refer to the Assyrian's mockery and disrespect towards the God of Israel. In the ancient Near Eastern context, blasphemy was a serious offense, often seen as a direct challenge to a deity's power. This phrase underscores the gravity of Sennacherib's actions, as he not only challenged a nation but the God who protected it. Theologically, it highlights the theme of divine retribution against those who defy God.

Against whom have you raised your voice and lifted your eyes in pride?
Raising one's voice and lifting one's eyes in pride signifies arrogance and defiance. In biblical literature, pride is often condemned as it leads to downfall (Proverbs 16:18). The Assyrian king's pride is evident in his belief that his military might could overpower any god, including the God of Israel. This phrase serves as a reminder of the biblical principle that God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble (James 4:6). Historically, Assyria was known for its military prowess and often attributed its success to its own strength, disregarding the power of other nations' deities.

Against the Holy One of Israel!
The title "Holy One of Israel" emphasizes God's unique and set-apart nature, highlighting His covenant relationship with Israel. This title is frequently used in the book of Isaiah, underscoring God's holiness and His special bond with His chosen people. By using this title, the text reinforces the idea that the Assyrian king's blasphemy is not just against any god, but against the one true God who is intimately involved with His people. This phrase also connects to the broader biblical narrative of God's faithfulness to Israel despite their unfaithfulness, and His ultimate plan of redemption through Jesus Christ, who is seen as the fulfillment of God's promises to Israel.

Persons / Places / Events
1. Hezekiah
The King of Judah during the time of the Assyrian threat. He is known for his faithfulness to God and his efforts to reform the religious practices of Judah.

2. Sennacherib
The King of Assyria who invaded Judah and sent a message of intimidation to Hezekiah, mocking the God of Israel.

3. Isaiah
The prophet who delivered God's message to Hezekiah, assuring him of divine intervention against the Assyrian threat.

4. Jerusalem
The capital city of Judah, which was under siege by the Assyrian army.

5. The Holy One of Israel
A title for God, emphasizing His holiness and unique relationship with Israel.
Teaching Points
Reverence for God
The verse highlights the importance of revering God and recognizing His holiness. Blasphemy and pride against God are serious offenses.

God's Sovereignty
Despite the threats from powerful earthly rulers, God remains sovereign. He is not intimidated by human arrogance.

Faith in Adversity
Hezekiah's response to the Assyrian threat teaches us to turn to God in prayer and trust His deliverance in times of trouble.

The Danger of Pride
Sennacherib's pride led to his downfall. This serves as a warning against elevating oneself above God.

God's Faithfulness
The title "Holy One of Israel" reminds us of God's covenant faithfulness. He defends His people and His name.(22) On high--i.e., towards heaven (Isaiah 40:26). (Comp. Isaiah 14:13-14.)

The Holy One of Israel.--A favourite expression of Isaiah's, in whose book it occurs twenty-seven times, and only five times elsewhere in the Old Testameut (Psalm 71:22; Psalm 78:41; Psalm 89:19; Jeremiah 50:29; Jeremiah 51:5). . . .

Verse 22. - Whom hast thou reproached and blasphemed? i.e. "Against whom hast thou been mad enough to measure thyself? Whom hast thou dared to insult and defy?" Not an earthly king - not a mere angelic being - but the Omnipotent, the Lord of earth and heaven. What utter folly is this! What mere absurdity? And against whom hast thou exalted thy voice? i.e. "spoken proudly" - in the tone in which a superior speaks of an inferior - and lifted up thine eyes on high? - i.e. "looked down upon" - treated with contempt, as not worth consideration - even against the Holy One of Israel. Isaiah's favorite phrase - used by him twenty-seven times, and only five times in the rest of Scripture - marks this entire prophecy as his genuine utterance, net the composition of the writer of Kings, but a burst of sudden inspiration from the Coryphaeus of the prophetic band. The oracle bears all the marks of Isaiah's elevated, fervid, and highly poetic style.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
Whom
מִ֤י (mî)
Interrogative
Strong's 4310: Who?, whoever, in oblique construction with prefix, suffix

have you taunted
חֵרַ֙פְתָּ֙ (ḥê·rap̄·tā)
Verb - Piel - Perfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's 2778: To pull off, to expose, to betroth, to carp at, defame, to spend the winter

and blasphemed?
וְגִדַּ֔פְתָּ (wə·ḡid·dap̄·tā)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's 1442: To revile, blaspheme

Against
וְעַל־ (wə·‘al-)
Conjunctive waw | Preposition
Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against

whom
מִ֖י (mî)
Interrogative
Strong's 4310: Who?, whoever, in oblique construction with prefix, suffix

have you raised
הֲרִימ֣וֹתָ (hă·rî·mō·w·ṯā)
Verb - Hifil - Perfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's 7311: To be high actively, to rise, raise

your voice
קּ֑וֹל (qō·wl)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 6963: A voice, sound

and lifted
וַתִּשָּׂ֥א (wat·tiś·śā)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's 5375: To lift, carry, take

your eyes
עֵינֶ֖יךָ (‘ê·ne·ḵā)
Noun - cdc | second person masculine singular
Strong's 5869: An eye, a fountain

in pride?
מָר֛וֹם (mā·rō·wm)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 4791: Altitude

Against
עַל־ (‘al-)
Preposition
Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against

the Holy One
קְד֥וֹשׁ (qə·ḏō·wōš)
Adjective - masculine singular construct
Strong's 6918: Sacred, God, an angel, a saint, a sanctuary

of Israel!
יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ (yiś·rā·’êl)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3478: Israel -- 'God strives', another name of Jacob and his desc


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