Isaiah Chapter 37 verse 35 Holy Bible
For I will defend this city to save it, for mine own sake, and for my servant David's sake.
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For I will keep this town safe, for my honour, and for the honour of my servant David.
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And I will defend this city, to save it, for mine own sake, and for my servant David's sake.
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For I will defend this city to save it for mine own sake, and for my servant David's sake.
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For I will defend this city to save it, for my own sake, and for my servant David's sake.
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And I have covered over this city, To save it, for Mine own sake, And for the sake of David My servant.'
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 35. - I will defend this city... for mine own sake; literally, I will cover over this city, as a bird covers its young with its wings (comp. Isaiah 31:5; Matthew 23:37). God would do this "for his own sake;" i.e. because his own honour was concerned in the defence of his people. He would also do it for his servant David's sake; i.e. because of the promises made to David, that his children should sit upon his throne (2 Samuel 7:16; Psalm 89:29-37; Psalm 132:11-14, etc.), which involved the continued independence of Judaea and Jerusalem.
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(35) For mine own sake . . .--The words set forth, as it were, the two motives of Jehovah's action: "for His own sake," as asserting His majesty against the blasphemy of the Assyrians; for "David's sake," as mindful of the promise made to him, showing, in the spirit of the second commandment, that the good as well as the evil influences of men survive, and that a later generation may profit by the good that was in its predecessor, as well as suffer for its guilt.
