Isaiah 36 · Verse 10

Isaiah 36:10

And am I now come up without the Lord against this land to destroy it? the Lord said unto me, Go up against this land, and destroy it.
Isaiah 36:10, King James Version

Isaiah 36:10 in other translations

BSBSo now, was it apart from the LORD that I have come up against this land to destroy it? The LORD Himself said to me, ‘Go up against this land and destroy it.’”
WEBHave I come up now without the LORD against this land to destroy it? The LORD said to me, “Go up against this land, and destroy it.”’”
ASVAnd am I now come up without Jehovah against this land to destroy it? Jehovah said unto me, Go up against this land, and destroy it.
YLTAnd now, without Jehovah have I come up against this land to destroy it? Jehovah said unto me, Go up unto this land, and thou hast destroyed it.'
DARBYAnd now am I come up without Jehovah against this land to destroy it? Jehovah said to me, Go up against this land and destroy it.
BBEAnd have I now come to send destruction on this land without the Lord's authority? It was the Lord himself who said to me, Go up against this land and make it waste.
WebsterAnd am I now come up without the LORD against this land to destroy it? the LORD said to me, Go up against this land, and destroy it.

What does Isaiah 36:10 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
10. A boastful inference from the past successes of Assyria, designed to influence the Jews to surrender; their own principles bound them to yield to Jehovah's will. He may have heard from partisans in Judah what Isaiah had foretold (Is 10:5, 6).

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 10 Am I now come up without the Lord - Probably some apostate Israelitish priest might have encouraged the king of Assyria by telling him that Jehovah had given him a commission against Jerusalem.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Isaiah 36:10 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וְעַתָּה֙ve.'a.Tahand nowH6258
הֲמִבַּלְעֲדֵ֣יha.mi.bal.'a.Dei¿ <from> withoutH1107
יְהוָ֔הYah.wehYahwehH3068
עָלִ֛יתִי'a.Li.tihave I come upH5927
עַל\־'al-onH5921
הָאָ֥רֶץha.'A.retzthe landH776
הַזֹּ֖אתha.Zot<the> thisH2063
לְהַשְׁחִיתָ֑הּle.hash.chi.Tahto destroy itH7843
יְהוָה֙Yah.wehYahwehH3068
אָמַ֣ר'a.Marhe saidH559
אֵלַ֔י'e.Laito meH413
עֲלֵ֛ה'a.Lehgo upH5927
אֶל\־'el-toH413
הָאָ֥רֶץha.'A.retzthe landH776
הַזֹּ֖אתha.Zot<the> thisH2063
וְהַשְׁחִיתָֽהּ\׃ve.hash.chi.Tahand destroy itH7843

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Isaiah 36:10

  • Isaiah 10:5-7

    O Assyrian, the rod of mine anger, and the staff in their hand is mine indignation. I will send him against an hypocritical nation, and against the people of my wrath will I give him a charge, to take the spoil, and to take the prey, and to tread them down like the mire of the streets. Howbeit he meaneth not so, neither doth his heart think so; but it is in his heart to destroy and cut off nations not a few.

  • 2 Kings 18:25

    Am I now come up without the Lord against this place to destroy it? The Lord said to me, Go up against this land, and destroy it.

  • 1 Kings 13:18

    He said unto him, I am a prophet also as thou art; and an angel spake unto me by the word of the Lord, saying, Bring him back with thee into thine house, that he may eat bread and drink water. But he lied unto him.

  • 2 Chronicles 35:21

    But he sent ambassadors to him, saying, What have I to do with thee, thou king of Judah? I come not against thee this day, but against the house wherewith I have war: for God commanded me to make haste: forbear thee from meddling with God, who is with me, that he destroy thee not.

  • Isaiah 37:28

    But I know thy abode, and thy going out, and thy coming in, and thy rage against me.

  • Amos 3:6

    Shall a trumpet be blown in the city, and the people not be afraid? shall there be evil in a city, and the Lord hath not done it?

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
10:5-7; 37:28; 1Ki 13:18; 2Ki 18:25; 2Ch 35:21; Am 3:6

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Isaiah 36:9

    How then wilt thou turn away the face of one captain of the least of my master’s servants, and put thy trust on Egypt for chariots and for horsemen?

  • Isaiah 36:10

    And am I now come up without the Lord against this land to destroy it? the Lord said unto me, Go up against this land, and destroy it.

  • Isaiah 36:11

    Then said Eliakim and Shebna and Joah unto Rabshakeh, Speak, I pray thee, unto thy servants in the Syrian language; for we understand it: and speak not to us in the Jews’ language, in the ears of the people that are on the wall.

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Isaiah 36:10 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		¿Y por ventura vine yo ahora á esta tierra para destruirla sin Jehová? Jehová me dijo: Sube á esta tierra para destruirla.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et maintenant, suis-je monté sans l’ Éternel contre ce pays pour le détruire? L’ Éternel m’a dit: Monte contre ce pays, et détruis-le.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und nun, bin ich ohne Jehova wider dieses Land heraufgezogen, um es zu verheeren? Jehova hat zu mir gesagt: Ziehe hinauf in dieses Land und verheere es.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		et nunc numquid sine Domino ascendi ad terram istam, ut disperderem eam? Dominus dixit ad me: Ascende super terram istam, et disperde eam.