Isaiah 37 · Verse 23

Isaiah 37:23

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.
Isaiah 37:23, King James Version

Isaiah 37:23 in other translations

BSBWhom have you taunted and blasphemed? Against whom have you raised your voice and lifted your eyes in pride? Against the Holy One of Israel!
WEBWhom 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.
ASVWhom 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.
YLTWhom hast thou reproached and reviled? And against whom lifted up the voice? Yea, thou dost lift up on high thine eyes Against the Holy One of Israel.
DARBYWhom hast thou reproached and blasphemed? and against whom hast thou exalted the voice? Against the Holy One of Israel hast thou lifted up thine eyes on high.
BBEAgainst whom have you said evil and bitter things? and against whom has your voice been loud and your eyes lifted up? even against the Holy One of Israel.
WebsterWhom hast thou reproached and blasphemed; and against whom hast thou exalted thy voice, and lifted thy eyes on high? even against the Holy One of Israel.

What does Isaiah 37:23 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
23. Whom--not an idol.

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

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 23 Against the Holy One of Israel - For אל el, to, the other copy has על al, against, rather more properly.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Isaiah 37:23 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.

אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
מִ֤יmiwhom?H4310
חֵרַ֙פְתָּ֙che.Raf.tahave you tauntedH2778
וְגִדַּ֔פְתָּve.gi.Daf.taand have you blasphemed?H1442
וְעַל\־ve.'al-and onH5921
מִ֖יmiwhom?H4310
הֲרִימ֣וֹתָהha.ri.Mo.tahhave you raisedH7311
קּ֑וֹלKola voiceH6963
וַתִּשָּׂ֥אva.ti.Sa'and have you lifted up?H5375
מָר֛וֹםma.RomheightH4791
עֵינֶ֖יךָ'ei.Nei.khaeyes yourH5869
אֶל\־'el-againstH413
קְד֥וֹשׁke.Do.osh[the] holy [one] ofH6918
יִשְׂרָאֵֽל\׃Yis.ra.'ElIsraelH3478

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

Cross references for Isaiah 37:23

  • Ezekiel 39:7

    So will I make my holy name known in the midst of my people Israel; and I will not let them pollute my holy name any more: and the heathen shall know that I am the Lord, the Holy One in Israel.

  • Daniel 5:20-23

    But when his heart was lifted up, and his mind hardened in pride, he was deposed from his kingly throne, and they took his glory from him: And he was driven from the sons of men; and his heart was made like the beasts, and his dwelling was with the wild asses: they fed him with grass like oxen, and his body was wet with the dew of heaven; till he knew that the most high God ruled in the kingdom of men, and that he appointeth over it whomsoever he will. And thou his son, O Belshazzar, hast not humbled thine heart, though thou knewest all this; But hast lifted up thyself against the Lord of heaven; and they have brought the vessels of his house before thee, and thou, and thy lords, thy wives, and thy concubines, have drunk wine in them; and thou hast praised the gods of silver, and gold, of brass, iron, wood, and stone, which see not, nor hear, nor know: and the God in whose hand thy breath is, and whose are all thy ways, hast thou not glorified:

  • Daniel 7:25

    And he shall speak great words against the most High, and shall wear out the saints of the most High, and think to change times and laws: and they shall be given into his hand until a time and times and the dividing of time.

  • Ezekiel 28:9

    Wilt thou yet say before him that slayeth thee, I am God? but thou shalt be a man, and no God, in the hand of him that slayeth thee.

  • 2 Thessalonians 2:4

    Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, shewing himself that he is God.

  • Isaiah 17:7

    At that day shall a man look to his Maker, and his eyes shall have respect to the Holy One of Israel.

  • Isaiah 41:16

    Thou shalt fan them, and the wind shall carry them away, and the whirlwind shall scatter them: and thou shalt rejoice in the Lord, and shalt glory in the Holy One of Israel.

  • Exodus 9:17

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

  • Psalms 74:18

    Remember this, that the enemy hath reproached, O Lord, and that the foolish people have blasphemed thy name.

  • Isaiah 43:14

    Thus saith the Lord, your redeemer, the Holy One of Israel; For your sake I have sent to Babylon, and have brought down all their nobles, and the Chaldeans, whose cry is in the ships.

  • Isaiah 12:6

    Cry out and shout, thou inhabitant of Zion: for great is the Holy One of Israel in the midst of thee.

  • Ezekiel 28:2

    Son of man, say unto the prince of Tyrus, Thus saith the Lord God; Because thine heart is lifted up, and thou hast said, I am a God, I sit in the seat of God, in the midst of the seas; yet thou art a man, and not God, though thou set thine heart as the heart of God:

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Whom hast.
10-13; Ex 5:2; 2Ki 19:4,22; 2Ch 32:17; Ps 44:16; 73:9; 74:18,23
Re 13:1-6
against whom.
10:13-15; 14:13,14; Ex 9:17; Pr 30:13; Eze 28:2,9; Da 5:20-23
Da 7:25; 2Th 2:4
the Holy One.
10:20; 12:6; 17:7; 30:11,12; 41:14,16; 43:3,14; Ex 15:11; Eze 39:7
Hab 1:12,13

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

Context

  • Isaiah 37:22

    This is the word which the Lord hath spoken concerning him; The virgin, the daughter of Zion, hath despised thee, and laughed thee to scorn; the daughter of Jerusalem hath shaken her head at thee.

  • Isaiah 37:23

    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.

  • Isaiah 37:24

    By thy servants hast thou reproached the Lord, and hast said, By the multitude of my chariots am I come up to the height of the mountains, to the sides of Lebanon; and I will cut down the tall cedars thereof, and the choice fir trees thereof: and I will enter into the height of his border, and the forest of his Carmel.

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Isaiah 37:23 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
¿A quién injuriaste y á quién blasfemaste? ¿contra quién has alzado tu voz, y levantado tus ojos en alto? Contra el Santo de Israel.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Qui as-tu outragé et blasphémé? Et contre qui as-tu élevé la voix? C’est contre le Saint d’Israël que tu as levé tes yeux en haut.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Wen hast du verhöhnt und gelästert, und gegen wen die Stimme erhoben? Gegen den Heiligen Israels hast du deine Augen emporgerichtet!
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Cui exprobrasti? et quem blasphemasti? et super quem exaltasti vocem, et levasti altitudinem oculorum tuorum? ad Sanctum Israël.