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Isaiah 37:34

He will return by the same way he came, and he will not come to this city,' says the Lord.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Assyria;   Libnah;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Isaiah;   Sennacherib;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Time;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Mediator, Mediation;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Prayer;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Hezekiah;   King;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Hezekiah;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Text, Versions, and Languages of Ot;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Hezekiah;   Sennacherib;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Ararat;   Assyria;   Hezekiah;   Interesting facts about the bible;   Jerusalem;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Kingdom of Judah;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Isaiah;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
He will go backthe way he came,and he will not enter this city.
Hebrew Names Version
By the way that he came, by the same shall he return, and he shall not come to this city, says the LORD.
King James Version
By the way that he came, by the same shall he return, and shall not come into this city, saith the Lord .
English Standard Version
By the way that he came, by the same he shall return, and he shall not come into this city, declares the Lord .
New American Standard Bible
'By the way that he came, by the same he will return, and he will not come to this city,' declares the LORD.
New Century Version
He will return to his country the same way he came, and he will not enter this city,' says the Lord .
Amplified Bible
'By the way that he came, by the same way he will return, and he will not come into this city,' declares the LORD.
World English Bible
By the way that he came, by the same shall he return, and he shall not come to this city, says Yahweh.
Geneva Bible (1587)
By the same way that he came, he shall returne, and not come into this citie, saith the Lord.
Legacy Standard Bible
By the way that he came, by the same he will return, and he will not come to this city,' declares Yahweh.
Berean Standard Bible
He will go back the way he came, and he will not enter this city, declares the LORD.
Contemporary English Version
As surely as I am the Lord , he will return by the way he came and will never enter Jerusalem.
Complete Jewish Bible
" ‘By the way he came he will return; he will not come to this city,' says Adonai .
Darby Translation
By the way that he came, by the same shall he return, and shall not come into this city, saith Jehovah.
Easy-to-Read Version
He will go back the way he came. He will not come into this city. The Lord says this!
George Lamsa Translation
But by the way that he came, by the same shall he return, and he shall not enter this city, says the LORD.
Good News Translation
He will go back by the same road he came, without entering this city. I, the Lord , have spoken.
Lexham English Bible
He shall return by the way that he came, and he shall not come to this city,' declares Yahweh.
Literal Translation
He shall return by the same way that he came in, and he shall not come into this city, says Jehovah.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
The same waye that he came, shal he returne, and not come at this citie, saieth the LORDE.
American Standard Version
By the way that he came, by the same shall he return, and he shall not come unto this city, saith Jehovah.
Bible in Basic English
By the way he came he will go back, and he will not get into this town.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
By the way that he came, by the same shall he return, and he shall not come unto this city, saith the LORD.
King James Version (1611)
By the way that he came, by the same shall he returne, and shall not come into this citie, saith the Lord.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
The same way he came he shall returne, and not come at this citie, saith the Lorde.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
But by the way by which he came, by it shall he return, and shall not enter into this city: thus saith the Lord.
English Revised Version
By the way that he came, by the same shall he return, and he shall not come unto this city, saith the LORD.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
In the weie in which he cam, he schal turne ayen bi it; and he schal not entre in to this citee, seith the Lord.
Update Bible Version
By the way that he came, by the same he shall return, and he shall not come to this city, says Yahweh.
Webster's Bible Translation
By the way that he came, by the same shall he return, and shall not come into this city, saith the LORD.
New English Translation
He will go back the way he came— he will not enter this city,' says the Lord .
New King James Version
By the way that he came, By the same shall he return; And he shall not come into this city,' Says the LORD.
New Living Translation
The king will return to his own country by the same road on which he came. He will not enter this city,' says the Lord .
New Revised Standard
By the way that he came, by the same he shall return; he shall not come into this city, says the Lord .
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
By the way that he Came in, By the Same, shall he return, - And into this city, shall he not enter, Declareth Yahweh.
Douay-Rheims Bible
By the way that he came, he shall return, and into this city he shall not come, saith the Lord.
Revised Standard Version
By the way that he came, by the same he shall return, and he shall not come into this city, says the LORD.
Young's Literal Translation
In the way that he came, in it he turneth back, And unto this city he doth not come in, An affirmation of Jehovah,
New American Standard Bible (1995)
'By the way that he came, by the same he will return, and he will not come to this city,' declares the LORD.

Contextual Overview

21 Then Isaiah the son of Amoz sent word to Hezekiah, saying, "This is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says, ‘Because you have prayed to Me about Sennacherib king of Assyria, 22 this is the word the Lord has spoken against him: "She has hated you and made fun of you, the young daughter of Zion who has never had a man! She has shaken her head behind you, the people of Jerusalem! 23 Whom have you put to shame and spoken against? Against whom have you raised your voice and lifted up your eyes in pride? Against the Holy One of Israel! 24 Through your servants you have spoken against the Lord. You have said, ‘I came up to the high mountains with my many war-wagons, to the farthest parts of Lebanon. I cut down its tall cedar trees and its best cypress trees. I came to its highest mountain top, and to the place that has the most trees. 25 I dug wells in strange lands and drank water there. With the bottom of my feet I dried up all the rivers of Egypt.' 26 Have you not heard that I planned this long ago? From days of old I planned it. Now I have made it happen, that you should turn strong cities built for battles into waste lands. 27 So their people did not have any more strength. They were troubled and put to shame. They were like the grass of the field and like the green plant. They were like grass on the housetops, dried up before it is grown. 28 But I know your sitting down, and your going out and your coming in, and your anger against Me. 29 Because of your anger against Me, and because I have heard of your pride, I will put My hook in your nose, and My bit in your mouth. And I will make you return the way you came. 30 "This will be the special thing for you to see: You will eat this year what grows of itself. In the second year you will eat what grows up from the same. Then in the third year you will plant and gather. You will plant grape-fields and eat their fruit.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Isaiah 37:29, Proverbs 21:30

Reciprocal: Psalms 20:2 - out Isaiah 22:7 - full

Cross-References

Genesis 37:1
Jacob lived in the land where his father had lived as a stranger, in the land of Canaan.
Genesis 37:3
Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his sons, because Joseph was born when he was an old man. And Israel made him a long coat of many colors.
Genesis 37:5
Then Joseph had a dream. When he told it to his brothers, they hated him even more.
Genesis 37:8
Then his brothers said to him, "Are you going to be our king? Are you going to rule over us?" So they hated him even more for his dreams and for what he said.
Genesis 37:12
Then his brothers went to feed their father's flock in Shechem.
Genesis 37:13
Israel said to Joseph, "Are not your brothers feeding the flock in Shechem? Come, I will send you to them." And Joseph said to him, "I will go."
Genesis 37:29
Then Reuben returned to the hole. When he saw that Joseph was not in the hole, he tore his clothes.
Joshua 7:6
Then Joshua and the leaders of Israel tore their clothes. They fell with their faces on the ground in front of the special box of the agreement until evening. And they put dust on their heads.
2 Samuel 1:11
Then David took hold of his clothes and tore them, and so did all the men who were with him.
2 Samuel 3:31
Then David said to Joab and all the people who were with him, "Tear your clothes and dress in clothes made from hair. Cry in sorrow in front of Abner." And King David walked behind the box in which the dead man was carried.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

By the way that he came, by the same shall he return,.... Without executing his designs on Jerusalem, or other places; he shall lose his labour, and make the best of his way to his own country, without turning to the right or left, in order to disturb other nations, and enlarge his kingdom, being quite dispirited and confounded by what he shall meet with:

and shall not come into this city, saith the Lord; or, unto this city, as before; which is repeated to confirm it, and to show the certainty of it.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

By the way that he came - (Isaiah 37:29; compare Isaiah 37:37).

And shall not come into this city - (Isaiah 37:33; compare Isaiah 29:6-8).


 
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