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2 Kings 19:22

2 Kings 19:22
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.

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Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

The Holy One of Israel - This is a favorite phrase with Isaiah, in whose prophecies it is found 27 times, while it occurs five times only in the rest of Scripture Psa 71:22; Psa 78:41; Psa 89:18; Jer…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

2 Kings 19:20-34

We have here the gracious copious answer which God gave to Hezekiah's prayer. The message which he sent him by the same hand (Kg2 19:6, Kg2 19:7), one would think, was an answer sufficient to his…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

and lift[R.V. lifted] up thine eyes on high The name by which Jehovah is often called is -the Most High" (cf. Psa 56:2). To utter reproaches and blasphemies against Him betrays a great uplifting of…