O LORD of hosts, God of Israel, that dwellest between the cherubims, thou art the God, even thou alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth: thou hast made heaven and earth.
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Gill's Exposition
Of a truth Lord,.... This is a truth and will be readily owned what the king of Assyria has said that his ancestors have destroyed all lands, or at least have endeavoured to do it, and have had it in…
Barnes' Notes
O Lord of hosts - (See the note at Isa 1:9). That dwellest between the cherubims - On the cherubim, see the note at Isa 14:13. The reference here is doubtless to the fact that the symbol of the divine…
We may observe here, 1. That, if God give us inward satisfaction in his promise, this may confirm us in our silently bearing reproaches. God answered Hezekiah, but it does not appear that he, after…
Cambridge Bible
The prayer opens with a solemn invocation of Jehovah, first as God of Israel, and second as the only true God and Creator of all things.
that dwellestbetween (or, art enthroned upon) the cherubims Cf.…
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