Bible Strands
Isaiah 37:28
But I know your sitting down, your going out and coming in, and your raging against Me.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — God addresses the arrogant king whose forces have scorched the land, declaring His complete awareness of the ruler’s daily routines and hostile intentions.
The words — The Hebrew shivteka (sitting down), tzeteka (going out), and vo'ateka (coming in) denote the king’s full daily cycle, while hitragez (raging) specifies his active hostility.
The thread — This claim of exhaustive divine knowledge runs parallel to Psalms 139:1’s assertion that God has searched and known the speaker, and aligns with Proverbs 5:21’s statement that the Lord examines all human paths.
Why it lands — The text states that God perceives every movement and act of rebellion without exception, requiring the reader to acknowledge that no action occurs outside divine scrutiny and judgment.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
But I know thy abode, and thy going out, and thy coming in, and thy rage against me.
Cross-references
- Psalms 139:1 For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. O LORD, You have searched me and known me.
- Revelation 2:13 I know where you live, where the throne of Satan sits, yet you hold fast to My name. You did not deny your faith in Me, even in the days of My faithful witness Antipas, who was killed among you where Satan dwells.
- Proverbs 5:21 For a man’s ways are before the eyes of the LORD, and the LORD examines all his paths.
- Proverbs 15:3 The eyes of the LORD are in every place, observing the evil and the good.
- Jeremiah 23:23 “Am I only a God nearby,” declares the LORD, “and not a God far away?”