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Isaiah 37:6
who replied, “Tell your master that this is what the LORD says: ‘Do not be afraid of the words you have heard, with which the servants of the king of Assyria have blasphemed Me.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The prophet Isaiah responds to King Hezekiah’s servants who have just arrived to seek guidance regarding the Assyrian threat. He delivers a direct message from the LORD to their master.
The words — כֹּה (koh) translates literally as “thus,” marking the start of a formal prophetic declaration. תֹאמְרוּ (tomru) means “you will say,” instructing the messengers to relay the exact divine instruction.
The thread — The command to reject fear appears in Isaiah 35:4 and Isaiah 7:4, while Jesus echoes the same imperative in Mark 5:36. These passages consistently link divine intervention with the dismissal of human anxiety.
Why it lands — The text demands that believers distinguish between threatening human words and authoritative divine speech. It requires immediate obedience to the message rather than paralysis by fear.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
And Isaiah said unto them, Thus shall ye say unto your master, Thus saith the Lord, Be not afraid of the words that thou hast heard, wherewith the servants of the king of Assyria have blasphemed me.
Cross-references
- Isaiah 7:4 and say to him: Calm down and be quiet. Do not be afraid or disheartened over these two smoldering stubs of firewood—over the fierce anger of Rezin and Aram and of the son of Remaliah.
- Isaiah 35:4 Say to those with anxious hearts: “Be strong, do not fear! Behold, your God will come with vengeance. With divine retribution He will come to save you.”
- Mark 5:36 But Jesus overheard their conversation and said to Jairus, “Do not be afraid; just believe.”
- Exodus 14:13 But Moses told the people, “Do not be afraid. Stand firm and you will see the LORD’s salvation, which He will accomplish for you today; for the Egyptians you see today, you will never see again.
- Leviticus 26:8 Five of you will pursue a hundred, and a hundred of you will pursue ten thousand, and your enemies will fall by the sword before you.
- Joshua 11:6 Then the LORD said to Joshua, “Do not be afraid of them, for by this time tomorrow I will deliver all of them slain before Israel. You are to hamstring their horses and burn up their chariots.”
- 2 Kings 19:5 So the servants of King Hezekiah went to Isaiah,
- 2 Kings 22:15 And Huldah said to them, “This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘Tell the man who sent you
- 2 Chronicles 20:15 And he said, “Listen, all you people of Judah and Jerusalem! Listen, King Jehoshaphat! This is what the LORD says: ‘Do not be afraid or discouraged because of this vast army, for the battle does not belong to you, but to God.
- Isaiah 10:24 Therefore this is what the Lord GOD of Hosts says: “O My people who dwell in Zion, do not fear Assyria, who strikes you with a rod and lifts his staff against you as the Egyptians did.