Isaiah 38:6

And I will deliver you and this city from the hand of the king of Assyria. I will defend this city.

Berean Standard Bible

Study note

Setting — God speaks to King Hezekiah through the prophet Isaiah immediately after promising to add fifteen years to his life. The address targets Hezekiah personally and the city of Jerusalem in response to the Assyrian threat.

The words — אַצִּילְךָ (a.Tzi.le.kha) literally means "I will deliver you," and גַנּוֹתִי (ga.no.Ti) translates as "I will defend." These two verbs anchor the verse's dual promise of rescue and protection.

The thread — The promise to defend Jerusalem reappears in Isaiah 37:35, where God pledges to save the city for His own sake and for David's sake. The same divine protection motif runs through Isaiah 12:6 and Isaiah 31:4.

Why it lands — The text states that deliverance from the Assyrian king and the city's defense will come directly from God. A reader must accept that political survival depends on divine action rather than human strategy.

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The Hebrew words

וּמִכַּ֤ףu./mi./Kafand/ from/ [the] hand of מֶֽלֶךְ־Me.lekh-[the] king of אַשּׁוּר֙'a.ShurAssyria אַצִּ֣ילְךָ֔'a.Tzi.le./khaI will deliver/ you וְאֵ֖תve./'Etand/ <obj.>הָעִ֣ירha./'Irthe/ city הַזֹּ֑אתha./Zot<the>/ this וְגַנּוֹתִ֖יve./ga.no.Tiand/ I will defend עַל־'al-<on>הָעִ֥ירha./'Irthe/ city הַזֹּֽאת׃ha./Zot<the>/ this

King James Version

And I will deliver thee and this city out of the hand of the king of Assyria: and I will defend this city.

Cross-references

Isaiah 37:35 ‘I will defend this city and save it for My own sake and for the sake of My servant David.’”
Isaiah 12:6 Cry out and sing, O citizen of Zion, for great among you is the Holy One of Israel.”
Isaiah 31:4 For this is what the LORD has said to me: “Like a lion roaring or a young lion over its prey—and though a band of shepherds is called out against it, it is not terrified by their shouting or subdued by their clamor—so the LORD of Hosts will come down to do battle on Mount Zion and its heights.
2 Chronicles 32:22 So the LORD saved Hezekiah and the people of Jerusalem from the hands of King Sennacherib of Assyria and all others, and He gave them rest on every side.
2 Timothy 4:17 But the Lord stood by me and strengthened me, so that through me the message would be fully proclaimed, and all the Gentiles would hear it. So I was delivered from the mouth of the lion.