--- title: "Clarke" description: "NOTES ON CHAP. XXXVI Verse Isaiah 36:3. Then came forth unto him — Before these words the other copy, 2 Kings 18:18, adds, ויקראו אל המלך vaiyikreu el ham" image: "/images/missing.jpg" url: "https://realbiblebelievers.com/commentaries/clarkes-commentary/isaiah/36" --- NOTES ON CHAP. XXXVI Verse [Isaiah 36:3](../../../kjv/isaiah/36/3). ***Then came forth unto him*** — Before these words the other copy, [2 Kings 18:18](../../../kjv/2-kings/18/18), adds, ויקראו אל המלך *vaiyikreu el hammelech*, "And they demanded audience of the king." Verse [Isaiah 36:5](../../../kjv/isaiah/36/5). ***I say***- "Thou hast said"] *Fourteen* MSS. (*three* ancient) of *Kennicott's* and *De Rossi's* have it in the second person, אמרת *amarta*; and so the other copy, [2 Kings 18:20](../../../kjv/2-kings/18/20). ***But*****they are but*****vain words*** — דבר שפתים *debar sephathayim, a* *word of the lips*. Thou dost talk about *counsels*, but thou hast none; about *strength*, but there is none with thee. Verse [Isaiah 36:6](../../../kjv/isaiah/36/6). ***The staff of this broken reed*** — A weakened, faithless ally. ***On Egypt*** — The Bodl. MS. adds מלך *melech, the king of Egypt*; and so perhaps the *Chaldee* might read. ***It will go into his hand, and pierce it*** — Will take subsidy after subsidy, and do nothing for it. Verse [Isaiah 36:7](../../../kjv/isaiah/36/7). ***But if thou say*** - "But if ye say"] *Two* ancient MSS. have תאמרו *tomeru* in the plural number; so likewise the *Septuagint,* *Chaldee*, and the other copy, [2 Kings 18:22](../../../kjv/2-kings/18/22). ***Ye shall worship before this altar*** - "To worship only before this altar"] See [2 Chronicles 32:12](../../../kjv/2-chronicles/32/12). Verse [Isaiah 36:10](../../../kjv/isaiah/36/10). ***Am I now come up without the Lord*** — Probably some apostate Israelitish priest might have encouraged the king of Assyria by telling him that JEHOVAH had given him a commission against Jerusalem. Verse [Isaiah 36:12](../../../kjv/isaiah/36/12). ***That they may eat their own dung*** - "Destined to eat their own dung"] לאכל *leechol, that they may eat*, as our translation literally renders it. But the *Syriac* reads מאכל *meechol, that they may not eat*, perhaps rightly, and afterward ומשתות *umishshethoth*, or ושתות *ushethoth*, to the same purpose. *Seventeen* of Dr. *Kennicott's* MSS., *ten* of *De Rossi's* and *two* of my own, read מימי *meymey, the water*; mine have מימי שניהם *meymey sheneyhem*, and write in the margin מימי רגליהם *meymey regaleyhem, the water of their feet*, a modest way of expressing urine. Verse [Isaiah 36:15](../../../kjv/isaiah/36/15). ***This city shall not be delivered*** — ולא *velo, AND this* *city*. *Ten* of *Kennicott's* MSS., and *nine* of *De Rossi's*, with *one* (ancient) of my own, add the *conjunction*. Verse [Isaiah 36:16](../../../kjv/isaiah/36/16). ***Make an agreement*** — ברכה *berachah, make a blessing with* *me*; i.e., Give me a ransom for the city, and I will not destroy it; give me the yearly tribute thou hast promised. Verse [Isaiah 36:17](../../../kjv/isaiah/36/17). ***And vineyards*** — The other copy, [2 Kings 18:32](../../../kjv/2-kings/18/32), adds here: "A land of oil-olive, and of honey; that ye may live, and not die: and hearken not unto Hezekiah when he seduceth you." Verse [Isaiah 36:19](../../../kjv/isaiah/36/19). ***Where are the gods*** — Many MSS. add the conjunction here also: *And*, or *But, where* are *the gods*, c. For other matters relative to this chapter, [2 Kings 18:13](../../../kjv/2-kings/18/13), c. ***Of Sepharvaim*** — The other copy, [2 Kings 18:34](../../../kjv/2-kings/18/34), adds, of "Henah and Ivah." ***Have they delivered*** — וכי *vechi*. The copulative is not expressed here by the *Septuagint, Syriac, Vulgate*, and *three* MSS. nor is it in any other copy. Ib. Houbigant reads הכי *hachi*, with the interrogative particle; a probable conjecture, which the ancient Versions above quoted seem to favour. Verse [Isaiah 36:21](../../../kjv/isaiah/36/21). ***But they held their peace***- "But the people held their peace"] The word העם *haam, the people*, is supplied from the other copy, and is authorized by a MS. which inserts it after אתו *otho*. ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/#website","url":"https://realbiblebelievers.com","name":"Real Bible Believers","description":"RBB","publisher":{"@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/#/schema/person/e966585dde703268e7f6ae890ea98509"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/search?q={search_term_string}","query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/commentaries/clarkes-commentary/isaiah/36#primaryimage","inLanguage":"en-US","url":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/images/missing.jpg","contentUrl":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/images/missing.jpg","width":640,"height":370,"caption":"Clarke's Commentary - Isaiah 36"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/commentaries/clarkes-commentary/isaiah/36#webpage","url":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/commentaries/clarkes-commentary/isaiah/36","name":"Clarke's Commentary - Isaiah 36","isPartOf":{"@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/commentaries/clarkes-commentary/isaiah/36#primaryimage"},"datePublished":null,"dateModified":null,"author":{"@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/#/schema/person/e966585dde703268e7f6ae890ea98509"},"description":"NOTES ON CHAP. 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