Discovery BoxIsaiah 37:32 
Context37:32 “For a remnant will leave Jerusalem;
survivors will come out of Mount Zion.
The intense devotion of the Lord who commands armies 1 will accomplish this.
Isaiah 38:3
Context38:3 “Please, Lord. Remember how I have served you 2 faithfully and with wholehearted devotion, 3 and how I have carried out your will.” 4 Then Hezekiah wept bitterly. 5
Isaiah 54:8
Context54:8 In a burst 6 of anger I rejected you 7 momentarily,
but with lasting devotion I will have compassion on you,”
says your protector, 8 the Lord.
1 tn Heb “the zeal of the Lord who commands armies [traditionally, the Lord of hosts].” In this context the Lord’s “zeal” refers to his intense devotion to and love for his people which prompts him to protect and restore them.
2 tn Heb “walked before you.” For a helpful discussion of the background and meaning of this Hebrew idiom, see M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (AB), 254.
3 tn Heb “and with a complete heart”; KJV, ASV “with a perfect heart.”
4 tn Heb “and that which is good in your eyes I have done.”
5 tn Heb “wept with great weeping”; NCV “cried loudly”; TEV “began to cry bitterly.”
6 tn According to BDB 1009 s.v. שֶׁטֶף the noun שֶׁצֶף here is an alternate form of שֶׁטֶף (shetef, “flood”). Some relate the word to an alleged Akkadian cognate meaning “strength.”
7 tn Heb “I hid my face from you.”
