ESV Reformation Study Bible – Isa 37:16
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Isa 37:16

37:16 enthroned above the cherubim. God is with His people and rules over them (1 Sam. 4:4; 2 Sam. 6:2; Ps. 80:1; 99:1), truths represented by His presence in the Most Holy Place of the temple, which contained the ark of the covenant with the wings of two cherubim above it.

you are the God, you alone. Hezekiah attributes deity exclusively to the Lord (44:8; 45:5, 6, 14, 22; 46:9).

kingdoms. See note 13:4.

made heaven and earth. There is a distinct emphasis in Isaiah’s prophecies on Yahweh as the sovereign and absolute Creator of all (27:10, 11; 42:5; 45:12, 18).