In those days was Hezekiah sick unto death. And Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz came unto him, and said unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Set thine house in order: for thou shalt die, and not live. But see notes on Isaiah 36:1; Isaiah 37:1, in which the theory is advanced by Hincks, that Hezekiah... [ Continue Reading ]
Then Hezekiah turned his face toward the wall, and prayed unto the LORD, THEN HEZEKIAH TURNED HIS FACE TOWARD THE WALL. The couches in the East ran along the walls of houses. He turned away from the spectators, to hide his emotion and collect his thoughts for prayer.... [ Continue Reading ]
And said, Remember now, O LORD, I beseech thee, how I have walked before thee in truth and with a perfect heart, and have done that which is good in thy sight. And Hezekiah wept sore. REMEMBER NOW, O LORD ... He mentions his past religious consistency not as a boast, or a ground for justificatio... [ Continue Reading ]
Then came the word of the LORD to Isaiah, saying, THEN CAME THE WORD OF THE LORD TO ISAIAH. In the quickness of God's answer to the prayer is marked: "afore Isaiah had gone out into the middle court the word of the Lord came to him" - i:e., before he had left Hezekiah, or at least when he had ju... [ Continue Reading ]
Go, and say to Hezekiah, Thus saith the LORD, the God of David thy father, I have heard thy prayer, I have seen thy tears: behold, I will add unto thy days fifteen years. THE GOD OF DAVID THY FATHER. God remembers the covenant with the father to the children (; ). I HAVE SEEN THY TEARS - (.)... [ Continue Reading ]
And I will deliver thee and this city out of the hand of the king of Assyria: and I will defend this city. In , after this verse comes the statement as to the means and the sign of his cure, which is put at the end, in order not to interrupt God's message (Isaiah 38:21) by Isaiah (Isaiah 38:5).... [ Continue Reading ]
And this shall be a sign unto thee from the LORD, that the LORD will do this thing that he hath spoken; THIS (SHALL BE) A SIGN - a token that God would fulfill His premise, that Hezekiah should 'go up into the house of the Lord the third day' (; ). The specification of the third day is not in Is... [ Continue Reading ]
Behold, I will bring again the shadow of the degrees, which is gone down in the sun dial of Ahaz, ten degrees backward. So the sun returned ten degrees, by which degrees it was gone down. I WILL BRING AGAIN THE SHADOW OF THE DEGREES, WHICH IS GONE DOWN - cause to return. In 2 Kings 20:9; 2 Kings... [ Continue Reading ]
The writing of Hezekiah king of Judah, when he had been sick, and was recovered of his sickness: -The prayer and thanksgiving song of Hezekiah is only given here, not in the parallel passages of 2 Kings and 2 Chronicles. Verse 9. THE WRITING OF HEZEKIAH KING OF JUDAH, WHEN HE HAD BEEN SICK, AND... [ Continue Reading ]
For Isaiah had said, Let them take a lump of figs, and lay it for a plaister upon the boil, and he shall recover. LUMP OF FIGS - a round cake of figs pressed into a mass (). God works by means, the meanest of which He can make effectual. BOIL - the inflamed ulcer or carbuncle. Meade thinks Hez... [ Continue Reading ]
Hezekiah also had said, What is the sign that I shall go up to the house of the LORD? WHAT IS THE SIGN THAT I SHALL GO UP TO THE HOUSE OF THE LORD? Hence, He makes the praises to be sung there prominent in his song (; Psalms 116:12; Psalms 116:17). Remarks: Men ought to have their house at all... [ Continue Reading ]