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FOR THE GRAVE CANNOT PRAISE THEE - The Hebrew word here is sheol. It
is put by metonymy here for those who are in the grave, that is, for
the dead. The word ‘praise’ here refers evidently to the publi...
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CHAPTER 38
Hezekiah's Sickness and Healing
1. _Isaiah's startling message (Isaiah 38:1)_ 2. _Hezekiah's prayer
(Isaiah 38:2)_ 3. _The prayer heard and the sign (Isaiah 38:4)_ 4. The
king's sorrow and...
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ISAIAH 36-39. This section has been extracted from 2 Kings 18:13 to 2
Kings 20:19, and the Song of Hezekiah has been added. For an
exposition see the notes on 2 K.; here we have simply to deal with th...
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THE GRAVE. Hebrew. _Sheol_. App-35. Put here by Figure of speech
_Metonymy_ (of Subject), for those who are in it.
NOT. Note the Ellipsis of the second negative. See note on Genesis
2:6, and 1 Kings 2...
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Hezekiah's thanksgiving for his recovery. This poem, which is not
given in the parallel narrative in 2 Kings, must have been inserted
here from an independent source. An external mark of the insertion...
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With the thought of this verse comp. Psalms 6:5; Psalms 30:9; Psalms
88:10-12; Psalms 115:17.
_the grave_ SHEOL....
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The deepest motive for the saint's gratitude is that only on earth can
he know the joys of fellowship with God....
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FOR THE GRAVE, &C.— See Psalms 6:5; Psalms 30:9; Psalms 30:12....
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2. PRAISE
TEXT: Isaiah 38:9-20
9
The writing of Hezekiah king of Judah, when he had been sick, and was
recovered of his sickness.
10
I said, In the noontide of my days I shall go into the gates o...
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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...
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SICKNESS AND RECOVERY OF HEZEKIAH
Continuation of the historical appendix to Isaiah's prophecies. The
chapter is parallel to 2 Kings 20:1 (where see notes), but contains a
considerable addition in the...
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ISAIAH: GOD CONTROLS THE NATIONS
GOD DEFENDS *JERUSALEM
ISAIAH CHAPTER S 31 TO 39
_NORMAN HILLYER_
CHAPTER 38
HEZEKIAH IS SERIOUSLY ILL
V1 About that time, Hezekiah became very ill. He believe...
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FOR THE GRAVE..._ — i.e., Sheol,_ or _Hades._ We return to the
king’s thoughts of the dim shadow-world, _Death and Sheol_ (joined
together, as in Isaiah 28:15; Psalms 6:5). In that region of dimness
t...
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כִּ֣י לֹ֥א שְׁאֹ֛ול תֹּודֶ֖ךָּ מָ֣וֶת
יְהַלְלֶ֑ךָּ...
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CHAPTER XI
DRIFTING TO EGYPT
720-705 13. B.C.
Isaiah 20:1; Isaiah 21:1; Isaiah 38:1; Isaiah 39:1
FROM 720, when chapter 11 m
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BOOK 4
JERUSALEM AND SENNACHERIB
701 B.C.
INTO this fourth book we put all the rest of the prophecies of the
Book of Isaiah, that have to do with the prophet's own time: Chapter s
1, 22 and 33, wi...
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In this chapter we have the story of the sickness of Hezekiah. That
sickness would seem to have been intimately connected with the
invasion of Sennacherib, for in Isaiah's message to Hezekiah that his...
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For (u) the grave cannot praise thee, death can [not] celebrate thee:
they that go down into the pit cannot hope for thy truth.
(u) For as much as God has placed man in this world to glorify him,
the...
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_Truth. He speaks only of the body._...
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18._For hell shall not confess thee _(94) When he says that he would
not have celebrated the praises of God, if his life had been taken
away, he promises that he will be thankful and will keep it in
r...
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THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 36, 37, 38, AND 39.
Chapter s 36-39 relate the history of the invasion of Sennacherib, its
result, and the sickness unto death of Hezekiah, which preceded it:...
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FOR THE GRAVE CANNOT PRAISE THEE, DEATH CAN NOT CELEBRATE THEE,....
That is, they that are in the grave, and under the power of death,
they cannot celebrate the praises of God with their bodily organs...
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For the grave cannot praise thee, death can [not] celebrate thee: they
that go down into the pit cannot hope for thy truth.
Ver. 18. _For the grave cannot praise thee,_] _i.e., _ _Palam et cum
aliis,...
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Isa. 38:18, 19. "For the grave cannot praise Thee," etc. The death
that is here spoken of is that which is death indeed, or is properly
so called. The state of death is here spoken of as it is origina...
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_For the grave cannot praise thee_ The dead cannot be instruments of
promoting thy glory among men upon earth, or of making thy goodness
known to others, which I desire and determine to do. _They cann...
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Hezekiah's Hymn of Praise...
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For the grave cannot praise Thee, death cannot celebrate Thee, people
in the realm of death have no opportunity to sing His praises; THEY
THAT GO DOWN INTO THE PIT CANNOT HOPE FOR THY TRUTH, place the...
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9-22 We have here Hezekiah's thanksgiving. It is well for us to
remember the mercies we receive in sickness. Hezekiah records the
condition he was in. He dwells upon this; I shall no more see the
Lor...
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Isaiah 38:18 Sheol H7585 thank H3034 (H8686) Death H4194 praise H1984
(H8762) down H3381 (H8802) pit...
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HEZEKIAH'S PSALM OF PRAISE (ISAIAH 38:9).
Isaiah 38:9
‘The writing of Hezekiah the king of Judah when he had been sick and
had recovered from his sickness.'
This was clearly originally a record on i...
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GRAVE
Hebrew, "Sheol,"
(_ See Scofield) - (Habakkuk 2:5). _
DEATH
(_ See Scofield) - (Ecclesiastes 9:10). _...
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Isaiah 38:18
Hezekiah presents to us here, in the strongest contrast, the two
states of life and death.
I. Death was to him for he lived before the day of Christ a far
darker, far drearier state than...
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CONTENTS: Hezekiah's sickness and recovery in answer to prayer.
CHARACTERS: God, Isaiah, Hezekiah.
CONCLUSION: Neither men's greatness nor goodness will exempt them from
the arrests of sickness. If o...
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Isaiah 38:1. _Set thine house in order, for thou shalt die, and not
live._ This burden of the Lord placed the prophet in a critical
situation. God saw that nothing milder than this harsh and tremendou...
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_For the grave cannot praise Thee_
THE PRAISEFUL LIFE
Bacon says, “Prosperity is the blessing of the Old Testament,
adversity is the blessing of the New.
” He would have been nearer the truth had h...
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_Behold, for peace I had great bitterness_
HEZEKIAH’S RETURN OF PRAISE FOR HIS RECOVERY
I. A SAD, HEAVY AFFLICTION. “Behold, for peace,” &c. The
affliction is aggravated--
1. By a description of it...
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_The writing of Hezekiah, king of Judah_
HEZEKIAH’S RECOVERY
1.
He was sick, and then he prayed.
2. He is recovered, and now he gives thanks. (_R. Harris, D. D._)
HEZEKIAH’S SONG
I. THE INSCRIPT...
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ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 38:9 Hezekiah’s psalm is clear about this
truth: God alone has the power of life and death, and he prefers life.
⇐...
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HEZEKIAH’S RESOLUTION
(_A New-Year Motto_.)
Isaiah 38:15. _I shall go softly all my years, &c._
This resolution grows out of that singular experience of sickness and
recovery recorded in the precedin...
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HEZEKIAH’S PRAYER
Isaiah 38:1
In this narrative there are three points of difficulty and many points
of instruction.
I. THREE POINTS OF DIFFICULTY.
1. _Why was Hezekiah afraid to die?_ Answer:
(1.)...
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SECTION II.—HEZEKIAH'S ILLNESS, AND THE EMBASSY OF MERODACH-BALADAN
(Isaiah 38:1; Isaiah 39:1.).
EXPOSITION
The present chapte
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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
your house in order: for you shall die, and not live (Isai...
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Ecclesiastes 9:10; Luke 16:26; Matthew 25:46; Matthew 8:12; N
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Praise — The dead are not capable of glorifying thy name among men
upon earth. They cannot expect nor receive the accomplishment of thy
promised goodness in the land of the living....