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THEN CAME ISAIAH - Isaiah was accustomed to declare the will of God
most freely to monarchs (see Isaiah 7)
WHAT SAID THESE MEN? - What proposition have they made? What is the
design of their coming?...
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CHAPTER 39
Hezekiah's Self-Exaltation
1. _The ambassadors of Merodach-baladan (Isaiah 39:1)_ 2. _Hezekiah's
boasting (Isaiah 39:2)_ 3. _Isaiah's inquiry (Isaiah 39:3)_ 4. The
Babylonian captivity ann...
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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 prophet's appearance on the scene shews that he suspected the king
of coquetting with a foreign alliance, although it is remarkable that
on neither side is there any explicit allusion to the polit...
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D. PRESUMPTION, CHAPTER 39
1. PRIDE
TEXT: Isaiah 39:1-4
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At that time Merodachbaladan the son of Baladan, king of Babylon, sent
letters and a present to Hezekiah; for he heard that he had been sic...
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Then came Isaiah the prophet unto king Hezekiah, and said unto him,
What said these men? and from whence came they unto thee? And Hezekiah
said, They are come from a far country unto me, even from Ba...
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ALLIANCE WITH BABYLON DENOUNCED
Conclusion of the historical appendix. The chapter belongs to the
period when Merodach-Baladan of Babylon was making efforts to bring
the various peoples of W. Asia int...
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At first, Hezekiah answers only Isaiah’s second question – about
the visitors’ own country....
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ISAIAH: GOD CONTROLS THE NATIONS
GOD DEFENDS *JERUSALEM
ISAIAH CHAPTER S 31 TO 39
_NORMAN HILLYER_
CHAPTER 39
This chapter uses almost the same words as 2 Kings 20:12-19.
VISITORS FROM BABYLO...
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THEN CAME ISAIAH... — The words that follow, like those in Isaiah
7:3, are spoken with the authority at once of age and of a Divine
mission, perhaps also of a master speaking to one who had been his
p...
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וַ יָּבֹא֙ יְשַׁעְיָ֣הוּ הַ נָּבִ֔יא
אֶל ־הַ
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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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This brief chapter tells the story of Hezekiah's folly. After his
recovery an embassy came from Babylon ostensibly to congratulate him.
That their real motive was sinister is evident from the attitude...
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3._Then came Isaiah the Prophet _He continues the same narrative, but
likewise adds doctrine. Although he does not say that God had sent
him, yet it is certain that he did this by the influence of the...
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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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THEN CAME ISAIAH THE PROPHET UNTO KING HEZEKIAH,.... Quickly after the
ambassadors had been with the king, and he had shown them all his
treasures; the prophet did not come of himself, but was sent by...
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Then came Isaiah, the prophet, acting in his usual capacity as God's
messenger, UNTO KING HEZEKIAH AND SAID UNTO HIM, WHAT SAID THESE MEN,
AND FROM WHENCE CAME THEY UNTO THEE? The very presence of the...
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THE BABYLONIAN EMBASSY AND ITS CONSEQUENCES.
Encouraged by the reverses which the Assyrian forces suffered in
Syria, one of the viceroys of Babylon, the Chaldean Merodach-baladan,
made himself, for a...
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No text from Poole on this verse....
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Isaiah 39:3 Isaiah H3470 prophet H5030 went H935 (H8799) King H4428
Hezekiah H2396 said H559 (H8799) men...
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‘Then Isaiah the prophet came to king Hezekiah, and said to him,
“What did these men say, and from where did they come to you?” And
Hezekiah said, “They have come to me from a far country, even from
B...
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CONTENTS: Hezekiah's folly. Babylonian captivity of Judah foretold.
CHARACTERS: Isaiah, Merodach-baladan, Hezekiah.
CONCLUSION: It is folly for one whom God has dignified to be overproud
of the resp...
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Isaiah 39:1. _Merodach-Baladan._ He is called Berodach in 2 Kings
20:12; and being the son of Baladan, he joined his father's name to
his own. Merodach is the name of an idol, and Baladan the name of...
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ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 39:3 Isaiah’s questions reveal he is alert
to the danger that the Babylonians could cause Judah.
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EXPOSITION
This chapter is parallel with 2 Kings 20:12, and scarcely differs from
it at all. Verse I has the additional words, "and was recovered;" 2
Kings 20:2, the phrase, "was glad of them," for "h...
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At that time Merodachbaladan, the son of Baladan, king of Babylon,
sent letters and a present to Hezekiah: for he heard that he had been
sick, and that he had recovered (Isaiah 39:1).
Now here's anot...
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2 Chronicles 16:7; 2 Chronicles 19:2; 2 Chronicles 25:15; 2 Kings
20:14;...