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. Ver. 1. _In those days was Hezekiah sick._] See 2Ki 20:1-2 2 Chronicles 32:24 _See Trapp on "_ 2Ki 20... [ Continue Reading ]
Then Hezekiah turned his face toward the wall, and prayed unto the LORD, Ver. 2. See 2 Kings 20:2 _See Trapp on "_ 2Ki 20:2 _"_... [ 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. Ver. 3. See 2 Kings 20:3 _See Trapp on "_ 2Ki 20:3 _"_... [ Continue Reading ]
Then came the word of the LORD to Isaiah, saying, Ver. 4. See 2 Kings 20:4 _See Trapp on "_ 2Ki 20:4 _"_... [ 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. Ver. 5. See 2 Kings 20:5 _See Trapp on "_ 2Ki 20:5 _"_... [ 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. Ver. 6. See 2 Kings 20:6,7 _See Trapp on "_ 2Ki 20:6 _"_ _See Trapp on "_ 2Ki 20:7 _"_... [ Continue Reading ]
And this [shall be] a sign unto thee from the LORD, that the LORD will do this thing that he hath spoken; Ver. 7. See 2 Kings 20:8 _See Trapp on "_ 2Ki 20:8 _"_... [ 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. Ver. 8. See 2 Kings 20:9,12 _See Trapp on "_ 2Ki 20:9 _"_ _See Trapp on "_ 2Ki 20:10 _"_ _See Trapp on "_ 2Ki 2... [ Continue Reading ]
The writing of Hezekiah king of Judah, when he had been sick, and was recovered of his sickness: Ver. 9. _The writing of Hezekiah._] _Scriptum confessionis,_ a song of thanksgiving set forth by Hezekiah, and here inserted by the prophet Isaiah, as a public instrument and lasting monument of God's g... [ Continue Reading ]
I said in the cutting off of my days, I shall go to the gates of the grave: I am deprived of the residue of my years. Ver. 10. _I said in the cutting off of my days._] When I looked upon myself as a dead man. Here he telleth us what passed between God and him while he lay desperately sick. The utmo... [ Continue Reading ]
I said, I shall not see the LORD, [even] the LORD, in the land of the living: I shall behold man no more with the inhabitants of the world. Ver. 11. _I said, I shall not see the Lord._] In the glass of his ordinances, his love whereunto made Hezekiah so loath to depart; as also his delight in the c... [ Continue Reading ]
Mine age is departed, and is removed from me as a shepherd's tent: I have cut off like a weaver my life: he will cut me off with pining sickness: from day [even] to night wilt thou make an end of me. Ver. 12. _Mine age is departed._] Or, My generation, or my habitation: here I have no settled abode... [ Continue Reading ]
I reckoned till morning, [that], as a lion, so will he break all my bones: from day [even] to night wilt thou make an end of me. Ver. 13. _I reckoned until morning._] And then, at utmost, I thought there would be an end of my life and pain together; for what through troubles without and terrors wit... [ Continue Reading ]
Like a crane [or] a swallow, so did I chatter: I did mourn as a dove: mine eyes fail [with looking] upward: O LORD, I am oppressed; undertake for me. Ver. 14. _Like a crane or a swallow, so did I chatter._] _Ita pipiebam; peraptae sunt similitudines._ Broken petitions coming from a broken heart are... [ Continue Reading ]
What shall I say? he hath both spoken unto me, and himself hath done [it]: I shall go softly all my years in the bitterness of my soul. Ver. 15. _What shall I say?_] This he seemeth to speak in a way of wondering at God's goodness in delivering him from so great a death. The like doth the apostle i... [ Continue Reading ]
O Lord, by these [things men] live, and in all these [things is] the life of my spirit: so wilt thou recover me, and make me to live. Ver. 16. _O Lord, by these things men live._] By thy promises so performed "the just do live by faith," and live long in a little while; for life consisteth in actio... [ Continue Reading ]
Behold, for peace I had great bitterness: but thou hast in love to my soul [delivered it] from the pit of corruption: for thou hast cast all my sins behind thy back. Ver. 17. _Behold, for peace I had great bitterness._] _Mar Mar; _ the approach of death was to this good man bitter bitterness, and y... [ Continue Reading ]
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,_ openly and exemplarily. See Psalms 6:5. _See Trapp on "_ Psa 6:5 _"_ David desires to live for no... [ Continue Reading ]
The living, the living, he shall praise thee, as I [do] this day: the father to the children shall make known thy truth. Ver. 19. _The living, the living, he shall praise thee._] Those that live the life of nature, if withal they live the life of grace, and so are living living, and not "dead while... [ Continue Reading ]
The LORD [was ready] to save me: therefore we will sing my songs to the stringed instruments all the days of our life in the house of the LORD. Ver. 20. _The Lord was ready to save._] Heb., The Lord to save. _Servati sumus ut serviamus._ Hezekiah was the better for his sickness: God had brought hea... [ 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. Ver. 21. _Let them take a lump of figs._] _Commenciatur hic usus medicinae._ The patient must pray, but withal make use of means; trust God, but not tempt him. _See Trapp on "_ 2Ki 20... [ Continue Reading ]
Hezekiah also had said, What [is] the sign that I shall go up to the house of the LORD? Ver. 22. _See Trapp on "_ 2Ki 20:8 _"_... [ Continue Reading ]