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Verse Isaiah 38:15. _I SHALL GO SOFTLY ALL MY YEARS IN THE BITTERNESS
OF MY_ _SOUL__ _- "Through the rest of my years will I reflect on this
bitterness of my soul"] אדדה _eddaddeh; recogitabo_, Vulg.,...
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WHAT SHALL I SAY? - This language seems to denote surprise and
gratitude at unexpected deliverance. It is the language of a heart
that is overflowing, and that wants words to express its deep
emotions...
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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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SOFTLY. slowly. Hebrew. _dadah._ Only here and in Psalms 42:4
("went").
SOUL. Hebrew. _nephesh_. App-13....
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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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Two extremely difficult verses. As commonly explained, Isaiah 38:15
introduces the second half of the song with an exclamation of
amazement at the wonderful deliverance experienced. Literally it
reads...
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WHAT SHALL I SAY? &C.— _What say I more? he hath promised me, and he
hath performed._ The meaning of the verse is, "The suddenness of my
deliverance so greatly surprises me, that I want words to expre...
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2. PRAISE
TEXT: Isaiah 38:9-20
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The writing of Hezekiah king of Judah, when he had been sick, and was
recovered of his sickness.
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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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38:15 in (h-23) Or 'because of.'...
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Hezekiah’s illness made him feel very depressed. (In other words,
his inner feelings were deeply sad.) And this affected all of his
life.
Verses 10 and 18
Like many people at that time, Hezekiah tho...
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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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WHAT SHALL I SAY? — With the same force as in 2 Samuel 7:20; Hebrews
11:32. Words fail to express the wonder and the gratitude of the
sufferer who has thus been rescued for the fulfilment which follow...
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מָֽה ־אֲדַבֵּ֥ר וְ אָֽמַר ־לִ֖י וְ
ה֣וּא
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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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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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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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What shall I say? (o) he hath both spoken to me, and himself hath done
[it]: I shall go (p) softly all my years in the bitterness of my soul.
(o) God has declared by his prophet that I will die and t...
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_SICKNESS SANCTIFIED_
‘I shall go softly all my years in the bitterness of my soul.’
Isaiah 38:15
In the text occurs an expression which opens the jubilant portion of
Hezekiah’s song of thanksgivin...
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15._What shall I say? _This is generally supposed to be an
exclamation, such as frequently bursts forth in a season of joy, as if
he congratulated himself on having already obtained his wish. But I
th...
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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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WHAT SHALL I SAY?.... In a way of praise and thankfulness, for the
mercies promised and received; I know not what to say; I want words to
express the gratitude of my heart for the kindness bestowed. W...
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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...
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_What shall I say?_ I want words sufficiently to express my deep sense
of God's dealings with me; _he hath spoken_, &c. He foretold it by his
word, and effected it by his hand. In this verse he seems...
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What shall I say? Hezekiah finds himself at a loss for words
adequately to express his appreciation of the deliverance afforded
him. HE HATH BOTH SPOKEN UNTO ME, AND HIMSELF HATH DONE IT, the Lord's
p...
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Hezekiah's Hymn of Praise...
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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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WHAT SHALL I SAY I want words sufficient to express my deep sense of
God's dealings with me. HE HATH BOTH SPOKEN UNTO ME, AND HIMSELF HATH
DONE IT; he did foretell it by his word, and effect it by his...
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Isaiah 38:15 say H1696 (H8762) spoken H559 (H8804) done H6213 (H8804)
carefully H1718 (H8691) years...
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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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Isaiah 38:15
The restoration of belief.
In the especial case of "Hezekiah, belief was restored by a great
shock, which brought him into contact with reality. God appeared to
him not as to Adam, in th...
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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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_What shall I say?_
A BEWILDERED SOUL
Such an exclamation escaped from the lips of Joshua, and it was the
language of bitter disappointment, for Israel fled before their
enemies (Joshua 7:8). The sam...
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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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1 Kings 21:27; 1 Samuel 1:10; 2 Kings 4:27; Ezra 9:10; Job 10:1;...