What does Isaiah 38:18 mean? Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse.
"For the grave cannot praise thee, death can not celebrate thee: they that go down into the pit cannot hope for thy truth."
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...
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 an...
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...
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...
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...
FOR THE GRAVE, &C.— See Psalms 6:5; Psalms 30:9; Psalms 30:12....
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...
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...
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 th...
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 believed...
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...
כִּ֣י לֹ֥א שְׁאֹ֛ול תֹּודֶ֖ךָּ מָ֣וֶת יְהַלְלֶ֑ךָּ לֹֽא ־יְשַׂבְּר֥וּ יֹֽורְדֵי ־בֹ֖ור אֶל ־אֲמִתֶּֽךָ׃...
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 may have been published, to 705-or, by rough reckoning, from the fortieth...
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...
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...
_Truth. He speaks only of the body._...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
_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...
Hezekiah's Hymn of Praise...
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...
In this and the following verse, he declares God's design in delivering him, that he might praise him in his church, which if he had died he could not have done. THE GRAVE CANNOT PRAISE THEE; the dead...
Isaiah 38:18 Sheol H7585 thank H3034 (H8686) Death H4194 praise H1984 (H8762) down H3381 (H8802) pit H953 hope H7663 (H8762) truth H571 the grave - Psalms 6:5, Psalms 30:9, Psalms 88:11,...
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...
GRAVE Hebrew, "Sheol," (_ See Scofield) - (Habakkuk 2:5). _ DEATH (_ See Scofield) - (Ecclesiastes 9:10). _...
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 tha...
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...
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...
_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...
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. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (va...
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....
SECTION II.—HEZEKIAH'S ILLNESS, AND THE EMBASSY OF MERODACH-BALADAN (Isaiah 38:1; Isaiah 39:1.). EXPOSITION The present chapter is parallel with 2 Kings 20:1, but contains some marked differences fro...
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...
Ecclesiastes 9:10; Luke 16:26; Matthew 25:46; Matthew 8:12; Numbers 16:33; Proverbs 14:32; Psalms 115:17; Psalms 115:18; Psalms 30:9;...
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....