Isaiah 38:1-8
HEZEKIAH'S ILLNESS AND RECOVERY... [ Continue Reading ]
HEZEKIAH'S ILLNESS AND RECOVERY... [ Continue Reading ]
In those days, at the time of the Assyrian invasion or shortly after, WAS HEZEKIAH SICK UNTO DEATH, with an illness which was ordinarily mortal. AND ISAIAH, THE PROPHET, THE SON OF AMOZ, CAME UNTO HIM, evidently by a direct command of the Lord, AND SAID UNTO HIM, THUS SAITH THE LORD, SET THINE HOUSE... [ Continue Reading ]
Then Hezekiah turned his face toward the wall, in a movement which showed that he wished to be undisturbed with his thoughts, that he wished to be undistracted for communion with God, AND PRAYED UNTO THE LORD,... [ Continue Reading ]
and said, in the fervent appeal of a child of God. REMEMBER NOW, O LORD, I BESEECH THEE, HOW I HAVE WALKED BEFORE THEE IN TRUTH, without uncertainty and hypocrisy, AND WITH A PERFECT HEART, which aimed to serve Him in sincerity, AND HAVE DONE THAT WHICH IS GOOD IN THY SIGHT, according to the standar... [ Continue Reading ]
Then came the word of the Lord to Isaiah, saying,... [ Continue Reading ]
Go and say to Hezekiah, Thus saith the Lord, the God of David, thy father, for whose sake he gave so many evidences of His goodness and mercy to many of the kings of Judah, I HAVE HEARD THY PRAYER, I HAVE SEEN THY TEARS; BEHOLD, I WILL ADD UNTO THY DAYS FIFTEEN YEARS, by a gracious dispensation.... [ Continue Reading ]
And I will deliver thee and this city out of the hand of the king of Assyria, so that he would undertake no further campaigns against it; AND I WILL DEFEND THIS CITY.... [ Continue Reading ]
And this shall be a sign unto thee from the Lord that the Lord will do this thing that He hath spoken, a token which will prove the truth of this prophecy:... [ 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. This dial seems to have been built up in semicircular form, in a series of steps, the size of which was such as to make them visible from the king's rooms. SO THE SUN RETURNED TEN DE... [ Continue Reading ]
The writing of Hezekiah, king of Judah, when he had been sick and was recovered of his sickness, a psalm of thanksgiving composed and written by him:... [ Continue Reading ]
Hezekiah's Hymn of Praise... [ Continue Reading ]
I said in the cutting off of my days, rather, in the tranquility of my days, at the time of his life and reign when he could look forward to an undisturbed enjoyment of his kingly position, I SHALL GO TO THE GATES OF THE GRAVE, the kingdom of death had opened before him in his illness; I AM DEPRIVED... [ Continue Reading ]
I said, I shall not see the Lord, even the Lord, in the land of the living, enjoy the gifts of His goodness here on earth, Psalms 27:13; I SHALL BEHOLD MAN NO MORE WITH THE INHABITANTS OF THE WORLD, no longer enjoy the companionship of men among the denizens of the realm of death.... [ Continue Reading ]
Mine age is departed, broken off, removed, folded up, AND IS REMOVED FROM ME AS A SHEPHERD'S TENT, which is quickly pitched and as quickly taken down; I HAVE CUT OFF, LIKE A WEAVER, MY LIFE, rolling it together as the craftsman folds the finished garment; HE WILL CUT ME OFF WITH PINING SICKNESS, as... [ Continue Reading ]
I reckoned till morning, composing himself till the next day, THAT, AS A LION, SO WILL HE BREAK ALL MY BONES, rather, for He was breaking my bones, and it was only with difficulty that he kept himself from despair; FROM DAY EVEN TO NIGHT WILT THOU MAKE AN END OF ME, it seemed that he could not endur... [ Continue Reading ]
Like a crane or a swallow, so did I chatter, I did mourn as a dove, murmuring and groaning with querulous notes, with broken sounds expressive of pain; MINE EYES FAIL WITH LOOKING UPWARD, with painful longing, and yet lifted up to the Lord. O LORD, I AM OPPRESSED, as a debtor hard pressed by his cre... [ Continue Reading ]
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 performance agreeing exactly with his promise; I SHALL GO SOFTLY ALL MY YEARS IN THE BITTERNESS OF MY... [ Continue Reading ]
O Lord, by these things men live, and in all these things is the life of my spirit, namely, by the blessings of God's goodness and mercy; SO WILT THOU RECOVER ME AND MAKE ME TO LIVE, preserving his life by His almighty power.... [ Continue Reading ]
Behold, for peace I had great bitterness, that is, unto deliverance was bitterness for me, bitterness, what he considered the bitter distress of death makes his deliverance stand out all the more brightly; BUT THOU HAST IN LOVE TO MY SOUL DELIVERED IT FROM THE PIT OF CORRUPTION, FOR THOU HAST CAST A... [ Continue Reading ]
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 their trust in His faithfulness.... [ Continue Reading ]
The living, the living, he shall praise Thee, as I do this day, the great contrast between the mournful past and the joyful present being brought out here; THE FATHER TO THE CHILDREN SHALL MAKE KNOWN THY TRUTH, the faithfulness of God in keeping his promises.... [ Continue Reading ]
The Lord was ready to save me, to give him deliverance from the evil which beset him; THEREFORE WE WILL SING MY SONGS TO THE STRINGED INSTRUMENTS, with their accompaniment, ALL THE DAYS OF OUR LIFE IN THE HOUSE OF THE LORD, the hymn probably being used for public worship at stated times, especially... [ Continue Reading ]
For Isaiah had said, at the tune when he had promised the king that he would recover from his illness, LET THEM TAKE A LUMP OF FIGS, a remedy often used to bring relief in case of swellings, but here merely a secondary feature in the miraculous cure, AND LAY IT FOR A PLASTER UPON THE BOIL, AND HE SH... [ Continue Reading ]
Hezekiah also had said, when Isaiah delivered to him the Lord's promise, WHAT IS THE SIGN THAT I SHALL GO UP TO THE HOUSE OF THE LORD? He had been given the sign, and his recovery had taken place. His prayer had been heard, and so his heart overflowed in grateful melody to the God of all good gifts,... [ Continue Reading ]