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 of the residue of my years, of the rest of his life according to the natural, average length of life.
I SAID - Probably the words ‘I said’ do not imply that he said or spoke this openly or audibly; but this was the language of his heart, or the substance of his reflections. IN THE CUTTING OFF OF MY DA...
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...
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...
THEGRAVE. Hebrew. _Sheol._ App-35....
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...
_in the cutting off of my days_ R.V. IN THE NOONTIDE OF MY DAYS (lit. "in the stillness of my days"). The phrase has been variously interpreted; but the best sense is that given by the R.V., whether t...
I SAID, IN THE CUTTING OFF OF MY DAYS— _I said, while my days are cut off I shall depart; yea, even to the gates of the grave;—of sheol._ Vitringa. Respecting the place of departed souls, and the seve...
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...
38:10 meridian (b-5) Others, 'In the cutting off.'...
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 the...
CUTTING OFF] RV 'noontide.' 11. See the Lord] Hezekiah is probably thinking of the Temple worship. The v. illustrates the gloomy conception of the Hebrews as to the state of man after death: cp. Isai...
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...
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...
I SAID IN THE CUTTING OFF OF MY DAYS... — The words have been very differently interpreted — (1) “in the _quietness,_” and so in the even tenor of a healthy life. As a fact, however, the complaint did...
אֲנִ֣י אָמַ֗רְתִּי בִּ דְמִ֥י יָמַ֛י אֵלֵ֖כָה...
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
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...
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...
I said in the (g) cutting off of my days, I shall go to the gates of the grave: I am deprived of the rest of my years. (c) At which time it was told to me, that I would die....
_Hell. Sheol, or Hades, the region of the dead. (Challoner) --- He was afraid to die without issue. (St. Jerome; ver. 12.) --- Manasses was born three years later. (Calmet) --- The king would naturall...
10._I said in the cutting off of my days. _This is a very melancholy song; for it contains complaints rather than prayers. Hence it is evident that he was oppressed by so great perplexity, that he was...
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:...
I SAID, IN THE CUTTING OFF OF MY DAYS,.... When he was told that he should die, and he believed he should; this he calls a "cutting off" in allusion to the weaver's web, Isaiah 38:12 and a cutting off...
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...
_I said_ Within myself; I concluded, _in the cutting off of my days_ When my days were cut off by the sentence of God, related Isaiah 38:1; _I shall go to the gates of the grave_ I perceive that I mus...
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...
I SAID, to and within myself, I concluded it. IN THE CUTTING OFF OF MY DAYS; when my days were cut off by the sentence of God, related here, ISAIAH 38:1. I SHALL GO TO THE GATES OF THE GRAVE; I percei...
Isaiah 38:10 said H559 (H8804) prime H1824 life H3117 go H3212 (H8799) gates H8179 Sheol H7585 deprived...
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...
GRAVE Hebrew, "Sheol," (_ See Scofield) - (Habakkuk 2:5). _...
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...
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...
_I shall go to the gates of the grave_ VIEWS OF THE GRAVE 1_._ It was doubtless from veneration for the dead, that the practice first arose of depositing their ashes around the temple where the livi...
_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. ⇐...
THE SHORTENING OF HUMAN LIFE (_A Funeral Sermon_.) Isaiah 38:10. _I am deprived of the residue of my years_. Briefly narrate the facts of Hezekiah’s illness. The words of the text naturally suggest...
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 chapte
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...
2 Corinthians 1:9; Isaiah 38:1; Job 17:11; Job 6:11; Job 7:7...