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THE LORD WAS READY TO SAVE ME - He was prompt, quick to save me. He
did not hesitate or delay.
THEREFORE WE WILL SING MY SONGS - That is, my family and nation. The
song of Hezekiah was designed eviden...
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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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WAS READY. Supply "was gracious".
THEREFORE, &C. Note the subscription above.
WE WILL SING MY SONGS: i.e. the "Songs of the Degrees" (App-67). Where
are "my songs", and what were they if not the fift...
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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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Perhaps a liturgical appendix, adapting the psalm for congregational
use. Hence the transition from 1st pers. sing, to 1st pers. plu.
_we will sing … instruments_ Rather, WE WILL PLAY WITH STRING MUSI...
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DISCOURSE: 919
HEZEKIAH’S THANKSGIVING FOR HIS RECOVERY
Isaiah 38:20. _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
hou...
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THE LORD WAS READY TO SAVE ME— JEHOVAH _was present to save me._
Lowth. It seems probable from this verse, that Hezekiah composed
several other songs, some of which may be still extant among the
Psalm...
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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.
10
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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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...
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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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WAS READY. — Better, as fitting in with the praise and hope of the
close of the prayer, _is ready._
WE WILL SING. — The king identifies himself with the great
congregation, perhaps even yet more clos...
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יְהוָ֖ה לְ הֹושִׁיעֵ֑נִי וּ
נְגִנֹותַ֧י נְנַגֵּ֛ן...
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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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The LORD [was ready] to save me: therefore we will sing my songs to
the stringed instruments all the days of (y) our life in the house of
the LORD.
(y) He shows what is the use of the Congregation an...
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20._Jehovah to save me. _(95) He acknowledges that he was delivered,
not by the aid or industry of men, but solely by the kindness of God.
The rendering given by some, “It belongs to the Lord to save...
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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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THE LORD WAS READY TO SAVE ME,.... Or, "the Lord to save me y"; he was
at hand to save him; he was both able and willing to save him; he was
a present help in time of need; he arose for his help, and...
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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...
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_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...
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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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WAS READY TO SAVE ME; was a present help to me, ready to hear and
succour me upon my prayer in my great extremity. WE; both I and my
people, who are concerned in me, and for me will sing forth those
s...
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Isaiah 38:20 LORD H3068 save H3467 (H8687) songs H5058 instruments
H5059 (H8762) days H3117 life H2416 house...
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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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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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_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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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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Habakkuk 3:19; Psalms 145:2; Psalms 150:4; Psalms 27:5; Psalms 27:6;...
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Was ready — Was a present help....