CHAPTER 38 HEZEKIAH'S ILLNESS AND THE WONDROUS SIGN FROM GOD GUARANTEEING THE DELIVERANCE OF JERUSALEM. This was prior to the visit of ambassadors from Merodach-baladan (Isaiah 39:1) and thus chronologically prior to Chapter s 36-37. The chronological transposition suits Isaiah's purpose. He wanted... [ Continue Reading ]
HEZEKIAH'S ILLNESS AND THE GREAT SIGN (ISAIAH 38:1). The centrality and importance of this chapter must not be overlooked. It was God's final attempt to woo over the reigning house of David to a life of obedience and trust. From this chapter onwards (along with its consequence in chapter 39) attent... [ Continue Reading ]
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 its own, written by Hezekiah. It was then incorporated by the compilers into the book. It stresses t... [ Continue Reading ]
FINAL CONCLUSIONS (ISAIAH 38:21). It would be a mistake to see these as comments as words casually added on with no real significance, and to pass over them too quickly. The first states how his healing was brought about, by a laying of a poultice on his eruption of the flesh, bringing out that it... [ Continue Reading ]