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Verse Isaiah 38:21. _LET THEM TAKE A LUMP OF FIGS, C._] God, in
effecting this miraculous cure, was pleased to order the use of means
not improper for that end. "Folia, et, quae non maturuere, fici,...
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FOR ISAIAH HAD SAID - In the parallel place in Kings the statement in
these two verses is introduced before the account of the miracle on
the sun-dial, and before the account of his recovery 2 Kings 2...
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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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FOR ISAIAH HAD SAID, &C.— _Now Isaiah had said._ "It seems to me
extremely probable, (says Dr. Mead,) that the king's disease was a
fever, which terminated in an abscess: for, in cases of this kind,
t...
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3. PRESCRIPTION
TEXT: Isaiah 38:21-22
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Now Isaiah had said, Let them take a cake of figs, and lay it for a
plaster upon the boil, and he shall recover.
22
Hezekiah also had said, What is the si...
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For Isaiah had said, Let them take a lump of figs, and lay it for a
plaister upon the boil, and he shall recover.
LUMP OF FIGS - a round cake of figs pressed into a mass (). God works
by means, th...
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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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A ‘boil’ would not itself cause death. But in those days a
‘boil’ would suggest the terrible disease called leprosy. And that
would be a very serious matter (see Leviticus chapter 13).
• Jesus healed...
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FOR ISAIAH HAD SAID... — The direction implies some medical training
on the part of Isaiah (see Note on Isaiah 1:6, and _Introduction_)_,_
such as entered naturally into the education of the prophet-p...
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וַ יֹּ֣אמֶר יְשַׁעְיָ֔הוּ יִשְׂא֖וּ
דְּבֶ֣לֶת תְּאֵנִ֑ים...
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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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For Isaiah had said, Let them take a lump of figs, and (z) lay [it]
for a plaster upon the boil, and he shall recover.
(z) Read (2 Kings 20:7)....
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21._And Isaiah said _Isaiah now relates what was the remedy which he
prescribed to Hezekiah. Some think that it was not a remedy,
because_figs _are dangerous and hurtful to _boils; _but that the pious...
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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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FOR ISAIAH HAD SAID,.... Before the above writing was made, which ends
in the preceding verse; for this and the following are added by
Isaiah, or some other person, taken out of 2 Kings 20:7. The
Sept...
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For Isaiah had said, Let them take a lump of figs, and lay [it] for a
plaister upon the boil, and he shall recover.
Ver. 21. _Let them take a lump of figs._] _Commenciatur hic usus
medicinae._ The pa...
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_For Isaiah had said, Let them take a lump of figs_ See note on 2
Kings 20:7. _Hezekiah also had said_ Or, _for Hezekiah had said; What
is the sign that I shall go up_ Namely, within three days, as is...
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Hezekiah's Hymn of Praise...
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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...
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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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This was rather a sign appointed by God, than a natural means of the
cure; for if it had a natural faculty to ripen a sore, yet it could
never cure such a dangerous and pestilential disease, at least...
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Isaiah 38:21 Isaiah H3470 said H559 (H8799) take H5375 (H8799) lump
H1690 figs H8384 poultice H4799 ...
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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 heali...
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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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_He shall recover_
CHRIST IN THE SICK ROOM
I. The Holy Ghost shows us a king and ruler of men, a dweller in
palaces, a possessor of all that money can obtain, a good man, a
friend of God, laid low b...
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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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2 Kings 20:7; John 9:6; Mark 7:33...