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Isaiah 39:5

God’s message shows that Hezekiah has made a serious mistake. The king is still thinking of safety in human agreements. He is not trusting the *Lord alone.

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See also Isaiah 39:5 in other biblical comments:

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    HEAR THE WORD OF THE LORD OF HOSTS - Hear what the mighty God that rules in heaven says of this. This is an instance of great fidelity on the part of the prophet. He felt himself sent from God in a so...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    CHAPTER 39 Hezekiah's Self-Exaltation 1. _The ambassadors of Merodach-baladan (Isaiah 39:1)_ 2. _Hezekiah's boasting (Isaiah 39:2)_ 3. _Isaiah's inquiry (Isaiah 39:3)_ 4. The Babylonian captivity ann...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    THE LORD OF HOSTS. See note on 1 Samuel 1:3....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _Hear the word of the Lord_ Isaiah's tone is threatening, because he sees in this thing a sin against Jehovah. It was not necessary to specify wherein the offence consisted; king and prophet understoo...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    2. PUNISHMENT TEXT: Isaiah 39:5-8 5 Then said Isaiah to Hezekiah, Hear the word of Jehovah of hosts. 6 Behold, the days are coming, when all that is in thy house, and that which thy fathers have...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    Then said Isaiah to Hezekiah, Hear the word of the LORD of hosts: HEAR THE WORD OF THE LORD OF HOSTS - who has all thy goods at His disposal....

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    ALLIANCE WITH BABYLON DENOUNCED Conclusion of the historical appendix. The chapter belongs to the period when Merodach-Baladan of Babylon was making efforts to bring the various peoples of W. Asia int...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וַ יֹּ֥אמֶר יְשַׁעְיָ֖הוּ אֶל ־חִזְקִיָּ֑הוּ שְׁמַ֖ע...

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    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

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    This brief chapter tells the story of Hezekiah's folly. After his recovery an embassy came from Babylon ostensibly to congratulate him. That their real motive was sinister is evident from the attitude...

  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

    5._Then Isaiah said to Hezekiah. _From this judgment of God we perceive that the sin of Hezekiah was not small, though common sense judges differently; for since God always observes the highest modera...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    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:...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    THEN SAID ISAIAH TO HEZEKIAH,.... Now he begins to let him know that he came not of himself, and that he did not ask these questions to gratify his own curiosity, but that he came from the Lord, and w...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    Then said Isaiah to Hezekiah, Hear the word of the Lord of hosts, the almighty Commander and Ruler of all men and all things:...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    THE BABYLONIAN EMBASSY AND ITS CONSEQUENCES. Encouraged by the reverses which the Assyrian forces suffered in Syria, one of the viceroys of Babylon, the Chaldean Merodach-baladan, made himself, for a...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    No text from Poole on this verse....

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Isaiah 39:5 Isaiah H3470 said H559 (H8799) Hezekiah H2396 Hear H8085 (H8798) word H1697 LORD H3068 hosts...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: Hezekiah's folly. Babylonian captivity of Judah foretold. CHARACTERS: Isaiah, Merodach-baladan, Hezekiah. CONCLUSION: It is folly for one whom God has dignified to be overproud of the resp...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    Isaiah 39:1. _Merodach-Baladan._ He is called Berodach in 2 Kings 20:12; and being the son of Baladan, he joined his father's name to his own. Merodach is the name of an idol, and Baladan the name of...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _Merodach-baladan, the son of Baladan, King of Babylon, sent letters and a present to Hezekiah_ MERODACH-BALADAN Marduk-apal-iddina, son of Yakin, is the Chaldean ruler who more than any other vassa...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _Hear the word of the Lord of hosts_ ISAIAH’S PROPHECY OF THE BABYLONIAN CAPTIVITY Jarchi directs attention to the exact correspondence of the punishment with the offence. As the Babylonians had se...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION This chapter is parallel with 2 Kings 20:12, and scarcely differs from it at all. Verse I has the additional words, "and was recovered;" 2 Kings 20:2, the phrase, "was glad of them," for "h...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    At that time Merodachbaladan, the son of Baladan, king of Babylon, sent letters and a present to Hezekiah: for he heard that he had been sick, and that he had recovered (Isaiah 39:1). Now here's anot...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    1 Samuel 13:13; 1 Samuel 13:14; 1 Samuel 15:16...

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