Isaiah 39 - Introduction

INTRODUCTION TO ISAIAH 39

This chapter gives an account of Hezekiah's fall into sin after his recovery, and the correction he had for it. The king of Babylon sent messengers to him to congratulate him upon his recovery,

Isaiah 39:1. Hezekiah received them with great joy, and in the pride of his heart showed them all his treasures, Isaiah 39:2. Isaiah the prophet examined him about it, which he readily owned,

Isaiah 39:3 upon which the Babylonish captivity is foretold, when all his riches and his children too should be carried into that land,

Isaiah 39:5, to which sentence he quietly and patiently submitted,

Isaiah 39:8.