What shall I say? (o) he hath both spoken to me, and himself hath done [it]: I shall go (p) softly all my years in the bitterness of my soul.
(o) God has declared by his prophet that I will die and therefore I will yield to him.
(p) I will have no release, but continual sorrows while I live.
Verse Isaiah 38:15. _I SHALL GO SOFTLY ALL MY YEARS IN THE BITTERNESS OF MY_ _SOUL__ _- "Through the rest of my years will I reflect on this bitterness of my soul"] אדדה _eddaddeh; recogitabo_, Vulg.,...
WHAT SHALL I SAY? - This language seems to denote surprise and gratitude at unexpected deliverance. It is the language of a heart that is overflowing, and that wants words to express its deep emotions...
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...
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...
SOFTLY. slowly. Hebrew. _dadah._ Only here and in Psalms 42:4 ("went"). SOUL. Hebrew. _nephesh_. App-13....
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...
Two extremely difficult verses. As commonly explained, Isaiah 38:15 introduces the second half of the song with an exclamation of amazement at the wonderful deliverance experienced. Literally it reads...
WHAT SHALL I SAY? &C.— _What say I more? he hath promised me, and he hath performed._ The meaning of the verse is, "The suddenness of my deliverance so greatly surprises me, that I want words to expre...
2. PRAISE TEXT: Isaiah 38:9-20 9 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...
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...
38:15 in (h-23) Or 'because of.'...
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...
SOFTLY] RM 'as in solemn procession' (Psalms 42:4). IN] RV 'because of.'...
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...
Hezekiah’s illness made him feel very depressed. (In other words, his inner feelings were deeply sad.) And this affected all of his life. Verses 10 and 18 Like many people at that time, Hezekiah tho...
WHAT SHALL I SAY? — With the same force as in 2 Samuel 7:20; Hebrews 11:32. Words fail to express the wonder and the gratitude of the sufferer who has thus been rescued for the fulfilment which follow...
מָֽה ־אֲדַבֵּ֥ר וְ אָֽמַר ־לִ֖י וְ ה֣וּא
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...
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
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...
_SICKNESS SANCTIFIED_ ‘I shall go softly all my years in the bitterness of my soul.’ Isaiah 38:15 In the text occurs an expression which opens the jubilant portion of Hezekiah’s song of thanksgivin...
15._What shall I say? _This is generally supposed to be an exclamation, such as frequently bursts forth in a season of joy, as if he congratulated himself on having already obtained his wish. But I th...
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:...
WHAT SHALL I SAY?.... In a way of praise and thankfulness, for the mercies promised and received; I know not what to say; I want words to express the gratitude of my heart for the kindness bestowed. W...
What shall I say? he hath both spoken unto me, and himself hath done [it]: I shall go softly all my years in the bitterness of my soul. Ver. 15. _What shall I say?_] This he seemeth to speak in a way...
_What shall I say?_ I want words sufficiently to express my deep sense of God's dealings with me; _he hath spoken_, &c. He foretold it by his word, and effected it by his hand. In this verse he seems...
What shall I say? Hezekiah finds himself at a loss for words adequately to express his appreciation of the deliverance afforded him. HE HATH BOTH SPOKEN UNTO ME, AND HIMSELF HATH DONE IT, the Lord's p...
Hezekiah's Hymn of Praise...
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...
WHAT SHALL I SAY I want words sufficient to express my deep sense of God's dealings with me. HE HATH BOTH SPOKEN UNTO ME, AND HIMSELF HATH DONE IT; he did foretell it by his word, and effect it by his...
Isaiah 38:15 say H1696 (H8762) spoken H559 (H8804) done H6213 (H8804) carefully H1718 (H8691) years...
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...
Isaiah 38:15 The restoration of belief. In the especial case of "Hezekiah, belief was restored by a great shock, which brought him into contact with reality. God appeared to him not as to Adam, in th...
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...
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...
_What shall I say?_ A BEWILDERED SOUL Such an exclamation escaped from the lips of Joshua, and it was the language of bitter disappointment, for Israel fled before their enemies (Joshua 7:8). The sam...
_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...
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. ⇐...
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...
HEZEKIAH’S PRAYER Isaiah 38:1 In this narrative there are three points of difficulty and many points of instruction. I. THREE POINTS OF DIFFICULTY. 1. _Why was Hezekiah afraid to die?_ Answer: (1.)...
SECTION II.—HEZEKIAH'S ILLNESS, AND THE EMBASSY OF MERODACH-BALADAN (Isaiah 38:1; Isaiah 39:1.). EXPOSITION The present chapte
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...
1 Kings 21:27; 1 Samuel 1:10; 2 Kings 4:27; Ezra 9:10; Job 10:1;...