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Verse Isaiah 38:8. _WHICH IS GONE DOWN_ - "By which the sun is gone
down"] For בשמש _bashshemesh_, the _Septuagint, Syriac_, and
_Chaldee_ read השמש, _hashshemesh_. - _Houbigant_. In the history
of t...
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BEHOLD, I WILL BRING AGAIN THE SHADOW - The shadow, or shade which is
made by the interception of the rays of the sun by the gnomon on the
dial. The phrase ‘bring again’ (Hebrew, משׁיב _mēshı̂yb_)
me...
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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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THE SHADOW OF THE DEGREES. It is to these "degrees", or steps of the
sundial of Ahaz his father, that Hezekiah refers in the title for "The
Songs of the Degrees". See App-67.
DEGREES. steps. Note the...
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After Isaiah 38:6; Isaiah 38:2 Kings describes the prophet's
prescription for the malady (see on Isaiah 38:21). The account of the
sign also is given in a much fuller form there. It was granted at the...
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The R.V. has (after _Ahaz_) the phrase "with the sun," which is
wrongly taken by the A.V. as an adjunct of the word "dial" (_the sun
dial_). It is necessary, however, to strike out the preposition "wi...
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BEHOLD, I WILL BRING AGAIN, &C.— The _dial_ in use among the Jews
was a kind of stairs; the time of the day was distinguished not by
_lines,_ but by _steps,_ here called _degrees;_ and the shade of th...
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C. PROSTRATION, CHAPTER 38
1. PERPLEXITY
TEXT: Isaiah 38:1-8
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In those days was Hezekiah sick unto death. And Isaiah the prophet the
son of Amoz came to him, and said unto him, Thus saith Jehovah....
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Behold, I will bring again the shadow of the degrees, which is gone
down in the sun dial of Ahaz, ten degrees backward. So the sun
returned ten degrees, by which degrees it was gone down.
I WILL BR...
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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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The. account in 2 Kings 20:8 is fuller. DEGREES.. SUN DIAL] RV
'steps.. steps.' Some kind of clock is evidently indicated, probably a
pillar standing upon steps and casting a shadow in such a way that...
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TO HEZEKIAH IN HIS SICKNESS ISAIAH promises 15 more years of life, and
confirms the promise by a sign.
9-20. Hezekiah's song of thanksgiving.
21, 22. The remedy for the king's disease was suggested...
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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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This extraordinary event shows Hezekiah that God even controls time.
So God is able to let Hezekiah live for another 15 years.
HEZEKIAH RECOVERS AND HE THANKS GOD
V9 (This is the prayer of Hezekiah...
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הִנְנִ֣י מֵשִׁ֣יב אֶת ־צֵ֣ל הַֽ
מַּעֲלֹ֡ות אֲ
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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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8._Lo, I bring back the shadow of degrees. _The sign which is here
given to Hezekiah is the going back of the shadow on the sundial,
along with the sun, _ten degrees by which it had already gone up,
_...
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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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BEHOLD, I WILL BRING AGAIN THE SHADOW OF THE DEGREES,.... Or lines
made on a dial plate, to show the progress of the sun, and what time
of day it was. Some think only the shadow was brought back by th...
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Behold, I will bring again the shadow of the degrees, which is gone
down in the sun dial of Ahaz, ten degrees backward. So the sun
returned ten degrees, by which degrees it was gone down.
Ver. 8. See...
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_In those days was Hezekiah sick_ See notes on 2 Kings 20:1....
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HEZEKIAH'S ILLNESS AND RECOVERY...
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Behold, I will bring again the shadow of the degrees which is gone
down in the sun-dial of Ahaz ten degrees backward. This dial seems to
have been built up in semicircular form, in a series of steps,...
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DEGRESS WHICH IS GONE DOWN IN THE SUN DIAL:
_ Heb._ degrees by, or with the Sun...
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1-8 When we pray in our sickness, though God send not to us such an
answer as he here sent to Hezekiah, yet, if by his Spirit he bids us
be of good cheer, assures us that our sins are forgiven, and th...
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No text from Poole on this verse....
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Isaiah 38:8 bring H7725 (H8688) shadow H6738 sundial H4609 down H3381
(H8804) sundial H8121 H4609 Ahaz...
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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...
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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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_And this shall be a sign unto thee from the Lord_
THE SHADOW ON THE SUN-DIAL OF AHAZ
We are not to imagine that in this miracle any effect was wrought upon
the motion of the earth round its axis.
A...
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_In those days was Hezekiah sick unto death_
HEZEKIAH’S SICKNESS: THE HISTORICAL FRAMEWORK
It cannot surprise us now to be carried back to the time when
Jerusalem was still under the despotic sceptre...
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ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 38:1 Man at his best cannot be trusted; as
seen in these chapters, he is often self-centered and short-sighted.
God himself is the only hope of his people. (See note on 36:1–39:8...
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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.)...
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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 Chronicles 32:24; 2 Chronicles 32:31; 2 Kings 20:11; Joshua 10:12;...