"And said, Remember now, O LORD, I beseech thee, how I have walked before thee in truth and with a perfect heart, and have done that which is good in thy sight. And Hezekiah wept sore.a"
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AND SAID, REMEMBER NOW, O LORD, I BESEECH THEE - The object which
Hezekiah desired was evidently that his life might be spared, and that
he might not be suddenly cut off. He therefore makes mention of...
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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 an...
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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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IN TRUTH. See note on Isaiah 10:20.
WEPT SORE. wept. great weeping. Figure of speech _Polyptoton_ (App-6),
for emphasis. Compare 2 Kings 20:3....
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_with a perfect heart_ Lit. "with a whole heart," one absolutely
devoted to Jehovah. Cf. 1 Kings 8:61; 1 Kings 11:4; 1 Kings 15:3; 1
Kings 15:14, where the expression occurs with the addition of the
w...
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AND HEZEKIAH WEPT SORE— Under the law, long life and uninterrupted
health are promised as rewards of obedience, and immature death is
denounced as a punishment. See Exodus 20:12.Deuteronomy 5:16;
Deut...
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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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And said, Remember now, O LORD, I beseech thee, how I have walked
before thee in truth and with a perfect heart, and have done that
which is good in thy sight. And Hezekiah wept sore.
REMEMBER NOW...
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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 believed...
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REMEMBER NOW, O LORD. — Devout as the prayer is, there is a tone of
self-satisfaction in it which contrasts with David’s prayer (Psalms
51:1). He rests on what he has done in the way of religious
refo...
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וַ יֹּאמַ֗ר אָנָּ֤ה יְהוָה֙ זְכָר
־נָ֞א אֵ֣ת אֲשֶׁ֧ר הִתְהַלַּ֣כְתִּי
לְ פָנֶ֗יךָ בֶּֽ אֱמֶת֙ וּ...
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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 may have been published, to 705-or, by rough
reckoning, from the fortieth...
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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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3._And said, I beseech thee, Jehovah. _He appears here to expostulate
with God, and to remonstrate with him about his own past life, as if
he were undeservedly distressed; but the case is far otherwis...
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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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AND SAID, REMEMBER NOW, O LORD, I BESEECH THEE,.... He puts the Lord
in mind of his good walk and works, which are never forgotten by him,
though they may seem to be: and this he the rather did, becau...
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And said, Remember now, O LORD, I beseech thee, how I have walked
before thee in truth and with a perfect heart, and have done [that
which is] good in thy sight. And Hezekiah wept sore.
Ver. 3. See 2...
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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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SORE:
_ Heb._ with great weeping...
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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 38:3 said H559 (H8799) Remember H2142 (H8798) LORD H3068 pray
H577 walked H1980 (H8694) before H6440 truth H571 loyal H8003 heart
H3820 done H6213 (H8804) good H2896 sight H5869 Hezekiah H2396...
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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...
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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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_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 sceptr...
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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 chapter is parallel with 2 Kings 20:1, but contains some
marked differences fro...
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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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1 Chronicles 29:19; 1 Chronicles 29:9; 1 John 3:21; 1 John 3:22; 1
Kings 15:14; 1 Kings 2:4; 2 Chronicles 16:9; 2 Chronicles 25:2; 2
Chronicles 31:20;...