the God of David. This Divine title reminds and assures Hezekiah that Jehovah would be faithful to His promise made to David in 2 Samuel 7:0 . See App-67 and note on 2 Kings 20:5 . fifteen years. Hence the number of the "Song of the Degrees". See App-67 . read more
I will deliver thee and this city. The city was thus still besieged. I will. Hezekiah trusted this promise. defend = shield. See note on Isaiah 31:5 . read more
a sign = the sign. Hezekiah had asked for this sign (see Isaiah 38:22 ). This shows that Isaiah 38:22 is not "displaced" as alleged. compare note on Isaiah 7:11 . read more
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 emphasis placed on these by the fivefold repetition of the word. dial = degrees (making the fifth repetition of the word). read more
The writing, &c. Hebrew. michtab. Another spelling of michtam. See App-65 . This verse is the superscription common to most Psalms, corresponding with the subscription (Isaiah 38:20 ). See App-65 . read more
thegrave . Hebrew. Sheol. App-35 . read more
see THE LORD = appear before Jah. Reference to Pentateuch. See note on Isaiah 1:12 ; and on "appear" (Exodus 23:15 ; Exodus 34:20 ). in the land of the living. This expression occurs three times with the Art. ("the living") in the Hebrew (viz. here; Job 28:13 ; and Psalms 142:5 ). Without the Art. it occurs eight times. See note on Ezekiel 26:20 . the living: i.e. alive on the earth. Not Sheol, which is the place of the dead. the world. Hebrew. hadel = a quiet land: i.e. when this... read more
age. Hebrew. dor = generation, or succession. like a weaver. Supply Ellipsis thus: "like a weaver [his thread]. "See note on "weave" (Isaiah 19:9 ). read more
I reckoned = I waited expectantly. as a lion = as a lion [awaits his prey]. so will He break. See note on Psalms 22:16 . read more
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E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Isaiah 38:4
came. The only occurrence of this in the case of Isaiah. Compare Genesis 15:1 . read more