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Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 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., reputabo , Hieron. in loc. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 38:16

By these things men live "For this cause shall it be declared" - Περι αυτης γαρ ανηγγελη σοι, και εξηγειρας μου την πνοην , Sept. They read in their copies רוחי ותחיי לך יחוו עליה not very different from the present text, from which all the ancient Versions vary. They entirely omit two words, בהן ולכל ulecol bahen ; as to which there is some variation in the MSS. One MS. has ובכל ubechol , and in all; two others וכל vechol , and all, and ten MSS. have בהם bahem , in them,... read more

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Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 38:17

For peace I had great bitterness "My anguish is changed into ease" - מר לי מר mar li mar , " mutata mthi est amaritudo ." Paronomasia; a figure which the prophet frequently admits. I do not always note it, because it cannot ever be preserved in the translation, and the sense seldom depends upon it. But here it perfectly clears up the great obscurity of the passage. See Lowth on the place. Thou hast rescued - חשכת chashachta , with כ caph , instead of ק koph ; so the... read more

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Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 38:19

Thy truth - אמתך אל el amittecha . A MS. omits אל el ; and instead of אל el , an ancient MS. and one edition read את eth . The same mistake as in Psalm 2:7 . read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 38:1-22

SECTION II .— HEZEKIAH 'S ILLNESS , AND THE EMBASSY OF MERODACH - BALADAN ( Isaiah 38:1-22 ; Isaiah 39:1-8 .). read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 38:9-15

Health and sickness. This touching psalm of Hezekiah, written in the day of returning strength, when mental effort became possible and perhaps enjoyable to him, may teach us many things. I. THAT OUR HEALTH IS NOT IN OUR OWN HANDS . There is a distinct note of disappointment here. The king had evidently set his heart on a long life, and was hurt in his soul that his days were cut in twain. It seemed an abrupt, unnatural termination. He was deprived of that which he might... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 38:9-22

The song of Hezekiah. It is a song of peculiar sweetness—from a literary point of view, characterized by great elegance; from a spiritual point of view, unfolding some deepest elements of Hebrew and of human pathos. I. THE CONTEMPLATION OF DEATH . It was in middle life , in the "noon-tide of his days," that he had to face the dark gates of Sheol. "Midway in life, as to Dante, came his peril of death." It has been said that there is a peculiar melancholy in middle life.... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 38:11-19

The great disclosure. "If a man die, shall he live again?" asks the anxious, hopeful, human spirit. This composition of Hezekiah either indicates or suggests— I. THE LIGHT WHICH THE HEBREW SAINTS POSSESSED . They believed that death did not terminate man's existence; that, after death, he dwelt in Sheol with the spirits of the departed, with "the inhabitants of the land of stillness;" in a region, deep, dark, shut up within impassable gates through which they that have... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 38:13

I reckoned till morning , etc.; i.e. "I lay thinking till the morning, that God would crush me as a lion crushes his prey—I expected him all day long to make an end of me." read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 38:14

Like a crane or a swallow . The sus , here translated "crane," is probably "the swift," which has a loud, shrill note. The, agur is, perhaps, "the crane;" but this is very uncertain. The two words occur as the names of birds only here and in Jeremiah 8:7 . So did I chatter ; rather, so did I scream (Cheyne). I did mourn ; rather, I did moan. Mine eyes fail with looking upward; rather, mine eyes are weak to look upward ; i.e. I have scarcely the courage or the strength to... read more

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 38:15

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 38:16

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 38:17

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 38:19

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 38:1-22

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 38:9-15

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 38:9-22

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 38:11-19

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 38:13

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 38:14

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