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The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 38:19

Parental obligation. "The father to the children shall make known thy truth." I. THAT TRUTH IS THE COMMON HERITAGE OF THE RACE . Of all open and common things truth is that to which our right is most indisputable. The air, the light, the sea, the sky, the beauty of the landscape, etc; are open to us all; but truth, above all these things, is common property. II. THAT REVEALED TRUTH IS PECULIARLY PRECIOUS TO MANKIND . All truth may be said to be... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 38:20

The Lord was ready to save me; rather, came to my rescue ; came and saved me. Therefore we will sing my songs to the stringed instruments ; rather, therefore will we play my stringed instruments. Hezekiah calls the stringed instruments his, because he had recalled their use, and re-established them as a part of the temple service after the suspension of that service by Ahaz ( 2 Chronicles 29:30 ). His intention now is to take continual part with the Levites in . Upon the boil .... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 38:20

Music in the heart. "The Lord was ready to save me: therefore we will sing my songs to the stringed instruments all the days of our life in the house of the Lord." The graver question is—Are we ready to be saved? God's arm is not shortened, that he cannot save. And his love to us is the same through all the long centuries. Christ touched the real cause of distance: "Ye will not come to me, that ye might have life." I. THE READINESS OF GOD . "All things are now ready," said... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 38:19

The living, the living - An emphatic or intensive form of expression, as in Isaiah 38:11, Isaiah 38:17. Nothing would express his idea but a repetition of the word, as if the heart was full of it.The father to the children - One generation of the living to another. The father shall have so deep a sense of the goodness of God that he shall desire to make it known to his children, and to perpetuate the memory of it in the earth. read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 38:20

The Lord was ready to save me - He was prompt, quick to save me. He did not hesitate or delay.Therefore we will sing my songs - That is, my family and nation. The song of Hezekiah was designed evidently not as a mere record, but to be used in celebrating the praises of God, and probably in a public manner in the temple. The restoration of the monarch was a fit occasion for public rejoicing; and it is probable that this ode was composed to be used by the company of singers that were employed... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 38:21

For Isaiah had said - In the parallel place in Kings the statement in these two verses is introduced before the account of the miracle on the sun-dial, and before the account of his recovery 2 Kings 20:7-8. The order in which it is introduced, however, is not material.Let them take a lump of figs - The word used here (דבלה debēlâh) denotes “a round cake” of dried figs pressed together in a mass 1 Samuel 25:18. Figs were thus pressed together for preservation, and for convenience of... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Isaiah 38:18-20

Isaiah 38:18-20 . For the grave cannot praise thee The dead cannot be instruments of promoting thy glory among men upon earth, or of making thy goodness known to others, which I desire and determine to do. They cannot hope for thy truth Cannot expect nor receive the accomplishment of thy promised goodness in this world. The living, &c., shall praise thee They are especially obliged to do it, and they only have the privilege of doing it among men on earth. The father to the... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Isaiah 38:21-22

Isaiah 38:21-22. For Isaiah had said, Let them take a lump of figs See note on 2 Kings 20:7. Hezekiah also had said Or, for Hezekiah had said; What is the sign that I shall go up Namely, within three days, as is more fully related 2Ki 20:5 ; 2 Kings 20:8; to the house of the Lord? For thither he designed to go first, partly that he might pay his vows and thanksgivings to God, and partly that he might engage the people to praise God with him and for him. read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Isaiah 38:1-22

Hezekiah’s illness and recovery (38:1-22)The events recorded in Chapters 38 and 39 probably happened before those of the previous chapters. Hezekiah was about to die (38:1), but in answer to his prayer God gave him an extension of life. It seems that the reason for preserving Hezekiah’s life was to enable him to bring Judah through the time of conflict with Assyria (2-6). God gave Hezekiah a miraculous sign to confirm that this extension of life was according to the divine will (7-8).Hezekiah... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Isaiah 38:19

The living, the living. Figure of speech Epizeuxis , for emphasis, implying that only such are able to praise. the father to the children. Note the reference to the Pentateuch (Deuteronomy 4:9 ; Deuteronomy 6:7 ). children = sons. read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 38:19

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 38:20

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 38:20

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 38:19

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 38:20

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 38:21

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Isaiah 38:18-20

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Isaiah 38:21-22

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Isaiah 38:1-22

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Isaiah 38:19

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