The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 38:4-6
Human life; the kindness of God and the wisdom of man. In the providential ordering and in the human direction of this our mortal life, we see— I. THE KINDNESS OF GOD . 1 . The strong links by which God has connected us together. "The God of David thy father;" for David's sake, in part, he would render deliverance. Human life is so ordered that we are all of us immeasurably the better for the piety, the virtue, the patient and faithful labours of those who came before us. ... read more
The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 38:4
Then came the word of the Lord to Isaiah, saying . The author of Kings describes graphically how Isaiah, after delivering his message, had gone out, but had not reached the middle court of the palace, when his footsteps were arrested, and the Divine voice bade him "turn again and relieve Hezekiah's fears by a fresh announcement" ( 2 Kings 20:4 ). So swiftly does God answer "the prayer of faith." read more