Isaiah 39

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 39:7

And of thy sons that shall issue from thee, which thou shalt beget, shall they take away ,.... Manasseh his immediate son was taken and carried to Babylon, though afterwards released; nor does it appear that he was made a eunuch or an officer there; this had its fulfilment in Jeconiah and his children, and in others that were of the seed royal, as Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah, to whom the Jewish commentators apply this; this is expressed in different words, signifying much the... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 39:8

Then said Hezekiah to Isaiah, good is the word of the Lord which thou hast spoken ,.... Hezekiah was at once convinced of his sin, acknowledged it and repented of it, and owned that the sentence pronounced was but just and right; and that there was a mixture of mercy and goodness in it, in that time was given, and it was not immediately executed: he said moreover, for there shall be peace and truth in my days ; or a confirmed peace, lasting prosperity, peace in the state, and truth in... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 39

The Babylonish monarch sends letters of congratulation and a present to Hezekiah, on account of his recovery from his late dangerous illness, Isaiah 39:1 . The king of Judah shows the messengers of Merodach-baladan all the treasures of his house and kingdom, Isaiah 39:2 . The prophet takes occasion from this ostentatious display of the king to predict the captivity of the royal family, and of the people, by the Babylonians, Isaiah 39:3-8 . Hitherto the copy of this history in the... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 39:1

At that time Merodach-baladan - This name is variously written in the MSS. Berodach, Medorach, Medarech, and Medurach. "And ambassadors" - The Septuagint add here και πρεσβεις ; that is, ומלאכים umalachim . and ambassadors; which word seems to be necessary to the sense, though omitted in the Hebrew text both here and in the other copy, 2 Kings 20:12 . For the subsequent narration refers to them all along, "these men, whence came they?" etc.; plainly supposing them to have been... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 39:6

To Babylon - בבלה babelah , so two MSS., (one ancient); rightly, without doubt as the other copy ( 2 Kings 20:17 ;) has it. This prediction was fulfilled about one hundred and fifty years after it was spoken: see Daniel 1:2 , Daniel 1:3-7 . What a proof of Divine omniscience! read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 39:8

Then said Hezekiah - The nature of Hezekiah's crime, and his humiliation on the message of God to him by the prophet, is more expressly declared by the author of the book of the Chronicles: "But Hezekiah rendered not again according to the benefit done unto him; for his heart was lifted up; therefore there was wrath upon him, and upon Judah and Jerusalem. Notwithstanding, Hezekiah humbled himself for the pride of his heart, both he and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, so that the wrath of the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 39:1

At that time . The embassy probably followed the illness of Hezekiah within a year. Merodach-Baladan . This is a more correct form than the "Berodach-Baladan" of 2 Kings 20:12 . The name is one common to several Babylonian kings, as to one who reigned about b.c. 1325, to a second who is placed about b.c. 900, and to a third who was contemporary with the Assyrian kings Sargon and Sennacherib. It is this last of whom we have a notice in the present passage. He appears first in the Assyrian... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 39:1

Friendship that serves its own ends. A kind of friendship only too common. Illustrated in the motto of a successful Birmingham tradesman, "Friendly with all, thick with none? Which in full means, "Friendly with all, that I may get all! can out of everybody; thick with none, lest anybody should get anything out of me." This is surely the meanest of mottoes ever set for the toning of a life. But Merodach-Baladan's offered friendship with Hezekiah was much of the same kind. The only question... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 39:1-8

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 39:1-8

The dangers of prosperity. I. THE OSTENTATION OF HEZEKIAH . The Chronicler passes a censure upon him. After his recovery he "rendered not again according to the benefit done unto him; for his heart was lifted up: therefore was there wrath upon him, and upon Judah and Jerusalem" ( 2 Chronicles 32:25 ). He gives a picture of his treasuries, and store-houses, his cities, his flocks and herds. An embassy comes from Babylon, partly to congratulate him on his recovery, partly to inquire... read more

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