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E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Isaiah 38:20

was ready. Supply "was gracious". therefore, &c. Note the subscription above. we will sing my songs: i.e. the "Songs of the Degrees" ( App-67 ). Where are "my songs", and what were they if not the fifteen songs named after the ten degrees by which the shadow of the sun went back on the sundial of Ahaz (verses: Isaiah 38:7 , Isaiah 38:8 )? the house of the LORD. Note Hezekiah's love for this in these songs (Psalms 122:1 Psalms 122:9 ; Psalms 134:1 , Psalms 134:2 ). See App-67 . read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Isaiah 38:21

"Now Isaiah had said, Let them take a cake of figs, and lay it for a plaster upon the boil, and he shall recover. Hezekiah also had said, What is the sign that I shall go up to the house of Jehovah?"This injection of some pertinent fact into a narrative subsequently to its actual chronological occurrence is a typical feature of the Word of God from Genesis to Revelation. As an example, in Jonah, after the men cast lots and charged him with being the cause of the danger they were in, learned... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Isaiah 38:20

Isaiah 38:20. The Lord was ready to save me— JEHOVAH was present to save me. Lowth. It seems probable from this verse, that Hezekiah composed several other songs, some of which may be still extant among the Psalms. We may just remark from this passage of Scripture, that the proper fruit and consequence of deliverance from evils is thanksgiving, diffusing itself through all the actions of life. It exhibits to us a picture of our duty and state, who, redeemed as we are, by the precious blood of... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Isaiah 38:21

Isaiah 38:21. For Isaiah had said, &c.— Now Isaiah had said. "It seems to me extremely probable, (says Dr. Mead,) that the king's disease was a fever, which terminated in an abscess: for, in cases of this kind, those things are always proper which promote suppuration, especially digestive and resolving cataplasms, and dried figs are excellent for this intention. Thus the Omnipotent, who could remove this distemper by his word alone, chose to do it by the effect of natural remedies. And here... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 38:19

19. living . . . living—emphatic repetition, as in Isaiah 38:11; Isaiah 38:17; his heart is so full of the main object of his prayer that, for want of adequate words, he repeats the same word. father to the children—one generation of the living to another. He probably, also, hints at his own desire to live until he should have a child, the successor to his throne, to whom he might make known and so perpetuate the memory of God's truth. truth—faithfulness to His promises; especially in... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 38:20

20. was ready—not in the Hebrew; "Jehovah was for my salvation," that is, saved me (compare Isaiah 12:2). we—I and my people. in the house of the Lord—This song was designed, as many of the other Psalms, as a form to be used in public worship at stated times, perhaps on every anniversary of his recovery; hence "all the days of our life." lump of figs—a round cake of figs pressed into a mass (Isaiah 12:2- :). God works by means; the meanest of which He can make effectual. boil—inflamed ulcer,... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Isaiah 38:9-22

Hezekiah’s record of his crisis 38:9-22The bulk of this section is a psalm of lamentation and thanksgiving that Hezekiah composed after his recovery (Isaiah 38:10-20). It is the only extant narrative in the Old Testament written by a king of Judah after the time of Solomon. [Note: The New Scofield . . ., p. 744. ] Compare King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon’s similar testimony of praise, after God delivered him from insanity (Daniel 4:34-35). This psalm is also chiastic in structure. It begins with... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Isaiah 38:19

Rather it is the living who can praise the Lord and tell their children about His faithfulness to His promises to them. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Isaiah 38:20

Hezekiah concluded his poem of praise by affirming his belief that God would be faithful to him and would keep him alive for as long as He had promised (Isaiah 38:5). This would be the basis for his continuing public praise of God in His presence for the rest of his life. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Isaiah 38:21

The poem having ended, Isaiah now added a postscript giving more detail about Hezekiah’s recovery. Isaiah 38:21-22 are more smoothly integrated into the story of Hezekiah’s recovery in 2 Kings 20 than they are here. This fact has led scholars to speculate about which account was first, which was second, or did both draw from a common source? There is no way to answer this question for sure. Hezekiah had evidently suffered from a boil, but the boil was probably only a symptom of a more serious... read more

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Isaiah 38:20

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Isaiah 38:21

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Isaiah 38:20

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Isaiah 38:21

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 38:19

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 38:20

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Isaiah 38:9-22

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Isaiah 38:19

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Isaiah 38:20

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Isaiah 38:21

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