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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

E.W. Bullinger

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 38:18

"For Sheol cannot praise thee, death cannot celebrate thee:They that go down into the pit cannot hope for thy truth.The living, the living, he shall praise thee, as I do this day:The father to the children shall make known thy truth.Jehovah is ready to save me.Therefore we will sing my songs with stringed instrumentsAll the days of our life in the house of Jehovah."The theme here is rejoicing over the recovery which came from the special blessing of the Lord. The language used in portions of... 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 38:17

Isaiah 38:17. Behold, for peace I had great bitterness— That is to say, "When I thought of, perceived, and feared no evil, and seemed to enjoy my usual health, then this terrible evil came upon me: but thou hast delivered me, and freely forgiven me my sins." Thus Hezekiah does not claim exemption from guilt, but readily and humbly confesses that he deserved punishment, and was indebted solely to the divine mercy. read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Isaiah 38:18

Isaiah 38:18. For the grave, &c.— See Psalms 6:5; Psalms 30:9; Psalms 30:12. 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 38:17

17. for peace—instead of the prosperity which I had previously. great bitterness—literally, "bitterness to me, bitterness"; expressing intense emotion. in love—literally, "attachment," such as joins one to another tenderly; "Thou hast been lovingly attached to me from the pit"; pregnant phrase for, Thy love has gone down to the pit, and drawn me out from it. The "pit" is here simply death, in Hezekiah's sense; realized in its fulness only in reference to the soul's redemption from hell by Jesus... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 38:18

18. death—that is, the dead; Hades and its inhabitants ( :-; see on Isaiah 38:3). Plainly Hezekiah believed in a world of disembodied spirits; his language does not imply what skepticism has drawn from it, but simply that he regarded the disembodied state as one incapable of declaring the praises of God before men, for it is, as regards this world, an unseen land of stillness; "the living" alone can praise God on earth, in reference to which only he is speaking; Isaiah 57:1; Isaiah 57:2 shows... read more

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

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

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Isaiah 38:18

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Isaiah 38:21

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Isaiah 38:17

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Isaiah 38:18

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 38:17

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 38:18

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