John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 38:4
Then came the word of the Lord to Isaiah ,.... Before he had got out into the middle court, 2 Kings 20:4 , saying , as follows: read more
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John Gill
John Gill
John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 38:5
Go and say to Hezekiah ,.... Turn again, and tell him, 2 Kings 20:5 , thus saith the Lord the God of David thy father ; this is said, to show that he remembered the covenant he made with David his father, concerning the kingdom, and the succession of his children in it; and that he had a regard to him, as walking in his steps: I have heard thy prayer ; and therefore was not surely a foolish one, as Luther somewhere calls it, since it was heard and answered so quickly: I have... read more
John Gill
John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 38:6
And I will deliver thee and this city out of the hand of the king of Assyria ,.... So that it seems that Hezekiah's sickness was while the king of Assyria was near the city of Jerusalem, and about to besiege it, and before the destruction of the Assyrian army; unless this is said to secure Hezekiah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem from all fears of a return of that king, to give them fresh trouble: and I will defend this city ; from the present siege laid to it, ruin threatened it, or... read more
John Gill
John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 38:7
And this shall be a sign unto thee from the Lord ,.... And which it seems Hezekiah asked, and it was put to him which he would choose, whether the shadow on the sundial should go forward or backward ten degrees, and he chose the latter, 2 Kings 20:8 , which was a token confirming and assuring that the Lord will do this thing that he hath spoken ; recover Hezekiah from his sickness, so that on the third day he should go up to the temple; have fifteen years added to his days; and the... read more
Adam Clarke
Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 38:6
I will defend this city - The other copy, 2 Kings 20:6 , adds:" for mine own sake, and for the sake of David my servant;" and the sentence seems somewhat abrupt without it. read more
Spence, H. D. M., etc.
The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 38:1-8
Sickness and recovery of Hezekiah. All pathos ultimately turns upon contrast, and the greatest of all contrasts is that between death and life. All who have passed through a dangerous illness, and have been brought nigh unto the gates of death, will feel touched by this narrative, which hints meanings that lie below the surface. I. THE WARNING . The king falls into deadly sickness; and the prophet's voice assures him that his days are numbered. "Thou shalt die, and not live." The... read more
Spence, H. D. M., etc.
The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 38:1-22
SECTION II .— HEZEKIAH 'S ILLNESS , AND THE EMBASSY OF MERODACH - BALADAN ( Isaiah 38:1-22 ; Isaiah 39:1-8 .). read more
Spence, H. D. M., etc.
The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 38:2-6
The power of prayer. The story of these chapters (36-38.) is remarkably illustrative of the power of "effectual fervent prayer." Four points may be noted. I. PRAYER IS POTENT TO DESTROY THE ADVERSARIES OF GOD AT THE GREATEST HEIGHT OF THEIR GLORY AND BOASTING . Assyria had reached the acme of her might. She had destroyed nation after nation; she had "gone up and overflowed." All Western Asia was hers, and now she threatened to effect a lodgment in... read more
Spence, H. D. M., etc.
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
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Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Isaiah 38:1-5
We may hence observe, among others, these good lessons:?1. That neither men's greatness nor their goodness will exempt them from the arrests of sickness and death. Hezekiah, a mighty potentate on earth and a mighty favourite of Heaven, is struck with a disease, which, without a miracle, will certainly be mortal; and this in the midst of his days, his comforts, and usefulness. Lord, behold, he whom thou lovest is sick. It should seem, this sickness seized him when he was in the midst of his... read more