Isaiah 39:6, Isaiah 39:7 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Isaiah 39:5-8

Hence let us observe, 1. That, if God love us, he will humble us, and will find some way or other to pull down our spirits when they are lifted up above measure. A mortifying message is sent to Hezekiah, that he might be humbled for the pride of his heart, and be convinced of the folly of it; for though God may suffer his people to fall into sin, as he did Hezekiah here, to prove him, that he might know all that was in his heart, yet he will not suffer them to lie still in it. 2. It is just... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 39:6

Behold, the days come ,.... Or, "are coming F5 באים "venientes", Montanus; "venturi sunt", Junius & Tremellius, Piscator. "; and which quickly came; after a few reigns more, even in Jehoiakim's time: that all that is in thine house, and that which thy fathers have laid up in store until this day, shall be carried to Babylon ; as it was, when Jehoiakim king of Judah, his mother, servants, princes, and officers, were taken by the king of Babylon, and carried captive, and along... 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

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

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 39:1-8

Complacency, rebuke, and acquiescence. We may gather the preliminary truth that we need to look well before we decide on the character of Divine decisions and of human actions. Otherwise we shall certainly fall into serious mistakes. 1 . It would be a mistake to assume that the calamities here foretold were consequent on Hezekiah's fault. So, at first sight, they might appear to be; but we may be quite sure that they were not. For in other places these national disasters are referred,... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 39:2-8

Carnal joy the prelude to spiritual sorrow. The Babylonian embassy, a grand affair doubtless, comprising envoys in their rich clothing and with their jewelled arms, camels bearing valuable gifts, prancing steeds, and a vast train of slaves and attendants, was to Hezekiah an inspiriting fact, a circumstance that gladdened and excited him. With his imperfect knowledge of geography, the embassy seemed to him to come from the furthest limits of the earth's circuit—from a remote, almost from an... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 39:6

Behold, the days come ; literally, the days [ are ] coming , or [ are ] approaching. Of the exact "times and seasons, which the Father hath put in his own power" ( Acts 1:7 ), the prophets generally knew nothing. They were mouth-pieces, to declare the Divine will, not keen-witted politicians, forecasting results by the exercise of sharp-sightedness and sagacity. To suppose that Isaiah foresaw by mere human wisdom the Babylonian conquest of Judaea, as Charles the Great did the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 39:6

Perishing things. "Nothing shall be left." How true is this of all things of earth, as contrasted with essential being—with the life of our own souls! We can look at nothing material without being able to say, as we look to the inner world of personal consciousness, "They shall perish, but thou remainest." I. COMPREHENSIVE LOSS . "Nothing shall be left." "All that is in thine house, and that which thy fathers have laid up in store until this day, shall be carded to Babylon."... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 39:6-7

Shadows projected from coming trouble. Almost our worst troubles are the things we fear. They loom so large and seem so terrible, like distant figures in a fog. The mind is so long occupied with them before it can do anything in relation to them. Our Saviour's life was darkened with the shadows of his coming woe. As he talked with heavenly visitants, he "spake of his decease which he should accomplish at Jerusalem." He cried, "Now is my soul troubled … Father, save me from this hour."... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Isaiah 39:5-8

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 39:6

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

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 39:1-8

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 39:1-8

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 39:1-8

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 39:2-8

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 39:6

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 39:6

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 39:6-7

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