Isaiah 38
Hezekiah's Illness and Recovery
1 In those days was Hezekiah sick unto death. And Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz came unto him, and said unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Set thine house in order: for thou shalt die, and not live. Prophecy: Isaiah 37:2. References Lord: Isaiah 37:21, 2 Chronicles 32:24. Parallel theme: Isaiah 1:1, 2 Samuel 17:23, Ecclesiastes 9:10, Jonah 3:4, 3:10, Acts 9:37 +4
2 Then Hezekiah turned his face toward the wall, and prayed unto the LORD,
3 And said, Remember now, O LORD, I beseech thee, how I have walked before thee in truth and with a perfect heart, and have done that which is good in thy sight. And Hezekiah wept sore. References Lord: Psalms 6:8. Good: Deuteronomy 6:18, Nehemiah 5:19, 13:14. Parallel theme: 1 Chronicles 29:19, Nehemiah 13:22, John 1:47, 2 Corinthians 1:12, Hebrews 5:7, 6:10 +5
4 Then came the word of the LORD to Isaiah, saying,
5 Go, and say to Hezekiah, Thus saith the LORD, the God of David thy father, I have heard thy prayer, I have seen thy tears: behold, I will add unto thy days fifteen years. References God: 2 Corinthians 7:6, Revelation 7:17. References Lord: Psalms 116:15. Prayer: Luke 1:13. Parallel theme: Psalms 56:8, 147:3
6 And I will deliver thee and this city out of the hand of the king of Assyria: and I will defend this city. Kingdom: 2 Chronicles 32:22. Parallel theme: Isaiah 12:6, 37:35, 2 Timothy 4:17
7 And this shall be a sign unto thee from the LORDLord: יְהוָה / אֲדֹנָי (YHWH / Adonai). When 'LORD' appears in small capitals, it represents the Tetragrammaton YHWH (יְהוָה), God's personal covenant name meaning 'I AM.' When 'Lord' appears normally, it's Adonai (אֲדֹנָי), meaning 'my Lord,' emphasizing sovereignty., that the LORD will do this thing that he hath spoken;
8 Behold, I will bring again the shadow of the degrees, which is gone down in the sun dial of Ahaz, ten degrees backward. So the sun returned ten degrees, by which degrees it was gone down. Parallel theme: 2 Chronicles 32:24, Matthew 16:1
9 The writing of Hezekiah king of Judah, when he had been sick, and was recovered of his sickness:
10 I said in the cutting off of my days, I shall go to the gates of the grave: I am deprived of the residue of my years.
11 I said, I shall not see the LORD, even the LORD, in the land of the living: I shall behold man no more with the inhabitants of the world.
12 Mine age is departed, and is removed from me as a shepherd's tent: I have cut off like a weaver my life: he will cut me off with pining sickness: from day even to night wilt thou make an end of me.
13 I reckoned till morning, that, as a lion, so will he break all my bones: from day even to night wilt thou make an end of me.
14 Like a crane or a swallow, so did I chatter: I did mourn as a dove: mine eyes fail with looking upward: O LORDLord: יְהוָה / אֲדֹנָי (YHWH / Adonai). When 'LORD' appears in small capitals, it represents the Tetragrammaton YHWH (יְהוָה), God's personal covenant name meaning 'I AM.' When 'Lord' appears normally, it's Adonai (אֲדֹנָי), meaning 'my Lord,' emphasizing sovereignty., I am oppressed; undertake for me.
15 What shall I say? he hath both spoken unto me, and himself hath done it: I shall go softly all my years in the bitterness of my soul.
16 O Lord, by these things men live, and in all these things is the life of my spirit: so wilt thou recover me, and make me to live.
17 Behold, for peace I had great bitterness: but thou hast in love to my soul delivered it from the pit of corruption: for thou hast cast all my sins behind thy back.
18 For the grave cannot praise thee, death can not celebrate thee: they that go down into the pit cannot hope for thy truth. Resurrection: Psalms 30:9. Parallel theme: Psalms 6:5, Ecclesiastes 9:10
19 The living, the living, he shall praise thee, as I do this day: the father to the children shall make known thy truthTruth: אֱמֶת (Emet). The Hebrew emet (אֱמֶת) means truth or faithfulness—reliability and conformity to reality. God is true (emet), utterly faithful to His word and character..
20 The LORDLord: יְהוָה / אֲדֹנָי (YHWH / Adonai). When 'LORD' appears in small capitals, it represents the Tetragrammaton YHWH (יְהוָה), God's personal covenant name meaning 'I AM.' When 'Lord' appears normally, it's Adonai (אֲדֹנָי), meaning 'my Lord,' emphasizing sovereignty. was ready to save me: therefore we will sing my songs to the stringed instruments all the days of our life in the house of the LORD. Parallel theme: Psalms 116:2, 145:2, 150:4
21 For Isaiah had said, Let them take a lump of figs, and lay it for a plaister upon the boil, and he shall recover. Parallel theme: Mark 7:33, John 9:6
22 Hezekiah also had said, What is the sign that I shall go up to the house of the LORD? References Lord: 2 Kings 20:8. Parallel theme: John 5:14