Text -- Isaiah 39:8 (NET)

39:8 Hezekiah said to Isaiah, “The Lord’s word which you have announced is appropriate.” Then he thought, “For there will be peace and stability during my lifetime.”

Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

NET Notes: Isa 39:8

¹ tn Heb “good” (so KJV, NASB, NIV, NRSV, NLT); NAB “favorable.”

² tn Heb “and he said.” The verb אָמַר (’amar, “say”) is sometimes used of what one thinks (that is, says to oneself).

³ tn Or “surely”; cf. CEV “At least.”