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Text -- Isaiah 38:1-14 (NET)
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The Lord Hears Hezekiah’s Prayer
38:1 In those days Hezekiah was stricken with a terminal illness . The prophet Isaiah son of Amoz visited him and told him, “This is what the Lord says , ‘Give instructions to your household , for you are about to die ; you will not get well .’”
38:2 Hezekiah turned his face to the wall and prayed to the Lord ,
38:3 “Please , Lord . Remember how I have served you faithfully and with wholehearted devotion , and how I have carried out your will.” Then Hezekiah wept bitterly .
38:4 The Lord told Isaiah ,
38:5 “Go and tell Hezekiah : ‘This is what the Lord God of your ancestor David says : “I have heard your prayer ; I have seen your tears . Look , I will add fifteen years to your life ,
38:6 and rescue you and this city from the king of Assyria . I will shield this city .”’”
38:7 Isaiah replied, “This is your sign from the Lord confirming that the Lord will do what he has said :
38:8 Look , I will make the shadow go back ten steps on the stairs of Ahaz .” And then the shadow went back ten steps .
Hezekiah’s Song of Thanks
38:9 This is the prayer of King Hezekiah of Judah when he was sick and then recovered from his illness :
38:10 “I thought , ‘In the middle of my life I must walk through the gates of Sheol , I am deprived of the rest of my years .’
38:11 “I thought , ‘I will no longer see the Lord in the land of the living , I will no longer look on humankind with the inhabitants of the world .
38:12 My dwelling place is removed and taken away from me like a shepherd’s tent . I rolled up my life like a weaver rolls cloth; from the loom he cuts me off . You turn day into night and end my life.
38:13 I cry out until morning ; like a lion he shatters all my bones ; you turn day into night and end my life.
38:14 Like a swallow or a thrush I chirp , I coo like a dove ; my eyes grow tired from looking up to the sky . O sovereign master , I am oppressed ; help me!
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Names, People and Places, Dictionary Themes and Topics
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Names, People and Places:
Dictionary Themes and Topics:
Hezekiah |
Isaiah |
ISAIAH, 8-9 |
HEZEKIAH (2) |
JOB, BOOK OF |
ISAIAH, 1-7 |
Disease |
Life |
Death |
Poetry |
PSALMS, BOOK OF |
Psalms |
Complaint |
PAPYRUS |
Swallow |
Tears |
Ahaz |
Afflictions and Adversities |
Dial |
Crane |
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NET Notes: Isa 38:1 Heb “was sick to the point of dying”; NRSV “became sick and was at the point of death.”
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NET Notes: Isa 38:7 The words “Isaiah replied” are supplied in the translation for clarification. In the present form of the Hebrew text v. 7 is joined direct...
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NET Notes: Isa 38:10 The precise meaning of the verb is uncertain. The Pual of of פָּקַד (paqad) occurs only here and in Exod 38:21, wh...
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NET Notes: Isa 38:11 The Hebrew text has חָדֶל (khadel), which appears to be derived from a verbal root meaning “to cease, refrain.R...
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