Holy Bible, The New Living Translation
Book of Isaiah
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Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 38:1 GSB -> Study Notes on 38:1 JFB -> Commentary on 38:1 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 38:1 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 38:1 TSK -> Commentary on 38:1 TSK -> Entry for 38:1 WEN -> Notes on 38:1 NTB -> Death; Disease; Hezekiah; Isaiah EBD -> Hezekiah; Isaiah SBD -> Wills 38:1 - [In Context] About that time Hezekiah became deathly ill, and the prophet Isaiah son of Amoz went to visit him. He gave the king this message: "This is what the LORD says: Set your affairs in order, for you are going to die. You will not recover from this illness."
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 38:2 GSB -> Study Notes on 38:2 JFB -> Commentary on 38:2 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 38:2 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 38:2 TSK -> Commentary on 38:2 TSK -> Entry for 38:2 WEN -> Notes on 38:2 NTB -> Afflictions And Adversities; Disease; Hezekiah; Prayer TTT -> Life, Natural; Sickness 38:2 - [In Context] When Hezekiah heard this, he turned his face to the wall and prayed to the LORD,
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 38:3 GSB -> Study Notes on 38:3 JFB -> Commentary on 38:3 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 38:3 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 38:3 TSK -> Commentary on 38:3 TSK -> Entry for 38:3 WEN -> Notes on 38:3 NTB -> Afflictions And Adversities; Disease; Hezekiah; Obedience; Prayer; Sincerity; Tears; Weeping TTT -> Life, Natural; Sickness; Sincerity 38:3 - [In Context] "Remember, O LORD, how I have always tried to be faithful to you and do what is pleasing in your sight." Then he broke down and wept bitterly.
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 38:4 GSB -> Study Notes on 38:4 JFB -> Commentary on 38:4 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 38:4 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 38:4 WEN -> Notes on 38:4 NTB -> Disease; Hezekiah; Prophecy; Tears TTT -> Life, Natural 38:4 - [In Context] Then this message came to Isaiah from the LORD:
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 38:5 GSB -> Study Notes on 38:5 JFB -> Commentary on 38:5 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 38:5 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 38:5 TSK -> Commentary on 38:5 TSK -> Entry for 38:5 WEN -> Notes on 38:5 NTB -> Disease; Hezekiah; Tears TTT -> Life, Natural; Sickness 38:5 - [In Context] "Go back to Hezekiah and tell him, 'This is what the LORD, the God of your ancestor David, says: I have heard your prayer and seen your tears. I will add fifteen years to your life,
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 38:6 GSB -> Study Notes on 38:6 JFB -> Commentary on 38:6 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 38:6 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 38:6 TSK -> Commentary on 38:6 TSK -> Entry for 38:6 WEN -> Notes on 38:6 NTB -> Disease; Hezekiah 38:6 - [In Context] and I will rescue you and this city from the king of Assyria. Yes, I will defend this city.
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 38:7 GSB -> Study Notes on 38:7 JFB -> Commentary on 38:7 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 38:7 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 38:7 TSK -> Commentary on 38:7 TSK -> Entry for 38:7 WEN -> Notes on 38:7 NTB -> Disease; Hezekiah; Symbols And Similitudes 38:7 - [In Context] "'And this is the sign that the LORD will give you to prove he will do as he promised:
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 38:8 GSB -> Study Notes on 38:8 JFB -> Commentary on 38:8 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 38:8 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 38:8 TSK -> Commentary on 38:8 TSK -> Entry for 38:8 WEN -> Notes on 38:8 NTB -> Ahaz; Dial; Disease; Hezekiah; Sun; Sun-Dial; Symbols And Similitudes; Time EBD -> Ahaz; Dial SBD -> Dial 38:8 - [In Context] I will cause the sun's shadow to move ten steps backward on the sundial of Ahaz!'" So the shadow on the sundial moved backward ten steps.
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 38:9 GSB -> Study Notes on 38:9 JFB -> Commentary on 38:9 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 38:9 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 38:9 TSK -> Commentary on 38:9 TSK -> Entry for 38:9 WEN -> Notes on 38:9 NTB -> Hezekiah; Psalms TTT -> Sickness EBD -> Poetry 38:9 - [In Context] When King Hezekiah was well again, he wrote this poem about his experience:
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 38:10 GSB -> Study Notes on 38:10 JFB -> Commentary on 38:10 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 38:10 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 38:10 SRN -> Study Notes on 38:10 TSK -> Commentary on 38:10 TSK -> Entry for 38:10 WEN -> Notes on 38:10 NTB -> Death; Gates; Hezekiah; Murmuring; Psalms TTT -> Gates EBD -> Poetry 38:10 - [In Context] I said, "In the prime of my life, must I now enter the place of the dead? Am I to be robbed of my normal years?"
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 38:11 GSB -> Study Notes on 38:11 JFB -> Commentary on 38:11 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 38:11 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 38:11 TSK -> Commentary on 38:11 TSK -> Entry for 38:11 WEN -> Notes on 38:11 NTB -> Death; Hezekiah; Murmuring; Psalms EBD -> Poetry 38:11 - [In Context] I said, "Never again will I see the LORD GOD while still in the land of the living. Never again will I see my friends or laugh with those who live in this world.
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 38:12 GSB -> Study Notes on 38:12 JFB -> Commentary on 38:12 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 38:12 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 38:12 TSK -> Commentary on 38:12 TSK -> Entry for 38:12 WEN -> Notes on 38:12 NTB -> Death; Hezekiah; Life; Murmuring; Psalms; Tent; Weaving TTT -> Life, Natural; Shepherds; Sickness; Tents EBD -> Herdsman; Poetry; Weaving, weavers SBD -> Shepherd; Tent 38:12 - [In Context] My life has been blown away like a shepherd's tent in a storm. It has been cut short, as when a weaver cuts cloth from a loom. Suddenly, my life was over.
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 38:13 GSB -> Study Notes on 38:13 JFB -> Commentary on 38:13 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 38:13 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 38:13 TSK -> Commentary on 38:13 TSK -> Entry for 38:13 WEN -> Notes on 38:13 NTB -> Death; Hezekiah; Lion; Murmuring; Psalms TTT -> Lion, The EBD -> Poetry 38:13 - [In Context] I waited patiently all night, but I was torn apart as though by lions. Suddenly, my life was over.
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 38:14 GSB -> Study Notes on 38:14 JFB -> Commentary on 38:14 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 38:14 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 38:14 TSK -> Commentary on 38:14 TSK -> Entry for 38:14 WEN -> Notes on 38:14 NTB -> Afflictions And Adversities; Crane; Hezekiah; Murmuring; Oppression; Psalms; Swallow TTT -> Birds; Dove, The; Sickness EBD -> Crane; Poetry; Swallow SBD -> Dove; Swallow 38:14 - [In Context] Delirious, I chattered like a swallow or a crane, and then I moaned like a mourning dove. My eyes grew tired of looking to heaven for help. I am in trouble, Lord. Help me!"
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 38:15 GSB -> Study Notes on 38:15 JFB -> Commentary on 38:15 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 38:15 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 38:15 TSK -> Commentary on 38:15 TSK -> Entry for 38:15 WEN -> Notes on 38:15 NTB -> Afflictions And Adversities; Hezekiah; Humility; Murmuring; Psalms; Repentance TTT -> Sickness EBD -> Poetry 38:15 - [In Context] But what could I say? For he himself had sent this sickness. Now I will walk humbly throughout my years because of this anguish I have felt.
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 38:16 GSB -> Study Notes on 38:16 JFB -> Commentary on 38:16 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 38:16 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 38:16 TSK -> Commentary on 38:16 TSK -> Entry for 38:16 WEN -> Notes on 38:16 NTB -> Afflictions And Adversities; Faith; Hezekiah; Life; Murmuring; Psalms EBD -> Poetry 38:16 - [In Context] Lord, your discipline is good, for it leads to life and health. You have restored my health and have allowed me to live!
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 38:17 GSB -> Study Notes on 38:17 JFB -> Commentary on 38:17 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 38:17 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 38:17 TSK -> Commentary on 38:17 TSK -> Entry for 38:17 WEN -> Notes on 38:17 NTB -> Afflictions And Adversities; Corruption; God (continued); Hezekiah; Life; Murmuring; Psalms; Repentance TTT -> Love of God, The; Pardon; Sickness EBD -> Poetry 38:17 - [In Context] Yes, it was good for me to suffer this anguish, for you have rescued me from death and have forgiven all my sins.
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 38:18 GSB -> Study Notes on 38:18 JFB -> Commentary on 38:18 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 38:18 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 38:18 SRN -> Study Notes on 38:18 TSK -> Commentary on 38:18 TSK -> Entry for 38:18 WEN -> Notes on 38:18 NTB -> Afflictions And Adversities; Death; Hezekiah; Hope; Immortality; Life; Murmuring; Praise; Psalms TTT -> Death, Natural; Hope EBD -> Poetry 38:18 - [In Context] For the dead cannot praise you; they cannot raise their voices in praise. Those who go down to destruction can no longer hope in your faithfulness.
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 38:19 GSB -> Study Notes on 38:19 JFB -> Commentary on 38:19 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 38:19 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 38:19 TSK -> Commentary on 38:19 TSK -> Entry for 38:19 WEN -> Notes on 38:19 NTB -> Afflictions And Adversities; Death; Hezekiah; Immortality; Instruction; Life; Parents; Praise; Psalms; Truth TTT -> Missionaries, all Christians should be as; Parents; Praise; Sickness; Truth of God, The EBD -> Poetry 38:19 - [In Context] Only the living can praise you as I do today. Each generation can make known your faithfulness to the next.
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 38:20 GSB -> Study Notes on 38:20 JFB -> Commentary on 38:20 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 38:20 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 38:20 TSK -> Commentary on 38:20 TSK -> Entry for 38:20 WEN -> Notes on 38:20 NTB -> Harp; Hezekiah; Life; Psalms; Worship TTT -> Death, Natural; Sickness EBD -> Neginah; Poetry 38:20 - [In Context] Think of it – the LORD has healed me! I will sing his praises with instruments every day of my life in the Temple of the LORD.
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 38:21 GSB -> Study Notes on 38:21 JFB -> Commentary on 38:21 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 38:21 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 38:21 TSK -> Commentary on 38:21 TSK -> Entry for 38:21 NTB -> Boil; Disease; Fig; Hezekiah; Medicine; Miracles TTT -> Fig-tree, The EBD -> Boil 38:21 - [In Context] Isaiah had said to Hezekiah's servants, "Make an ointment from figs and spread it over the boil, and Hezekiah will recover."
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 38:22 GSB -> Study Notes on 38:22 JFB -> Commentary on 38:22 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 38:22 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 38:22 TSK -> Commentary on 38:22 TSK -> Entry for 38:22 NTB -> Hezekiah 38:22 - [In Context] And Hezekiah had asked, "What sign will prove that I will go to the Temple of the LORD three days from now?"
Chapter 39  -  Read Chapter - Click the Play Button for Chapter Audio MediaPlayer
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 39:1 GSB -> Study Notes on 39:1 JFB -> Commentary on 39:1 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 39:1 TSK -> Commentary on 39:1 TSK -> Entry for 39:1 WEN -> Notes on 39:1 NTB -> Ambassadors; Hezekiah; Isaiah; Letters; Merodach-Baladan EBD -> Baladan; Berodach-baladan; Merodach-baladan SBD -> Merodach-baladan 39:1 - [In Context] Soon after this, Merodach-baladan son of Baladan, king of Babylon, sent Hezekiah his best wishes and a gift. He had heard that Hezekiah had been very sick and that he had recovered.
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 39:2 GSB -> Study Notes on 39:2 JFB -> Commentary on 39:2 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 39:2 TSK -> Commentary on 39:2 TSK -> Entry for 39:2 NTB -> Ambassadors; Armory; Pride EBD -> Spices 39:2 - [In Context] Hezekiah welcomed the Babylonian envoys and showed them everything in his treasure-houses – the silver, the gold, the spices, and the aromatic oils. He also took them to see his armory and showed them all his other treasures – everything! There was nothing in his palace or kingdom that Hezekiah did not show them.
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 39:3 GSB -> Study Notes on 39:3 JFB -> Commentary on 39:3 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 39:3 TSK -> Commentary on 39:3 TSK -> Entry for 39:3 NTB -> Minister, Christian 39:3 - [In Context] Then Isaiah the prophet went to King Hezekiah and asked him, "What did those men want? Where were they from?"Hezekiah replied, "They came from the distant land of Babylon."
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 39:4 GSB -> Study Notes on 39:4 JFB -> Commentary on 39:4 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 39:4 TSK -> Commentary on 39:4 TSK -> Entry for 39:4 NTB -> Minister, Christian 39:4 - [In Context] "What did they see in your palace?" asked Isaiah."They saw everything," Hezekiah replied. "I showed them everything I own – all my treasures."
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 39:5 GSB -> Study Notes on 39:5 JFB -> Commentary on 39:5 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 39:5 TSK -> Commentary on 39:5 TSK -> Entry for 39:5 NTB -> Hezekiah; Minister, Christian 39:5 - [In Context] Then Isaiah said to Hezekiah, "Listen to this message from the LORD Almighty:
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 39:6 GSB -> Study Notes on 39:6 JFB -> Commentary on 39:6 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 39:6 TSK -> Commentary on 39:6 TSK -> Entry for 39:6 NTB -> Captivity; Hezekiah; Minister, Christian 39:6 - [In Context] The time is coming when everything you have – all the treasures stored up by your ancestors – will be carried off to Babylon. Nothing will be left, says the LORD.
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 39:7 GSB -> Study Notes on 39:7 JFB -> Commentary on 39:7 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 39:7 TSK -> Commentary on 39:7 TSK -> Entry for 39:7 NTB -> Hezekiah; Minister, Christian EBD -> Chamberlain 39:7 - [In Context] Some of your own descendants will be taken away into exile. They will become eunuchs who will serve in the palace of Babylon's king."
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 39:8 GSB -> Study Notes on 39:8 JFB -> Commentary on 39:8 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 39:8 TSK -> Commentary on 39:8 TSK -> Entry for 39:8 NTB -> Afflictions And Adversities; Resignation 39:8 - [In Context] Then Hezekiah said to Isaiah, "This message you have given me from the LORD is good." But the king was thinking, "At least there will be peace and security during my lifetime."

Abbreviations Legend: GEB - Gill's Exposition; GSB - Geneva Study Bible; JFB - Jamieson, Fausset, Brown; MHC-COM - Matthew Henry Complete; MHC-CON - Matthew Henry Concise; SRN - Scofield Reference Notes; TSK - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge; WEN - Wesley's Explanatory Notes; NTB - Nave's Topical Bible; TSK - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge; TTT - Torrey's Topical Textbook; EBD - Easton's Bible Dictionary; SBD - Smith's Bible Dictionary; Copyright Statement - Holy Bible, The New Living Translation copyright © 1996 by Tyndale Charitable Trust. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers. All rights reserved. For more information about the NLT, please click here.