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Isaiah
Chapter 38
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
said Jehovah/God,
Set
your house in order:
for
you shall die, and not live.
2
Then Hezekiah turned his face toward the wall,
and
prayed unto Jehovah/God, 3
and
said,
"Remember
now, O Jehovah/God, I beseech you,
how
I have Walked before You in Doctrine/Truth
and
with a "perfected heart/'right lobe' ",
{means that he has studied and become a spiritually mature
believer}
and
have done that which is good in Your sight/viewpoint."
{means he applied his divine viewpoint to his life's experiences}
And Hezekiah wept sore.
{God
Gives Hezekiah 15 more years of Life}
4
Then came the word of Jehovah/God to Isaiah, saying, 5
"Go,
and say to Hezekiah,
Thus
said Jehovah/God,
the
'Elohiym/Godhead of David your father,
I
have heard your prayer,
I
have seen your tears.
Behold, I will add unto your days fifteen years."
{Note: Remember that God's timing is perfect. When He called Hezekiah home that was the perfect time. To add 15 years might just be a punishment instead of a reward!}
6
And I will deliver you and this city
out
of the hand of the king of Assyria
and
I will defend this city.
7
And this shall be a sign unto you from Jehovah/God,
that
Jehovah/God will do this thing that he has spoken.
{God
Turns the Sun back 10 Degrees}
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.
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 Jehovah/God,
even
Jehovah/God,
in
the land of the living.
I shall behold man no more with the inhabitants of the world.
12
My 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 will you 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 will you make an end of me.
14 Like a crane or a swallow, so did I chatter.
I
did mourn as a dove . . .
my
eyes fail with looking upward . . .
O
Jehovah/God,
I
am oppressed;
undertake
for me.
15 What shall I say?
He
has both spoken unto me,
and
Himself has done it.
I shall go softly all my years in the bitterness of my soul.
16``
O Lord/'Adonay,
by
these things men live,
and
in all these things is the life of my spirit
so
will You recover me, and make me to live.
17
Behold, for peace I had great bitterness . . .
but
You have
in
love to my soul
delivered
it from the pit of corruption
for
You have cast all my sins behind your back.
{idiom meaning God forgets your sin once you confess (I John 1:9)}
18
For the grave/sheol cannot praise You,
death
can not celebrate You.
Those
who go down into the pit
cannot
hope for Your Doctrine/Truth {'emeth}.
19
The living, the living, he shall praise You,
as
I do this day . . .
the
father to the children
shall
make known Your Doctrine/Truth.
20
Jehovah/God 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 Jehovah/God.
21
For Isaiah had said,
'Let
them take a lump of figs,
and
lay it for a plaster upon the boil,
and
he shall recover.'
22
Hezekiah also had said,
'What
is the sign
that
I shall go up
to
the house of Jehovah/God?'
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