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Isaiah 38:4

Isaiah 38:4
Then came the word of the LORD to Isaiah, saying,

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

Go and say to Hezekiah,.... Turn again, and tell him, Kg2 20:5,

thus saith the Lord the God of David thy father; this is said, to show that he remembered the covenant he made with David his father,…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

Then came the word of the Lord - In the parallel place in 2Ki 20:4, it is said, ‘And it came to pass, afore Isaiah was gone out into the middle court, that the word of the Lord came unto him.’ That…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Isaiah 38:1-8

We may hence observe, among others, these good lessons: - 1. That neither men's greatness nor their goodness will exempt them from the arrests of sickness and death. Hezekiah, a mighty potentate on…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

In 2Ki 20:4 we read that "afore Isaiah was gone out into the middle court," this message came to him. So quickly was the king's prayer answered. A somewhat similar instance of the revocation of one…