Isaiah 38

American Standard Version

1In those daysH3117 was HezekiahH2396 sickH2470 unto deathH4191. And IsaiahH3470 the prophetH5030 the sonH1121 of AmozH531 cameH935 to him, and saidH559 unto him, ThusH3541 saith Jehovah, Set thy houseH1004 in order; for thou shalt dieH4191, and not liveH2421. 2Then HezekiahH2396 turnedH5437 his faceH6440 to the wallH7023, and prayedH6419 unto Jehovah, 3and saidH559, RememberH2142 now, O Jehovah, I beseech thee, how I have walkedH1980 before thee in truthH571 and with a perfectH8003 heartH3820, and have done that which is goodH2896 in thy sight. And HezekiahH2396 weptH1058 sore. 4Then came the wordH1697 of Jehovah to IsaiahH3470, sayingH559, 5GoH1980, and sayH559 to HezekiahH2396, ThusH3541 saith Jehovah, the GodH430 of DavidH1732 thy fatherH1, I have heardH8085 thy prayerH8605, I have seenH7200 thy tearsH1832: behold, I will addH3254 unto thy daysH3117 fifteen yearsH8141. 6And I will deliverH5337 thee and this cityH5892 out of the handH3709 of the kingH4428 of AssyriaH804; and I will defendH1598 this cityH5892. 7And this shall be the signH226 unto thee from Jehovah, that Jehovah will do this thingH1697 that he hath spokenH1696: 8behold, I will cause the shadowH6738 on the stepsH4609, which is goneH3381 downH3381 on the dial of AhazH271 with the sunH8121, to returnH7725 backwardH322 tenH6235 stepsH4609. So the sunH8121 returnedH7725 tenH6235 stepsH4609 on the dial whereon it was goneH3381 downH3381.

9The writing of HezekiahH2396 kingH4428 of JudahH3063, when he had been sickH2470, and was recovered of his sicknessH2483.

10I saidH559, In the noontide of my daysH3117 I shall go into the gatesH8179 of SheolH7585:I am deprived of the residue of my yearsH8141.11I saidH559, I shall not seeH7200 Jehovah, even Jehovah in the landH776 of the living:I shall behold manH120 no more with the inhabitantsH3427 of the world.12My dwelling is removed, and is carried away from me as a shepherd’s tentH168:I have rolled up, like a weaverH707, my life; he will cutH1214 me off from the loom:From dayH3117 even to nightH3915 wilt thou make an end of me.13I quieted myself until morningH1242; as a lionH738, so he breaketh all my bonesH6106:From dayH3117 even to nightH3915 wilt thou make an end of me.14Like a swallowora craneH5693, soH3651 did I chatter;I did moanH1897 as a doveH3123; mine eyesH5869 fail with looking upward:O LordH136, I am oppressed, be thou my suretyH6148.15What shall I sayH559? he hath both spokenH1696 unto me, and himself hath done it:I shall go softly all my yearsH8141 because of the bitternessH4751 of my soulH5315.16O LordH136, by these things men liveH2421;And wholly therein is the lifeH2416 of my spiritH7307:Wherefore recover thou me, and make me to liveH2421.17Behold, it wasformypeaceH7965thatI had great bitternessH4751:But thou hast in love to my soulH5315 delivered it from the pitH7845 of corruption;For thou hast castH7993 all my sinsH2399 behind thy back.18For SheolH7585 cannot praiseH1984 thee, deathH4194 cannot celebrate thee:They that goH3381 down into the pitH953 cannot hope for thy truthH571.19The living, the living, he shall praiseH3034 thee, as I do this dayH3117:The fatherH1 to the children shall makeH3045 knownH3045 thy truthH571.20Jehovah isreadyto saveH3467 me:Therefore we will sing my songsH5058 with stringedH5058 instrumentsH5058All the daysH3117 of our life in the houseH1004 of Jehovah.

21Now IsaiahH3470 had saidH559, Let them takeH5375 a cakeH1690 of figsH8384, and lay it for a plaster upon the boilH7822, and he shall recover. 22HezekiahH2396 also had saidH559, What is the signH226 that I shall goH5927 up to the houseH1004 of Jehovah?

Commentaries on Isaiah 38

American Standard Version — 1901 — Public Domain