New American Standard Bible 2020
Isaiah 38:7
7“And this shall be the 1sign to you from the Lord, that the Lord will perform this word that He has spoken:
Isaiah 38:7 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And this shall be a sign unto thee from the Lord, that the Lord will do this thing that he hath spoken;
- New International Version (NIV)“ ‘This is the Lord’s sign to you that the Lord will do what he has promised:
- English Standard Version (ESV)"This shall be the sign to you from the Lord, that the Lord will do this thing that he has promised:
- New King James Version (NKJV)And this is the sign to you from the Lord, that the Lord will do this thing which He has spoken:
Context of Isaiah 38:7
5“Go and say to Hezekiah, ‘This is what the Lord, the God of your father David says: “I have heard your prayer, I have seen your tears; behold, I will add fifteen years to your life. 6And I will save you and this city from the hand of the king of Assyria; and I will protect this city.”’ “And this shall be the sign to you from the Lord, that the Lord will perform this word that He has spoken: 8Behold, I will make the shadow on the stairway, which has gone down with the sun on the stairway of Ahaz, go back ten steps.” So the sun’s shadow went back ten steps on the stairway on which it had gone down. 9This is a writing of Hezekiah king of Judah after his illness and recovery:
Read all of Isaiah 38Isaiah 38:7 word by word
וְזֶה־לְּךָ֥ הָא֖וֹת מֵאֵ֣ת יְהוָ֑ה אֲשֶׁר֙ יַעֲשֶׂ֣ה יְהוָ֔ה אֶת־הַדָּבָ֥ר הַזֶּ֖ה אֲשֶׁ֥ר דִּבֵּֽר׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Isaiah 38:7
- Isaiah 38:22Then Hezekiah had said, “What is the sign that I will go up to the house of the Lord?”
- Isaiah 7:11“Ask for a sign for yourself from the Lord your God; make it deep as Sheol or high as heaven.”
- Isaiah 37:30“Then this shall be the sign for you: you will eat this year what grows of itself, in the second year what grows from the same, and in the third year sow, harvest, plant vineyards, and eat their fruit.
- Genesis 9:13I have set My rainbow in the cloud, and it shall serve as a sign of a covenant between Me and the earth.
- Judges 6:17So Gideon said to Him, “If now I have found favor in Your sight, then perform for me a sign that it is You speaking with me.
- 2 Kings 20:8Now Hezekiah said to Isaiah, “What will be the sign that the Lord will heal me, and that I will go up to the house of the Lord on the third day?”
Commentaries on Isaiah 38:7
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 7And this shall be a sign unto thee - That is, a sign, or proof that God would do what he had promised, and that Hezekiah would recover and be permitted to go again to the temple of the Lord Isaiah 38:22; 2 Kings 20:8. On the meaning of the word sign,‘ see Isaiah 7:11, note; Isaiah 7:14, note; compare the note at Isaiah 37:30. The promise was, that he should be permitted to go to the temple in three days 2 Kings 20:5.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-9The story of Hezekiah’s healing connects two events. It links the extension of Hezekiah’s life with Jerusalem’s rescue from the Assyrians. These events happened before Jerusalem was saved. However, the book places them in this order because of their theme, not their time sequence. One main theme is the power of prayer (see Isaiah 37:14–20; 38:2–3). The Lord truly listens. Hezekiah learned to trust God. His father, Ahaz, had refused to trust the Lord…Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 77. sign--a token that God would fulfil His promise that Hezekiah should "go up into the house of the Lord the third day" (2Ki 20:5, 8); the words in italics are not in Isaiah.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Isaiah 38
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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