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Isaiah 38:3
Isaiah 38:3
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible · John Gill (1697–1771) · Public Domain
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Isaiah 38 — OverviewIsaiah 38 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleThis chapter proceeds in the history of Hezekiah. Here is, I. His
sickness, and the sentence of death he received within himself, ver. 1.
II. His prayer in his sickness, ver. 2, 3. III. The answer of peace…Isaiah 38 — OverviewIsaiah 38 · Treasury of Scripture KnowledgeIsaiah 38:1, Hezekiah, having received a message of death, by prayer has his life lengthened; Isaiah 38:8, The sun goes ten degrees backward, for a sign of that promise; Isaiah 38:9, His song of thanksgiving.Isaiah 38 — OverviewIsaiah 38 · John Gill's Exposition of the Entire BibleThis chapter gives an account of Hezekiah's sickness, recovery, and thanksgiving on that account. His sickness, and the nature of it, and his preparation for it, as directed to by the prophet, Isa 38:1, his prayer to…Isaiah 38:1-8Isaiah 38:1-8 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleWe 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 earth
and a…Isaiah 38:1-3Isaiah 38:1-3 · The Pulpit CommentaryA vision of death.
The scene is one of true pathos; it is one of those touches of nature which" make the whole world kin." We have—
I. DEATH SUDDENLY PRESENTING ITSELF TO MAN IN HIS PRIME. (Isaiah 38:1.) Death is very…Isaiah 38:1-8Isaiah 38:1-8 · The Pulpit CommentarySickness and recovery of Hezekiah.
All pathos ultimately turns upon contrast, and the greatest of all contrasts is that between death and life. All who have passed through a dangerous illness, and have been brought…
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