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Themes in Isaiah 38

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Themes in Isaiah 38

Isaiah 38:1 (show verse)

In those days Hezekiah became terminally ill. The prophet Isaiah son of Amoz came and said to him, “This is what the Lord says: ‘Put your affairs in order,

for you are about to die; you will not recover.’”

Disease » Instances of » In answer to prayer » Of hezekiah
hezekiah » King of judah » Sickness and restoration of
Isaiah » Prophesies in the days of uzziah, jotham, ahaz, and hezekiah, kings of judah

Isaiah 38:2 (show verse)

Then Hezekiah turned his face to the wall and prayed to the Lord.

Disease » Instances of » In answer to prayer » Of hezekiah
hezekiah » King of judah » Sickness and restoration of
natural Life » Sometimes prolonged, in answer to prayer
Prayer » Brevity in prayer examples of brief prayers » Hezekiah, when sick
Sickness » Saints » Pray for recovery from

Isaiah 38:3 (show verse)

He said, “Please, Lord, remember how I have walked before You faithfully and wholeheartedly, and have done what pleases You.”

And Hezekiah wept bitterly.

Disease » Instances of » In answer to prayer » Of hezekiah
hezekiah » King of judah » Sickness and restoration of
natural Life » Sometimes prolonged, in answer to prayer
Obedience » Instances of » hezekiah
Prayer » Brevity in prayer examples of brief prayers » Hezekiah, when sick
Sickness » Saints » Pray for recovery from
Sincerity » Exemplified » hezekiah
Sincerity » Exemplified » By hezekiah
Tears » Observed by God
Weeping » Instances of » Of hezekiah

Isaiah 38:4 (show verse)

Then the word of the Lord came to Isaiah:

Disease » Instances of » In answer to prayer » Of hezekiah
hezekiah » King of judah » Sickness and restoration of
natural Life » Sometimes prolonged, in answer to prayer
Prophecy » Respecting individuals, see under their names » the word of the lord came to," etc., To » Isaiah
Tears » Observed by God

Isaiah 38:5 (show verse)

“Go and tell Hezekiah that this is what the Lord God of your ancestor David says: I have heard your prayer; I have seen your tears. Look, I am going to add 15 years to your life.

Disease » Instances of » In answer to prayer » Of hezekiah
hezekiah » King of judah » Prophecies concerning
hezekiah » King of judah » Sickness and restoration of
natural Life » Sometimes prolonged, in answer to prayer
Sickness » God » Heals
Tears » Observed by God

Isaiah 38:6 (show verse)

And I will deliver you and this city from the power of the king of Assyria; I will defend this city.

Disease » Instances of » In answer to prayer » Of hezekiah
hezekiah » King of judah » Prophecies concerning
hezekiah » King of judah » Sickness and restoration of

Isaiah 38:7 (show verse)

This is the sign to you from the Lord that He will do what He has promised:

Disease » Instances of » In answer to prayer » Of hezekiah
hezekiah » King of judah » Prophecies concerning
hezekiah » King of judah » Sickness and restoration of
Symbols and similitudes » Shadow on ahaz' sun-dial

Isaiah 38:8 (show verse)

I am going to make the sun’s shadow that goes down on Ahaz’s stairway go back by 10 steps.” So the sun’s shadow went back the 10 steps it had descended.

Ahaz » King of judah, son and successor of jotham » Sundial of
Disease » Instances of » In answer to prayer » Of hezekiah
hezekiah » King of judah » Prophecies concerning
hezekiah » King of judah » Sickness and restoration of
Sun » Shadow of went back on the sun-dial of ahaz
The sun » General references to
Symbols and similitudes » Shadow on ahaz' sun-dial
Time » Indicated by a sun-dial

Isaiah 38:9 (show verse)

A poem by Hezekiah king of Judah after he had been sick and had recovered from his illness:

hezekiah » King of judah » His psalm of thanksgiving
Psalms » Of hezekiah, celebrating deliverance from death
Sickness » God » Heals

Isaiah 38:10 (show verse)

I said: In the prime of my life

I must go to the gates of Sheol;
I am deprived of the rest of my years.

death » Eternal » Gates of
Gates » Figurative » Of death
Gates » Illustrative » (of the grave,) of death
Gates » Figurative » Of the grave
hezekiah » King of judah » His psalm of thanksgiving
Murmuring » Instances of » hezekiah
Psalms » Of hezekiah, celebrating deliverance from death

Isaiah 38:11 (show verse)

I said: I will never see the Lord,
the Lord in the land of the living;
I will not look on humanity any longer
with the inhabitants of what is passing away.

hezekiah » King of judah » His psalm of thanksgiving
Murmuring » Instances of » hezekiah
Psalms » Of hezekiah, celebrating deliverance from death

Isaiah 38:12 (show verse)

My dwelling is plucked up and removed from me
like a shepherd’s tent.
I have rolled up my life like a weaver;
He cuts me off from the loom.

You make an end of me from day until night.

hezekiah » King of judah » His psalm of thanksgiving
Life » Uncertainty of physical » Like a weaver's web
Life » Brief » Like a weaver's web
natural Life » Is compared to » A thread cut by the weaver
Murmuring » Instances of » hezekiah
Psalms » Of hezekiah, celebrating deliverance from death
Shepherds » Dwelt in tents while tending their flocks
Sickness » Saints » Acknowledge that, comes from God
Tent » By shepherds
Tents » Were used by » Shepherds while tending their flocks
Tents » Ease and rapidity of their removal, alluded to
Time » Brevity of » Like a weaver's web

Isaiah 38:13 (show verse)

I thought until the morning:
He will break all my bones like a lion;
You make an end of me day and night.

hezekiah » King of judah » His psalm of thanksgiving
Life » What man lives by
Lions » Strength of
Lions » Illustrative » Of God in executing judgments
Murmuring » Instances of » hezekiah
Psalms » Of hezekiah, celebrating deliverance from death

Isaiah 38:14 (show verse)

I chirp like a swallow or a crane;
I moan like a dove.
My eyes grow weak looking upward.
Lord, I am oppressed; support me.

Birds » Used as sacrifices » Swallows
Birds » Clean » Crane
Birds » Clean » Swallow
Crane » An amphibious bird
Doves » Illustrative » Of mourners
hezekiah » King of judah » His psalm of thanksgiving
Life » What man lives by
Murmuring » Instances of » hezekiah
Oppression » Prayers against
Psalms » Of hezekiah, celebrating deliverance from death
Sickness » Saints » Mourn under, with prayer
Swallow » Chattering of, figurative of the mourning of the afflicted

Isaiah 38:15 (show verse)

What can I say?
He has spoken to me,
and He Himself has done it.
I walk along slowly all my years
because of the bitterness of my soul,

hezekiah » King of judah » His psalm of thanksgiving
Life » What man lives by
Murmuring » Instances of » hezekiah
Psalms » Of hezekiah, celebrating deliverance from death
Sickness » Saints » Acknowledge that, comes from God

Isaiah 38:16 (show verse)

Lord, because of these promises people live,
and in all of them is the life of my spirit as well;
You have restored me to health
and let me live.

Forgetting » What the lord will forget
hezekiah » King of judah » His psalm of thanksgiving
Hope » Who cannot hope for the truth of the lord
Life » What man lives by
Murmuring » Instances of » hezekiah
Praise » Who does not praise the lord
Psalms » Of hezekiah, celebrating deliverance from death

Isaiah 38:17 (show verse)

Indeed, it was for my own welfare
that I had such great bitterness;
but Your love has delivered me
from the Pit of destruction,
for You have thrown all my sins behind Your back.

Corruption » Figurative » Of sin
Forgetting » What the lord will forget
hezekiah » King of judah » His psalm of thanksgiving
Hope » Who cannot hope for the truth of the lord
God, Love Of » Exhibited in » Forgiving sin
Murmuring » Instances of » hezekiah
Pardon » Exemplified » hezekiah
Praise » Who does not praise the lord
Psalms » Of hezekiah, celebrating deliverance from death
Sickness » God » Exhibits his love in healing

Isaiah 38:18 (show verse)

For Sheol cannot thank You;
Death cannot praise You.
Those who go down to the Pit
cannot hope for Your faithfulness.

death » Preparation for
death » The Dead
natural Death » When averted for a season, is a motive to increased devotedness
hezekiah » King of judah » His psalm of thanksgiving
Hope » Life is the season of
Hope » Who cannot hope for the truth of the lord
natural Life » Is compared to » A shepherd's tent removed
Murmuring » Instances of » hezekiah
Praise » Who does not praise the lord
Psalms » Of hezekiah, celebrating deliverance from death

Isaiah 38:19 (show verse)

The living, only the living can thank You,
as I do today;
a father will make Your faithfulness known to children.

Children » Parents, duty to » To train
death » Preparation for
Duty » Parents » To train
Fathers » Duties of » To train
hezekiah » King of judah » His psalm of thanksgiving
Home » special duties of parents » To train
Missionaries » In the family
Parents » Their duty to their children is » To instruct them in God's word
Parents » Duty » To train
Praise » Exemplified » hezekiah
Psalms » Of hezekiah, celebrating deliverance from death
Sickness » Saints » Praise God for recovery from
Social duties » Parental parental duties » To train
Truth » Of God » Make known, to others
the Truth of God » We should » Make known, to others

Isaiah 38:20 (show verse)

The Lord will save me;
we will play stringed instruments
all the days of our lives
at the house of the Lord.

natural Death » When averted for a season, is a motive to increased devotedness
Harp » A stringed instrument of music
hezekiah » King of judah » His psalm of thanksgiving
Psalms » Of hezekiah, celebrating deliverance from death
Sickness » Saints » Thank God publicly for recovery from
Sickness » Saints » Ascribe recovery from, to God

Isaiah 38:21 (show verse)

Now Isaiah had said, “Let them take a lump of pressed figs and apply it to his infected skin, so that he may recover.”

Boil » Of hezekiah, healed
Disease » Instances of » Remedies used
Diseases » Disease, different forms of » Boils
Fig » Employed as a remedy
Fig tree » Fruit of » Used in the miraculous healing of hezekiah
hezekiah » King of judah » His psalm of thanksgiving
Miracles » Catalogue of » Hezekiah's cure

Isaiah 38:22 (show verse)

And Hezekiah had asked, “What is the sign that I will go up to the Lord’s temple?”

hezekiah » King of judah » His psalm of thanksgiving