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Isaiah 38

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1In those days was Hezekiah sick unto death. And Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz came unto him, and said unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Set thine house in order: for thou shalt die, and not live.

2Then Hezekiah turned his face toward the wall, and prayed unto the LORD,

3And said, Remember now, O LORD, I beseech thee, how I have walked before thee in truth and with a perfect heart, and have done that which is good in thy sight. And Hezekiah wept sore.

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

5Go, and say to Hezekiah, Thus saith the LORD, the God of David thy father, I have heard thy prayer, I have seen thy tears: behold, I will add unto thy days fifteen years.

6And I will deliver thee and this city out of the hand of the king of Assyria: and I will defend this city.

7And this shall be a sign unto thee from the LORD, that the LORD will do this thing that he hath spoken;

8Behold, I will bring again the shadow of the degrees, which is gone down in the sun dial of Ahaz, ten degrees backward. So the sun returned ten degrees, by which degrees it was gone down.

9The writing of Hezekiah king of Judah, when he had been sick, and was recovered of his sickness:

10I said in the cutting off of my days, I shall go to the gates of the grave: I am deprived of the residue of my years.

11I said, I shall not see the LORD, even the LORD, in the land of the living: I shall behold man no more with the inhabitants of the world.

12Mine age is departed, and is removed from me as a shepherd's tent: I have cut off like a weaver my life: he will cut me off with pining sickness: from day even to night wilt thou make an end of me.

13I reckoned till morning, that, as a lion, so will he break all my bones: from day even to night wilt thou make an end of me.

14Like a crane or a swallow, so did I chatter: I did mourn as a dove: mine eyes fail with looking upward: O LORD, I am oppressed; undertake for me.

15What shall I say? he hath both spoken unto me, and himself hath done it: I shall go softly all my years in the bitterness of my soul.

16O Lord, by these things men live, and in all these things is the life of my spirit: so wilt thou recover me, and make me to live.

17Behold, for peace I had great bitterness: but thou hast in love to my soul delivered it from the pit of corruption: for thou hast cast all my sins behind thy back.

18For the grave cannot praise thee, death can not celebrate thee: they that go down into the pit cannot hope for thy truth.

19The living, the living, he shall praise thee, as I do this day: the father to the children shall make known thy truth.

20The LORD was ready to save me: therefore we will sing my songs to the stringed instruments all the days of our life in the house of the LORD.

21For Isaiah had said, Let them take a lump of figs, and lay it for a plaister upon the boil, and he shall recover.

22Hezekiah also had said, What is the sign that I shall go up to the house of the LORD?

Words in this chapter

Definitions are Strong's own wording from his Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Counts are how often each word appears in this chapter, from the tagged text.

  • אָמַרʼâmarH55911× in this chapter

    to say (used with great latitude)

  • יְהֹוָהYᵉhôvâhH306810× in this chapter

    Jehovah, Jewish national name of God

  • אֵלʼêlH4138× in this chapter

    near, with or among; often in general, to

  • יוֹםyôwmH31177× in this chapter

    a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverb)

  • חִזְקִיָּהChizqîyâhH23966× in this chapter

    Chizkijah, a king of Judah, also the name of two other Israelites

  • חַיchayH24166× in this chapter

    alive; hence, raw (flesh); fresh (plant, water, year), strong; also (as noun, especially in the feminine singular and masculine plural) life (or living thing), whether literally or figuratively

  • עַלʻalH59216× in this chapter

    above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications

  • אֵתʼêthH8536× in this chapter

    properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)

  • חָיָהchâyâhH24215× in this chapter

    to live, whether literally or figuratively; causatively, to revive

  • כֹּלkôlH36055× in this chapter

    properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)

  • לֹאlôʼH38085× in this chapter

    not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles

  • מַעֲלָהmaʻălâhH46095× in this chapter

    elevation, i.e. the act (literally, a journey to a higher place, figuratively, a thought arising), or (concretely) the condition (literally, a step or grademark, figuratively, a superiority of station); specifically a climactic progression (in certain Psalms)

  • אֲשֶׁרʼăsherH8345× in this chapter

    who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.

  • כִּיkîyH35884× in this chapter

    (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed

  • בַּיִתbayithH10043× in this chapter

    a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)

  • הָלַךְhâlakH19803× in this chapter

    to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)

  • יָרַדyâradH33813× in this chapter

    to descend (literally, to go downwards; or conventionally to a lower region, as the shore, a boundary, the enemy, etc.; or figuratively, to fall); causatively, to bring down (in all the above applications)

  • יְשַׁעְיָהYᵉshaʻyâhH34703× in this chapter

    Jeshajah, the name of seven Israelites

  • עַדʻadH57043× in this chapter

    as far (or long, or much) as, whether of space (even unto) or time (during, while, until) or degree (equally with)

  • אֶמֶתʼemethH5713× in this chapter

    stability; (figuratively) certainty, truth, trustworthiness

  • עָשָׂהʻâsâhH62133× in this chapter

    to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application

  • שָׁנֶהshânehH81413× in this chapter

    a year (as a revolution of time)

  • אָבʼâbH12× in this chapter

    father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application

  • בֵּןbênH11212× in this chapter

    a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like father or brother), etc.)

  • אֲדֹנָיʼĂdônâyH1362× in this chapter

    the Lord (used as a proper name of God only)

  • דָבַרdâbarH16962× in this chapter

    perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue

  • דָּבָרdâbârH16972× in this chapter

    a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause

  • הוּאhûwʼH19312× in this chapter

    he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demonstrative) this or that; occasionally (instead of copula) as or are

  • הֵןhênH20052× in this chapter

    lo!; also (as expressing surprise) if

  • זֹאתzôʼthH20632× in this chapter

    this (often used adverb)

  • זֶהzehH20882× in this chapter

    the masculine demonstrative pronoun, this or that

  • אוֹתʼôwthH2262× in this chapter

    a signal (literally or figuratively), as aflag, beacon, monument, omen, prodigy, evidence, etc.

  • חָלָהchâlâhH24702× in this chapter

    properly, to be rubbed or worn; hence (figuratively) to be weak, sick, afflicted; or (causatively) to grieve, make sick; also to stroke (in flattering), entreat

  • יָדָהyâdâhH30342× in this chapter

    physically, to throw (a stone, an arrow) at or away; especially to revere or worship (with extended hands); intensively, to bemoan (by wringing the hands)

  • יָהּYâhhH30502× in this chapter

    Jah, the sacred name

  • כֹּהkôhH35412× in this chapter

    properly, like this, i.e. by implication, (of manner) thus (or so); also (of place) here (or hither); or (of time) now

  • כֵּןkênH36512× in this chapter

    properly, set upright; hence (figuratively as adjective) just; but usually (as adverb or conjunction) rightly or so (in various applications to manner, time and relation; often with other particles)

  • לַיִלlayilH39152× in this chapter

    properly, a twist (away of the light), i.e. night; figuratively, adversity

  • מָהmâhH41002× in this chapter

    properly, interrogative what? (including how? why? when?); but also exclamation, what! (including how!), or indefinitely what (including whatever, and even relatively, that which); often used with prefixes in various adverbial or conjunctive senses

  • מוּתmûwthH41912× in this chapter

    to die (literally or figuratively); causatively, to kill

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