Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge, by R.A. Torrey, [ca. 1880], at sacred-texts.com
Isaiah Chapter 38
Overview
Isa 38:1, Hezekiah, having received a message of death, by prayer has his life lengthened; Isa 38:8, The sun goes ten degrees backward, for a sign of that promise; Isa 38:9, His song of thanksgiving.
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was Hezekiah: Kg2 20:1-11; Ch2 32:24; Joh 11:1-5; Act 9:37; Phi 2:27-30
And Isaiah: Isa 37:21, Isa 39:3, Isa 39:4
Set thine house in order: Heb. Give charge concerning thy house, Sa2 17:23; Ecc 9:10
for thou: Jer 18:7-10; Jon 3:4, Jon 3:10
turned: Hezekiah's couch was probably placed in a corner, which is the place of honour in the East; in which, turning on either side, he must turn his face to the wall; by which he would withdraw himself from those attending him in his apartment. Kg1 8:30; Psa 50:15, Psa 91:15; Mat 6:6
Remember: Neh 5:19, Neh 13:14, Neh 13:22, Neh 13:31; Psa 18:20-27, Psa 20:1-3; Heb 6:10
I have: Gen 5:22, Gen 5:23, Gen 6:9, Gen 17:1; Kg1 2:4; Ch2 31:20,Ch2 31:21; Job 23:11, Job 23:12; Psa 16:8; Psa 32:2; Joh 1:47; Co2 1:12; Jo1 3:21, Jo1 3:22
a perfect: Kg1 15:14; Ch1 29:9, Ch1 29:19; Ch2 16:9, Ch2 25:2; Psa 101:2, Psa 119:80
wept: Sa2 12:21, Sa2 12:22; Ezr 10:1; Neh 1:4; Psa 6:8, Psa 102:9; Hos 12:4; Heb 5:7
sore: Heb. with great weeping
and say: Sa2 7:3-5; Ch1 17:2-4
God: Isa 7:13, Isa 7:14; Kg1 8:25, Kg1 9:4, Kg1 9:5, Kg1 11:12, Kg1 11:13, Kg1 15:4; Ch2 34:3; Psa 89:3, Psa 89:4; Mat 22:32
I have heard: Kg2 19:20; Psa 34:5, Psa 34:6; Luk 1:13; Jo1 5:14, Jo1 5:15
I have seen: Psa 39:12, Psa 56:8, Psa 147:3; Co2 7:6; Rev 7:17
I will: Job 14:5; Psa 116:15; Act 27:24
Isa 12:6, Isa 31:4, Isa 37:35; Ch2 32:22; Ti2 4:17
Isa 38:22, Isa 7:11-14, Isa 37:30; Gen 9:13; Jdg 6:17-22, Jdg 6:37-39; Kg2 20:8-21
I will bring: Jos 10:12-14; Kg2 20:11; Ch2 32:24, Ch2 32:31; Mat 16:1
the sun dial: Heb. the degrees by, or, with the sun, Or, as the Hebrew might be rendered, "the steps of Ahaz." The researches of curious travellers in Hindostan, observes Bp. Stock, have lately discovered in that country, three observatories of similar form, the most remarkable of which is to be seen within four miles of Delhi, the ancient capital of the Mogul empire. A rectangled triangle, whose hypotenuse is a staircase (apparently parallel to the axis of the earth), bisects a zone, or coping of a wall, which wall connects the two terminating towers at right and left. The coping itself is of a circular form, and accurately graduated, to mark, by the gnomon above, the sun's progress before and after noon.
writing: Isa 12:1-6; Exod. 15:1-21; Judg. 5:1-31; Sa1 2:1-10; Psa 18:1 *title Psa 30:11, Psa 30:12, Psa 107:17-22, Psa 116:1-4, Psa 118:18, Psa 118:19; Jon 2:1-9
he had: Deu 32:39; Sa1 2:6; Job 5:18; Hos 6:1, Hos 6:2; We have here Hezekiah's thanksgiving song, which he penned by Divine direction, after his recovery. He might have used some of the Psalms of David his father, as he had appointed the Levites to praise the Lord with the words of David, Ch2 29:30, but the occasion here was extraordinary. His heart being full of devout affections, he would not confine himself to the compositions he had, though of Divine inspiration, but offered up his praises in his own words. The Lord put a new song into his mouth. He put his thanksgiving into writing, that he might review it himself afterwards, for the reviving of the good impressions made upon him by the providential interference, and that it might be recommended to others also for their use upon the like occasion. Ch2 29:30
Isa 38:1; Job 6:11, Job 7:7, Job 17:11-16; Co2 1:9
Job 35:14, Job 35:15; Psa 6:4, Psa 6:5, Psa 27:13, Psa 31:22, Psa 116:8, Psa 116:9; Ecc 9:5, Ecc 9:6
is removed: Job 7:7; Psa 89:45-47, Psa 102:11, Psa 102:23, Psa 102:24
have cut: Job 7:6, Job 9:25, Job 9:26, Job 14:2; Jam 4:14
he will cut: Job 7:3-5, Job 17:1; Psa 31:22, Psa 119:23
with pining sickness: or, from the thrum
as a lion: Kg1 13:24-26, Kg1 20:36; Job 10:16, Job 10:17, Job 16:12-14; Psa 39:10, Psa 50:22, Psa 51:8; Dan 6:24; Hos 5:14; Co1 11:30-32
a crane: Job 30:29; Psa 102:4-7
I did mourn: Isa 59:11; Eze 7:16; Nah 2:7
mine eyes: Psa 69:3, Psa 119:82, Psa 119:123, Psa 123:1-4; Lam 4:17
I am: Psa 119:122, Psa 143:7
undertake for me: or, ease me
What: Jos 7:8; Ezr 9:10; Psa 39:9, Psa 39:10; Joh 12:27
I shall: Kg1 21:27
in the: Sa1 1:10; Kg2 4:27; Job 7:11, Job 10:1, Job 21:25
Isa 64:5; Deu 8:3; Job 33:19-28; Psa 71:20; Mat 4:4; Co1 11:32; Co2 4:17; Heb 12:10,Heb 12:11
for peace I had great bitterness: or, on my peace came great bitterness, Job 3:25, Job 3:26, Job 29:18; Psa 30:6, Psa 30:7
in love to my soul delivered it from the pit: Heb. loved my soul from the pit, Psa 30:3, Psa 40:2, Psa 86:13, Psa 88:4-6; Jon 2:6
thou hast cast: Isa 43:25; Psa 10:2, Psa 85:2; Jer 31:34; Mic 7:18, Mic 7:19
the grave: Psa 6:5, Psa 30:9, Psa 88:11, Psa 115:17, Psa 115:18; Ecc 9:10
they that: Num 16:33; Pro 14:32; Mat 8:12, Mat 25:46; Luk 16:26-31
the living: Psa 146:2; Ecc 9:10; Joh 9:4
the father: Gen 18:19; Exo 12:26, Exo 12:27, Exo 13:14, Exo 13:15; Deu 4:9, Deu 6:7; Jos 4:21, Jos 4:22; Psa 78:3-6, Psa 145:4; Joe 1:3
therefore: Psa 9:13, Psa 9:14, Psa 27:5, Psa 27:6, Psa 30:11, Psa 30:12, Psa 51:15, Psa 66:13-15, Psa 145:2
to the stringed: Psa 150:4; Hab 3:19
For Isaiah: Kg2 20:7; Mar 7:33; Joh 9:6
What: Kg2 20:8; Psa 42:1, Psa 42:2, Psa 84:1, Psa 84:2, Psa 84:10-12, Psa 118:18, Psa 118:19, Psa 122:1; Joh 5:14