part of 20, C H A P. XXXVIII. Hezekiah in his ſickneſs recerveth from Iſaiab a meſſage of death, 1 by Praye er, 2 3. hath his life lengthened : the Sun goeth backward for # fegn thereof 4 8. his Song of Praiſe to God, 9g 20,
Is * thoſe days was Hezekzab ſick unto death,8& 1/a;ab
the prophet the ſon of Ames came unto him, and * * Kingy
faid unco him, thus ſaith the LORD, + Ser thine houſe 3%,”
in order, for thou ſhalt die, and not live. pr 2 Then Hezekiah turned his face toward the wall, a nd tHebgivs
prayed unto the LORD. charge cow 3 Andfaid, Remember now O LORD, Thbeſeech;,,*”?
thee, how I have walked before thee in truth, and with 2
a perfe& heart,and have done that which is good in thy
fight : and Hezekiab wept Þ ſore.
4 Then came the word of the LORD to 1/aieb, "Ono ng ing, 871g,
his hand, that all the kingdoms of the earth may know, that thou «rt the LORD, ever thou only.
21 Then Iſaiah the ſon of Amoz ſent unto Hezekiah, ſaying, Thus faith'the LORD God of Iſraeb Whereas
Aſſyria 2
22 This is the word which the LORD hath ſpoken concerning him, the virgin, the daughter of Zion,hath deſpiſed thee, and laughed thee to ſcorn,the daughter of
Jeruſalem hath ſhaken her head at thee.
22 Whom haſt thou reproached and blaſphamed ? and againſt whom haſt thou exalted 4 voice,and lifted up _ eyes on high ? eves againſtthe holy One of 11- rael.
24 | By thy ſervants haſt thou reproached the Lord, and haſt ſaid, By the multit ude of my chariots am |
I come up to the height of the mountains, to the fides _ by * of Lebanon, and { will cut down Þ the tall cedars wer. thereof, and the choice fir-trees thereof ; and I willen- bans, ter into tbe height of his border, and || the forreſt of his "JET*2 2.6, Carmel.
_—_ 25 I have digged and drunk water, and with the £h:ce- foleof my feet have I dried up all the riversof the || be- &r5cheref, fieged places» |
NG £8 26 || Haft thou not heard long ago, hew T have done Worce ef *be ; and of ancient times that I have formed it ? now bhereef, have T brought it to paſs, chat thou ſhouldeſt be to lay 'Or,the ' waſte defenced cities znto ruinous heaps.
rreft and 2 Therefore their inhabitants were | of ſmall power, wF yo they were diſmayed and confounded; they were as the beced and grals of the field, and as the green herb, as the graſs on
. || ll Or, the houſe tops, and as corn blaſted before it be grown a £10# u ard
"—_—_ 28 But'T know thy ||abode, and thy going out,and is thy coming in, and thy rage againſt me,
bus azo, & 29 Becauſe thy rage againſt me, and thy tumult is armed it of come up into mine ears; therefore will I put my hook
into thy noſe, and bridle into thy lips, and I will turn
| [thee back by the way by which thou camelſt.
uw bring 430 And this ſball be aign unto thee, Ye lball eat ris
4 to pane year ſuch as groweth of ic ſelf ; and the ſecond year 4 :.;. that which ſpringeth of the ſame,and in the third year
zerro be Tow Ye, and reap,and planc vineyards, andeat the fruit ; l thereof,
aps. 21 And 7 the remnant that is eſcaped out ofthe houſe c >a * of Judah, ſball again take root downward, and bear Or, f:+ fruic upward.
" 2 For out of Jeruſalem ſhall go forth a remnant,and F Heb. te 4 they that eſcape out of mount Zion : the * zeal of bo bou ; the LORD of hoſts fall do this,
web that, 33 Therefore thus ſaith the LORD concerning the king meinch. of Afffyria, He ſhall not come into this city, nor ſhoor Heb. :he an arrow there, nor come before ic with ſhields, > Caſta bank againſt it.
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25 For I will * defend this city to fave it, for mine own ſake,and for my ſervant David's ſake.
36 Then the* angel of the LORD went forth, and ſmote in the camp of the Aſlyrians a hundred fourſcore and five thouſand : and. when they aroſe early in the morning, behold they were all dead corpſes.
37 So Sennacherib king of Aſſyria departed,and went |
and returned, and dweltat Nineveh.
2 Kings I-35,
thou haſt prayed co me againſt Sennacherib king of
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5 Go and ſay to Hezekiah, Thus faith the LORD, the God of David thy father, I have heard thy pray - ers, I have ſeen thy tears: Behold, I will add unto thy days fifteen years. | 6 And I will deliver thee and this city out of the - hand of the King of Aſſyria,andI will defend this city. 7 And this ſhall bea ſign unto thee from the LORD, that the LORD will do this thing that he hath ſpo- ken. 8 Behold, I will bring again the ſhadow of the de- grees which is gone downin the | ſun-dial of Ahaz ten n degrees back ward: ſo the ſun returned tea degrees, by —
q » 3 rees b which degrees it was gone down, g wk by or
9 The writing of Hezekiah # king ofJudah,when he ſu - had been ſick, and was recovered of his ſickneſs,
# Who was a good Man, and full of the Holy Ghoſt, and inſpi- red by him to Write this, both as a Teſtimony of his own Grati- rude to God, and for the inſtruttion of. after Ages.
Io Ifaidb in thecutting off ofmy days c, I ſhall go to the gates of the Fgrave 4; I am deprived ofthe re- ſidue of my years e. |
b To and within my felf I Concluded it. c When my days were cut off by the Sentence of God, related here, wer. 1. 41 perceive Thar I muſt die without any hopes of prevention. The Grave is called a Man's long home, Eccleſ 12. 5. and The houſe appointed fer all living Men, Job 3o. 23. and Death opens the gates of this Houſe, We read alio of the gates of death, Pſal. ge 13.& 107. 18. e Which 1 might have lived according to the common courſe of Nature, and of God. diipenſations ; and whichT expeRted,and hoped to live for the Service of God, and of my Generation,
It I ſaid, Tſhall not ſee the the LORD F, ever the LORD in the land of the living ; I ſhall behold man no more with the inhabitants of the world þ.
f T ſhall not enjoy him; for ſeeing is put for enjoying, as hath bee frequently noted. g In this World, which 1S % « Oy —_ t3+ & 116. 9. 1/8. 53. 8. in his SanQtuary. Which limitation is prudently added to intimate, That he expe&ed to ſee God in ano- ther place and manner, even in Heaven, Face to Face. þI ſhall have no more Society with Men upon Earth.
12 Mine age is departed 5, and isremoved from me as a ſhepherds tent & :T have cutoff/ like a weaver » m life : he » will cut me off|| with pining ſickneſs o ;|| Or fromday even till night wilt thou make an end of mep. i":