Isaiah 38:17

הִנֵּה לְשָׁלוֹם מַר ־ לִי מָר וְאַתָּה חָשַׁקְתָּ נַפְשִׁי מִשַּׁחַת בְּלִי כִּי הִשְׁלַכְתָּ אַחֲרֵי גֵוְךָ כָּל ־ חֲטָאָֽי ׃

Hebrew Tanakh (Original)

In The King James Version

Behold, 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.

In Context

16אֲדֹנָי עֲלֵיהֶם יִֽחְיוּ וּלְכָל ־ בָּהֶן חַיֵּי רוּחִי וְתַחֲלִימֵנִי וְהַחֲיֵֽנִי ׃

18כִּי לֹא שְׁאוֹל תּוֹדֶךָּ מָוֶת יְהַלְלֶךָּ לֹֽא ־ יְשַׂבְּרוּ יֽוֹרְדֵי ־ בוֹר אֶל ־ אֲמִתֶּֽךָ ׃

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Cross References

Job 3:25כִּי פַחַד פָּחַדְתִּי וַיֶּאֱתָיֵנִי וַאֲשֶׁר יָגֹרְתִּי יָבֹא לִֽי ׃

Psalms 10:2בְּגַאֲוַת רָשָׁע יִדְלַק עָנִי יִתָּפְשׂוּ ׀ בִּמְזִמּוֹת זוּ חָשָֽׁבוּ ׃

Psalms 30:6כִּי רֶגַע ׀ בְּאַפּוֹ חַיִּים בִּרְצוֹנוֹ בָּעֶרֶב יָלִין בֶּכִי וְלַבֹּקֶר רִנָּֽה ׃

Psalms 85:2רָצִיתָ יְהוָה אַרְצֶךָ שַׁבְתָּ שבות יַעֲקֹֽב ׃

Psalms 88:4כִּֽי ־ שָֽׂבְעָה בְרָעוֹת נַפְשִׁי וְחַיַּי לִשְׁאוֹל הִגִּֽיעוּ ׃

Psalms 103:4הַגּוֹאֵל מִשַּׁחַת חַיָּיְכִי הַֽמְעַטְּרֵכִי חֶסֶד וְרַחֲמִֽים ׃

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 38:10-22

Hezekiah's Thanksgiving. ( b. c. 710.) 9 The writing of Hezekiah king of Judah, when he had been sick, and was recovered of his sickness: 10 I 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. 11 I 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. 12 Mine age is departed, and is removed from me as a shepherd's tent: I have cut off like a weaver my life: he will… Read the whole commentary →

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