Isaiah 38:5
Go, and say unto Hezekiah—Thus, saith Yahweh, the God of David thy father: I have heard thy prayer, I have seen thy tears,—Behold me! about to add unto thy days, fifteen years;
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
In Context
4Then came the word of Yahweh unto, Isaiah, saying:
Cross References
1 Kings 8:25Now, therefore, O Yahweh, God of Israel, keep thou for thy servant David my father, that which thou didst promise him, saying, There shall not be cut off to thee a man from before me, to sit upon the throne of Israel,—if only, thy sons take heed to their way, by walking before me, as thou hast walked before me.
1 Kings 11:12Notwithstanding, in thine own days, will I not do it, for the sake of David thy father,—out of the hand of thy son, will I rend it.
2 Kings 18:2Twenty-five years old, was he when he began to reign, and, twenty-nine years, reigned he in Jerusalem,—and, his mother’s name, was Abi, daughter of Zachariah.
2 Kings 19:20Then Isaiah son of Amoz sent unto Hezekiah, saying,—Thus, saith Yahweh, God of Israel, What thou hast prayed unto me concerning Sennacherib king of Assyria, I have heard.
2 Chronicles 34:3And, in the eighth year of his reign, he, being yet a boy, he began to seek unto the God of David his father,-and, in the twelfth year, he began to purify Judah and Jerusalem, from the high places and the Sacred Stems, and the carved images and the molten images.
Psalms 6:9Yahweh, hath heard my supplication, Yahweh, will receive, my prayer.
Matthew Henry on Isaiah 38:2-9
Hezekiah's Sickness. ( b. c. 710.) 1 In 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. 2 Then Hezekiah turned his face toward the wall, and prayed unto the Lord , 3 And 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. 4 Then came the word… Read the whole commentary →