“ Then said Isaiah to Hezekiah, Hear the word of the LORD of hosts: ”
Hear the word of the Lord of hosts - Hear what the mighty God that rules in heaven says of this. This is an instance of great fidelity on the part of the prophet. He felt himself sent from God in...
Isaiah 36-39. This section has been extracted from 2 Kings 18:13 to 2 Kings 20:19 , and the Song of Hezekiah has been added. For an exposition see the notes on 2 K.; here we have simply to deal...
the LORD of Hosts. See note on 1 Samuel 1:3 .
5. Then Isaiah said to Hezekiah. From this judgment of God we perceive that the sin of Hezekiah was not small, though common sense judges differently; for since God always observes the highe...
Then said Isaiah to Hezekiah, Hear the word of the LORD of hosts:
Then said Isaiah to Hezekiah, Hear the word of the LORD of hosts: Hear the word of the Lord of hosts - who has all thy goods at His disposal.
Alliance with Babylon Denounced Conclusion of the historical appendix. The chapter belongs to the period when Merodach-Baladan of Babylon was making efforts to bring the various peoples of W. Asia...
CHAPTER XI DRIFTING TO EGYPT 720-705 13. B.C. Isaiah 20:1-6 ; Isaiah 21:1-10 ; Isaiah 38:1-22 ; Isaiah 39:1-8 FROM 720, when chapter 11 may have been published, to 705-or, by rough reckoni...
This brief chapter tells the story of Hezekiah's folly. After his recovery an embassy came from Babylon ostensibly to congratulate him. That their real motive was sinister is evident from the attitud...
Then said Isaiah to Hezekiah ,.... Now he begins to let him know that he came not of himself, and that he did not ask these questions to gratify his own curiosity, but that he came from the Lord, an...
Hezekiah's Vanity Punished. B. C. 712. 5 Then said Isaiah to Hezekiah, Hear the word o...
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Isaiah 39:1 . Merodach-Baladan. He is called Berodach in 2 Kings 20:12 ; and being the son of Baladan, he joined his father's name to his own. Merodach is the name of an idol, and Baladan the nam...
Merodach-baladan, the son of Baladan, King of Babylon, sent letters and a present to Hezekiah Merodach-baladan Marduk-apal-iddina, son of Yakin, is the Chaldean ruler who more than any other va...
EXPOSITION This chapter is parallel with 2 Kings 20:12 , and scarcely differs from it at all. Verse I has the additional words, "and was recovered;" 2 Kings 20:2 , the phrase, "was glad of the...
The Babylonian Embassy and Its Consequences. Encouraged by the reverses which the Assyrian forces suffered in Syria, one of the viceroys of Babylon, the Chaldean Merodach-baladan, made himself, fo...
1 Samuel 13:13 ; 1 Samuel 13:14 ; 1 Samuel 15:16