Isaiah 39:8 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Then said Hezekiah to Isaiah, Good is the word of the LORD which thou hast spoken. He said moreover, For there shall be peace and truth in my days. ”

Isaiah 39:8 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Good is the word of the Lord - The sense of this is, ‘I acquiesce in this; I perceive that it is right; I see in it evidence of benevolence and goodness.’ The grounds of his acquiescence seem to...
Isaiah 39:8 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

(g) Then said Hezekiah to Isaiah, Good [is] the word of the LORD which thou hast spoken. He said moreover, For there shall be peace and truth in my days. (g) Read ( 2 Kings 20:19 ).
Isaiah 39:8 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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...
Isaiah 39:8 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Good. Hezekiah's submission was like Eli's. Compare 1 Samuel 3:18 ; 2 Kings 20:19 ; Job 1:21 ; Job 2:10 , &c. For . Nevertheless. The Hebrew distinctive accent meyrka thus marks it. Thi...
Isaiah 39:8 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

8. Good is the word of Jehovah From this reply we learn, that Hezekiah was not a stubborn or obstinately haughty man, since he listened patiently to the Prophet’s reproof, though he was litt...
Isaiah 39:8 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Then said Hezekiah to Isaiah, Good is the word of the LORD which thou hast spoken. He said moreover, For there shall be peace and truth in my days. Then said Hezekiah - The nature of Hezekiah's cri...
Isaiah 39:8 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Then said Hezekiah to Isaiah— Hezekiah, convinced of his error, and perceiving that he had justly provoked the divine indignation, acknowledges his fault, and humbles himself greatly for his pride...
Isaiah 39:8 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Then said Hezekiah to Isaiah, Good is the word of the LORD which thou hast spoken. He said moreover, For there shall be peace and truth in my days. For there shall be peace ... in my days. Th...
Isaiah 39:8 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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...
Isaiah 39:8 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Good is the word of the Lord... — The words have the appearance of a pious resignation, but we feel that they are less true and noble than those of David on a like occasion: “I have sinned and done...
Isaiah 39:8 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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...
Isaiah 39:8 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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...
Isaiah 39:8 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Then said Hezekiah to Isaiah, good is the word of the Lord which thou hast spoken ,.... Hezekiah was at once convinced of his sin, acknowledged it and repented of it, and owned that the sentence pro...
Isaiah 39:8 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Hezekiah's Vanity Punished. B. C. 712. 5 Then said Isaiah to Hezekiah, Hear the word o...
Isaiah 39:8 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

The history contained in this chapter is related in the same words, 2 Kings 20:12 , &c., only he who here is called Merodach is there called Berodach , merely by the change of one letter, w...
Isaiah 39:8 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘Then Hezekiah said to Isaiah, “The word of Yahweh which you have spoken is good.” He said moreover, “For there will be peace and truth in my days.” ' That Hezekiah lacked Messianic ambition comes o...
Isaiah 39:8 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

HEZEKIAH TRIED Isaiah 39:8 . Then said Hezekiah, &c. In the narrative connected with the text we find much in Hezekiah to be avoided and much worthy of imitation. I. We find Hezekiah in gr...
Isaiah 39:8 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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...
Isaiah 39:8 - The Biblical Illustrator

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...
Isaiah 39:8 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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...
Isaiah 39:8 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

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...
Isaiah 39:8 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Peter 5:6 ; 1 Samuel 3:18 ; 2 Chronicles 34:28 ; 2 Samuel 15:26 ; Job 1:21 ; Lamentations 3:22 ; Lamentations 3:39 ; Leviticus 10:3 ; Psalms 39:9 ; Zechariah 8:16 ; Zechariah 8:19

Isaiah 39:8 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Isaiah 39:8 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Isaiah 39:8 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Isaiah 39:8 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Isaiah 39:8 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Isaiah 39:8 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Isaiah 39:8 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Isaiah 39:8 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Isaiah 39:8 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Isaiah 39:8 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Isaiah 39:8 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Isaiah 39:8 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Isaiah 39:8 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Isaiah 39:8 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Isaiah 39:8 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Isaiah 39:8 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Isaiah 39:8 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Isaiah 39:8 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Isaiah 39:8 - The Biblical Illustrator

Isaiah 39:8 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Isaiah 39:8 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Isaiah 39:8 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge