Isaiah 38:14

Ezekiel 7:16; Isaiah 59:11; Job 30:29; Lamentations 4:17; Nahum 2:7; Psalms 102:4-7; Psalms 119:122; Psalms 119:123; Psalms 119:82; Psalms 123:1-4; Psalms 143:7; Psalms 69:3

Related Commentaries of Isaiah 38:14

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Like a crane - The word used here ( סוּס sûs ) usually denotes a horse. The rabbis render it here ‘a crane.’ Gesenius translates it ‘a swallow...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

Like a crane [or] a swallow, so I (m) chattered: I mourned as a dove: my eyes fail [with looking] upward: O LORD, I am oppressed; undertake for me....
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 s...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Like. crane or. swallow: or, like. twittering swallow. mourn. See note on Psalms 55:17 . Compare Ezekiel 7:16 . undertake . be. surety. Comp...
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

14. As a crane, or a swallow. Hezekiah cannot satisfy himself in explaining the severity of his anguish. He now says that he was reduced so...
Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

DISCOURSE: 916 HELP FOR US IN GOD Isaiah 38:14 . O Lord, I am oppressed: undertake for me! THE time of death is an awful season to every child...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Like a crane or a swallow, so did I chatter: I did mourn as a dove: mine eyes fail with looking upward: O LORD, I am oppressed; undertake for me....
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Like a crane, or a swallow— That is, "My pains were sometimes so violent, that they forced me to cry aloud; at other times my strength was so exhau...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

The writing of Hezekiah king of Judah, when he had been sick, and was recovered of his sickness: -The prayer and thanksgiving song of Hezekiah...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Sickness and Recovery of Hezekiah Continuation of the historical appendix to Isaiah's prophecies. The chapter is parallel to 2 Kings 20:1-11 (wh...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Mourn ] i.e. moan, referring to the sound made by the dove. Undertake for me] RV 'be thou my surety': Genesis 43:9 ; Genesis 44:32 .
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Like a crane... — The three birds — strictly, the “swift,” the “crane,” the “dove” — each with its special note of lamentation, represent, as it we...
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 ma...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

BOOK 4 JERUSALEM AND SENNACHERIB 701 B.C. INTO this fourth book we put all the rest of the prophecies of the Book of Isaiah, that have to do wi...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

In this chapter we have the story of the sickness of Hezekiah. That sickness would seem to have been intimately connected with the invasion of Sennac...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Like a crane, or a swallow, so did I chatter ,.... Rather, "like a crane and a swallow", like both; sometimes loud and clamorous, like a crane o, wh...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

Like a crane [or] a swallow, so did I chatter: I did mourn as a dove: mine eyes fail [with looking] upward: O LORD, I am oppressed; undertake for me....
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

I reckoned till morning , &c. When night came I reckoned I should die before the next morning, my pains being as great as if my bones had been b...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Hezekiah's Thanksgiving. B. C. 710. ...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Like a crane or a swallow; or, a crane and a swallow ; the conjunction and being here, as it is Habakkuk 3:11 , and elsewhere, understood, as...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Hezekiah's Psalm of Praise ( Isaiah 38:9-20 ). Isaiah 38:9 ‘The writing of Hezekiah the king of Judah when he had been sick and had recovered f...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

HEZEKIAH’S PRAYER Isaiah 38:1-19 In this narrative there are three points of difficulty and many points of instruction. I. THREE POINTS OF DIFFIC...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

A CRY FOR HELP Isaiah 38:14 . O Lord, I am oppressed; undertake for me . This prayer ascended from a sick-bed. State Hezekiah’s circumstances. Fr...
Sermon Bible Commentary

Isaiah 38:14 These are some of the words which King Hezekiah wrote when he had been sick, and was recovered of his sickness. This is surely a good...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Isaiah 38:1 . Set thine house in order, for thou shalt die, and not live. This burden of the Lord placed the prophet in a critical situation. God...
The Biblical Illustrator

The writing of Hezekiah, king of Judah Hezekiah’s recovery 1. He was sick, and then he prayed. 2. He is recovered, and now he gives thanks....
The Biblical Illustrator

I did mourn as a dove “I did mourn as a dove” The possessions of the world are often the means of lightening life’s sorrows, and of increasing...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

SECTION II .— HEZEKIAH 'S ILLNESS , AND THE EMBASSY OF MERODACH - BALADAN ( Isaiah 38:1-23 ; Isaiah 39:1-23 .). EXPOSITION The p...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Hezekiah's Hymn of Praise
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Like a crane or a swallow, so did I chatter, I did mourn as a dove, murmuring and groaning with querulous notes, with broken sounds expressive of pai...

¹⁴ Like a crane or a swallow, so did I chatter: I did mourn as a dove: mine eyes fail with looking upward: O LORD, I am oppressed; undertakec for me.

Related Commentaries of Isaiah 38:14

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sermon Bible Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Isaiah 38:14