Isaiah 39:8

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.

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
said	וַיֹּ֤אמֶר vai.Yo.mer	H559	to say (used with great latitude) · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
Hezekiah	חִזְקִיָּ֙הוּ֙ chiz.ki.Ya.hu	H2396	Chizkijah · proper noun, a man's name
Isaiah	יְשַׁעְיָ֔הוּ ye.sha'.Ya.hu	H3470	Jeshajah · proper noun, a man's name
Good	ט֥וֹב Tov	H2896	good (as an adjective) in the widest sense · adjective, masculine singular absolute
word	דְּבַר de.var-	H1697	a word · noun, common masculine singular construct
LORD	יְהוָ֖ה Yah.weh	H3068	Jehovah · proper noun, a title
spoken	דִּבַּ֑רְתָּ di.Bar.ta	H1696	perhaps properly · verb, piel perfect, 2nd person masculine singular
said	וַיֹּ֕אמֶר vai.Yo.mer	H559	to say (used with great latitude) · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
peace	שָׁל֥וֹם sha.Lom	H7965	safe · noun, common masculine singular absolute
truth	וֶאֱמֶ֖ת ve.'e.Met	H571	stability · conjunction + noun, common feminine singular absolute
days	בְּיָמָֽי be.ya.Mai	H3117	a day (as the warm hours) · preposition + noun, common masculine plural construct + pronominal suffix

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Cross-references

2 Chronicles 32:26 Notwithstanding Hezekiah humbled himself for the pride of his heart, both he and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, so that the wrath of the LORD…
2 Chronicles 34:28 Behold, I will gather thee to thy fathers, and thou shalt be gathered to thy grave in peace, neither shall thine eyes see all the evil that…
1 Peter 5:6 Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time:
Leviticus 10:3 Then Moses said unto Aaron, This is it that the LORD spake, saying, I will be sanctified in them that come nigh me, and before all the peopl…
1 Samuel 3:18 And Samuel told him every whit, and hid nothing from him. And he said, It is the LORD: let him do what seemeth him good.
Job 1:21 And said, Naked came I out of my mother’s womb, and naked shall I return thither: the LORD gave, and the LORD hath taken away; blessed be th…
Psalms 39:9 I was dumb, I opened not my mouth; because thou didst it.
Lamentations 3:39 Wherefore doth a living man complain, a man for the punishment of his sins?

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 39:5–end

Hence let us observe, 1. That, if God love us, he will humble us, and will find some way or other to pull down our spirits when they are lifted up above measure. A mortifying message is sent to Hezekiah, that he might be humbled for the pride of his heart, and be convinced of the folly of it; for though God may suffer his people to fall into sin, as he did Hezekiah here, to prove him, that he might know all that was in his heart, yet he will not suffer them to lie still in it. 2. It is just with God to take that from us which we make the matter of our pride, and on which we build a carnal confidence. When David was proud of the numbers of his people God took a course to make them fewer; and…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Isaiah 39:8

peace . . . in my days--The punishment was not, as in David's case (Sa2 24:13-15), sent in his time. True repentance acquiesces in all God's ways and finds cause of thanksgiving in any mitigation. The former were local and temporary in their reference. These belong to the distant future, and are world-wide in their interest; the deliverance from Babylon under Cyrus, which he here foretells by prophetic suggestion, carries him on to the greater deliverance under Messiah, the Saviour of Jews and Gentiles in the present eclectic Church, and the restorer of Israel and Head of the world-wide kingdom, literal and spiritual, ultimately. As Assyria was the hostile world power in the former part, wh…

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John Gill on Isaiah 39:8

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 pronounced was but just and right; and that there was a mixture of mercy and goodness in it, in that time was given, and it was not immediately executed: he said moreover, for there shall be peace and truth in my days; or a confirmed peace, lasting prosperity, peace in the state, and truth in the church, plenty of temporal mercies, and the truth of doctrine and worship, which he understood by the prophet would continue in his days, and for which he was thankful; not that he was unconcerned about post…

The Church Fathers

(Verse 8) And Hezekiah said to Isaiah: Good is the word of the Lord which he has spoken. And he said: Let there be only peace and truth in my days. So Hezekiah said: It is a good word of the Lord that he has spoken. In this, he is criticized by the Hebrews for not imitating the goodness of Moses, who said to the Lord: Either forgive them this crime, or if you do not, then erase me from your book which you have written (Exodus 32:32). And so the Apostle Paul wishes to be accursed from Christ for his brethren who are Israelites (Rom. IX); and therefore, Hezekiah was not approved by God in His words who spoke in the following: 'Console, console my people,' says your God, so that by whom He had not prayed, they may be consoled by the mercy of the Lord.
— Jerome, Commentary on Isaiah

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Dictionary and topics

Resignation · EXEMPLIFIED — EXEMPLIFIED

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Isaiah 39:8

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 39:5–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Isaiah 39:8

John Gill on Isaiah 39:8

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Isaiah 39:8

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 39:5–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Isaiah 39:8

John Gill on Isaiah 39:8

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

John Calvin on Isaiah 39:8–end

Keil & Delitzsch on Isaiah 39:3–end

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Isaiah 39:6-7

Rashi on Isaiah 39:8