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Isaiah 38 — Sermon Preparation
Hezekiah receives a death sentence, prays, and is granted fifteen more years, with the sundial's retreating shadow as the confirming sign. Below is a research summary for Isaiah 38, drawn from openly licensed scholarly databases — original-language morphology, classic sermons from the church fathers through the Puritans, and ancient geography data.
- 22
- verses
- 281 / 154
- Hebrew words / lemmas
- 8
- classic sermon excerpts
- 4
- preachers & commentators
Isaiah 38 in the Hebrew
Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.
| Hebrew | Transliteration | Strong's | Count | Glosses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| חִזְקִיָּה | Chizqîyâh | H2396 | 6 | Chizkijah |
| מַעֲלָה | maʻălâh | H4609 | 5 | elevation, journey |
| חַי | chay | H2416 | 6 | alive, raw |
| חָיָה | châyâh | H2421 | 5 | live, revive |
| יְשַׁעְיָה | Yᵉshaʻyâh | H3470 | 3 | Jeshajah |
| אֶמֶת | ʼemeth | H571 | 3 | stability, certainty |
| יָרַד | yârad | H3381 | 3 | descend, go downwards |
How preachers through history handled this text
8 public-domain excerpts on Isaiah 38, from the church fathers to the Puritans.
“XXXVIII Hezekiah in his sickness receives from Isaiah a message of death, ver. 1. By prayer, ver. 2, 3. hath his life lengthened; the sun goeth backward for a sign thereof, ver. 4-8. His song of praise to God, ver. 9-20. 13. I reckon - When I could not rest all the night even 'till morning, my thoughts were presaging that God would instantly break me to pieces, and the like thoughts followed me from morning 'till evening. 16. By these - By thy promises, and thy performance of them; …”
— John Wesley, Wesley's Notes on the Whole Bible, on Isaiah 38:1–30 (Public Domain)
Places in the text
Based on ancient-geography data
- Assyria— Isa 38:6
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