Isaiah 38
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1In those days was Hezekiah sick unto death. And Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz came unto him, and said unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Set thine house in order: for thou shalt die, and not live.
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2Then Hezekiah turned his face toward the wall, and prayed unto the LORD,
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3And said, Remember now, O LORD, I beseech thee, how I have walked before thee in truth and with a perfect heart, and have done that which is good in thy sight. And Hezekiah wept sore.
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4Then came the word of the LORD to Isaiah, saying,
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5Go, and say to Hezekiah, Thus saith the LORD, the God of David thy father, I have heard thy prayer, I have seen thy tears: behold, I will add unto thy days fifteen years.
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6And I will deliver thee and this city out of the hand of the king of Assyria: and I will defend this city.
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7And this shall be a sign unto thee from the LORD, that the LORD will do this thing that he hath spoken;
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8Behold, I will bring again the shadow of the degrees, which is gone down in the sun dial of Ahaz, ten degrees backward. So the sun returned ten degrees, by which degrees it was gone down.
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9The writing of Hezekiah king of Judah, when he had been sick, and was recovered of his sickness:
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10I said in the cutting off of my days, I shall go to the gates of the grave: I am deprived of the residue of my years.
Isaiah 38:10
11I said, I shall not see the LORD, even the LORD, in the land of the living: I shall behold man no more with the inhabitants of the world.
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12Mine age is departed, and is removed from me as a shepherd’s tent: I have cut off like a weaver my life: he will cut me off with pining sickness: from day even to night wilt thou make an end of me.
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13I reckoned till morning, that, as a lion, so will he break all my bones: from day even to night wilt thou make an end of me.
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14Like 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.
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15What shall I say? he hath both spoken unto me, and himself hath done it: I shall go softly all my years in the bitterness of my soul.
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16O Lord, by these things men live, and in all these things is the life of my spirit: so wilt thou recover me, and make me to live.
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17Behold, for peace I had great bitterness: but thou hast in love to my soul delivered it from the pit of corruption: for thou hast cast all my sins behind thy back.
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18For the grave cannot praise thee, death can not celebrate thee: they that go down into the pit cannot hope for thy truth.
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19The living, the living, he shall praise thee, as I do this day: the father to the children shall make known thy truth.
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20The LORD was ready to save me: therefore we will sing my songs to the stringed instruments all the days of our life in the house of the LORD.
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21For Isaiah had said, Let them take a lump of figs, and lay it for a plaister upon the boil, and he shall recover.
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22Hezekiah also had said, What is the sign that I shall go up to the house of the LORD?
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Isaiah 38:1
Isaiah 38:1In those days was Hezekiah sick unto death. And Isaiah the prophet the son of Am...2 Chronicles 32:24¶ In those days Hezekiah was sick to the death, and prayed unto the LORD: and he...2 Kings 20:1In those days was Hezekiah sick unto death. And the prophet Isaiah the son of Am...2 Samuel 17:23¶ And when Ahithophel saw that his counsel was not followed, he saddled his ass,...Jonah 3:10¶ And God saw their works, that they turned from their evil way; and God repente...
Isaiah 38:2
Psalms 91:15He shall call upon me, and I will answer him: I will be with him in trouble; I w...1 Kings 8:30And hearken thou to the supplication of thy servant, and of thy people Israel, w...Psalms 50:15And call upon me in the day of trouble: I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glor...Matthew 6:6But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou hast shut thy...
Isaiah 38:3
Hebrews 6:10For God is not unrighteous to forget your work and labour of love, which ye have...Hebrews 5:7Who in the days of his flesh, when he had offered up prayers and supplications w...Psalms 18:20The LORD rewarded me according to my righteousness; according to the cleanness o...Nehemiah 13:14Remember me, O my God, concerning this, and wipe not out my good deeds that I ha...2 Chronicles 31:20¶ And thus did Hezekiah throughout all Judah, and wrought that which was good an...
Isaiah 38:5
Psalms 34:5They looked unto him, and were lightened: and their faces were not ashamed.1 John 5:14And this is the confidence that we have in him, that, if we ask any thing accord...Revelation 7:17For the Lamb which is in the midst of the throne shall feed them, and shall lead...Psalms 56:8Thou tellest my wanderings: put thou my tears into thy bottle: are they not in t...Luke 1:13But the angel said unto him, Fear not, Zacharias: for thy prayer is heard; and t...
Isaiah 38:6
Isaiah 37:35For I will defend this city to save it for mine own sake, and for my servant Dav...Isaiah 31:4For thus hath the LORD spoken unto me, Like as the lion and the young lion roari...2 Timothy 4:17Notwithstanding the Lord stood with me, and strengthened me; that by me the prea...Isaiah 12:6Cry out and shout, thou inhabitant of Zion: for great is the Holy One of Israel...2 Chronicles 32:22Thus the LORD saved Hezekiah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem from the hand of S...
Isaiah 38:7
Isaiah 37:30And this shall be a sign unto thee, Ye shall eat this year such as groweth of it...Judges 6:37Behold, I will put a fleece of wool in the floor; and if the dew be on the fleec...Isaiah 7:11Ask thee a sign of the LORD thy God; ask it either in the depth, or in the heigh...2 Kings 20:8¶ And Hezekiah said unto Isaiah, What shall be the sign that the LORD will heal...Judges 6:17And he said unto him, If now I have found grace in thy sight, then shew me a sig...
Isaiah 38:8
2 Kings 20:9And Isaiah said, This sign shalt thou have of the LORD, that the LORD will do th...Joshua 10:12¶ Then spake Joshua to the LORD in the day when the LORD delivered up the Amorit...2 Chronicles 32:24¶ In those days Hezekiah was sick to the death, and prayed unto the LORD: and he...Matthew 16:1The Pharisees also with the Sadducees came, and tempting desired him that he wou...2 Chronicles 32:31¶ Howbeit in the business of the ambassadors of the princes of Babylon, who sent...
Isaiah 38:9
Deuteronomy 32:39See now that I, even I, am he, and there is no god with me: I kill, and I make a...Hosea 6:1Come, and let us return unto the LORD: for he hath torn, and he will heal us; he...Judges 5:1Then sang Deborah and Barak the son of Abinoam on that day, saying,Psalms 18:1I will love thee, O LORD, my strength.Psalms 118:18The LORD hath chastened me sore: but he hath not given me over unto death.
Isaiah 38:10
Psalms 102:24I said, O my God, take me not away in the midst of my days: thy years are throug...2 Corinthians 1:9But we had the sentence of death in ourselves, that we should not trust in ourse...Job 7:7O remember that my life is wind: mine eye shall no more see good.Psalms 107:18Their soul abhorreth all manner of meat; and they draw near unto the gates of de...Job 17:11My days are past, my purposes are broken off, even the thoughts of my heart.
Isaiah 38:11
Psalms 27:13I had fainted, unless I had believed to see the goodness of the LORD in the land...Psalms 116:8For thou hast delivered my soul from death, mine eyes from tears, and my feet fr...Ecclesiastes 9:5For the living know that they shall die: but the dead know not any thing, neithe...Job 35:14Although thou sayest thou shalt not see him, yet judgment is before him; therefo...Psalms 6:4Return, O LORD, deliver my soul: oh save me for thy mercies’ sake.
Isaiah 38:12
2 Corinthians 5:1For we know that if our earthly house of this tabernacle were dissolved, we have...Psalms 73:14For all the day long have I been plagued, and chastened every morning.Hebrews 1:12And as a vesture shalt thou fold them up, and they shall be changed: but thou ar...James 4:14Whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow. For what is your life? It is ev...Job 9:25Now my days are swifter than a post: they flee away, they see no good.
Isaiah 38:13
Daniel 6:24¶ And the king commanded, and they brought those men which had accused Daniel, a...Psalms 51:8Make me to hear joy and gladness; that the bones which thou hast broken may rejo...1 Corinthians 11:30For this cause many are weak and sickly among you, and many sleep.1 Kings 13:24And when he was gone, a lion met him by the way, and slew him: and his carcase w...Job 10:16For it increaseth. Thou huntest me as a fierce lion: and again thou shewest thys...
Cross References
Isaiah 38:1
Isaiah 38:1In those days was Hezekiah sick unto death. And Isaiah the prophet the son of Am...2 Chronicles 32:24¶ In those days Hezekiah was sick to the death, and prayed unto the LORD: and he...2 Kings 20:1In those days was Hezekiah sick unto death. And the prophet Isaiah the son of Am...2 Samuel 17:23¶ And when Ahithophel saw that his counsel was not followed, he saddled his ass,...Jonah 3:10¶ And God saw their works, that they turned from their evil way; and God repente...
Isaiah 38:2
Psalms 91:15He shall call upon me, and I will answer him: I will be with him in trouble; I w...1 Kings 8:30And hearken thou to the supplication of thy servant, and of thy people Israel, w...Psalms 50:15And call upon me in the day of trouble: I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glor...Matthew 6:6But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou hast shut thy...
Isaiah 38:3
Hebrews 6:10For God is not unrighteous to forget your work and labour of love, which ye have...Hebrews 5:7Who in the days of his flesh, when he had offered up prayers and supplications w...Psalms 18:20The LORD rewarded me according to my righteousness; according to the cleanness o...Nehemiah 13:14Remember me, O my God, concerning this, and wipe not out my good deeds that I ha...2 Chronicles 31:20¶ And thus did Hezekiah throughout all Judah, and wrought that which was good an...
Isaiah 38:5
Psalms 34:5They looked unto him, and were lightened: and their faces were not ashamed.1 John 5:14And this is the confidence that we have in him, that, if we ask any thing accord...Revelation 7:17For the Lamb which is in the midst of the throne shall feed them, and shall lead...Psalms 56:8Thou tellest my wanderings: put thou my tears into thy bottle: are they not in t...Luke 1:13But the angel said unto him, Fear not, Zacharias: for thy prayer is heard; and t...
Isaiah 38:6
Isaiah 37:35For I will defend this city to save it for mine own sake, and for my servant Dav...Isaiah 31:4For thus hath the LORD spoken unto me, Like as the lion and the young lion roari...2 Timothy 4:17Notwithstanding the Lord stood with me, and strengthened me; that by me the prea...Isaiah 12:6Cry out and shout, thou inhabitant of Zion: for great is the Holy One of Israel...2 Chronicles 32:22Thus the LORD saved Hezekiah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem from the hand of S...
Isaiah 38:7
Isaiah 37:30And this shall be a sign unto thee, Ye shall eat this year such as groweth of it...Judges 6:37Behold, I will put a fleece of wool in the floor; and if the dew be on the fleec...Isaiah 7:11Ask thee a sign of the LORD thy God; ask it either in the depth, or in the heigh...2 Kings 20:8¶ And Hezekiah said unto Isaiah, What shall be the sign that the LORD will heal...Judges 6:17And he said unto him, If now I have found grace in thy sight, then shew me a sig...
Isaiah 38:8
2 Kings 20:9And Isaiah said, This sign shalt thou have of the LORD, that the LORD will do th...Joshua 10:12¶ Then spake Joshua to the LORD in the day when the LORD delivered up the Amorit...2 Chronicles 32:24¶ In those days Hezekiah was sick to the death, and prayed unto the LORD: and he...Matthew 16:1The Pharisees also with the Sadducees came, and tempting desired him that he wou...2 Chronicles 32:31¶ Howbeit in the business of the ambassadors of the princes of Babylon, who sent...
Isaiah 38:9
Deuteronomy 32:39See now that I, even I, am he, and there is no god with me: I kill, and I make a...Hosea 6:1Come, and let us return unto the LORD: for he hath torn, and he will heal us; he...Judges 5:1Then sang Deborah and Barak the son of Abinoam on that day, saying,Psalms 18:1I will love thee, O LORD, my strength.Psalms 118:18The LORD hath chastened me sore: but he hath not given me over unto death.
Isaiah 38:10
Psalms 102:24I said, O my God, take me not away in the midst of my days: thy years are throug...2 Corinthians 1:9But we had the sentence of death in ourselves, that we should not trust in ourse...Job 7:7O remember that my life is wind: mine eye shall no more see good.Psalms 107:18Their soul abhorreth all manner of meat; and they draw near unto the gates of de...Job 17:11My days are past, my purposes are broken off, even the thoughts of my heart.
Isaiah 38:11
Psalms 27:13I had fainted, unless I had believed to see the goodness of the LORD in the land...Psalms 116:8For thou hast delivered my soul from death, mine eyes from tears, and my feet fr...Ecclesiastes 9:5For the living know that they shall die: but the dead know not any thing, neithe...Job 35:14Although thou sayest thou shalt not see him, yet judgment is before him; therefo...Psalms 6:4Return, O LORD, deliver my soul: oh save me for thy mercies’ sake.
Isaiah 38:12
2 Corinthians 5:1For we know that if our earthly house of this tabernacle were dissolved, we have...Psalms 73:14For all the day long have I been plagued, and chastened every morning.Hebrews 1:12And as a vesture shalt thou fold them up, and they shall be changed: but thou ar...James 4:14Whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow. For what is your life? It is ev...Job 9:25Now my days are swifter than a post: they flee away, they see no good.
Isaiah 38:13
Daniel 6:24¶ And the king commanded, and they brought those men which had accused Daniel, a...Psalms 51:8Make me to hear joy and gladness; that the bones which thou hast broken may rejo...1 Corinthians 11:30For this cause many are weak and sickly among you, and many sleep.1 Kings 13:24And when he was gone, a lion met him by the way, and slew him: and his carcase w...Job 10:16For it increaseth. Thou huntest me as a fierce lion: and again thou shewest thys...