Isaías 39:3

3 Então o profeta Isaías veio ao rei Ezequias, e lhe perguntou: Que foi que aqueles homens disseram, e donde vieram ter contigo? Respondeu Ezequias: Duma terra remota vieram ter comigo, de Babilônia.

Isaías 39:3 Meaning and Commentary

Isaiah 39:3

Then came Isaiah the prophet unto King Hezekiah
Quickly after the ambassadors had been with the king, and he had shown them all his treasures; the prophet did not come of himself, but was sent by the Lord, though he was not sent for by the king; in the time of his distress and illness he could send for him, but now being well, and in prosperity, he forgot the prophet, to send for him, and have his advice, how he should behave towards these men, as not to offend the Lord: and said unto him, what said these men?
what was their errand to thee, and their business to thee? what did they communicate to thee, or request of thee? and from whence came they unto thee?
from what country? these questions the prophet put to the king, not as ignorant of the men, and their business, and country, but in order to have everything from the king himself, and to lead on to further conversation with him on these things: and Hezekiah said, they are come from a far country unto me, even from
Babylon;
he makes no answer to the first question, but at once replies to the second, as being what his heart was lifted up with; that ambassadors should come to him from a very distant country, and from so famous and renowned a place as Babylon; which showed that his name was great in foreign parts, and was in high esteem in distant countries, and even so great a prince as the king of Babylon courted his friendship.

Isaías 39:3 In-Context

1 Naquele tempo enviou Merodaque-Baladã, filho de Baladã, rei de Babilônia, cartas e um presente a Ezequias; porque tinha ouvido dizer que havia estado doente e que já tinha convalescido.

2 E Ezequias se alegrou com eles, e lhes mostrou a casa do seu tesouro, a prata, e o ouro, e as especiarias, e os melhores ungüentos, e toda a sua casa de armas, e tudo quanto se achava nos seus tesouros; coisa nenhuma houve, nem em sua casa, nem em todo o seu domínio, que Ezequias lhes não mostrasse.

3 Então o profeta Isaías veio ao rei Ezequias, e lhe perguntou: Que foi que aqueles homens disseram, e donde vieram ter contigo? Respondeu Ezequias: Duma terra remota vieram ter comigo, de Babilônia.

4 Ele ainda perguntou: Que foi que viram em tua casa? Respondeu Ezequias: Viram tudo quanto há em minha casa; coisa nenhuma há nos meus tesouros que eu deixasse de lhes mostrar.

5 Então disse Isaías a Ezequias: Ouve a palavra do Senhor dos exércitos: