Yǐsaìyàshū 38:18

18 Yuánlái yīnjiān bùnéng chēngxiè nǐ , sǐwáng bùnéng sòngyáng nǐ , xià kēng de rén bùnéng pànwàng nǐde chéngshí .

Yǐsaìyàshū 38:18 Meaning and Commentary

Isaiah 38:18

For the grave cannot praise thee, death can not celebrate
thee
That is, they that are in the grave, and under the power of death, they cannot celebrate the praises of God with their bodily organs; their souls may praise him in heaven, but they in their bodies cannot till the resurrection morn, or as long as they are under the dominion of the grave; so the Targum,

``they that are in the grave cannot confess before thee, and the dead cannot praise thee;''

in like manner the Septuagint and Arabic versions: this shows the design of God in restoring him from his sickness, and the view he himself had in desiring life, which was to praise the Lord; and which end could not have been answered had he died, and been laid in the grave: they that go down to the pit cannot hope for thy truth:
for the performance of promises, in which the truth and faithfulness of God appear; or for the Messiah, the truth of all the types of the former dispensation; those that go down to the pit of the grave, or are carried and laid there, can have no exercise of faith and hope concerning these things.

Yǐsaìyàshū 38:18 In-Context

16 Zhǔ a , rén dé cún huó , nǎi zaìhu cǐ . wǒ líng cún huó , yĕ quán zaì cǐ . suǒyǐ qiú nǐ shǐ wǒ quányù , réngrán cún huó .

17 Kàn nǎ , wǒ shòu dà kǔ , bĕn wèi shǐ wǒ dé píngān , nǐ yīn aì wǒde línghún , ( huò zuò shēngmìng ) biàn jiù wǒ tuōlí baìhuaì de kēng . yīnwei nǐ jiāng wǒ yīqiè de zuì , rēng zaì nǐde bēi hòu .

18 Yuánlái yīnjiān bùnéng chēngxiè nǐ , sǐwáng bùnéng sòngyáng nǐ , xià kēng de rén bùnéng pànwàng nǐde chéngshí .

19 Zhǐyǒu huó rén , huó rén bì chēngxiè nǐ , xiàng wǒ jīnrì chēngxiè nǐ yíyàng . wèi fù de , bì shǐ érnǚ zhīdào nǐde chéngshí .

20 Yēhéhuá kĕn jiù wǒ , suǒyǐ wǒmen yào yìshēng yī shì , zaì Yēhéhuá diàn zhōng yòng sī xián de lè qì , chàng wǒde shīgē .