Isaías 38:1-11

1 Naqueles dias Ezequias adoeceu e esteve � morte. E veio ter com ele o profeta Isaías, filho de Amoz, e lhe disse: Assim diz o Senhor: Põe em ordem a tua casa, porque morrerás, e não viverás.

2 Então virou Ezequias o seu rosto para a parede, e orou ao Senhor,

3 e disse: Lembra-te agora, ó Senhor, peço-te, de que modo tenho andado diante de ti em verdade, e com coração perfeito, e tenho feito o que era reto aos teus olhos. E chorou Ezequias amargamente.

4 Então veio a palavra do Senhor a Isaías, dizendo:

5 Vai e dize a Ezequias: Assim diz o Senhor, o Deus de Davi teu pai: Ouvi a tua oração, e vi as tuas lágrimas; eis que acrescentarei aos teus dias quinze anos.

6 Livrar-te-ei das mãos do rei da Assíria, a ti, e a esta cidade; eu defenderei esta cidade.

7 E isto te será da parte do Senhor como sinal de que o Senhor cumprirá esta palavra que falou:

8 Eis que farei voltar atrás dez graus a sombra no relógio de Acaz, pelos quais já declinou com o sol. Assim recuou o sol dez graus pelos quais já tinha declinado.

9 O escrito de Ezequias, rei de Judá, depois de ter estado doente, e de ter convalescido de sua enfermidade.

10 Eu disse: Na tranqüilidade de meus dias hei de entrar nas portas do Seol; estou privado do resto de meus anos.

11 Eu disse: Já não verei mais ao Senhor na terra dos viventes; jamais verei o homem com os moradores do mundo.

Isaías 38:1-11 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO ISAIAH 38

This chapter gives an account of Hezekiah's sickness, recovery, and thanksgiving on that account. His sickness, and the nature of it, and his preparation for it, as directed to by the prophet, Isa 38:1, his prayer to God upon it, Isa 38:2,3 the answer returned unto it, by which he is assured of living fifteen years more, and of the deliverance and protection of the city of Jerusalem from the Assyrians, Isa 38:4-6, the token of his recovery, the sun going back ten degrees on the dial of Ahaz, Isa 38:7,8, a writing of Hezekiah's upon his recovery, in commemoration of it, Isa 38:9, in which he represents the deplorable condition he had been in, the terrible apprehensions he had of things, especially of the wrath and fury of the Almighty, and his sorrowful and mournful complaints, Isa 38:10-14, he observes his deliverance according to the word of God; expresses his faith in it; promises to retain a cheerful sense of it; owning that it was by the promises of God that he had lived as other saints did; and ascribes his preservation from the grave to the love of God to him, of which the forgiveness of his sins was an evidence, Isa 38:15-17, the end of which salvation was, that he might praise the Lord, which he determined to do, on stringed instruments, Isa 38:18-20, and the chapter is closed with observing the means of curing him of his boil; and that it was at his request that the sign of his recovery was given him, Isa 38:21,22.