Isaiah 38:22

22 Hezekiah had asked, “What will be the sign that I will go up to the temple of the LORD?”

Isaiah 38:22 in Other Translations

KJV
22 Hezekiah also had said, What is the sign that I shall go up to the house of the LORD?
ESV
22 Hezekiah also had said, "What is the sign that I shall go up to the house of the LORD?"
NLT
22 And Hezekiah had asked, “What sign will prove that I will go to the Temple of the LORD ?”
MSG
22 Hezekiah had said, "What is my cue that it's all right to enter again the Sanctuary of God?"
CSB
22 And Hezekiah had asked, "What is the sign that I will go up to the Lord's temple?"

Isaiah 38:22 Meaning and Commentary

Isaiah 38:22

Hezekiah also had said
Unto Isaiah, as in ( 2 Kings 20:8 ) : what is the sign that I shall go up to the house of the Lord?
both of his health, and of his going up to the temple with thanksgiving for it; though the former is not here mentioned, as it is elsewhere; partly because it is supposed in the latter, for without that he could not have gone up to the temple; and partly because he was more solicitous for the worship and honour of God in his house, the for his health. The Syriac version transposes these verses, "Hezekiah had said, what is the sign? &c. and Isaiah had answered, let them take a lump of figs" as if this latter was the sign; whereas it was that of the sun's going down ten degrees on the dial of Ahaz, ( Isaiah 38:7 Isaiah 38:8 ) , (See Gill on Isaiah 38:7), (See Gill on Isaiah 38:8).

Isaiah 38:22 In-Context

20 The LORD will save me, and we will sing with stringed instruments all the days of our lives in the temple of the LORD.
21 Isaiah had said, “Prepare a poultice of figs and apply it to the boil, and he will recover.”
22 Hezekiah had asked, “What will be the sign that I will go up to the temple of the LORD?”

Cross References 1

  • 1. S 2 Chronicles 32:31
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