Isaiah 38 Study Notes
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38:13 On God as a lion, see Lm 3:10; Hs 5:14; Am 3:8.
38:14 The groans of Hezekiah’s lamentation sound like the chirping of a bird.
38:15-16 God had spoken, and King Hezekiah had been delivered from a premature death.
38:17 Hezekiah’s bitterness (see also v. 15) refers to his mournful reaction to news of his impending death. This bitterness is what led him to seek God in prayer and ultimately to God’s relenting from his death sentence. The king referred to the grave (and the afterworld) as a Pit of destruction. After all, in the grave the body rots and turns to dust.
38:18 Sheol (see note at v. 10) and Death are personified. The implication, as made clear by the phrase those who go down to the Pit, is that the dead can no longer praise God.
38:19 God benefits from keeping his saints alive. The living can praise God, and they can share that praise with the following generations.
38:20 To sing the songs of the redeemed is a typical response of God’s people.
38:21-22 These verses are an appendix that fills in some facts from earlier in the story.