Yǐsaìyàshū 38:5

5 Nǐ qù gàosu Xīxījiā shuō , Yēhéhuá nǐ zǔ Dàwèi de shén rúcǐ shuō , wǒ tīngjian le nǐde dǎogào , kànjian le nǐde yǎnleì , wǒ Bìjiā zēng nǐ shí wǔ nián de shòushu .

Yǐsaìyàshū 38:5 Meaning and Commentary

Isaiah 38:5

Go and say to Hezekiah
Turn again, and tell him, ( 2 Kings 20:5 ) : thus saith the Lord the God of David thy father;
this is said, to show that he remembered the covenant he made with David his father, concerning the kingdom, and the succession of his children in it; and that he had a regard to him, as walking in his steps: I have heard thy prayer;
and therefore was not surely a foolish one, as Luther somewhere calls it, since it was heard and answered so quickly: I have seen thy tears;
which he shed in prayer, and so studiously concealed from others, when he turned his face to the wall: behold, I will add unto thy days fifteen years;
that is, to the days he had lived already, and beyond which it was not probable, according to the nature of his disease, he could live; and besides, he had the sentence of death pronounced on him, and had it within himself, nor did he pray for his life; so that these fifteen years were over and above what he could or did expect to live; and because it was unusual in such a case, and after such a declaration made, that a man should live, and especially so long a time after, it is ushered in with a "behold", as a note of admiration; it being a thing unheard of, and unprecedented, and entirely the Lord's doing, and which, no doubt, was marvellous in the eyes of the king.

Yǐsaìyàshū 38:5 In-Context

3 Yēhéhuá a , qiú nǐ jìniàn wǒ zaì nǐ miànqián zĕnyàng cún wánquán de xīn , àn chéngshí xíngshì , yòu zuò nǐ yǎn zhōng suǒ kàn wéi shàn de . Xīxījiā jiù tòngkū le .

4 Yēhéhuá de huà líndào Yǐsaìyà shuō ,

5 Nǐ qù gàosu Xīxījiā shuō , Yēhéhuá nǐ zǔ Dàwèi de shén rúcǐ shuō , wǒ tīngjian le nǐde dǎogào , kànjian le nǐde yǎnleì , wǒ Bìjiā zēng nǐ shí wǔ nián de shòushu .

6 Bìngqiĕ wǒ yào jiù nǐ hé zhè chéng tuōlí Yàshù wáng de shǒu , yĕ yào bǎohù zhè chéng .

7 Wǒ Yēhéhuá bì chéngjiù wǒ suǒ shuō de , wǒ xiān gĕi nǐ yī ge zhào tóu .