Jesaja 38:18

18 Denn die Hölle lobt dich nicht; so rühmt dich der Tod nicht, und die in die Grube fahren, warten nicht auf deine Wahrheit;

Jesaja 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.

Jesaja 38:18 In-Context

16 HERR, davon lebt man, und das Leben meines Geistes steht ganz darin; denn du ließest mich wieder stark werden und machtest mich leben.

17 Siehe, um Trost war mir sehr bange. Du aber hast dich meiner Seele herzlich angenommen, daß sie nicht verdürbe; denn du wirfst alle meine Sünden hinter dich zurück.

18 Denn die Hölle lobt dich nicht; so rühmt dich der Tod nicht, und die in die Grube fahren, warten nicht auf deine Wahrheit;

19 sondern allein, die da leben, loben dich, wie ich jetzt tue. Der Vater wird den Kindern deine Wahrheit kundtun.

20 HERR, hilf mir, so wollen wir meine Lieder singen, solange wir leben, im Hause des HERRN!