Isaiah 39:5

5 Then Isaiah said to Hezekiah, “Hear the word of the LORD Almighty:

Isaiah 39:5 in Other Translations

5 Then said Isaiah to Hezekiah, Hear the word of the LORD of hosts:

5 Then Isaiah said to Hezekiah, "Hear the word of the LORD of hosts:

5 Then Isaiah said to Hezekiah, “Listen to this message from the LORD of Heaven’s Armies:

5 Then Isaiah said to Hezekiah, "Now listen to this Message from God-of-the-Angel-Armies:

5 Then Isaiah said to Hezekiah, "Hear the word of the Lord of Hosts:

Isaiah 39:5 Meaning and Commentary

Isaiah 39:5

Then said Isaiah to Hezekiah
Now he begins to let him know that he came not of himself, and that he did not ask these questions to gratify his own curiosity, but that he came from the Lord, and with a word of rebuke from him: hear the word of the Lord of hosts;
a greater King than thou art, who art so elated with thy riches, and grandeur, and fame; or than the king of Babylon, whose ambassadors these are; even the King of kings, and Lord of armies above and below, and who is able to make good every word that is spoken by him, and therefore should be solemnly attended to.

Isaiah 39:5 In-Context

3 Then Isaiah the prophet went to King Hezekiah and asked, “What did those men say, and where did they come from?” “From a distant land,” Hezekiah replied. “They came to me from Babylon.”

4 The prophet asked, “What did they see in your palace?” “They saw everything in my palace,” Hezekiah said. “There is nothing among my treasures that I did not show them.”

5 Then Isaiah said to Hezekiah, “Hear the word of the LORD Almighty:

6 The time will surely come when everything in your palace, and all that your predecessors have stored up until this day, will be carried off to Babylon. Nothing will be left, says the LORD.

7 And some of your descendants, your own flesh and blood who will be born to you, will be taken away, and they will become eunuchs in the palace of the king of Babylon.”

Cross References

• 1. S Isaiah 38:4