Isaías 38:11-21

11 Dije: No veré a JAH, a JAH en la tierra de los que viven; ya no veré más hombre con los moradores del mundo

12 Mi morada ha sido movida, y traspasada de mí, como tienda de pastor, cortó mi vida como el tejedor; me ha cortado con la enfermedad; entre el día y la noche me consumirás

13 Contaba yo hasta la mañana. Como un león molió todos mis huesos; de la mañana a la noche me acabarás

14 Como la grulla, y como la golondrina me quejaba; gemía como la paloma; alzaba en lo alto mis ojos: Señor, violencia padezco; confórtame

15 ¿Qué diré? El que me lo dijo, él mismo lo hizo. Andaré temblando con amargura de mi alma todos los años de mi vida

16 Señor, aun a todos los que vivirán, en estos quince años anunciaré la vida de mi espíritu en ellos; y cómo me hiciste dormir, y después me has dado vida

17 He aquí, amargura amarga para mí en la paz; mas a ti te alegró librar mi vida del hoyo de corrupción, porque echaste tras tus espaldas todos mis pecados

18 Porque el Seol no te confesará, ni te alabará la muerte; ni los que descienden en el hoyo esperarán tu verdad

19 El que vive, el que vive, éste te confesará, como yo hoy. El padre hará a los hijos notoria tu verdad

20 El SEÑOR está listo para salvarme; por tanto cantaremos nuestros Salmos en la Casa del SEÑOR todos los días de nuestra vida

21 Dijo pues Isaías: Tomen masa de higos, y pónganla en la llaga, y sanará

Isaías 38:11-21 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO ISAIAH 38

This chapter gives an account of Hezekiah's sickness, recovery, and thanksgiving on that account. His sickness, and the nature of it, and his preparation for it, as directed to by the prophet, Isa 38:1, his prayer to God upon it, Isa 38:2,3 the answer returned unto it, by which he is assured of living fifteen years more, and of the deliverance and protection of the city of Jerusalem from the Assyrians, Isa 38:4-6, the token of his recovery, the sun going back ten degrees on the dial of Ahaz, Isa 38:7,8, a writing of Hezekiah's upon his recovery, in commemoration of it, Isa 38:9, in which he represents the deplorable condition he had been in, the terrible apprehensions he had of things, especially of the wrath and fury of the Almighty, and his sorrowful and mournful complaints, Isa 38:10-14, he observes his deliverance according to the word of God; expresses his faith in it; promises to retain a cheerful sense of it; owning that it was by the promises of God that he had lived as other saints did; and ascribes his preservation from the grave to the love of God to him, of which the forgiveness of his sins was an evidence, Isa 38:15-17, the end of which salvation was, that he might praise the Lord, which he determined to do, on stringed instruments, Isa 38:18-20, and the chapter is closed with observing the means of curing him of his boil; and that it was at his request that the sign of his recovery was given him, Isa 38:21,22.