ISAIAH CHAPTER THIRTY-EIGHT

ISAIAH CHAPTER THIRTY-EIGHT

PROPHET - DATEJONAH (825-785BC)?JOEL (800BC)?HOSEA (785-725BC)?MICAH (785-710BC)?AMOS (784BC)?ISAIAH (701-681BC)?NAHUM (700BC)?ZEPHANIAH (630BC)?JEREMIAH (629-588BC)?DANIEL (606-534BC)?HABAKKUK (598BC)?EZEKIEL (597-573BC)?OBADIAH (588-562BC)?EZRA (536-456BC)?HAGGAI (532-512BC)?ZECHARIAH (520-475BC)?NEHEMIAH (465-424BC)?MALACHI (420-397BC)?

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CYRUS (559-529BC)?BABYLON DESTROYED (536BC)?DARIUS (511-475BC)?

OUTLINE ISAIAH CHAPTER THIRTY-EIGHT

HEZEKIAH'S SICKNESS & RECOVERY V. 1-9

HEZEKIAH’S LIFE IS RESTORED AND HE IS GRATEFUL V. 10-22

READ: ISAIAH 38:1-3

HEZEKIAH'S LIFE EXTENDED (2 KINGS 20:1-11 2 CHRONICLES 32:24-26)

1 In those days Hezekiah was sick and near death. And Isaiah the prophet, the son of Amoz, went to him and said to him, "Thus says the LORD: 'Set your house in order, for you shall die and not live.'" 2 Then Hezekiah turned his face toward the wall, and prayed to the LORD,3 and said, "Remember now, O LORD, I pray, how I have walked before You in truth and with a loyal heart, and have done what is good in Your sight." And Hezekiah wept bitterly.

QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 38:1-3

HEZEKIAH'S LIFE EXTENDED (2 KINGS 20:1-11 2 CHRONICLES 32:24-26)

1 In those days Hezekiah was sick and near death. And Isaiah the prophet, the son of Amoz, went to him and said to him, "Thus says the LORD: 'Set your house in order, for you shall die and not live.'" 2 Then Hezekiah turned his face toward the wall, and prayed to the LORD,3 and said, "Remember now, O LORD, I pray, how I have walked before You in truth and with a loyal heart, and have done what is good in Your sight." And Hezekiah wept bitterly.

WHY DID ISAIAH COME TO HEZEKIAH? WHAT WAS THE MESSAGE FROM THE LORD?

HOW DID HEZEKIAH RESPOND TO THIS?


1 In those days Hezekiah was sick and near death. And Isaiah the prophet, the son of Amoz, went to him and said to him, "Thus says the LORD: 'Set your house in order, for you shall die and not live.'"

WHY DID ISAIAH COME TO HEZEKIAH? READ: 2 KINGS 20:1

1 In those days Hezekiah was sick and near death. And Isaiah the prophet, the son of Amoz, went to him and said to him, "Thus says the LORD: 'Set your house in order, for you shall die, and not live.'" NKJV

WHAT WAS HEZEKIAH’S ILLNESS?HE WAS COVERED WITH BOILS

READ: ISAIAH 38:2121 Now Isaiah had said, "Let them take a lump of figs, and apply it as a poultice on the boil, and he shall recover."



WHAT WAS THE MESSAGE FROM THE LORD?WHY WAS HEZEKIAH GOING TO DIE?

WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO ABIMELECH?READ: GENESIS 20:3

3 But God came to Abimelech in a dream by night, and said to him, "Indeed you are a dead man because of the woman whom you have taken, for she is a man's wife." NKJV

WHY DID ELISHA GO TO SEE BEN-HADAD?

READ: 2 KINGS 8:7-127 Then Elisha went to Damascus, and Ben-Hadad king of Syria was sick; and it was told him, saying, "The man of God has come here.“8 And the king said to Hazael, "Take a present in your hand, and go to meet the man of God, and inquire of the LORD by him, saying, 'Shall I recover from this disease?'“9 So Hazael went to meet him and took a present with him, of every good thing of Damascus, forty camel-loads; and he came and stood before him, and said, "Your son Ben-Hadad king of Syria has sent me to you, saying, 'Shall I recover from this disease?'" 10 And Elisha said to him, "Go, say to him, 'You shall certainly recover.' However the LORD has shown me that he will really die.“11 Then he set his countenance in a stare until he was ashamed; and the man of God wept.12 And Hazael said, "Why is my lord weeping?“ He answered, "Because I know the evil that you will do to the children of Israel: Their strongholds you will set on fire, and their young men you will kill with the sword; and you will dash their children, and rip open their women with child." NKJV



WHY WAS HEZEKIAH GOING TO DIE?DID HEZEKIAH DO ANY WRONG?

READ: 2 KINGS 18:13-1513 And in the fourteenth year of King Hezekiah, Sennacherib king of Assyria came up against all the fortified cities of Judah and took them.14 Then Hezekiah king of Judah sent to the king of Assyria at Lachish, saying, "I have done wrong; turn away from me; whatever you impose on me I will pay." And the king of Assyria assessed Hezekiah king of Judah three hundred talents of silver and thirty talents of gold.15 So Hezekiah gave him all the silver that was found in the house of the LORD and in the treasuries of the king's house.NKJV


2 Then Hezekiah turned his face toward the wall, and prayed to the LORD,3 and said, "Remember now, O LORD, I pray, how I have walked before You in truth and with a loyal heart, and have done what is good in Your sight." And Hezekiah wept bitterly.

HOW DID HEZEKIAH RESPOND TO THIS?WHAT KING OF PERSON WAS HEZEKIAH?

DID HEZEKIAH WALK WITH THE LORD?HE DID WHAT WAS RIGHT IN THE SIGHT OF THE LORD

READ: 2 KINGS 18:1-31 Now it came to pass in the third year of Hoshea the son of Elah, king of Israel, that Hezekiah the son of Ahaz, king of Judah, began to reign. 2 He was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned twenty-nine years in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Abi the daughter of Zechariah.3 And he did what was right in the sight of the LORD, according to all that his father David had done.



DID HEZEKIAH WALK WITH THE LORD?

WHAT DOES THE BIBLE SAY ABOUT THESE PEOPLE?‘THEY WALKED WITH GOD’

READ: GENESIS 5:2424 And Enoch walked with God; and he was not, for God took him. NKJV

READ: GENESIS 6:99 This is the genealogy of Noah. Noah was a just man, perfect in his generations. Noah walked with God.


2 Then Hezekiah turned his face toward the wall, and prayed to the LORD,

3 and said, "Remember now, O LORD, I pray, how I have walked before You in truth and with a loyal heart, and have done what is good in Your sight." And Hezekiah wept bitterly.


WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO ABRAM?

‘WALK BEFORE ME AND BE BLAMELESS’

READ: GENESIS 17:1

1 When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the LORD appeared to Abram and said to him, "I am Almighty God; walk before Me and be blameless. NKJV


WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO SOLOMON?

‘WALK BEFORE ME AS YOUR FATHER DAVID WALKED’READ: 1 KINGS 9:4-5

4 Now if you walk before Me as your father David walked, in integrity of heart and in uprightness, to do according to all that I have commanded you, and if you keep My statutes and My judgments,5 then I will establish the throne of your kingdom over Israel forever, as I promised David your father, saying, 'You shall not fail to have a man on the throne of Israel.‘ NKJV

‘THEY HAVE NOT WALKED IN MY WAYS’READ: 1 KINGS 11:33

33 Because they have forsaken Me, and worshiped Ashtoreth the goddess of the Sidonians, Chemosh the god of the Moabites, and Milcom the god of the people of Ammon, and have not walked in My ways to do what is right in My eyes and keep My statutes and My judgments, as did his father David. NKJV




HOW DOES ONE WALK WITH THE LORD?‘DO WHAT IS RIGHT & GOOD’READ: DEUTERONOMY 6:18

18 And you shall do what is right and good in the sight of the LORD, that it may be well with you, and that you may go in and possess the good land of which the LORD swore to your fathers,

‘FEAR THE LORD & SERVE HIM’READ: DEUTERONOMY 10:20

20 You shall fear the LORD your God; you shall serve Him, and to Him you shall hold fast, and take oaths in His name. NKJV



HOW DOES ONE WALK WITH THE LORD?‘LET YOUR HEART BE LOYAL TO THE LORD’

‘WALK IN HIS STATUTES’READ: 1 KINGS 8:61

61 Let your heart therefore be loyal to the LORD our God, to walk in His statutes and keep His commandments, as at this day."

WHAT DID DAVID ASK THE LORD?‘GIVE MY SON SOLOMON A LOYAL HEART’

READ: 1 CHRONICLES 29:1919 And give my son Solomon a loyal heart to keep Your commandments and Your testimonies and Your statutes, to do all these things, and to build the temple for which I have made provision.“ NKJV




HOW DID DAVID WALK BEFORE THE LORD?‘I HAVE WALKED IN MY INTEGRITY’‘I HAVE WALKED IN YOUR TRUTH’

READ: PSALMS 26:1-31 Vindicate me, O LORD, For I have walked in my integrity. I have also trusted in the LORD; I shall not slip. 2 Examine me, O LORD, and prove me; Try my mind and my heart. 3 For Your loving-kindness is before my eyes,And I have walked in Your truth. NKJV




HOW DID DANIEL MAINTAIN HIS INTEGRITY?‘HE PRAYED TO THE LORD DAILY’

READ: DANIEL 6:1010 Now when Daniel knew that the writing was signed, he went home. And in his upper room, with his windows open toward Jerusalem, he knelt down on his knees three times that day, and prayed and gave thanks before his God, as was his custom since early days.



READ: 2 KINGS 20:2-32 Then he turned his face toward the wall, and prayed to the LORD, saying,3 "Remember now, O LORD, I pray, how I have walked before You in truth and with a loyal heart, and have done what was good in Your sight." And Hezekiah wept bitterly. NKJV

HOW DID HEZEKIAH RESPOND TO THIS?‘I HAVE WALKED BEFORE YOU IN TRUTH

AND WITH A LOYAL HEART’‘I HAVE DONE WHAT IS GOOD IN YOUR SIGHT’

READ: ISAIAH 38:4-6

4 And the word of the LORD came to Isaiah, saying,5 "Go and tell Hezekiah, 'Thus says the LORD, the God of David your father: "I have heard your prayer, I have seen your tears; surely I will add to your days fifteen years.6 I will deliver you and this city from the hand of the king of Assyria, and I will defend this city."‘


4 And the word of the LORD came to Isaiah, saying,5 "Go and tell Hezekiah, 'Thus says the LORD, the God of David your father: "I have heard your prayer, I have seen your tears; surely I will add to your days fifteen years.6 I will deliver you and this city from the hand of the king of Assyria, and I will defend this city."‘

READ: 2 KINGS 20:4-64 And it happened, before Isaiah had gone out into the middle court, that the word of the LORD came to him, saying,5 "Return and tell Hezekiah the leader of My people, 'Thus says the LORD, the God of David your father: "I have heard your prayer, I have seen your tears; surely I will heal you. On the third day you shall go up to the house of the LORD.6 And I will add to your days fifteen years. I will deliver you and this city from the hand of the king of Assyria; and I will defend this city for My own sake, and for the sake of My servant David."'“

WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO HEZEKIAH?


READ: 2 KINGS 20:4-54 And it happened, before Isaiah had gone out into the middle court, that the word of the LORD came to him, saying,5 "Return and tell Hezekiah the leader of My people, 'Thus says the LORD, the God of David your father: "I have heard your prayer, I have seen your tears; surely I will heal you. On the third day you shall go up to the house of the LORD.

WHEN DID GOD RESPOND TO HEZEKIAH’S PRAYER?WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO HEZEKIAH?

‘SURELY I WILL HEAL YOU’

HOW SOON DOES THE LORD RESPOND TO PRAYER?‘BEFORE YOU CALL, I WILL ANSWER’

READ: ISAIAH 65:2424 "It shall come to pass That before they call, I will answer; And while they are still speaking, I will hear. NKJV


HOW SOON DID THE LORD RESPOND TO DANIEL’S PRAYER?‘WHILE I WAS SPEAKING IN PRAYER’

READ: DANIEL 9:20-2120 Now while I was speaking, praying, and confessing my sin and the sin of my people Israel, and presenting my supplication before the LORD my God for the holy mountain of my God,21 yes, while I was speaking in prayer, the man Gabriel, whom I had seen in the vision at the beginning, being caused to fly swiftly, reached me about the time of the evening offering.

WHY DID THE LORD RESPOND SO QUICKLY?‘YOU ARE GREATLY BELOVED’

READ: DANIEL 9:22-2322 And he informed me, and talked with me, and said, "O Daniel, I have now come forth to give you skill to understand.23 At the beginning of your supplications the command went out, and I have come to tell you, for you are greatly beloved; therefore consider the matter, and understand the vision: NKJV


5 "Go and tell Hezekiah, 'Thus says the LORD, the God of David your father: "I have heard your prayer, I have seen your tears; surely I will add to your days fifteen years.6 I will deliver you and this city from the hand of the king of Assyria, and I will defend this city."‘

WHY WILL THE LORD DEFEND JERUSALEM?‘FOR MY OWN SAKE & MY SERVANT DAVID’S SAKE’

READ: 2 KINGS 20:66 And I will add to your days fifteen years. I will deliver you and this city from the hand of the king of Assyria; and I will defend this city for My own sake, and for the sake of My servant David."'" NKJV

READ: ISAIAH 37:3535 'For I will defend this city, to save it For My own sake and for My servant David's sake.'" NKJV

READ: ISAIAH 38:7-8

7 And this is the sign to you from the LORD, that the LORD will do this thing which He has spoken:8 Behold, I will bring the shadow on the sundial, which has gone down with the sun on the sundial of Ahaz, ten degrees backward." So the sun returned ten degrees on the dial by which it had gone down.


7 And this is the sign to you from the LORD, that the LORD will do this thing which He has spoken:8 Behold, I will bring the shadow on the sundial, which has gone down with the sun on the sundial of Ahaz, ten degrees backward." So the sun returned ten degrees on the dial by which it had gone down.

WHY DID THE LORD GIVE HEZEKIAH A SIGN? READ: 2 KINGS 20:8-11

8 And Hezekiah said to Isaiah, "What is the sign that the LORD will heal me, and that I shall go up to the house of the LORD the third day?" 9 Then Isaiah said, "This is the sign to you from the LORD, that the LORD will do the thing which He has spoken: shall the shadow go forward ten degrees or go backward ten degrees?" 10 And Hezekiah answered, "It is an easy thing for the shadow to go down ten degrees; no, but let the shadow go backward ten degrees." 11 So Isaiah the prophet cried out to the LORD, and He brought the shadow ten degrees backward, by which it had gone down on the sundial of Ahaz. NKJV

WHAT DID JOSHUA DO?

8 Behold, I will bring the shadow on the sundial, which has gone down with the sun on the sundial of Ahaz, ten degrees backward." So the sun returned ten degrees on the dial by which it had gone down.

WHAT SIGN DID THE LORD GIVE HEZEKIAH?WHAT WAS THE EFFECT OF MOVING IT BACKWARD?

WHAT SIGN DID JOSHUA GIVE THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL?‘THE SUN STOOD STILL & THE MOON STOPPED’

READ: JOSHUA 10:12-1412 Then Joshua spoke to the LORD in the day when the LORD delivered up the Amorites before the children of Israel, and he said in the sight of Israel: "Sun, stand still over Gibeon; And Moon, in the Valley of Aijalon." 13 So the sun stood still, And the moon stopped, Till the people had revenge Upon their enemies. Is this not written in the Book of Jasher? So the sun stood still in the midst of heaven, and did not hasten to go down for about a whole day.14 And there has been no day like that, before it or after it, that the LORD heeded the voice of a man; for the LORD fought for Israel.

READ: ISAIAH 38:9-11

9 This is the writing of Hezekiah king of Judah, when he had been sick and had recovered from his sickness: 10 I said, "In the prime of my life I shall go to the gates of Sheol; I am deprived of the remainder of my years.“11 I said, "I shall not see YAH, The LORD in the land of the living; I shall observe man no more among the inhabitants of the world.


9 This is the writing of Hezekiah king of Judah, when he had been sick and had recovered from his sickness: 10 I said, "In the prime of my life I shall go to the gates of Sheol; I am deprived of the remainder of my years.“11 I said, "I shall not see YAH, The LORD in the land of the living; I shall observe man no more among the inhabitants of the world.

WHEN DID HEZEKIAH WRITE THESE WORDS?AFTER HE RECOVERED FROM HIS SICKNESS

WHAT WAS HEZEKIAH’S CONCERN ABOUT DYING?‘DYING IN THE PRIME OF LIFE’

‘NOT SEEING YAH IN THE LAND OF THE LIVING?’


10 I said, "In the prime of my life I shall go to the gates of Sheol; I am deprived of the remainder of my years.“

WHAT WAS HEZEKIAH’S CONCERN ABOUT DYING?DYING IN THE PRIME OF LIFE?

WHAT DID DAVID SAY ABOUT DEATH?MAN’S LIFE IS BUT A VAPOR

READ: PSALMS 39:55 Indeed, You have made my days as handbreadths, And my age is as nothing before You; Certainly every man at his best state is but vapor. NKJV

DO NOT TAKE ME IN THE MIDST OF MY DAYSREAD: PSALMS 102:24

24 I said, "O my God, Do not take me away in the midst of my days; Your years are throughout all generations. NKJV



WHAT WAS HEZEKIAH’S CONCERN ABOUT DYING?DYING IN THE PRIME OF LIFE?

WHAT DID DAVID SAY ABOUT DEATH?

‘I WILL SEE YOUR FACE IN RIGHTEOUSNESS’AND ‘I SHALL AWAKE IN YOUR LIKENESS’

READ: PSALMS 17:1515 As for me, I will see Your face in righteousness; I shall be satisfied when I awake in Your likeness. NKJV


11 I said, "I shall not see YAH, The LORD in the land of the living; I shall observe man no more among the inhabitants of the world.

WHAT WAS HEZEKIAH’S CONCERN ABOUT DYING?‘I WILL NOT SEE YAH IN THE LAND OF THE LIVING’

WHAT DID DAVID SAY ABOUT THE LAND OF THE LIVING?

I WOULD SEE THE GOODNESS OF THE LORDREAD: PSALMS 27:13

13 I would have lost heart, unless I had believed That I would see the goodness of the LORD In the land of the living. NKJV

I WILL WALK BEFORE THE LORDREAD: PSALMS 116:8-9

8 For You have delivered my soul from death, My eyes from tears, And my feet from falling. 9 I will walk before the LORD In the land of the living. NKJV


11 I said, "I shall not see YAH, The LORD in the land of the living; I shall observe man no more among the inhabitants of the world.

WHAT WAS DAVID’S MESSAGE TO THE LIVING?READ: PSALMS 34:11-14

11 Come, you children, listen to me; I will teach you the fear of the LORD. 12 Who is the man who desires life, And loves many days, that he may see good? 13 Keep your tongue from evil, And your lips from speaking deceit. 14 Depart from evil and do good; Seek peace and pursue it. NKJV



WHAT WAS HEZEKIAH’S CONCERN ABOUT DYING?‘DYING IN THE PRIME OF LIFE’

WHAT DID PAUL WRITE CONCERNING DEATH?

WE SHOULD TRUST IN GOD WHO RAISES THE DEADREAD: 2 CORINTHIANS 1:9-11

9 Yes, we had the sentence of death in ourselves, that we should not trust in ourselves but in God who raises the dead,10 who delivered us from so great a death, and does deliver us; in whom we trust that He will still deliver us,NKJV


12 My life span is gone, Taken from me like a shepherd's tent; I have cut off my life like a weaver. He cuts me off from the loom; From day until night You make an end of me.13 I have considered until morning — Like a lion, So He breaks all my bones; From day until night You make an end of me.14 Like a crane or a swallow, so I chattered; I mourned like a dove; My eyes fail from looking upward. O LORD, I am oppressed; Undertake for me!


HEZEKIAH'S LIFE EXTENDED 12 My life span is gone, Taken from me like a shepherd's tent; I have cut off my life like a weaver. He cuts me off from the loom; From day until night You make an end of me.13 I have considered until morning — Like a lion, So He breaks all my bones; From day until night You make an end of me.14 Like a crane or a swallow, so I chattered; I mourned like a dove; My eyes fail from looking upward. O LORD, I am oppressed; Undertake for me!

WHAT DID HEZEKIAH SAY ABOUT HIS LIFE?‘MY LIFE SPAN IS GONE’ ‘YOU MAKE AN END OF ME’

‘I MOURN & I AM OPPRESSED’‘MY EYES FAIL TO LOOK UPWARD’


12 My life span is gone, Taken from me like a shepherd's tent; I have cut off my life like a weaver. He cuts me off from the loom; From day until night You make an end of me.

WHAT DID JOB SAY ABOUT HIS LIFE?READ: JOB 7:6-9

6 "My days are swifter than a weaver's shuttle, And are spent without hope. 7 Oh, remember that my life is a breath! My eye will never again see good. 8 The eye of him who sees me will see me no more;While your eyes are upon me, I shall no longer be. 9 As the cloud disappears and vanishes away, So he who goes down to the grave does not come up. NKJV



WHAT DID HEZEKIAH SAY ABOUT HIS LIFE?‘MY LIFE SPAN IS GONE; ‘YOU MAKE AN END OF ME’


17 'Can a mortal be more righteous than God? Can a man be more pure than his Maker? 18 If He puts no trust in His servants, If He charges His angels with error, 19 How much more those who dwell in houses of clay, Whose foundation is in the dust, Who are crushed before a moth? 20 They are broken in pieces from morning till evening; They perish forever, with no one regarding. 21 Does not their own excellence go away? They die, even without wisdom.' NKJV




WHAT DID DAVID SAY ABOUT HIS LIFE?READ: PSALMS 32:1-4

1 Blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven, Whose sin is covered. 2 Blessed is the man to whom the LORD does not impute iniquity, And in whose spirit there is no deceit. 3 When I kept silent, my bones grew old Through my groaning all the day long. 4 For day and night Your hand was heavy upon me;My vitality was turned into the drought of summer. NKJV




WHAT DID PAUL SAY ABOUT LIFE & DEATH?READ: 2 CORINTHIANS 5:1-5

1 For we know that if our earthly house, this tent, is destroyed, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.2 For in this we groan, earnestly desiring to be clothed with our habitation which is from heaven,3 if indeed, having been clothed, we shall not be found naked.4 For we who are in this tent groan, being burdened, not because we want to be unclothed, but further clothed, that mortality may be swallowed up by life.5 Now He who has prepared us for this very thing is God, who also has given us the Spirit as a guarantee.




WHAT DID PETER SAY ABOUT LIFE & DEATH?READ: 2 PETER 1:12-15

12 For this reason I will not be negligent to remind you always of these things, though you know and are established in the present truth.13 Yes, I think it is right, as long as I am in this tent, to stir you up by reminding you,14 knowing that shortly I must put off my tent, just as our Lord Jesus Christ showed me.15 Moreover I will be careful to ensure that you always have a reminder of these things after my decease. NKJV


13 I have considered until morning — Like a lion, So He breaks all my bones; From day until night You make an end of me.14 Like a crane or a swallow, so I chattered; I mourned like a dove; My eyes fail from looking upward. O LORD, I am oppressed; Undertake for me!

WHAT DID HEZEKIAH SAY ABOUT HIS LIFE?LIKE A LION – HE BREAKS ALL MY BONES

FROM DAY UNTIL NIGHT YOU MAKE AN END OF ME

WHAT DID JOB SAY ABOUT HIS LIFE?READ: JOB 7:4

4 When I lie down, I say, 'When shall I arise, And the night be ended?‘ For I have had my fill of tossing till dawn. NKJV


13 I have considered until morning — Like a lion, So He breaks all my bones; From day until night You make an end of me.

WHAT DID HEZEKIAH SAY ABOUT HIS LIFE?


24 For my sighing comes before I eat, And my groanings pour out like water. 25 For the thing I greatly feared has come upon me,And what I dreaded has happened to me.26 I am not at ease, nor am I quiet; I have no rest, for trouble comes." NKJV



14 "How then can I answer Him, And choose my words to reason with Him? 15 For though I were righteous, I could not answer Him; I would beg mercy of my Judge. 16 If I called and He answered me, I would not believe that He was listening to my voice. 17 For He crushes me with a tempest, And multiplies my wounds without cause. 18 He will not allow me to catch my breath, But fills me with bitterness. 19 If it is a matter of strength, indeed He is strong;And if of justice, who will appoint my day in court? 20 Though I were righteous, my own mouth would condemn me; Though I were blameless, it would prove me perverse. NKJV





14 If I sin, then You mark me, And will not acquit me of my iniquity. 15 If I am wicked, woe to me; Even if I am righteous, I cannot lift up my head. I am full of disgrace; See my misery! 16 If my head is exalted, You hunt me like a fierce lion, And again You show Yourself awesome against me. 17 You renew Your witnesses against me, And increase Your indignation toward me; Changes and war are ever with me. NKJV





3 When I kept silent, my bones grew old Through my groaning all the day long. 4 For day and night Your hand was heavy upon me;My vitality was turned into the drought of summer. NKJV

READ: PSALMS 37:7-87 Rest in the LORD, and wait patiently for Him; Do not fret because of him who prospers in his way, Because of the man who brings wicked schemes to pass. 8 Cease from anger, and forsake wrath; Do not fret — it only causes harm. NKJV





9 Lord, all my desire is before You; And my sighing is not hidden from You. 10 My heart pants, my strength fails me; As for the light of my eyes, it also has gone from me. NKJV

READ: PSALMS 51:7-97 Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean; Wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow. 8 Make me hear joy and gladness, That the bones You have broken may rejoice. 9 Hide Your face from my sins, And blot out all my iniquities. NKJV


14 Like a crane or a swallow, so I chattered; I mourned like a dove; My eyes fail from looking upward. O LORD, I am oppressed; Undertake for me!

WHAT DID HEZEKIAH SAY ABOUT HIS LIFE?MY EYES FAIL TO LOOK UPWARD – I AM OPPRESSED


6 I am weary with my groaning; All night I make my bed swim; I drench my couch with my tears. 7 My eye wastes away because of grief; It grows old because of all my enemies. NKJV


14 Like a crane or a swallow, so I chattered; I mourned like a dove; My eyes fail from looking upward. O LORD, I am oppressed; Undertake for me!

WHAT DID HEZEKIAH SAY ABOUT HIS LIFE?MY EYES FAIL TO LOOK UPWARD – I AM OPPRESSED


1 "My spirit is broken, My days are extinguished, The grave is ready for me. 2 Are not mockers with me? And does not my eye dwell on their provocation? 3 "Now put down a pledge for me with Yourself. Who is he who will shake hands with me? 4 For You have hidden their heart from understanding; Therefore You will not exalt them. 5 He who speaks flattery to his friends, Even the eyes of his children will fail. NKJV


15 "What shall I say? He has both spoken to me, And He Himself has done it. I shall walk carefully all my years In the bitterness of my soul.16 O Lord, by these things men live; And in all these things is the life of my spirit; So You will restore me and make me live.17 Indeed it was for my own peace That I had great bitterness; But You have lovingly delivered my soul from the pit of corruption, For You have cast all my sins behind Your back.


15 "What shall I say? He has both spoken to me, And He Himself has done it. I shall walk carefully all my years In the bitterness of my soul.16 O Lord, by these things men live; And in all these things is the life of my spirit; So You will restore me and make me live.17 Indeed it was for my own peace That I had great bitterness; But You have lovingly delivered my soul from the pit of corruption, For You have cast all my sins behind Your back.

WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO HEZEKIAH?HOW DID HE RESPOND TO THIS MESSAGE?

BY WHAT THINGS DO MEN LIVE?WHAT DID HE SAY CONCERNING HIS DELIVERANCE?


15 "What shall I say? He has both spoken to me, And He Himself has done it. I shall walk carefully all my years In the bitterness of my soul.


WHAT DID MOSES SAY ABOUT THE LORD?HE HAS SPOKEN & HE WILL MAKE IT GOOD

READ: NUMBERS 23:1919 "God is not a man, that He should lie, Nor a son of man, that He should repent. Has He said, and will He not do? Or has He spoken, and will He not make it good?




WHAT DID DAVID SAY ABOUT THE LORD?‘FOR YOUR WORDS SAKE

YOU HAVE DONE ALL THESE THINGS’READ: 2 SAMUEL 7:18-24

18 Then King David went in and sat before the LORD; and he said: "Who am I, O Lord GOD? And what is my house, that You have brought me this far?19 And yet this was a small thing in Your sight, O Lord GOD; and You have also spoken of Your servant's house for a great while to come. Is this the manner of man, O Lord GOD?20 Now what more can David say to You? For You, Lord GOD, know Your servant.21 For Your word's sake, and according to Your own heart, You have done all these great things, to make Your servant know them.




HOW DID DAVID RESPOND TO THE LORD?‘ I WAS MUTE’ ‘I DID NOT OPEN MY MOUTH’

BECAUSE ‘IT WAS YOU WHO DID IT’READ: PSALMS 39:7-11

7 "And now, Lord, what do I wait for? My hope is in You. 8 Deliver me from all my transgressions; Do not make me the reproach of the foolish. 9 I was mute, I did not open my mouth, Because it was You who did it. 10 Remove Your plague from me; I am consumed by the blow of Your hand. 11 When with rebukes You correct man for iniquity, You make his beauty melt away like a moth; Surely every man is vapor. NKJV



HOW DID HEZEKIAH RESPOND TO THE LORD?‘I SHALL WALK CAREFULLY ALL MY YEARS’

WHAT DID PAUL SAY CONCERNING THE LORD?

‘HE IS FAITHFUL & HE WILL DO IT’READ: 1 THESSALONIANS 5:24

24 He who calls you is faithful, who also will do it. NKJV

READ: HEBREWS 10:2323 Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering for He who promised is faithful. NKJV


16 O Lord, by these things men live; And in all these things is the life of my spirit; So You will restore me and make me live.

WHAT THINGS SHOULD MEN LIVE BY?

READ: DEUTERONOMY 8:1-51 "Every commandment which I command you today you must be careful to observe, that you may live and multiply, and go in and possess the land of which the LORD swore to your fathers.2 And you shall remember that the LORD your God led you all the way these forty years in the wilderness, to humble you and test you, to know what was in your heart, whether you would keep His commandments or not.3 So He humbled you, allowed you to hunger, and fed you with manna which you did not know nor did your fathers know, that He might make you know that man shall not live by bread alone; but man lives by every word that proceeds from the mouth of the LORD.4 Your garments did not wear out on you, nor did your foot swell these forty years.5 You should know in your heart that as a man chastens his son, so the LORD your God chastens you.




WHAT HAS THE LORD GIVEN TO ALL MEN?READ: PSALMS 104:27-30

27 These all wait for You, That You may give them their food in due season. 28 What You give them they gather in; You open Your hand, they are filled with good. 29 You hide Your face, they are troubled; You take away their breath, they die and return to their dust. 30 You send forth Your Spirit, they are created; And You renew the face of the earth. NKJV




WHAT DID THE PSALMIST LIVE BY?READ: PSALMS 119:25-32

25 My soul clings to the dust; Revive me according to Your word. 26 I have declared my ways, and You answered me;Teach me Your statutes. 27 Make me understand the way of Your precepts;So shall I meditate on Your wonderful works. 28 My soul melts from heaviness; Strengthen me according to Your word.




WHAT DID THE PSALMIST LIVE BY?READ: PSALMS 119:25-32

29 Remove from me the way of lying, And grant me Your law graciously. 30 I have chosen the way of truth; Your judgments I have laid before me. 31 I cling to Your testimonies; O LORD, do not put me to shame! 32 I will run the course of Your commandments, For You shall enlarge my heart. NKJV



WHAT THINGS SHOULD MEN LIVE BY?WHY CHASTENING?

READ: HEBREWS 12:7-117 If you endure chastening, God deals with you as with sons; for what son is there whom a father does not chasten?8 But if you are without chastening, of which all have become partakers, then you are illegitimate and not sons.9 Furthermore, we have had human fathers who corrected us, and we paid them respect. Shall we not much more readily be in subjection to the Father of spirits and live?10 For they indeed for a few days chastened us as seemed best to them, but He for our profit, that we may be partakers of His holiness.11 Now no chastening seems to be joyful for the present, but painful; nevertheless, afterward it yields the peaceable fruit of righteousness to those who have been trained by it. NKJV


17 Indeed it was for my own peace That I had great bitterness; But You have lovingly delivered my soul from the pit of corruption, For You have cast all my sins behind Your back.

HOW DID THE LORD DELIVER HEZEKIAH? WHY?

READ: JOB 33:14-1814 For God may speak in one way, or in another, Yet man does not perceive it. 15 In a dream, in a vision of the night, When deep sleep falls upon men, While slumbering on their beds, 16 Then He opens the ears of men, And seals their instruction. 17 In order to turn man from his deed, And conceal pride from man, 18 He keeps back his soul from the Pit, And his life from perishing by the sword. NKJV



HOW DID THE LORD DELIVER HEZEKIAH? WHY?READ: JOB 33:23-26

23 "If there is a messenger for him, A mediator, one among a thousand, To show man His uprightness, 24 Then He is gracious to him, and says, 'Deliver him from going down to the Pit; I have found a ransom'; 25 His flesh shall be young like a child's, He shall return to the days of his youth. 26 He shall pray to God, and He will delight in him,He shall see His face with joy, For He restores to man His righteousness. NKJV

READ: JOB 33:29-3029 "Behold, God works all these things, Twice, in fact, three times with a man, 30 To bring back his soul from the Pit, That he may be enlightened with the light of life. NKJV



HOW DID THE LORD DELIVER HEZEKIAH? WHY?READ: PSALMS 30:2-3

2 O LORD my God, I cried out to You, And You healed me. 3 O LORD, You brought my soul up from the grave;You have kept me alive, that I should not go down to the pit. NKJV

READ: PSALMS 119:75-7775 I know, O LORD, that Your judgments are right,And that in faithfulness You have afflicted me. 76 Let, I pray, Your merciful kindness be for my comfort, According to Your word to Your servant. 77 Let Your tender mercies come to me, that I may live; For Your law is my delight. NKJV

ALSO: PSALMS 69:13-15; 88:1-5


HOW DID THE LORD DELIVER HEZEKIAH? WHY?READ: MICAH 7:18-19

18 He does not retain His anger forever, Because He delights in mercy. 19 He will again have compassion on us, And will subdue our iniquities. NKJV

HOW DOES THIS APPLY TO US TODAY?READ: ROMANS 8:28

28 And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are the called according to His purpose. NKJV

READ: HEBREWS 13:20-2120 Now may the God of peace who brought up our Lord Jesus from the dead, that great Shepherd of the sheep, through the blood of the everlasting covenant,21 make you complete in every good work to do His will, working in you what is well pleasing in His sight, through Jesus Christ, to whom be glory forever and ever. Amen. NKJV


18 For Sheol cannot thank You, Death cannot praise You; Those who go down to the pit cannot hope for Your truth.19 The living, the living man, he shall praise You, As I do this day; The father shall make known Your truth to the children.


18 For Sheol cannot thank You, Death cannot praise You; Those who go down to the pit cannot hope for Your truth.19 The living, the living man, he shall praise You, As I do this day; The father shall make known Your truth to the children.

WHAT IS SHEOL & DEATH UNABLE TO DO?‘PRAISE THE LORD?’

WHO ALONE CAN PRAISE THE LORD?‘THE LIVING?’

WHAT SHOULD MAN MAKE KNOWN TO HIS CHILDREN?‘THE TRUTH OF GOD?’


18 For Sheol cannot thank You, Death cannot praise You; Those who go down to the pit cannot hope for Your truth.

WHAT IS SHEOL & DEATH UNABLE TO DO?‘PRAISE THE LORD?”READ: PSALMS 6:4-5

4 Return, O LORD, deliver me! Oh, save me for Your mercies' sake! 5 For in death there is no remembrance of You; In the grave who will give You thanks? NKJV

READ: PSALMS 30:8-98 I cried out to You, O LORD; And to the LORD I made supplication: 9 "What profit is there in my blood, When I go down to the pit? Will the dust praise You? Will it declare Your truth? NKJV


WHAT IS SHEOL & DEATH UNABLE TO DO?‘PRAISE THE LORD?”

READ: PSALMS 88:9-129 LORD, I have called daily upon You; I have stretched out my hands to You. 10 Will You work wonders for the dead? Shall the dead arise and praise You?11 Shall Your loving-kindness be declared in the grave? Or Your faithfulness in the place of destruction? 12 Shall Your wonders be known in the dark? And Your righteousness in the land of forgetfulness? NKJV

READ: PSALMS 115:16-1816 The heaven, even the heavens, are the LORD‘S;But the earth He has given to the children of men. 17 The dead do not praise the LORD, Nor any who go down into silence. 18 But we will bless the LORD From this time forth and forevermore. NKJV



WHAT IS SHEOL & DEATH UNABLE TO DO?‘PRAISE THE LORD?”

WHAT IS THE MESSAGE FOR US TODAY?READ; ECCLESIASTES 9:10

10 Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with your might; for there is no work or device or knowledge or wisdom in the grave where you are going. NKJV



WHAT IS THE HOPE OF OUR SALVATION?READ: ROMANS 8:22-25

22 For we know that the whole creation groans and labors with birth pangs together until now.23 Not only that, but we also who have the first-fruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, eagerly waiting for the adoption, the redemption of our body.24 For we were saved in this hope, but hope that is seen is not hope; for why does one still hope for what he sees?25 But if we hope for what we do not see, we eagerly wait for it with perseverance. NKJV

READ: 1 THESSALONIANS 4:13-1413 But I do not want you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning those who have fallen asleep, lest you sorrow as others who have no hope.14 For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so God will bring with Him those who sleep in Jesus. NKJV



WHAT IS THE HOPE OF OUR SALVATION?

READ: 2 TIMOTHY 1:8-128 Therefore do not be ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, nor of me His prisoner, but share with me in the sufferings for the gospel according to the power of God,9 who has saved us and called us with a holy calling, not according to our works, but according to His own purpose and grace which was given to us in Christ Jesus before time began,10 but has now been revealed by the appearing of our Savior Jesus Christ, who has abolished death and brought life and immortality to light through the gospel,11 to which I was appointed a preacher, an apostle, and a teacher of the Gentiles.12 For this reason I also suffer these things; nevertheless I am not ashamed, for I know whom I have believed and am persuaded that He is able to keep what I have committed to Him until that Day.


19 The living, the living man, he shall praise You, As I do this day; The father shall make known Your truth to the children.

WHAT SHOULD MAN MAKE KNOWN TO HIS CHILDREN?

READ: DEUTERONOMY 11:18-2118 "Therefore you shall lay up these words of mine in your heart and in your soul, and bind them as a sign on your hand, and they shall be as frontlets between your eyes.19 You shall teach them to your children, speaking of them when you sit in your house, when you walk by the way, when you lie down, and when you rise up.20 And you shall write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates,21 that your days and the days of your children may be multiplied in the land of which the LORD swore to your fathers to give them, like the days of the heavens above the earth. NKJV

WHAT DID DAVID SAY HE WOULD DECLARE? WHY?

‘THE WORKS OF THE LORD?’READ: PSALMS 2:7

7 "I will declare the decree: The LORD has said to Me, 'You are My Son, Today I have begotten You. NKJV

READ: PSALMS 118:16-1816 The right hand of the LORD is exalted; The right hand of the LORD does valiantly. 17 I shall not die, but live, And declare the works of the LORD. 18 The LORD has chastened me severely, But He has not given me over to death. NKJV

READ: PSALMS 119:174-176174 I long for Your salvation, O LORD, And Your law is my delight. 175 Let my soul live, and it shall praise You; And let Your judgments help me. 176 I have gone astray like a lost sheep; Seek Your servant, For I do not forget Your commandments. NKJV


20 "The LORD was ready to save me; Therefore we will sing my songs with stringed instruments All the days of our life, in the house of the LORD." 21 Now Isaiah had said, "Let them take a lump of figs, and apply it as a poultice on the boil, and he shall recover." 22 And Hezekiah had said, "What is the sign that I shall go up to the house of the LORD?" NKJV


20 "The LORD was ready to save me; Therefore we will sing my songs with stringed instruments All the days of our life, in the house of the LORD." 21 Now Isaiah had said, "Let them take a lump of figs, and apply it as a poultice on the boil, and he shall recover." 22 And Hezekiah had said, "What is the sign that I shall go up to the house of the LORD?" NKJV

HOW DID THEY RESPOND TO HIS SALVATION?‘SING PRAISES TO THE LORD?’

WHAT WAS HEZEKIAH’S AILMENT? BOILS?WHAT DID ISAIAH TELL HEZEKIAH TO DO?

WHY DID HEZEKIAH ASK FOR A SIGN?


20 "The LORD was ready to save me; Therefore we will sing my songs with stringed instruments All the days of our life, in the house of the LORD."

HOW DID THEY RESPOND TO HIS SALVATION?‘SING PRAISES TO THE LORD?’

HOW DID DAVID RESPOND TO THE LORD?‘I WILL CALL UPON HIM AS LONG AS I LIVE’

READ: PSALMS 116:1-21 I love the LORD, because He has heard My voice and my supplications. 2 Because He has inclined His ear to me, Therefore I will call upon Him as long as I live. NKJV

READ: PSALMS 116:1717 I will offer to You the sacrifice of thanksgiving, And will call upon the name of the LORD. NKJV


21 Now Isaiah had said, "Let them take a lump of figs, and apply it as a poultice on the boil, and he shall recover."

WHAT WAS HEZEKIAH’S AILMENT? BOILS?

WHAT DID ISAIAH TELL HEZEKIAH TO DO?‘APPLY A POULTICE OF FIGS ON THE BOILS’

READ: 2 KINGS 20:77 Then Isaiah said, "Take a lump of figs." So they took and laid it on the boil, and he recovered.


22 And Hezekiah had said, "What is the sign that I shall go up to the house of the LORD?" NKJV

WHY DID HEZEKIAH ASK FOR A SIGN?

WHAT DID THE LORD SAY EARLIER?‘YOU SHALL GO TO THE HOUSE OF THE LORD’

READ: 2 KINGS 20:4-54 And it happened, before Isaiah had gone out into the middle court, that the word of the LORD came to him, saying,5 "Return and tell Hezekiah the leader of My people, 'Thus says the LORD, the God of David your father: "I have heard your prayer, I have seen your tears; surely I will heal you. On the third day you shall go up to the house of the LORD.


WHAT SIGN DID THE LORD GIVE HEZEKIAH?‘TURN THE SUNDIAL BACK TEN DEGREES?’

READ: 2 KINGS 20:8-118 And Hezekiah said to Isaiah, "What is the sign that the LORD will heal me, and that I shall go up to the house of the LORD the third day?" 9 Then Isaiah said, "This is the sign to you from the LORD, that the LORD will do the thing which He has spoken: shall the shadow go forward ten degrees or go backward ten degrees?" 10 And Hezekiah answered, "It is an easy thing for the shadow to go down ten degrees; no, but let the shadow go backward ten degrees." 11 So Isaiah the prophet cried out to the LORD, and He brought the shadow ten degrees backward, by which it had gone down on the sundial of Ahaz. NKJV

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