I said, I shall not see the LORD, even the LORD, in the land of the living: I shall behold man no more with the inhabitants of the world.

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Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes

AlbertBarnes

18th Century
Presbyterian
18th Century

I shall not see the Lord — In the original, the Hebrew term rendered ‘Lord’ is not Yahweh, but יה יה yâhh

Charles Ellicott

Charles Ellicott

CharlesEllicott

19th Century
Anglican
19th Century

I shall not see the Lord ... —The words are eminently characteristic of the cheerle dimne of the Hebrew’s thoughts of dea…

John Calvin

John Calvin

JohnCalvin

16th Century
Protestant
16th Century

I said, I shall not see God. Amid such earnest longing for an earthly life, Hezekiah would have gone beyond bounds if his grief had not be…

John Gill

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century
Reformed Baptist
17th Century

I said, I shall not see the Lord, even the Lord in the land
of the living

Not any mo…

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry

MatthewHenry

17th Century
Presbyterian
17th Century

Here we have Hezekiah's thanksgiving. It is good for us to remember the mercies we receive in sickne . Hezekiah records the condition he was in. He…

Thomas Aquinas

Thomas Aquinas

ThomasAquinas

13th Century
Catholic
13th Century

1. In those days. In this part, the prophet describes some events resulting from the preceding history, namely, the sickne o…

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