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In those days was Hezekiah sick to death. Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz came to him, and said to him, Thus says Yahweh, Set your house in order: for you shall die, and not live.
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A Changeable Prophecy?
When God told Hezekiah he would die, it wasn't an unchangeable decree. Commentators explain that such prophetic warnings are often conditional, designed to lead to repentance. Charles Spurgeon adds that God was describing the natural outcome of the illness, which He could then choose to override with a miracle. The key insight is that God's warnings can be an invitation to turn to Him in prayer, not just a final verdict.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
In those days — Hezekiah seems to have died in 697 B.C., and his illness must belong to 713 or 714 B.C. (compare 2 Kings 20:6), …
19th Century
Anglican
In those days — that is, in the time of the Assyrian invasion. The illness may have been caused, or at least aggravated, by the in…
Baptist
That is to say, in the common course of providence, without a miracle, Hezekiah must have died. God did by no means change when afterwards He permi…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
In these days was Hezekiah sick unto death,.... Of this sickness of Hezekiah, the message of the prophet Isaiah to him, and his prayer upon it, See…
Hezekiah was sick to the point of death in the same year that the king of Assyria besieged Jerusalem. Isaiah brought a warning to Hezekiah to prepa…
