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Set Your House in Order
Commentators explain that God's command to Hezekiah is a universal call. It involves both practical preparation for death, such as arranging one's family and financial affairs, and spiritual preparation to meet God. This verse encourages believers to live in a state of readiness, not leaving essential matters for the last moment.
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Isaiah
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Albert Barnes
On Isaiah 38:1
18th Century
Theologian
In those days - That is, his sickness began around the time the army of Sennacherib was destroyed. The question has been raised whether Heze…
Charles Ellicott
On Isaiah 38:1
19th Century
Bishop
In those days. — On any supposition, the narrative of Hezekiah’s illness throws us back to a time fifteen years before his death, …
John Calvin
On Isaiah 38:1
16th Century
Theologian
In those days. The Prophet now relates that the pious king was violently assailed by a different kind of temptation: namely, that he was s…
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John Gill
On Isaiah 38:1
17th Century
Pastor
In those days was Hezekiah sick unto death
This was about the time that Sennacherib invaded Judea, threatened Jerusa…
Matthew Henry
On Isaiah 38:1–8
17th Century
Minister
When we pray in our sickness, though God does not send to us such an answer as he here sent to Hezekiah, yet, if by his Spirit he instructs us to b…