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A Tent and a Weaver's Web
Hezekiah uses two powerful images for life's fragility. Commentators explain his life is like a shepherd's tent—a temporary dwelling easily removed. It is also like a weaver's web, which God can suddenly cut from the loom. These metaphors powerfully illustrate that our time on earth is brief, and our days are ultimately in God's hands.
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Isaiah
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Albert Barnes
On Isaiah 38:12
18th Century
Theologian
My age - The word used here (דור dôr) properly means the revolving period or circle of human life. However, the p…
Charles Ellicott
On Isaiah 38:12
19th Century
Bishop
Mine age is departed ... —Better, my home, or habitation ... as in Psalm 49:19, and thus fittin…
John Calvin
On Isaiah 38:12
16th Century
Theologian
My dwelling is departed. He proceeds with his complaints, depicting his life with a beautiful metaphor, for he compares it to a shephe…
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John Gill
On Isaiah 38:12
17th Century
Pastor
Mine age is departed, and is removed from me as a shepherd's
tent
Or, my habitation…
Matthew Henry
On Isaiah 38:9–22
17th Century
Minister
Here we have Hezekiah's thanksgiving. It is good for us to remember the mercies we receive in sickness. Hezekiah records the condition he was in. H…