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Behold, [it was] for [my] peace [that] I had great bitterness: But you have in love to my soul delivered it from the pit of corruption; For you have cast all my sins behind your back.
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Suffering Can Lead to Peace
Commentators suggest Hezekiah's "great bitterness" was not meaningless but was ultimately for his own "peace" and salvation. Scholars like Ellicott and Gill explain that the suffering was a tool God used to bring about a greater good. This reframes difficult trials, suggesting they can be part of God's loving plan to draw believers closer to Him.
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Isaiah
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Behold, for peace - That is, instead of the health, happiness, and prosperity which I had enjoyed, and which I hope still to enjoy.…
19th Century
Anglican
For peace I had great bitterness... — The words in the Authorized Version read like a retrospect of the change from healt…
16th Century
Protestant
Lo, in peace my bitterness was bitter. Again, another circumstance aggravates the severity of the distress; for sudden and unexpected cala…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Behold, for peace I had great bitterness Meaning not that instead of peace and prosperity, which he expected would e…
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…
13th Century
Catholic
1. In those days. In this part, the prophet describes some events resulting from the preceding history, namely, the sickness…
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