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.

Commentaries

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Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes

AlbertBarnes

18th Century
Presbyterian
18th Century

Behold, for peace - That is, instead of the health, happiness, and prosperity which I had enjoyed, and which I hope still to enjoy.…

Charles Ellicott

Charles Ellicott

CharlesEllicott

19th Century
Anglican
19th Century

For peace I had great bitterness... — The words in the Authorized Version read like a retrospect of the change from healt…

John Calvin

John Calvin

JohnCalvin

16th Century
Protestant
16th Century

Lo, in peace my bitterness was bitter. Again, another circumstance aggravates the severity of the distress; for sudden and unexpected cala…

John Gill

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century
Reformed Baptist
17th Century

Behold, for peace I had great bitterness
Meaning not that instead of peace and prosperity, which he expected would e…

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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