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God Works Through Ordinary Means
Commentators overwhelmingly agree that God's promise to heal Hezekiah did not eliminate the use of a physical remedy. Isaiah prescribed a fig plaster, a known ancient medicine. This shows that divine intervention and the use of natural means (like medicine) are not mutually exclusive. As one scholar notes, God's promises are not given to set aside means, but to encourage their use.
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Isaiah
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Albert Barnes
On Isaiah 38:21
18th Century
Theologian
For Isaiah had said — In the parallel passage in Kings, the statement in these two verses is introduced before the account of the miracle on…
Charles Ellicott
On Isaiah 38:21
19th Century
Bishop
For Isaiah had said ... —The direction implies some medical training on the part of Isaiah (see Note on Isaiah 1:6, and Introd…
John Calvin
On Isaiah 38:21
16th Century
Theologian
And Isaiah said Isaiah now relates what was the remedy which he prescribed to Hezekiah. Some think that it was not a remedy, because f…
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John Gill
On Isaiah 38:21
17th Century
Pastor
For Isaiah had said
Before the above writing was made, which ends in the preceding verse; for this and the following…
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…