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Now Isaiah had said, Let them take a cake of figs, and lay it for a plaster on the boil, and he shall recover.
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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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18th Century
Presbyterian
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…
19th Century
Anglican
For Isaiah had said ... —The direction implies some medical training on the part of Isaiah (see Note on Isaiah 1:6, and Introd…
16th Century
Protestant
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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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
For Isaiah had said Before the above writing was made, which ends in the preceding verse; for this and the following…
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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