Isaiah 38:22

Translations

Modern

And Hezekiah had asked, “What will be the sign that I will go up to the house of the LORD?”

Traditional

Hezekiah also had said, What is the sign that I shall go up to the house of the Lord?

Literal

And Hezekiah said, “What is the sign that I will go up to the house of YHWH?”

Latin

Et dixit Ezechias: Quod erit signum quia ascendam in domum Domini?

Original

Hebrew

English

And Hezekiah had asked, “What will be the sign that I will go up to the house of the LORD?”

Notes

Isaiah 38:22

Hezekiah could not visit the temple with an infection (see Leviticus 13). So, going to the temple means he is healthy again.

Isaiah 38:21–22

Hezekiah received a sign from the Lord. This sign reminds us of another sign that the prophet had offered to Ahaz (Isaiah 7:11).

Ahaz and Hezekiah stand at the two ends of a long story in Judah’s history. Ahaz represents the ungodly king. Hezekiah represents the godly king.

Ahaz brought disaster on his people through his choices. Hezekiah, in contrast, brought deliverance to his people. However, Isaiah 39 shows that even Hezekiah’s story includes warning and future trouble.

Theme notes and profiles

Hezekiah Isaiah Salvation in Isaiah

Events

Prophecies of Isaiahc. 759 BC

Related verses

2 Kings 20:8
Now Hezekiah had asked Isaiah, “What will be the sign that the LORD will heal me and that I will go up to the house of the LORD on the third day?”
John 5:14
Afterward, Jesus found the man at the temple and said to him, “See, you have been made well. Stop sinning, or something worse may happen to you.”
Psalm 118:18–19
The LORD disciplined me severely, but He has not given me over to death.
Psalm 84:1–2
For the choirmaster. According to Gittith. A Psalm of the sons of Korah. How lovely is Your dwelling place, O LORD of Hosts!
Psalm 42:1–2
For the choirmaster. A Maskil of the sons of Korah. As the deer pants for streams of water, so my soul longs after You, O God.
Psalm 84:10–12
For better is one day in Your courts than a thousand elsewhere. I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God than dwell in the tents of the wicked.
Psalm 122:1
A song of ascents. Of David. I was glad when they said to me, “Let us go to the house of the LORD.”

People

Hezekiah: A righteous king of Judah

Glossary

Hezekiah History of Israel Inscriptions Isaiah, Book of Kings, Books of First and Second Miracle Sign

Topics

Hezekiah: King of Judah: His Psalm of Thanksgiving

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