Isaiah 38:7

Translations

Modern

This will be a sign to you from the LORD that He will do what He has promised:

Traditional

And this shall be a sign unto thee from the Lord, that the Lord will do this thing that he hath spoken;

Literal

And this is to you the sign from YHWH that YHWH will do this thing that He has spoken:

Latin

Hoc autem tibi erit signum a Domino, quia faciet Dominus verbum hoc quod locutus est:

Original

Hebrew

English

This will be a sign to you from the LORD that He will do what He has promised:

Notes

Isaiah 38:1–9

The story of Hezekiah’s healing connects two events. It links the extension of Hezekiah’s life with Jerusalem’s rescue from the Assyrians.

These events happened before Jerusalem was saved. However, the book places them in this order because of their theme, not their time sequence. One main theme is the power of prayer (see Isaiah 37:14–20; 38:2–3). The Lord truly listens.

Hezekiah learned to trust God. His father, Ahaz, had refused to trust the Lord. Because Hezekiah trusted God, Judah and Jerusalem were spared complete destruction by the Assyrians.

Still, Hezekiah was not the promised Messiah, the Son of David (Isaiah 7:14; 9:1–7; 11:1–16; 16:5; 32:1; 33:17–22). He was a faithful king, but he was also human and would die. His failures and his sickness (chapters 38–39) prepare the reader for the coming of the true Messiah described in chapters 40–66.

Theme notes and profiles

Hezekiah Isaiah Salvation in Isaiah

Events

Prophecies of Isaiahc. 759 BC

Related verses

Isaiah 37:30
And this will be a sign to you, O Hezekiah: This year you will eat what grows on its own, and in the second year what springs from the same. But in the third year you will sow and reap; you will plant vineyards and eat their fruit.
Judges 6:37–39
…then behold, I will place a fleece of wool on the threshing floor. If there is dew only on the fleece and all the ground is dry, then I will know that You are going to save Israel by my hand, as You have said.”
2 Kings 20:8–21
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?”
Isaiah 7:11–14
“Ask for a sign from the LORD your God, whether from the depths of Sheol or the heights of heaven.”
Judges 6:17–22
Gideon answered, “If I have found favor in Your sight, give me a sign that it is You speaking with me.
Genesis 9:13
I have set My rainbow in the clouds, and it will be a sign of the covenant between Me and the earth.
Isaiah 38:22
And Hezekiah had asked, “What will be the sign that I will go up to the house of the LORD?”

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