Isaiah 38:9-14

Hezekiah's Sickness and Recovery

9 A writing of Hezekiah king of Judah, after he had been sick and had recovered from his sickness:

10 I said, x In the middle 1 of my days
I must depart;
I am consigned to the gates of Sheol
for the rest of my years.
 11 I said, I shall not see the Lord,
the Lord y in the land of the living;
I shall look on man no more
among the inhabitants of the world.
 12 My dwelling is plucked up and removed from me
z like a shepherd's tent;
a like a weaver b I have rolled up my life;
c he cuts me off from the loom;
d from day to night you bring me to an end;
 13 e I calmed myself 2 until morning;
like a lion f he breaks all my bones;
from day to night you bring me to an end.

14 Like g a swallow or a crane I chirp;
h I moan like a dove.
i My eyes are weary with looking upward.
O Lord, I am oppressed; j be my pledge of safety!

  1. Cross References
    Psalms 102:24
    "O my God," I say, "take me not away in the midst of my days - you whose years endure throughout all generations!"
  2. Cross References
    Psalms 27:13
    I believe that I shall look upon the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living!
    Psalms 88:5
    Like one set loose among the dead, like the slain that lie in the grave, like those whom you remember no more, for they are cut off from your hand.
  3. Cross References
    2 Corinthians 5:1
    For we know that if the tent that is our earthly home is destroyed, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.
  4. Cross References
    Job 7:6
    My days are swifter than a weaver's shuttle and come to their end without hope.
  5. Cross References
    Hebrews 1:12
    Like a robe you will roll them up, like a garment they will be changed. But you are the same, and your years will have no end.
  6. Cross References
    Job 6:9
    That it would please God to crush me, that he would let loose his hand and cut me off!
  7. Cross References
    Job 4:20
    Between morning and evening they are beaten to pieces; they perish forever without anyone regarding it.
    Psalms 73:14
    For all the day long I have been stricken and rebuked every morning.
  8. Cross References
    Psalms 30:5
    For his anger is but for a moment, and his favor is for a lifetime. Weeping may tarry for the night, but joy comes with the morning.
  9. Cross References
    Psalms 38:3
    There is no soundness in my flesh because of your indignation; there is no health in my bones because of my sin.
  10. Cross References
    Jeremiah 8:7
    Even the stork in the heavens knows her times, and the turtledove, swallow, and crane keep the time of their coming, but my people know not the rules of the Lord.
  11. Cross References
    Isaiah 59:11
    We all growl like bears; we moan and moan like doves; we hope for justice, but there is none; for salvation, but it is far from us.
  12. Cross References
    Psalms 69:3
    I am weary with my crying out; my throat is parched. My eyes grow dim with waiting for my God.
  13. Cross References
    Psalms 119:122
    Give your servant a pledge of good; let not the insolent oppress me.
    Psalms 86:17
    Show me a sign of your favor, that those who hate me may see and be put to shame because you, Lord, have helped me and comforted me.
    Hebrews 7:22
    This makes Jesus the guarantor of a better covenant.
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