"The writing of Hezekiah king of Judah, when he had been sick, and was recovered of his sickness:" — Isaiah 38:9

Isaiah 38:9 · KJV

“The writing of Hezekiah king of Judah, when he had been sick, and was recovered of his sickness:”

— Isaiah 38:9

Behold, I will bring again the shadow of the degrees, which is gone down in the sun dial of Ahaz, ten degrees backward. So the sun returned ten degrees, by which degrees it was gone down. {sun dial: Heb. degrees by, or, with the sun}

Verse 10

I said in the cutting off of my days, I shall go to the gates of the grave: I am deprived of the residue of my years.

Isaiah 38 — Context

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

The writing of Hezekiah king of Judah, when he had been sick, and was recovered of his sickness:

I said in the cutting off of my days, I shall go to the gates of the grave: I am deprived of the residue of my years.

I said, I shall not see the LORD, {even} the LORD, in the land of the living: I shall behold man no more with the inhabitants of the world.

Cross References

Hosea 6:1-2

Come, and let us return unto the LORD: for he hath torn, and he will heal us; he hath smitten, and he will bind us up.

Jonah 2:1-9

Then Jonah prayed unto the LORD his God out of the fish's belly,

Psalms 116:1-4

I love the LORD, because he hath heard my voice {and} my supplications.

Psalms 18:1

[To the chief Musician, {A Psalm} of David, the servant of the LORD, who spake unto the LORD the words of this song in the day {that} the LORD delivered him from the hand of all his enemies, and from the hand of Saul: And he said,] I will love thee, O LORD, my strength.

1 Samuel 2:1-10

And Hannah prayed, and said, My heart rejoiceth in the LORD, mine horn is exalted in the LORD: my mouth is enlarged over mine enemies; because I rejoice in thy salvation.

Psalms 30:11-12

Thou hast turned for me my mourning into dancing: thou hast put off my sackcloth, and girded me with gladness;

2 Chronicles 29:30

Moreover Hezekiah the king and the princes commanded the Levites to sing praise unto the LORD with the words of David, and of Asaph the seer. And they sang praises with gladness, and they bowed their heads and worshipped.

Judges 5:1-31

Then sang Deborah and Barak the son of Abinoam on that day, saying,