Hezekiah’s Illness and Recovery (38:1-39:8)

Observations from Isaiah

Lesson 30 : Hezekiah’s Illness and Recovery (38:1-39:8)

Prophecy and Response (38:1-8) – THE PURPOSE OF THESE CHAPTERS — THE POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE PRESENTATIONS OF HEZEKIAH — ‘IN THOSE DAYS…’ — HEZEKIAH’S TEARS — JUDGE ME ACCORDING TO MY WORKS? — THE SIGN BY WHICH THE LORD PROVES HE WOULD ADD FIFTEEN YEARS TO THE LIFE OF HEZEKIAH — THE MIRACLE – THE ‘SUN-DIAL’ – Hezekiah’s Psalm (38:9-20) – A HYMN OF THE REALITY OF LIFE — ISAIAH’S THEOLOGY BEHIND THE PSALM — THE BREVITY OF LIFE — TRUE RELIGION: CRYING OUT TO OUR ‘OPPRESSOR’ (v 13) — ‘MY PRAYERS WERE AS A CHATTERING BIRD’ (v 14) — REFLECTION UPON GOD’S RESPONSE TO THE CONDITION (v 15-20) — THE LORD’S MERCY ON HEZEKIAH’S WAS SYMBOLIC OF THE FORGIVENESS OF HIS SINS (v 17) — ‘THE DEAD DO NOT PRAISE YOU’ (v 18) — Additional Notes (38:21,22) – A MISPLACED ADDITION? — MEDICAL PRACTICALITY AND DIVINE HEALING — Babylonian Seduction (39:1-8) – BABYLONIAN ENVOYS — HEZEKIAH PROMOTES HIMSELF RATHER THAN GOD (v 2) — HEZEKIAH KNEW HIS BLUNDER (v 3,4) — THE BABYLONIAN CAPTIVITY PROPHESIED AT LEAST 115 YEARS PRIOR TO THE EVENT (v 6,7) — HEZEKIAH’S RESPONSE: FAVORABLE OR UNFAVORABLE? (v8)