Isaiahchapter 39
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A.Envoys from Babylon Shown Everything in the Housevv. 1-4
1 At that time Merodach-baladan son of Baladan king of Babylon sent letters and a gift to Hezekiah, for he had heard about Hezekiah’s illness and recovery. 2 And Hezekiah welcomed the envoys gladly and showed them what was in his treasure house—the silver, the gold, the spices, and the precious oil, as well as his entire armory—all that was found in his storehouses. There was nothing in his palace or in all his dominion that Hezekiah did not show them. 3 Then the prophet Isaiah went to King Hezekiah and asked, “Where did those men come from, and what did they say to you?” “They came to me from a distant land,” Hezekiah replied, “from Babylon.” 4 “What have they seen in your palace?” Isaiah asked. “They have seen everything in my palace,” answered Hezekiah. “There is nothing among my treasures that I did not show them.”
B.All Shall Be Carried to Babylon, Nothing Leftvv. 5-8
5 Then Isaiah said to Hezekiah, “Hear the word of the LORD of Hosts: 6 The time will surely come when everything in your palace and all that your fathers have stored up until this day will be carried off to Babylon. Nothing will be left, says the LORD. 7 And some of your descendants, your own flesh and blood, will be taken away to be eunuchs in the palace of the king of Babylon.” 8 But Hezekiah said to Isaiah, “The word of the LORD that you have spoken is good.” For he thought, “At least there will be peace and security in my lifetime.”
Chapter summary
Merodach-baladan, king of Babylon, sends letters and a present after hearing that Hezekiah was sick and has recovered.
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Chapter summary
Merodach-baladan, king of Babylon, sends letters and a present after hearing that Hezekiah was sick and has recovered.
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Merodach-baladan, king of Babylon, sends letters and a present after hearing that Hezekiah was sick and has recovered. Hezekiah gladly shows the envoys everything, the silver, gold, spices, precious oil, the armory, all his treasures; nothing in his house or dominion is withheld. Isaiah then questions the king: what said these men, whence came they, what have they seen? Hezekiah answers that they came from Babylon and saw all. Isaiah delivers the word of Jehovah of hosts: days are coming when everything in the house, stored up by the fathers until this day, will be carried to Babylon, nothing left, and sons issuing from Hezekiah will serve as eunuchs in the Babylonian palace. Hezekiah calls the word good, noting there will be peace and truth in his days. The chapter closes the Assyrian narrative and turns the book's horizon toward Babylon.
Drawn from Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory, Matthew Henry, Complete Commentary, John Wesley, Notes on the Old Testament and John Calvin, Commentaries.
Context
Prophecy · Isaiah — Isaiah overview
- A. 1–4 Envoys from Babylon Shown Everything in the House
- B. 5–8 All Shall Be Carried to Babylon, Nothing Left
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2 Chronicles 324 verses
- 2 Chronicles 32:23Many brought offerings to Jerusalem for the LORD and valuable gifts for Hezekiah king of Judah, and from then on he was exalted in the eyes of all nations.
- 2 Chronicles 32:25But because his heart was proud, Hezekiah did not repay the favor shown to him. Therefore wrath came upon him and upon Judah and Jerusalem.
- 2 Chronicles 32:26Then Hezekiah humbled the pride of his heart—he and the people of Jerusalem—so that the wrath of the LORD did not come upon them during the days of Hezekiah.
- 2 Chronicles 32:31And so when ambassadors of the rulers of Babylon were sent to him to inquire about the wonder that had happened in the land, God left him alone to test him, that He might know all that was in Hezekiah’s heart.
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2 Kings 242 verses
- 2 Kings 24:12Jehoiachin king of Judah, his mother, his servants, his commanders, and his officials all surrendered to the king of Babylon. So in the eighth year of his reign, the king of Babylon took him captive.
- 2 Kings 24:13As the LORD had declared, Nebuchadnezzar also carried off all the treasures from the house of the LORD and the royal palace, and he cut into pieces all the gold articles that Solomon king of Israel had made in the temple of the LORD.
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2 Kings 201 verse
- 2 Kings 20:12At that time Merodach-baladan son of Baladan king of Babylon sent letters and a gift to Hezekiah, for he had heard about Hezekiah’s illness.
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2 Samuel 101 verse
- 2 Samuel 10:2And David said, “I will show kindness to Hanun son of Nahash, just as his father showed kindness to me.” So David sent some of his servants to console Hanun concerning his father. But when they arrived in the land of the Ammonites,
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Deuteronomy 281 verse
- Deuteronomy 28:49The LORD will bring a nation from afar, from the ends of the earth, to swoop down upon you like an eagle—a nation whose language you will not understand,
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Jeremiah 51 verse
- Jeremiah 5:15Behold, I am bringing a distant nation against you, O house of Israel,” declares the LORD. “It is an established nation, an ancient nation, a nation whose language you do not know and whose speech you do not understand.
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2 Chronicles 161 verse
- 2 Chronicles 16:7At that time Hanani the seer came to King Asa of Judah and told him, “Because you have relied on the king of Aram and not on the LORD your God, the army of the king of Aram has escaped from your hand.
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Cross-references from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge and OpenBible.info.