Isaiah 39:5
in Isaiah 39Then Isaiah said to Hezekiah, “Hear the word of the LORD of Hosts:
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Then said Isaiah to Hezekiah, Hear the word of Jehovah of hosts:
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Then said Isaiah to Hezekiah, Hear the word of the Lord of hosts:
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This verse in Isaiah 39
Commentary
6 notes on this verseA commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
Hear the word of the Lord of hosts - Hear what the mighty God that rules in heaven says of this. This is an instance of great fidelity on the part of the prophet. He felt himself sent from God in a solemn manner to rebuke sin in a monarch, and a pious monarch. It is an instance that strikingly resembles the boldness and faithfulness of Nathan when he went to David, and said, ‘Thou art the man’ 2Sa 12:7.
This site's exposition
Hear the word of the LORD of Hosts
on Isaiah 39:5-6
Isaiah answers the display with a sentence that turns each treasure into plunder, everything in your palace will be carried off to Babylon. Nothing will be left, says the LORD. The oracle names Babylon, the power that had just sent a friendly letter, where Assyria had just besieged Jerusalem.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers2 voices
When the ambassadors of the Babylonian king came to Hezekiah, his heart in a fresh access of human weakness was lifted up with pride, and he received them with all gladness, for his own glory; and contrary to the will of God, he led them …
(Verses 5-7) And Isaiah said to Hezekiah: Listen to the word of the Lord of hosts. Behold, the day will come, and everything that is in your house, and what your fathers have laid up until this day, will be carried away to Babylon. Nothing will be left, says the Lord. And of your sons who shall come forth out of you, whom you shall beget, they will take away, and they will be eunuchs in the palace of the king of Babylon.
The Medieval Church1 voice
Second, he threatens punishment: and Isaiah said; as to the loss of his goods: all that is in your house: thus says the Lord to you: I have given all these lands into the hand of Nabuchodonosor king of Babylon (Jer 27:6).
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
Then said Isaiah to Hezekiah,....
How the passage was read
What the Jewish commentators add
On the verses either side of this one
nothing shall remain You shall be paid in kind, corresponding to “There was nothing (v. 4).” (I.e., Hezekiah would be punished for showing off all his treasures, by having all those treasures carried off to Babylonia.)
This section is reception history: how the passage was read and kept in the Jewish tradition. Where a reading parts from an essential of the Christian faith, the section says so at that point.
Texts and citation data: Sefaria; each excerpt follows its version’s licence. 4 further sources are cited on this chapter that carry no English text this site may quote or only restate the verse.
The words behind it
8 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיֹּ֥אמֶר | vaiyomer | and he said | H559 → | 5305 times |
| יְשַׁעְיָ֖הוּ | yesha'yahu | Isaiah | H3470 → | 39 times |
| אֶל־ | ʾel- | to | H413 → | 5510 times |
| חִזְקִיָּ֑הוּ | chizkiyahu | Hezekiah | H2396 → | 127 times |
| שְׁמַ֖ע | shema' | hear | H8085 → | 1159 times |
| דְּבַר־ | devar- | [the] word of | H1697 → | 1440 times |
| יְהוָ֥ה | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| צְבָאֽוֹת׃ | tzevaot | of hosts | H6635 → | 485 times |
וַיֹּ֥אמֶרand he said
vaiyomerH559 →5305 times
יְשַׁעְיָ֖הוּIsaiah
yesha'yahuH3470 →39 times
אֶל־to
ʾel-H413 →5510 times
חִזְקִיָּ֑הוּHezekiah
chizkiyahuH2396 →127 times
שְׁמַ֖עhear
shema'H8085 →1159 times
דְּבַר־[the] word of
devar-H1697 →1440 times
יְהוָ֥הYahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
צְבָאֽוֹת׃of hosts
tzevaotH6635 →485 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
3 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
1 Samuel 15:16“Stop!” exclaimed Samuel. “Let me tell you what the LORD said to me last night.” “Tell me,” Saul replied.
it leads to
- 1 Samuel 9:27
As they were going down to the edge of the city, Samuel said to Saul, “Tell the servant to go on ahead of us, but you stay for a while, and I will reveal…
- 1 Samuel 12:7
Now present yourselves, so that I may confront you before the LORD with all the righteous acts He has done for you and your fathers.
- 1 Kings 22:16
But the king said to him, “How many times must I make you swear not to tell me anything but the truth in the name of the LORD?”
- 1 Samuel 9:27
Where this verse is studied
On this page
Studies1
About Isaiah
Who and where
2 names in this verse with a page on the site.
- PersonLate 8th century BCE / Divided KingdomIsaiahEighth-century BCE prophet of Judah whose oracles make up the book of Isaiah; a central voice for messianic prophecy.
- PersonDivided kingdomHezekiahThe reforming king of Judah who trusted Jehovah against Sennacherib, spread the Assyrian letter before the LORD, was granted fifte…
This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Cosmas Indicopleustes, The Christian Topography, Book 8; Franz Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Prophecies of Isaiah; Jerome, Commentary on Isaiah; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible and Thomas Aquinas, Commentary on Isaiah.