Isaiah 38:3 BSB — MannaFest

Isaiah 38:3

saying, “Please, O LORD, remember how I have walked before You faithfully and with wholehearted devotion; I have done what was good in Your sight.” And Hezekiah wept bitterly.

BSB

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ASV

and said, Remember now, O Jehovah, I beseech thee, how I have walked before thee in truth and with a perfect heart, and have done that which is good in thy sight. And Hezekiah wept sore.

KJV

And said, Remember now, O Lord, I beseech thee, how I have walked before thee in truth and with a perfect heart, and have done that which is good in thy sight. And Hezekiah wept sore.

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Commentary

2 voices

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

And said, Remember now, O Lord, I beseech thee - The object which Hezekiah desired was evidently that his life might be spared, and that he might not be suddenly cut off. He therefore makes mention of the former course of his life, not with ostentation, or as a ground of his acceptance or justification, but as a reason why his limb should not be cut off. He had not lived as many of the kings of Israel had done. He had not been a patron of idolatry. He had promoted an extensive and thorough reformation among the people.

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The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

The letter of the Old Testament legal righteousness was, however, a standard very much below the spirit of the law as unfolded by Christ (Mt 5:20-48; 2Co 3:6, 14, 17). wept sore--JOSEPHUS says, the reason why he wept so sorely was that being childless, he was leaving the kingdom without a successor.

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Original language & word study

19 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיֹּאמַ֗ר	vai.yo.Mar	and he said	H559 →
אָנָּ֤ה	'a.Nah	I beg you	H577 →
יְהוָה֙	Yah.weh	O Yahweh	H3068 →
זְכָר־	ze.khor-	remember	H2142 →
נָ֞א	na'	please	H4994 →
אֵ֣ת	'et	<obj.>	H853 →
אֲשֶׁ֧ר	'a.Sher	this:	H834 →
הִתְהַלַּ֣כְתִּי	hit.ha.Lakh.ti	I have walked about	H1980 →
לְפָנֶ֗יךָ	le.fa.Nei.kha	<to> before you	H6440 →
בֶּֽאֱמֶת֙	be.'e.Met	in faithfulness	H571 →
וּבְלֵ֣ב	u.ve.Lev	and with a heart	H3820 →
שָׁלֵ֔ם	sha.Lem	complete	H8003 →
וְהַטּ֥וֹב	ve.ha.Tov	and the good	H2896 →
בְּעֵינֶ֖יךָ	be.'ei.Nei.kha	in view your	H5869 →
עָשִׂ֑יתִי	'a.Si.ti	I have done	H6213 →
וַיֵּ֥בְךְּ	vai.Ye.vek	and he wept	H1058 →
חִזְקִיָּ֖הוּ	chiz.ki.Ya.hu	Hezekiah	H2396 →
בְּכִ֥י	be.Khi	weeping	H1065 →
גָדֽוֹל׃ ס	ga.Dol	great	H1419 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Hebrews 6:10
For God is not unjust. He will not forget your work and the love you have shown for His name as you have ministered to the saints and continue to do so.
leads to
- Hebrews 13:16
  And do not neglect to do good and to share with others, for with such sacrifices God is pleased.
- Matthew 10:42
  And if anyone gives even a cup of cold water to one of these little ones because he is My disciple, truly I tell you, he will never lose his reward.”
- Galatians 6:10
  Therefore, as we have opportunity, let us do good to everyone, and especially to the family of faith.
- 1 Thessalonians 1:3
  and continually recalling before our God and Father your work of faith, your labor of love, and your enduring hope in our Lord Jesus Christ.
Through
Hebrews 5:7
During the days of Jesus’ earthly life, He offered up prayers and petitions with loud cries and tears to the One who could save Him from death, and He was heard because of His…
leads to
- Luke 22:41–44
  And He withdrew about a stone’s throw beyond them, where He knelt down and prayed,
- John 17:1
  When Jesus had spoken these things, He lifted up His eyes to heaven and said, “Father, the hour has come. Glorify Your Son, that Your Son may glorify You.
- Mark 14:32–39
  Then they came to a place called Gethsemane, and Jesus told His disciples, “Sit here while I pray.”
- Matthew 27:46
  About the ninth hour Jesus cried out in a loud voice, “Eli, Eli, lema sabachthani?” which means, “My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me?”

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About Isaiah