Isaiah 38:7 BSB — MannaFest

Isaiah 38:7

This will be a sign to you from the LORD that He will do what He has promised:

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ASV

And this shall be the sign unto thee from Jehovah, that Jehovah will do this thing that he hath spoken:

KJV

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

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Commentary

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Albert Barnes

1798–1870

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

And this shall be a sign unto thee - That is, a sign, or proof that God would do what he had promised, and that Hezekiah would recover and be permitted to go again to the temple of the Lord Isa 38:22; 2Ki 20:8. On the meaning of the word ‘sign,’ see Isa 7:11, note; Isa 7:14, note; compare the note at Isa 37:30. The promise was, that he should be permitted to go to the temple in three days 2Ki 20:5.

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Original language & word study

13 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וְזֶה־	ve.zeh-	and this	H2088 →
לְּךָ֥	le.Kha	for you
הָא֖וֹת	ha.'ot	[will be] the sign	H226 →
מֵאֵ֣ת	me.'Et	from with	H854 →
יְהוָ֑ה	Yah.weh	Yahweh	H3068 →
אֲשֶׁר֙	'a.Sher	that	H834 →
יַעֲשֶׂ֣ה	ya.'a.Seh	he will do	H6213 →
יְהוָ֔ה	Yah.weh	Yahweh	H3068 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
הַדָּבָ֥ר	ha.da.Var	the thing	H1697 →
הַזֶּ֖ה	ha.Zeh	<the> this	H2088 →
אֲשֶׁ֥ר	'a.Sher	which	H834 →
דִּבֵּֽר׃	di.Ber	he has spoken	H1696 →

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

H226haot[will be] the sign80×

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Isaiah 37:30
And this will be a sign to you, O Hezekiah: This year you will eat what grows on its own, and in the second year what springs from the same. But in the third…
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- 2 Kings 19:29
  And this will be a sign to you, O Hezekiah: This year you will eat what grows on its own, and in the second year what springs from the same. But in the third…
- 2 Kings 20:9
  And Isaiah had replied, “This will be a sign to you from the LORD that He will do what He has promised: Would you like the shadow to go forward ten steps, or back…
- Leviticus 25:4–5
  But in the seventh year there shall be a Sabbath of complete rest for the land—a Sabbath to the LORD. You are not to sow your field or prune your vineyard.
- Isaiah 7:14
  Therefore the Lord Himself will give you a sign: Behold, the virgin will be with child and will give birth to a son, and will call Him Immanuel.
- 1 Kings 13:3–5
  That day the man of God gave a sign, saying, “The LORD has spoken this sign: ‘Surely the altar will be split apart, and the ashes upon it will be poured out.’”

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