21 Now Isaiah had said, “Prepare a lump of pressed figs and apply it to the boil, and he will recover.”
22 And Hezekiah had asked, “What will be the sign that I will go up to the house of the LORD?”
Focused Passage
Isaiah 38:21-22
Hezekiah’s Sickness, Prayer, and the LORD’s Added Years
Isaiah 38 moves from Hezekiah’s mortal illness and Isaiah’s announcement that he will die, to Hezekiah’s tearful prayer, to the LORD’s promise of healing, added years, and deliverance from Assyria, to the sign of the shadow turning back, and finally to Hezekiah’s written reflection on death, bitterness, divine discipline, forgiveness, and praise among the living.
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Verse 21
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Now Isaiah יְשַׁעְיָ֔הוּ H3470 Noun - proper - masculine singular had said וַיֹּ֣אמֶר H559 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular Prepare יִשְׂא֖וּ H5375 Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural a lump דְּבֶ֣לֶת H1690 Noun - feminine singular construct of pressed figs תְּאֵנִ֑ים H8384 Noun - feminine plural and apply וְיִמְרְח֥וּ H4799 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect - third person masculine plural it to עַֽל־ H5921 Preposition the boil הַשְּׁחִ֖ין H7822 Article | Noun - masculine singular and he will recover וְיֶֽחִי׃ H2421 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect Jussive - third person masculine singular
Verse 22
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And Hezekiah חִזְקִיָּ֖הוּ H2396 Noun - proper - masculine singular had asked וַיֹּ֥אמֶר H559 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular What מָ֣ה H4100 Interrogative will be the sign א֑וֹת H226 Noun - common singular that כִּ֥י H3588 Conjunction I will go up אֶעֱלֶ֖ה H5927 Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular to the house בֵּ֥ית H1004 Noun - masculine singular construct of the LORD יְהוָֽה׃ס H3068 Noun - proper - masculine singular