21Now Isaiah had said, “Prepare a lump of pressed figs and apply it to the boil, and he will recover.”
22And 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.
Berean Standard Bible, Public Domain - Translation notes - Reference sources
Study Helps
References and Original Words
Verse 21
Cross-references
Original words
Now Isaiahיְשַׁעְיָ֔הוּH3470Noun - proper - masculine singularhad saidוַיֹּ֣אמֶרH559Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singularPrepareיִשְׂא֖וּH5375Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plurala lumpדְּבֶ֣לֶתH1690Noun - feminine singular constructof pressed figsתְּאֵנִ֑יםH8384Noun - feminine pluraland applyוְיִמְרְח֥וּH4799Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect - third person masculine pluralit toעַֽל־H5921Prepositionthe boilהַשְּׁחִ֖יןH7822Article | Noun - masculine singularand he will recoverוְיֶֽחִי׃H2421Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect Jussive - third person masculine singular
Verse 22
Cross-references
Original words
And Hezekiahחִזְקִיָּ֖הוּH2396Noun - proper - masculine singularhad askedוַיֹּ֥אמֶרH559Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singularWhatמָ֣הH4100Interrogativewill be the signא֑וֹתH226Noun - common singularthatכִּ֥יH3588ConjunctionI will go upאֶעֱלֶ֖הH5927Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singularto the houseבֵּ֥יתH1004Noun - masculine singular constructof the LORDיְהוָֽה׃סH3068Noun - proper - masculine singular