| Geneva Study Bible And I will deliver thee and this city {c} from the hand of the king of Assyria: and I will defend this city. (c) He not only promises to prolong his life, but to give him rest and quietness from the Assyrians, who might have renewed their army to revenge their former defeat. Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary 6. In 2Ki 20:8, after this verse comes the statement which is put at the end, in order not to interrupt God's message (Isa 38:21, 22) by Isaiah (Isa 38:5-8). will deliver-The city was already delivered, but here assurance is given, that Hezekiah shall have no more to fear from the Assyrians. Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary 38:1-8 When we pray in our sickness, though God send not to us such an answer as he here sent to Hezekiah, yet, if by his Spirit he bids us be of good cheer, assures us that our sins are forgiven, and that, whether we live or die, we shall be his, we do not pray in vain. See 2Ki 20:1-11. |