Isaiah 39:5
3 Then the prophet Isaiah went to King Hezekiah and asked, “Where did those men come from, and what did they say to you?” “They came to me from a distant land,” Hezekiah replied, “from Babylon.”
4 “What have they seen in your palace?” Isaiah asked. “They have seen everything in my palace,” answered Hezekiah. “There is nothing among my treasures that I did not show them.”
Then Isaiah said to Hezekiah, “Hear the word of the LORD of Hosts:
6 The time will surely come when everything in your palace and all that your fathers have stored up until this day will be carried off to Babylon. Nothing will be left, says the LORD.
7 And some of your descendants, your own flesh and blood, will be taken away to be eunuchs in the palace of the king of Babylon.”
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- Then Isaiah said to Hezekiah, “Hear the word of the LORD of Hosts:
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- Then said Isaiah to Hezekiah, Hear the word of the LORD of hosts:
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- Then Isaiah said to Hezekiah, “Hear the word of the LORD of Armies:
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- Then said Isaiah to Hezekiah, Hear the word of Jehovah of hosts:
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- And Isaiah said to Hezekiah, Hear the word of Jehovah of hosts:
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- And Isaiah said to Hezekiah, “Hear the word of YHWH of hosts:
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- Da sa Jesaja til Hiskia: Hør Herrens, hærskarenes Guds ord:
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- Da sa Jesaja til Hiskia, “Hør budskapet fra Herren, hærskarenes Gud:
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- Da sa Esaias til Esekias: Hør Herrens, hærskarenes Guds ord:
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
1 Samuel 15:16
“Stop!” exclaimed Samuel. “Let me tell you what the LORD said to me last night.” “Tell me,” Saul replied.
Read in context1 Samuel 13:13–14
“You have acted foolishly,” Samuel declared. “You have not kept the command that the LORD your God gave you; if you had, the LORD would have established your kingdom over Israel for all time.
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