Isaiah 39:8

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.”

But Hezekiah said to Isaiah, “The word of the LORD that you have spoken is good.” For he thought, “At least there will be peace and security in my lifetime.”

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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BSB
But Hezekiah said to Isaiah, “The word of the LORD that you have spoken is good.” For he thought, “At least there will be peace and security in my lifetime.”
KJV
Then said Hezekiah to Isaiah, Good is the word of the LORD which thou hast spoken. He said moreover, For there shall be peace and truth in my days.
WEB
Then Hezekiah said to Isaiah, “The LORD’s word which you have spoken is good.” He said moreover, “For there will be peace and truth in my days.”
ASV
Then said Hezekiah unto Isaiah, Good is the word of Jehovah which thou hast spoken. He said moreover, For there shall be peace and truth in my days.
DARBY
And Hezekiah said to Isaiah, Good is the word of Jehovah which thou hast spoken. And he said, For there shall be peace and truth in my days.
BLB
And Hezekiah said to Isaiah, “Good [is]” the word of YHWH that you have spoken. And he said, “For there will be peace and security in my days.”
ÅB
Da sa Hiskia til Jesaja: Det Herrens ord som du har talt, er godt. Så sa han: Det skal jo være fred og trygghet i mine dager.
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OTB
Da sa Hiskia til Jesaja, “Herrens ord som du har talt er godt.” For han tenkte, “Det vil være fred og sikkerhet i mine dager.”
B1930
Da sa Esekias til Esaias: Det Herrens ord som du har talt, er godt. Så sa han: Det skal jo være fred og trygghet i mine dager.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • 2 Chronicles 32:26

    Then Hezekiah humbled the pride of his heart—he and the people of Jerusalem—so that the wrath of the LORD did not come upon them during the days of Hezekiah.

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  • 2 Chronicles 34:28

    ‘Now I will indeed gather you to your fathers, and you will be gathered to your grave in peace. Your eyes will not see all the calamity that I will bring on this place and on its inhabitants.’” So they brought her answer back to the king.

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  • 1 Peter 5:6

    Humble yourselves, therefore, under God’s mighty hand, so that in due time He may exalt you.

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  • Job 1:21

    saying: “Naked I came from my mother’s womb, and naked I will return. The LORD gave, and the LORD has taken away. Blessed be the name of the LORD.”

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  • Zechariah 8:19

    “This is what the LORD of Hosts says: The fasts of the fourth, the fifth, the seventh, and the tenth months will become times of joy and gladness, cheerful feasts for the house of Judah. Therefore you are to love both truth and peace.”

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  • 1 Samuel 3:18

    So Samuel told him everything and did not hide a thing from him. “He is the LORD,” replied Eli. “Let Him do what is good in His eyes.”

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  • Psalms 39:9

    I have become mute; I do not open my mouth because of what You have done.

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  • Leviticus 10:3

    Then Moses said to Aaron, “This is what the LORD meant when He said: ‘To those who come near Me I will show My holiness, and in the sight of all the people I will reveal My glory.’” But Aaron remained silent.

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