Isaiah 38

Isaiah 38:9

Ezechias. Sanchez groundlessly thinks it was composed by Isaias. (Calmet) — Ezechias was afflicted lest he should give way to dangerous joy. (Worthington)

Isaiah 38:10

Hell. Sheol, or Hades, the region of the dead. (Challoner) — He was afraid to die without issue. (St. Jerome; ver. 12.) — Manasses was born three years later. (Calmet) — The king would naturally have died. (St. Augustine, de Gen. ad lit. vi. 17.) (Worthington)

Isaiah 38:11

Living. I shall not assist at the festivals of the Lord in the temple.

Isaiah 38:14

For me. He represents his disease, as an inexorable creditor.

Isaiah 38:18

Truth. He speaks only of the body.

Isaiah 38:22

Lord. The answer is given, (4 Kings xx. 9.) which seems to evince that this is only an extract. (Calmet) — The prophet prescribed the medicine, and the king asked for a sign before he sung the canticle. (Worthington)

Isaiah 38:36

CHAPTER XXXVIII.