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Isaiah 39 Bible study: Nothing will be left
Isaiah tells the visit from Babylon in its own words: Hezekiah "was pleased with them" (39:2), where 2 Kings says he "listened to them" (2 Kings 20:13). After chapters about the king of Assyria, the LORD's word names Babylon: "Nothing will be left" (39:6). And the book's next words are "Comfort, comfort my people" (40:1).
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“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.””
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“In Isaiah 39:2, Hezekiah was pleased with the men the king of Babylon sent.”
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Pleased, and nothing held back
"At that time, Merodach-baladan the son of Baladan, king of Babylon, sent letters and a present to Hezekiah, for he heard that he had been sick, and had recovered" (39:1) (tap recovered). The chapter before told the sickness and the LORD's answer: "I have heard your prayer. I have seen your tears" (38:5). Then: "Hezekiah was pleased with them, and showed them the house of his precious things" (39:2) (tap pleased and precious things). The verse lists what he showed: "the silver, the gold, the spices, and the precious oil, and all the house of his armor, and all that was found in his treasures" (39:2) (tap treasures). And it ends, "There was nothing in his house, nor in all his dominion, that Hezekiah didn’t show them" (39:2). The chapter doesn't say what the letters said, or why he showed them everything.
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- Three questions, two answers
- The word names Babylon
- The same visit in 2 Kings 20
- What comes next in the book
- 8 questions as you read
- 11 more Hebrew words
- A short check at the end
- Your notes, saved as you go
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The Hebrew word behind it
נְכֹתnekhotsay ne-KHOTE
Brown-Driver-Briggs: "treasure (so context demands)". Strong's: "spicery, i.e. (generally) valuables". Hezekiah "showed them the house of his precious things" (39:2): in Hebrew beit nekhoto, the house of his treasure. The word comes only twice in the Hebrew Bible, both times in this visit: here, and in 2 Kings' telling, "all the storehouse of his precious things" (2 Kings 20:13). The chapter on 2 Kings 20 studies it.
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Isaiah 39 Bible study questions
- 1"Hezekiah was pleased with them" (39:2), and there was nothing he didn't show them. The chapter doesn't say why. When people come into your home or your life, what do you find yourself showing them first?
- 2Isaiah asked, "What have they seen in your house?" (39:4). If someone asked that of your life this week, what would you want the honest answer to be?
- 3Hezekiah answered, "The LORD’s word which you have spoken is good" (39:8), and the chapter doesn't say what he was thinking. When a hard word from Scripture lands on you, what do you find yourself saying first, and what helps you listen to it?
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