Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Isaiah 38:17
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17. for peace —instead of the prosperity which I had previously. great bitterness —literally, "bitterness to me, bitterness"; expressing intense emotion. in love —literally, "attachment," such as joins one to another tenderly; "Thou hast been lovingly attached to me from the pit"; pregnant phrase for, Thy love has gone down to the pit, and drawn me out from it. The "pit" is here simply death, in Hezekiah's sense; realized in its fulness only in reference to the soul's redemption from hell by Jesus Christ ( :- ), who went down to the pit for that purpose Himself ( Psalms 88:4-6 ; Zechariah 9:11 ; Zechariah 9:12 ; Hebrews 13:20 ). "Sin" and sickness are connected ( Psalms 103:3 ; compare Isaiah 53:4 ; Matthew 8:17 ; Matthew 9:5 ; Matthew 9:6 ), especially under the Old Testament dispensation of temporal sanctions; but even now, sickness, though not invariably arising from sin in individuals, is connected with it in the general moral view. cast . . . behind back —consigned my sins to oblivion. The same phrase occurs ( 1 Kings 14:9 ; Nehemiah 9:26 ; Psalms 50:17 ). Contrast Psalms 50:17- : , "Thou hast set our iniquities before thee, our secret sins in the light of thy countenance. " return to ' Top of Page ' <a name="verse-18" class="com-number"
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