Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Isaiah 38:3
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3. He mentions his past religious consistency, not as a boast or a ground for justification; but according to the Old Testament dispensation, wherein temporal rewards (as long life, c., :- ) followed legal obedience, he makes his religious conduct a plea for asking the prolongation of his life. walked —Life is a journey the pious "walk with God" ( Genesis 5:24 ; 1 Kings 9:4 ). perfect —sincere; not absolutely perfect, but aiming towards it ( 1 Kings 9:4- : ); single-minded in walking as in the presence of God ( 1 Kings 9:4- : ). The letter of the Old Testament legal righteousness was, however, a standard very much below the spirit of the law as unfolded by Christ ( Matthew 5:20-48 ; 2 Corinthians 3:6 ; 2 Corinthians 3:14 ; 2 Corinthians 3:17 ). wept sore —JOSEPHUS says, the reason why he wept so sorely was that being childless, he was leaving the kingdom without a successor. How often our wishes, when gratified, prove curses! Hezekiah lived to have a son; that son was the idolater Manasseh, the chief cause of God's wrath against Judah, and of the overthrow of the kingdom ( 2 Kings 23:26 ; 2 Kings 23:27 ). return to ' Top of Page ' <a name="verse-4" class="com-number"
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