Isaiah 38:17

"Lord, men live by these things; and my spirit finds life in all of them. You restore me, and cause me to live."

Key Reflection

This verse highlights that human life depends on divine interventions and promises. The speaker acknowledges that it is God's provisions and actions that provide spiritual sustenance and enable one to find true life and restoration.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

Behold, for peace -That is, instead of the health, happiness, and prosperity which I had enjoyed, and which I hope still to enjoy. I had great bitterness -Hebrew, ‘Bitterness to me, bitterness;’ an emphatic expression, denoting intense sorrow. But thou hast in love to my soul -Margin, ‘Loved my soul from the pit.’ The word which occurs here (חשׁקתchâshaqtâ) denotes properly to join or fasten together; then to be attached to anyone; to be united tenderly; to embrace. Here it means that God had loved him, and had thus delivered his soul from death. Delivered it from the pit of corruption -The word rendered “corruption” (בליbelı̂y), denotes consumption, destruction, perdition.

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