ISAIAH 38

GOD EXTENDS THE LIFE OF HEZEKIAH

Hezekiah becomes ill and is nearing death. Hezekiah pleads with God asking Him to remember his faithfulness and to spare his life.

God tells Isaiah that He hears the cries of Hezekiah and will extend his life for fifteen years and continue to protect him from the Assyrians. God uses a sundial reversing in time as a sign to Hezekiah that he will keep His promise to extend his life.

Hezekiah responds to God’s grace with a prayer of rejoicing and honoring God. Isaiah instructs Hezekiah to apply figs to his boils to heal them.