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Isaiah 38:14

King James Version (KJV)

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Isaiah 38:14

Verse 14 of 22

Scripture focus

Like a crane [or] a swallow, so did I chatter: I did mourn as a dove: mine eyes fail [with looking] upward: O LORD, I am oppressed; undertake for me.

Isaiah 38:14 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Isaiah 38:14

Theological / Devotional

Like a crane. Hezekiah compares his cries in suffering to the plaintive calls of the birds here mentioned. At times he would groan aloud; again, only inwardly and inaudibly. He scarcely has strength to lift up his eyes to God and cry for deliverance from the terror that stands over him like an executioner with his weapon raised.

Undertake for me. Literally, “go surety for me,” or “stand up for me.” The figure is that of a debtor who finds himself in the hands of an exacting creditor. Death presses Hezekiah for immediate payment, and he appeals to God to rescue him.

By SdaBc