WEBVTT - Isaiah 38

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<v Speaker 1>to the Chapter a Day Audio Bible. I'm John Stonge

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<v Speaker 1>and today we're in Isaiah chapter 38 and we'll be

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<v Speaker 1>reading from the English Standard Version. In those days Hezekiah

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<v Speaker 1>became sick and was at the point of death. And

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<v Speaker 1>Isaiah the prophet, the son of Amoz, came to him

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<v Speaker 1>and said to him, Thus says the Lord, Set your

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<v Speaker 1>house in order, for you shall die. You shall not recover.

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<v Speaker 1>Then Hezekiah turned his face to the wall and prayed

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<v Speaker 1>to the Lord, and said, Please, O Lord, remember how

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<v Speaker 1>I have walked before you in faithfulness and with a

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<v Speaker 1>whole heart, and have done what is good in your sight.

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<v Speaker 1>And Hezekiah wept bitterly. Then the word of the Lord

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<v Speaker 1>came to Isaiah, Go and say to Hezekiah, Thus says

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<v Speaker 1>the Lord, the God of David, your father, I have

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<v Speaker 1>heard your prayer, I have seen your tears. Behold, I

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<v Speaker 1>will add fifteen years to your life. I will deliver

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<v Speaker 1>you and this city out of the hand of the

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<v Speaker 1>king of Assyria, and will defend this city. This shall

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<v Speaker 1>be the sign to you from the Lord that the

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<v Speaker 1>Lord will do this thing that he has promised. Behold,

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<v Speaker 1>I will make the shadow cast by the declining sun

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<v Speaker 1>on the dial of Ahaz turn back ten steps. So

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<v Speaker 1>the sun turned back on the dial the ten steps

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<v Speaker 1>by which it had declined. A writing of Hezekiah king

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<v Speaker 1>of Judah after he had been sick and had recovered

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<v Speaker 1>from his sickness. I said, In the middle of my

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<v Speaker 1>days I must depart. I am consigned to the gates

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<v Speaker 1>of Sheol for the rest of my years. I said,

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<v Speaker 1>I shall not see the Lord, the Lord in the

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<v Speaker 1>land of the living. I shall look on man no

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<v Speaker 1>more among the inhabitants of the world. My dwelling is

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<v Speaker 1>plucked up and removed from me like a shepherd's tent,

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<v Speaker 1>like a weaver I have rolled up my life. He

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<v Speaker 1>cuts me off from the loom. From day to night

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<v Speaker 1>you bring me to an end. I calmed myself until morning,

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<v Speaker 1>like a lion he breaks all my bones. From day

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<v Speaker 1>to night you bring me to an end. Like a

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<v Speaker 1>swallow or a crane I chirp. I moan like a dove.

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<v Speaker 1>My eyes are weary with looking upward. O LORD, I

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<v Speaker 1>am oppressed. Be my pledge of safety. What shall I say?

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<v Speaker 1>For he has spoken to me, and he himself has

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<v Speaker 1>done it. I walk slowly all my years because of

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<v Speaker 1>the bitterness of my soul. O LORD, By these things

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<v Speaker 1>men live, and in all these is the life of

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<v Speaker 1>my spirit. O restore me to health and make me live. Behold,

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<v Speaker 1>it was for my welfare that I had great bitterness,

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<v Speaker 1>but in love you have delivered my life from the

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<v Speaker 1>pit of destruction, for you have cast all my sins

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<v Speaker 1>behind your back. For Sheol does not thank you, death

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<v Speaker 1>does not praise you, Those who go down to the

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<v Speaker 1>pit do not hope for your faithfulness. The living, the living,

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<v Speaker 1>he thanks you, as I do this day. The Father

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<v Speaker 1>makes known to the children your faithfulness. The Lord will

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<v Speaker 1>save me, and we will play my music on stringed

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<v Speaker 1>instruments all the days of our lives at the house

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<v Speaker 1>of the Lord. Now Isaiah had said, Let them take

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<v Speaker 1>a cake of figs and apply it to the boil

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<v Speaker 1>that he may recover. Hezekiah also had said, what is

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<v Speaker 1>the sign that I shall go up to the house

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<v Speaker 1>of the Lord? Let's pray. Lord, we thank you for

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<v Speaker 1>your word and we thank you for the privilege of

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<v Speaker 1>being able to read this portion of scripture today and

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<v Speaker 1>to meditate on its content. And Lord, there's a variety

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<v Speaker 1>of things that we see here. We see you choosing

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<v Speaker 1>to answer prayer, We also see, as Hezekiah proclaims, that

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<v Speaker 1>you take our sins and you cast them behind your back.

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<v Speaker 1>And this descriptor that he was using of what you

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<v Speaker 1>do with our sin, we find fulfilled in your son,

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<v Speaker 1>Jesus Christ, who took our sin upon himself so that

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<v Speaker 1>we could be declared righteous through faith in him. So

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<v Speaker 1>we're grateful, Lord, for this reality. Thank you for what

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<v Speaker 1>you've accomplished in our lives through your son, And we

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<v Speaker 1>pray that by your grace that you'd help us to

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<v Speaker 1>walk with you faithfully today and every day. We love you, Lord,

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<v Speaker 1>and we commit this day to your care. And we

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<v Speaker 1>pray this all in Jesus' name. Amen.