Isaiah 38:7

7 “ ‘This is the LORD’s sign to you that the LORD will do what he has promised:

Isaiah 38:7 in Other Translations

7 And this shall be a sign unto thee from the LORD, that the LORD will do this thing that he hath spoken;

7 "This shall be the sign to you from the LORD, that the LORD will do this thing that he has promised:

7 “‘And this is the sign from the LORD to prove that he will do as he promised:

7 "'And this is your confirming sign, confirming that I, God, will do exactly what I have promised.

7 And this shall be the sign unto thee from Jehovah, that Jehovah will do this thing that he hath spoken:

7 [Isaiah said,] "This is your sign from the LORD that he will do what he promises.

7 This is the sign to you from the Lord that the Lord will do what He has promised:

7 " ' "Here is a miraculous sign from me. It will show you that I will heal you, just as I promised I would.

Isaiah 38:7 Meaning and Commentary

Isaiah 38:7

And this shall be a sign unto thee from the Lord
And which it seems Hezekiah asked, and it was put to him which he would choose, whether the shadow on the sundial should go forward or backward ten degrees, and he chose the latter, ( 2 Kings 20:8-11 ) , which was a token confirming and assuring that the Lord will do this thing that he hath spoken;
recover Hezekiah from his sickness, so that on the third day he should go up to the temple; have fifteen years added to his days; and the city of Jerusalem protected from the attempts of the Assyrian monarch.

Isaiah 38:7 In-Context

5 “Go and tell Hezekiah, ‘This is what the LORD, the God of your father David, says: I have heard your prayer and seen your tears; I will add fifteen years to your life.

6 And I will deliver you and this city from the hand of the king of Assyria. I will defend this city.

7 “ ‘This is the LORD’s sign to you that the LORD will do what he has promised:

8 I will make the shadow cast by the sun go back the ten steps it has gone down on the stairway of Ahaz.’ ” So the sunlight went back the ten steps it had gone down.

9 A writing of Hezekiah king of Judah after his illness and recovery:

Cross References

• 1. S Genesis 24:14; S 2 Chronicles 32:31; Isaiah 7:11,14; S Isaiah 20:3