Isaiah 38:21

21 Isaiah had said, “Prepare a poultice of figs and apply it to the boil, and he will recover.”

Isaiah 38:21 in Other Translations

21 For Isaiah had said, Let them take a lump of figs, and lay it for a plaister upon the boil, and he shall recover.

21 Now Isaiah had said, "Let them take a cake of figs and apply it to the boil, that he may recover."

21 Isaiah had said to Hezekiah’s servants, “Make an ointment from figs and spread it over the boil, and Hezekiah will recover.”

21 Isaiah had said, "Prepare a poultice of figs and put it on the boil so he may recover."

21 Now Isaiah had said, Let them take a cake of figs, and lay it for a plaster upon the boil, and he shall recover.

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21 Now Isaiah had said, "Let them take a lump of figs and apply it to his infected skin, so that he may recover."

21 When Hezekiah was sick, I had said, "Press some figs together. Spread them on a piece of cloth. Apply them to Hezekiah's boil. Then he'll get well again."

Isaiah 38:21 Meaning and Commentary

Isaiah 38:21

For Isaiah had said
Before the above writing was made, which ends in the preceding verse; for this and the following are added by Isaiah, or some other person, taken out of ( 2 Kings 20:7 2 Kings 20:8 ) . The Septuagint version adds, "to Hezekiah"; but the speech seems rather directed to some of his servants, or those that were about him: let them take a lump of figs, and lay it for a plaster upon the boil,
and he shall recover;
which was done, and he did accordingly recover. Aben Ezra, Jarchi, and. Kimchi, all of them say, that this was a miracle within a miracle, since figs are hurtful to ulcers; and so say others; though it is observed by some, that they are useful for the ripening and breaking of ulcers; however, it was not from the natural force of these figs, but by the power of God, that this cure was effected; for, without that, it was impossible so malignant an ulcer and so deadly a sickness as Hezekiah's were could have been cured, and especially so suddenly; nor were these figs used as a medicine, but as a sign of recovery, according to the Lord's promise, and as a means of assisting Hezekiah's faith in it.

Isaiah 38:21 In-Context

19 The living, the living—they praise you, as I am doing today; parents tell their children about your faithfulness.

20 The LORD will save me, and we will sing with stringed instruments all the days of our lives in the temple of the LORD.

21 Isaiah had said, “Prepare a poultice of figs and apply it to the boil, and he will recover.”

22 Hezekiah had asked, “What will be the sign that I will go up to the temple of the LORD?”