2Then Hezekiah turned his face toward the wall, and prayed unto the LORD,
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And call upon me in the day of trouble: I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me.
And hearken thou to the supplication of thy servant, and of thy people Israel, when they shall pray toward this place: and hear thou in heaven thy dwelling place: and when thou hearest, forgive.
But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father which is in secret; and thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly.
He shall call upon me, and I will answer him: I will be with him in trouble; I will deliver him, and honour him.
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-5)We may hence observe, among others, these good lessons:—1. That neither men’s greatness nor their goodness will exempt them from the arrests of sickness and death. Hezekiah, a mighty potentate on earth and a mighty favourite of Heaven, is struck with a disease, which, without a miracle, will certainly be mortal; and this in the midst of his days, his comforts, and usefulness. Lord, behold, he whom…
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