SEV Biblia, Chapter 20:4
Y antes que Isaías saliese hasta la mitad del patio, vino palabra del SEÑOR a Isaías, diciendo:
Clarke's Bible Commentary - 2 Kings 20:4
Verse 4. Into the middle court] rxh hatstser, the court. This is the reading of the Masoretic Keri: ry[h haair, "of the city," is the reading of the text, and of most MSS.; but the versions follow the Keri.
John Gill's Bible Commentary
Ver. 4. And it came to pass, afore Isaiah was gone out into the middle court , etc.] Of the king’s palace, which is called the other court within the porch, ( 1 Kings 7:8) so it is according to the marginal reading, which we follow; but the textual reading is, “the middle city”; Jerusalem was divided into three parts, and this was the middle part Isaiah was entering into: but before he did, so it was, [that] the word of the Lord came to him, saying ; as follows.
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 1-11 - Hezekiah was sick unto death, in the same year in which the king of Assyria besieged Jerusalem. A warning to prepare for death was brough to Hezekiah by Isaiah. Prayer is one of the best preparations for death, because by it we fetch in strength and grace from God, to enabl us to finish well. He wept sorely: some gather from hence that he wa unwilling to die; it is in the nature of man to dread the separation of soul and body. There was also something peculiar in Hezekiah's case; he was now in the midst of his usefulness. Let Hezekiah's prayer, see Is 38. interpret his tears; in that is nothing which is like his havin been under that fear of death, which has bondage or torment. Hezekiah' piety made his sick-bed easy. "O Lord, remember now;" he does not spea as if God needed to be put in mind of any thing by us; nor, as if the reward might be demanded as due; it is Christ's righteousness only tha is the purchase of mercy and grace. Hezekiah does not pray, Lord, spar me; but, Lord, remember me; whether I live or die, let me be thine. God always hears the prayers of the broken in heart, and will give health length of days, and temporal deliverances, as much and as long as it is truly good for them. Means were to be used for Hezekiah's recovery yet, considering to what a height the disease was come, and ho suddenly it was checked, the cure was miraculous. It is our duty, when sick, to use such means as are proper to help nature, else we do no trust God, but tempt him. For the confirmation of his faith, the shado of the sun was carried back, and the light was continued longer tha usual, in a miraculous manner. This work of wonder shows the power of God in heaven as well as on earth, the great notice he takes of prayer and the great favour he bears to his chosen.
Original Hebrew
ויהי 1961 ישׁעיהו 3470 לא 3808 יצא 3318 העיר 5892 התיכנה 8484 ודבר 1697 יהוה 3068 היה 1961 אליו 413 לאמר׃ 559
