A Journey Through the Gates of the Grave: Finding Hope in Despair
"I said in the cutting off of my days, I shall go to the gates of the grave: I am deprived of the residue of my years." - Isaiah 38:10
Isaiah 38:10 reads, "I said in the cutting off of my days, I shall go to the gates of the grave: I am deprived of the residue of my years." In this poignant declaration, King Hezekiah reflects on his impending death, capturing the rawness of human vulnerability and the acute awareness of mortality that comes with facing one’s own end.
Hezekiah’s lament is deeply relatable. Each of us, at some point, grapples with the unsettling knowledge that our days are finite. In an era where life is often taken for granted amid daily routines, we rarely pause to confront the sobering thought of our own mortality. Yet, there are moments—crises of health, personal loss, or seasons of tragedy—when we are forced to gaze into the abyss and acknowledge the brevity of life. Hezekiah's words encapsulate that struggle, as he faced imminent death due to illness, confronting the reality of having his days "cut off."
In his desperation, King Hezekiah reflects not only on the end of his life but also on what it means to be deprived of the
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Isaiah 38:10 - "I said in the cutting off of my days, I shall go to the gates of the grave: I am deprived of the residue of my years."
"I said in the cutting off of my days, I shall go to the gates of the grave: I am deprived of the residue of my years." - Isaiah 38:10
Isaiah 38:4 - "¶ Then came the word of the LORD to Isaiah, saying,"
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"¶ Then came the word of the LORD to Isaiah, saying," - Isaiah 38:4
Isaiah 38:21 - "For Isaiah had said, Let them take a lump of figs, and lay it for a plaister upon the boil, and he shall recover."
Ezra 10:38 - "And Bani, and Binnui, Shimei,"
Isaiah 38:2 - "Then Hezekiah turned his face toward the wall, and prayed unto the LORD,"
Jos 10:38 (KJVA) 38 And Joshua returned, and all Israel with him, to Debir; and fought against it:
Isaiah 38:6 - "And I will deliver thee and this city out of the hand of the king of Assyria: and I will defend this city."
Isaiah 38:9 - "¶ The writing of Hezekiah king of Judah, when he had been sick, and was recovered of his sickness:"
Isaiah 38:22 - "Hezekiah also had said, What is the sign that I shall go up to the house of the LORD?"
Isaiah 38:7 - "And this shall be a sign unto thee from the LORD, that the LORD will do this thing that he hath spoken;"
Joshua 10:38 - "¶ And Joshua returned, and all Israel with him, to Debir; and fought against it:"
"And Bani, and Binnui, Shimei," - Ezra 10:38
Job 38:10 - "And brake up for it my decreed place, and set bars and doors,"
Matthew 10:38 - "And he that taketh not his cross, and followeth after me, is not worthy of me."
Isaiah 38:18 - "For the grave cannot praise thee, death can not celebrate thee: they that go down into the pit cannot hope for thy truth."
Isaiah 38:1 - "In those days was Hezekiah sick unto death. And Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz came unto him, and said unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Set thine house in order: for thou shalt die, and not live."
Isaiah 38:19 - "The living, the living, he shall praise thee, as I do this day: the father to the children shall make known thy truth."
Exodus 38:10 - "Their pillars were twenty, and their brasen sockets twenty; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets were of silver."
Genesis 38:10 - "And the thing which he did displeased the LORD: wherefore he slew him also."
Isaiah 38:11 - "I said, I shall not see the LORD, even the LORD, in the land of the living: I shall behold man no more with the inhabitants of the world."
Isaiah 38:20 - "The LORD was ready to save me: therefore we will sing my songs to the stringed instruments all the days of our life in the house of the LORD."
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