Isaiah 38:15

“What shall I say? he hath both spoken unto me, and himself hath done it: I shall go softly all my years in the bitterness of my soul.”

"What shall I say? he hath both spoken unto me, and himself hath done it: I shall go softly all my years in the bitterness of my soul." - Isaiah 38:15
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What does Isaiah 38:15 mean?

The verse Isaiah 38:15 in the King James Version of the Bible reads, "What shall I say? he hath both spoken unto me, and himself hath done it: I shall go softly all my years in the bitterness of my soul." This verse is from a passage in which King Hezekiah of Judah falls ill and…

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Walking Softly in the Bitter Seasons of Life

Isaiah 38:15 KJV: "What shall I say? he hath both spoken unto me, and himself hath done it: I shall go softly all my years in the bitterness of my soul." In this poignant verse, we find ourselves in the presence of King Hezekiah, a man who understood the depths of despair and…

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A Prayer of Reflection and Surrender in the Bitterness of the Soul

Heavenly Father, In the quietness of my heart, I come before You today, steeped in the profound words of Isaiah 38:15, which declares, "What shall I say? he hath both spoken unto me, and himself hath done it: I shall go softly all my years in the bitterness of my soul." Lord…

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Isaiah 38:15 - "What shall I say? he hath both spoken unto me, and himself hath done it: I shall go softly all my years in the bitterness of my soul."
Isaiah 38:4 - "¶ Then came the word of the LORD to Isaiah, saying,"
Isaiah 38:17
"¶ Then came the word of the LORD to Isaiah, saying," - Isaiah 38:4
Joshua 15:38 - "And Dilean, and Mizpeh, and Joktheel,"
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."
Isaiah 38:2 - "Then Hezekiah turned his face toward the wall, and prayed unto the LORD,"
Mark 15:38 - "And the veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom."
"And Dilean, and Mizpeh, and Joktheel," - Joshua 15:38
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."
Job 38:15 - "And from the wicked their light is withholden, and the high arm shall be broken."
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;"
Matthew 15:38 - "And they that did eat were four thousand men, beside women and children."
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."
1 Corinthians 15:38 - "But God giveth it a body as it hath pleased him, and to every seed his own body."
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."
Psalms 38:15 - "For in thee, O LORD, do I hope: thou wilt hear, O Lord my God."
Exodus 38:15 - "And for the other side of the court gate, on this hand and that hand, were hangings of fifteen cubits; their pillars three, and their sockets three."
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."
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."
Genesis 38:15 - "When Judah saw her, he thought her to be an harlot; because she had covered her face."
Acts 15:38 - "But Paul thought not good to take him with them, who departed from them from Pamphylia, and went not with them to the work."
Isaiah 38:16 - "O Lord, by these things men live, and in all these things is the life of my spirit: so wilt thou recover me, and make me to live."
"And the veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom." - Mark 15:38
"And the veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom." - Mark 15:38