IN those dayes was Hezekiah sick] 2 Kin. 20. 1, 2. 2 Chron. 32. 24. Shortly after the deliverance from the Assyrian, Chap. 37. Thus will God have his in continuall exercise; that thereby he may enure them, to depend constantly upon him alone, and to aspire unto heaven, 2 Corinthians 1:9. & 2 Corinthians 5:2. 4.
unto death] His disease being in its own nature deadly.
Set thine house in order] Heb. Give charge concerning thine house. Chap. 48. 5.
thou shalt die and not live] Heb. thou art dead. no better then a dead man; as sure to die, as if already dead. So Genesis 20:3. John 3:18. Romans 7:30. Yet a secret reservation there was, though the message was peremptorie to humble and trie him: as Jonah 3:4.