Isaiah 38:21 meaning and explanation

Now Isaiah had said, “Prepare a lump of pressed figs and apply it to the boil, and he will recover.”

Isaiah 38:21, Berean Standard Bible

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Isaiah 38 tells how King Hezekiah of Judah, gravely ill, prayed and was promised fifteen more years of life. Verse 21 steps back to report the prophet's earlier instruction: a poultice of pressed figs applied to the boil.

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