Isaiah 39:8 meaning and explanation

But Hezekiah said to Isaiah, “The word of the LORD that you have spoken is good.” For he thought, “At least there will be peace and security in my lifetime.”

Isaiah 39:8, Berean Standard Bible

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Hezekiah has just heard Isaiah's verdict that Babylon will one day carry off his treasures and take some of his own descendants as eunuchs. His reply calls the word of the LORD good, and the narrator supplies his private thought: peace and security would hold in his own lifetime.

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