The Shadow on the Sun-Dial of Ahaz
Isaiah 38:7-8
And this shall be a sign to you from the LORD, that the LORD will do this thing that he has spoken;…


We are not to imagine that in this miracle any effect was wrought upon the motion of the earth round its axis. A miraculous refraction of the sun's rays was effected by God on a particular sun-dial, at the prayer of King Hezekiah. It was a miracle, wrought on a particular dial, in a particular place, showing that it concerned a particular person; and it was not wrought on the solar orb, but on the solar light.

(Bp. Wordsworth.)



Parallel Verses
KJV: And this shall be a sign unto thee from the LORD, that the LORD will do this thing that he hath spoken;

WEB: This shall be the sign to you from Yahweh, that Yahweh will do this thing that he has spoken.




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