Verse 9
Ezechias. Sanchez groundlessly thinks it was composed by Isaias. (Calmet) --- Ezechias was afflicted lest he should give way to dangerous joy. (Worthington)
Verse 10
Hell. Sheol, or Hades, the region of the dead. (Challoner) --- He was afraid to die without issue. (St. Jerome; ver. 12.) --- Manasses was born three years later. (Calmet) --- The king would naturally have died. (St. Augustine, de Gen. ad lit. vi. 17.) (Worthington)
Verse 11
Living. I shall not assist at the festivals of the Lord in the temple.
Verse 14
For me. He represents his disease, as an inexorable creditor.
Verse 18
Truth. He speaks only of the body.
Verse 22
Lord. The answer is given, (4 Kings xx. 9.) which seems to evince that this is only an extract. (Calmet) --- The prophet prescribed the medicine, and the king asked for a sign before he sung the canticle. (Worthington)
Verse 36
CHAPTER XXXVIII.