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In those days Hezekiah fell dangerously ill. The prophet Isaiah son of Amoz came and said to him, \u2018Thus said the LORD: Set your affairs in order, for you are going to die; you will not get well.\u2019 (1)<\/span><\/p>\n

While to all superficial appearances, Hezekiah\u2019s illness was an ordinary physical malaise, Malbim,* characteristically, drew distinctions.<\/span><\/p>\n

Man has three adversaries.<\/span><\/p>\n

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  1. The most external adversary is a human enemy who comes upon him.<\/span><\/li>\n
  2. A closer adversary consists of corporeal strength and makeup. Since [man] is composed of a mixture of different and contradictory elements, once the covenant holding them together comes apart\u2026his vessel is in danger of breaking up.<\/span><\/li>\n
  3. The most internal adversary consists of the properties, attributes, and aspirations that are embedded in man\u2019s soul. He holds their inclinations in the balance, so whenever he is unable to control his passions, he will sicken his soul and it will sink into the depths of oblivion.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Hezekiah was set upon by the two external adversaries. Three days before Sennacherib, the foreign enemy, arrived at his gates, the innermost adversary\u2014the maladies of disposition and illnesses of [physical] composition\u2014combined to set upon him and to do him in\u2026<\/span><\/p>\n

    However, if man overcomes his most internal adversary\u2014by improving his conduct\u2014and restores peace and verity to his soul and his intellect, then even his two external foes will submit to him. Therefore, Isaiah came to point out to [Hezekiah] that he would die and not live because he was lacking the internal matter that is the source of true and eternal life\u2026 whereupon [Hezekiah] understood what was incumbent upon him to do.<\/span><\/p>\n

    Malbim\u2019s valuable insight may explain why the sign that Isaiah enacted (7-8) consisted of the recession of both the sun and the shade. The former represents the physical dimension while the latter is its spiritual complement.<\/span><\/p>\n

    *For the significance of Malbim\u2019s commentary to the Book of Isaiah,<\/span> see our introduction to chapter 1.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","image":{"ID":66968,"id":66968,"title":"is38-Hezekiah's Recovery","filename":"is38-Hezekiahs-Recovery.jpg","filesize":0,"url":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/is38-Hezekiahs-Recovery.jpg","link":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/en\/hezekiahs-health\/is38-hezekiahs-recovery\/","alt":"","author":"7","description":"","caption":"","name":"is38-hezekiahs-recovery","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":66967,"date":"2019-12-15 17:08:54","modified":"2023-07-09 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