Isaiah 38:7

This will be a sign to you from the LORD that He will do what He has promised:

Berean Standard Bible

Study note

Setting — The prophet Isaiah speaks to King Hezekiah during a critical illness. This declaration follows God’s pledge to heal the king and defend Jerusalem from the Assyrian army (Isaiah 38:6).

The words — The Hebrew term הָא֖וֹת (hāʾōṯ) includes the definite article, making the literal sense "the sign" rather than an indefinite one. This specific wording ties the divine promise directly to the forthcoming supernatural event.

The thread — Isaiah employs this exact phrase to validate God’s prior commitments, mirroring the sign given in Isaiah 37:30. The motif of divine signs confirming promises also appears in Judges 6:17 and Judges 6:37.

Why it lands — The verse records that God’s verbal promise will be verified by an observable action. It requires the reader to anchor trust in future outcomes based on documented, historical intervention.

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The Hebrew words

וְזֶה־ve./zeh-and/ thisלְּךָ֥le./Khafor/ youהָא֖וֹתha./'ot[will be] the/ sign מֵאֵ֣תme./'Etfrom/ with יְהוָ֑הYah.wehYahweh אֲשֶׁר֙'a.Sherthat יַעֲשֶׂ֣הya.'a.Sehhe will do יְהוָ֔הYah.wehYahweh אֶת־'et-<obj.>הַדָּבָ֥רha./da.Varthe/ thing הַזֶּ֖הha./Zeh<the>/ this אֲשֶׁ֥ר'a.Sherwhich דִּבֵּֽר׃di.Berhe has spoken

King James Version

And this shall be a sign unto thee from the Lord, that the Lord will do this thing that he hath spoken;

Cross-references

Judges 6:37 then behold, I will place a fleece of wool on the threshing floor. If there is dew only on the fleece and all the ground is dry, then I will know that You are going to save Israel by my hand, as You have said.”
Isaiah 37:30 And this will be a sign to you, O Hezekiah: This year you will eat what grows on its own, and in the second year what springs from the same. But in the third year you will sow and reap; you will plant vineyards and eat their fruit.
Judges 6:17 Gideon answered, “If I have found favor in Your sight, give me a sign that it is You speaking with me.
2 Kings 20:8 Now Hezekiah had asked Isaiah, “What will be the sign that the LORD will heal me and that I will go up to the house of the LORD on the third day?”
Isaiah 7:11 “Ask for a sign from the LORD your God, whether from the depths of Sheol or the heights of heaven.”
Genesis 9:13 I have set My rainbow in the clouds, and it will be a sign of the covenant between Me and the earth.
Isaiah 38:22 And Hezekiah had asked, “What will be the sign that I will go up to the house of the LORD?”