isaiah 38:11 I said, I shall not see the LORD, even the LORD, in the land of the living: I shall behold man no more with the inhabitants of the world.

isaiah 38:11 I said, "I shall not see the LORD, The LORD in the land of the living; I shall look on man no more among the inhabitants of the world.

11. Lord . . . Lord--The repetition, as in Isa 38:19, expresses the excited feeling of the king's mind.
See the Lord (Jehovah)--figuratively for "to enjoy His good gifts." So, in a similar connection (Ps 27:13). "I had fainted, unless I had believed to see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living"; (Ps 34:12), "What man is he that desireth life that he may see good?"
world--rather, translate: "among the inhabitants of the land of stillness," that is, Hades [MAURER], in parallel antithesis to "the land of the living" in the first clause. The Hebrew comes from a root, to "rest" or "cease" (Job 14:6).

isaiah 38:11 I said, "I shall not see the LORD, The LORD in the land of the living; I shall look on man no more among the inhabitants of the world.

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