The Light of the Mosaic Past
R. Balgarnie, D. D. 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;… To the ardent eyes of the old prophet the light that had reversed the shadow on the sundial was the old "Light" of the Mosaic past. It had illumined the land of Goshen in the days of supernatural darkness that overspread the rest of Egypt. It had flashed out with more than electric brightness upon the hosts of Israel as they struggled on through the night and the sea to escape the pursuing army of the Pharaoh. It had "glided" as a fiery pillar before the tribes through the rocky desert, warning off their enemies, and guiding the pilgrim army homeward to the fatherland. It had synchronised their movements with those convulsions of nature that arrested the Jordan at harvest flood, and shook down the walls of Jericho at the moment when they were prepared to cross and capture the devoted city. And it had stood over Gibeon as a sun that would not go down, and as a moon that would not withdraw, while Jehovah fought for Israel, and gave them their "crowning victory" over the idolatrous Canaanites. Isaiah knew the Light. (R. Balgarnie, D. D.) 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.