38:15-20
Hezekiah is describing the process God took him through. Upto verse 16 he is describing the bitterness and anguish of soul that he went through before God healed him. Then from verse 17 onwards he expresses some understanding of why God allowed him to go through this anguish. “It was for my welfare”. The process made Hezekiah a better person. Then God delivered him and cast all his sins away. Verse 18-20 reflect the sentiments expressed in some of the Psalms. The dead do not praise or thank God, for they cannot. God saves us so that we can praise Him. Then in verse 19 he speaks of making the ways of the Lord known to future generations. He finishes by talking about praising God all the days of our life in the house of the Lord (see Psalm 23).
38:21,22
We then get a few more practical details. Hezekiah had asked for a sign, hence the sign spoken of in 38:7,8. Although the healing was from God and was miraculous, there was a practical side to it as well. Isaiah had instructed “them” (presumably servants of some sort) to apply a cake of figs to the boil.
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