Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, on Isa 38:19

“The living, the living, he shall give praise to thee, as I do this day: the father shall make thy truth known to the children.”

“living . . . living--emphatic repetition, as in Isa 38:11, Isa 38:17; his heart is so full of the main object of his prayer that, for want of adequate words, he repeats the same word. father to the children--one generation of the living to another. He probably, also, hints at his own desire to live until he should have a child, the successor to his throne, to whom he might make known and so perpetuate the memory of God's truth. truth--faithfulness to His promises; especially in Hezekiah's case, His promise of hearing prayer.”

Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.