Cosmas Indicopleustes, on Isa 38:11

“I said: I shall not see the Lord God in the land of the living. I shall behold man no more, nor the inhabitant of rest.”

“I shall no longer behold the salvation of God upon the earth. The salvation of God here signifies Christ; for thus also Symeon, when he took up Christ in his arms, prayed God to be allowed to depart from this life, since his eyes had seen the salvation of God, namely Christ himself for it had been revealed to him by the Spirit that he should not see death, until he had seen the Lord Christ. What Hezekiah then meant to show was this: I not only abandoned that idea and ceased to entertain those lofty imaginations concerning myself, but I do not even think I shall be privileged to see the Christ upon the earth, as I have only other fifteen years to live. I shall no longer see a man of my own kindred —this means, after the fifteen years which God has granted to me as an addition to my years, I shall, when dying, not only not be counted worthy to see Him, but not even to see any man, nay, not so much as one of my kindred. I am deprived of the residue of my life; this means, having thrown away therefore my former estimate of myself, and considering what was my duty for the future, I recognised that my life would come to an end”

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