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. 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.
The utterance belongs to the song of gratitude composed after restoration from life-threatening sickness and the granting of a new lease of life. In that illness he voiced fear and grief that death would end his seeing of the Lord and his fellowship with other people in the world among the living. The land of the living denotes earthly life in contrast with the grave.
As part of that testimony, the utterance witnesses that the living God who upholds all created things spared his life by favor when all other hope had fled. That deliverance was to be told to seekers after truth from distant lands so they would acknowledge the supreme sovereignty of the living God. His illness and recovery connected with the utterance show that prayer for healing may be joined with practical remedies, for applying a fig to the affected part was in harmony with faith and with God's providence.