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What the Fathers say
Eastern Fathers
Cosmas Indicopleustes
But God who, in mercy to man, always works for his salvation, desiring to dispossess Hezekiah of that notion which his erring human judgment had suggested to him, and remembering also his virtues, did not permit him to be deluded to the end, but sent him such a sickness as led him to despair of his life. Then Isaiah the prophet going in unto him said: Set thy house in order, for thou shalt die and not live; and thus at once took away the two opinions he had entertained. …
Western Saints
Jerome
In those days, Hezekiah fell sick even unto death. And Isaiah, the son of Amos the prophet, came to him, and said to him: Thus saith the Lord: Set thy house in order, for thou shalt die, and not live. Whom the Lord loves, He corrects and disciplines every son whom He receives (Prov. III). …
Thomas Aquinas
771. In those days. In this part, he sets out some things occasioned by the preceding history, namely, the sickness of Ezechias, which he incurred because of his ingratitude, because after such a victory he did not compose a song of thanksgiving, as was the custom. And this is divided into two parts: in the first, he sets out his sickness and healing; in the second, he sets out the congratulations of his friends: at that time (ch. 39). …
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