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1 In those days was Hezekiah
sick unto death. And the prophet Isaiah the son of Amoz came to him, and said
unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Set thine house in order; for thou shalt die, and
not live.
2 Then he turned his face to the wall, and
prayed unto the LORD, saying,
3 I beseech thee, O LORD, remember now how
I have walked before thee in truth and with a perfect heart, and have done that
which is good in thy sight. And Hezekiah wept sore.
4 And it came to pass, afore Isaiah was
gone out into the middle court, that the word of the LORD came to him, saying,
5 Turn again, and tell Hezekiah the
captain of my people, Thus saith the LORD, the God of David thy father, I have
heard thy prayer, I have seen thy tears: behold, I will heal thee: on the third
day thou shalt go up unto the house of the LORD.
6 And I will add unto thy days fifteen
years; and I will deliver thee and this city out of the hand of the king of
Assyria; and I will defend this city for mine own sake, and for my servant David’s
sake.
7 And Isaiah said, Take a lump of figs.
And they took and laid it on the boil, and he recovered.
8 And Hezekiah said unto Isaiah, What shall
be the sign that the LORD will heal me, and that I shall go up into the
house of the LORD the third day?
9 And Isaiah said, This sign shalt thou
have of the LORD, that the LORD will do the thing that he hath spoken: shall the
shadow go forward ten degrees, or go back ten degrees?
10 And Hezekiah answered, It is a light
thing for the shadow to go down ten degrees: nay, but let the shadow return
backward ten degrees.
11 And Isaiah the prophet cried unto the
LORD: and he brought the shadow ten degrees backward, by which it had gone down
in the dial of Ahaz.
12 At that time Berodachbaladan, the son
of Baladan, king of Babylon, sent letters and a present unto Hezekiah: for he
had heard that Hezekiah had been sick.
13 And Hezekiah hearkened unto them, and
shewed them all the house of his precious things, the silver, and the gold, and
the spices, and the precious ointment, and all the house of his armour,
and all that was found in his treasures: there was nothing in his house, nor in
all his dominion, that Hezekiah shewed them not.
14 Then came Isaiah the prophet unto king
Hezekiah, and said unto him, What said these men? and from whence came they unto
thee? And Hezekiah said, They are come from a far country, even from
Babylon.
15 And he said, What have they seen in
thine house? And Hezekiah answered, All the things that are in
mine house have they seen: there is nothing among my treasures that I have not
shewed them.
16 And Isaiah said unto Hezekiah, Hear the
word of the LORD.
17 Behold, the days come, that all that is
in thine house, and that which thy fathers have laid up in store unto this day,
shall be carried into Babylon: nothing shall be left, saith the LORD.
18 And of thy sons that shall issue from
thee, which thou shalt beget, shall they take away; and they shall be eunuchs in
the palace of the king of Babylon.
19 Then said Hezekiah unto Isaiah, Good is
the word of the LORD which thou hast spoken. And he said, Is it not good,
if peace and truth be in my days?
20 And the rest of the acts of Hezekiah,
and all his might, and how he made a pool, and a conduit, and brought water into
the city, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings
of Judah?
21 And Hezekiah slept with his fathers:
and Manasseh his son reigned in his stead.
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