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BSB
Berean Standard Bible
ASV
American Standard Version
In those days Hezekiah became
mortally
ill
. The prophet Isaiah
son of Amoz came to him and said, “This
is
what
the
LORD
says:
‘Put
your
house in order ,
for you
are
about
to
die ;
you
will
not recover
. ’”
In those days was
Hezekiah sick
unto
death
. And
Isaiah
the prophet the
son of Amoz came to him ,
and said unto
him
, Thus
saith
Jehovah,
Set
thy
house in order :
for thou
shalt
die ,
and
not live
.
Then Hezekiah
turned his face to the wall and prayed to
the
LORD
, saying,
Then he
turned his face to the wall ,
and prayed unto
Jehovah
, saying,
“Please
, O LORD
, remember
how I have walked before You
faithfully
and with wholehearted
devotion;
I
have done what
was
good in Your
sight. ”
And Hezekiah wept bitterly
.
Remember
now
, O Jehovah
, I
beseech
thee,
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
.
Before Isaiah had
left
the middle courtyard
, the word of the
LORD
came to him, saying,
And
it
came
to
pass,
before Isaiah was
gone
out
into
the middle part
of
the
city
, that
the word of Jehovah
came to him, saying,
“Go
back and tell
Hezekiah the leader
of My people that
this
is
what
the
LORD
, the God of your
father
David, says:
‘
I have heard your
prayer ;
I have seen your
tears .
I will surely
heal you.
On the third day from
now
you
will
go up to
the house of the
LORD
.
Turn
back ,
and say
to
Hezekiah the prince
of my people, Thus
saith
Jehovah,
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 Jehovah
.
I will add fifteen years to
your
life.
And I will deliver you
and this city from
the hand of the king of Assyria .
I will defend this city for My
sake and for the
sake
of
My servant David
. ’”
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
.
Then
Isaiah said, “Prepare
a poultice
of figs. ”
So
they brought
it
and applied
it to
the boil, and Hezekiah
recovered.
And
Isaiah said, Take
a cake
of figs. And
they took
and laid
it on
the boil, and he
recovered.
Now
Hezekiah had
asked
Isaiah, “
What will
be the sign that the
LORD
will heal me and that I will
go up to
the house of the
LORD
on
the third day? ”
And
Hezekiah said
unto
Isaiah, What shall
be the sign that Jehovah
will heal me ,
and that I shall
go up unto
the house of Jehovah
the third day?
And Isaiah had
replied
, “
This will
be a
sign to
you
from the
LORD
that He
will do what
He has
promised
: Would
you
like
the shadow to
go forward ten steps, or back ten steps? ”
And Isaiah said
, This shall
be the
sign unto
thee
from Jehovah,
that Jehovah
will do the
thing
that
he hath
spoken
: shall
the shadow go forward ten steps, or go
back ten steps?
“
It is easy
for the shadow to lengthen
ten steps ,”
answered
Hezekiah
, “
but not
for
it
to
go
back
ten steps. ”
And
Hezekiah
answered,
It is a
light
thing
for the shadow to decline
ten steps :
nay
, but let
the
shadow
return
backward
ten steps.
So
Isaiah the prophet called
out
to
the
LORD,
and He brought the shadow back
the
ten steps it had descended
on the stairway
of Ahaz.
And
Isaiah the prophet cried
unto
Jehovah;
and he brought the shadow ten steps backward,
by
which
it had gone
down
on the dial
of Ahaz.
At that time Merodach
-baladan son of Baladan king of Babylon sent letters and a gift
to
Hezekiah ,
for he had heard about
Hezekiah’s
illness
.
At that time Berodach
-baladan the
son of Baladan ,
king of Babylon ,
sent letters and a present
unto
Hezekiah ;
for he had heard that
Hezekiah
had
been
sick
.
And Hezekiah received
the
envoys
and showed them all that
was
in
his
treasure
house —
the silver, the gold, the spices, and the precious oil, as
well
as
his armory—
all that was found in his storehouses.
There was nothing in his palace
or
in all his dominion that Hezekiah did
not
show
them.
And Hezekiah hearkened
unto
them,
and showed them all the
house of
his
precious
things,
the silver, and
the gold, and
the spices, and the precious oil, and
the
house
of
his armor,
and
all that was found in his treasures:
there was nothing in his house,
nor
in all his dominion ,
that Hezekiah showed
them not
.
Then the prophet Isaiah
went
to
King Hezekiah and asked
, “Where
did
those
men come
from,
and what
did
they say
to
you
? ”
“
They came
from a distant
land,”
Hezekiah
replied
, “
from Babylon. ”
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.
“
What have they seen in your
palace
? ”
Isaiah
asked.
“They
have
seen
everything
in my palace,”
answered
Hezekiah.
“
There is nothing among my treasures that I did
not show
them. ”
And
he
said,
What have they seen in thy
house
? And
Hezekiah
answered,
All
that
is
in my house
have
they
seen:
there is nothing among my treasures that I have
not showed
them.
Then
Isaiah said to
Hezekiah, “
Hear the word of the
LORD:
And
Isaiah said unto
Hezekiah, Hear the word of Jehovah.
The time
will
surely
come when
everything
in your
palace
and all
that your
fathers have stored
up until
this day will
be carried off
to Babylon .
Nothing will
be left, says
the
LORD
.
Behold,
the days
come ,
that
all
that
is
in thy
house,
and that which
thy
fathers have laid
up in
store
unto
this day ,
shall
be carried to Babylon :
nothing shall
be left, saith
Jehovah
.
And some
of your
descendants
, your
own
flesh
and
blood
, will
be
taken
away to
be eunuchs in the palace of the king of Babylon. ”
And of thy
sons
that
shall
issue
from
thee
, whom
thou
shalt
beget
, shall
they
take
away ;
and
they
shall
be eunuchs in the palace of the king of Babylon.
But
Hezekiah
said to
Isaiah, “
The word of the
LORD
that
you
have
spoken is
good
. ”
For
he thought
, “Will
there
not at
least
be
peace and security
in my lifetime
? ”
Then
said Hezekiah
unto
Isaiah, Good
is
the word of Jehovah
which
thou
hast
spoken. He said
moreover
, Is
it
not so,
if
peace and truth
shall
be
in my days
?
As
for
the rest of the acts of Hezekiah, along
with
all his might and how he constructed
the pool and the tunnel
to
bring
water into the city, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah?
Now
the rest of the acts of Hezekiah, and
all his might ,
and how he made
the pool ,
and the conduit,
and
brought
water into the city, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
And Hezekiah rested
with his fathers ,
and his son Manasseh
reigned in his place
.
And Hezekiah slept
with his fathers ;
and Manasseh
his son reigned in his stead
.
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