aIn those days
Hezekiah
became
1mortally
ill
. And Isaiah
the prophet
the son
of Amoz
came
to him and said
to him, "Thus
says
the LORD
, ` bSet
your house
in order
, for you shall die
and not live
.' "
Then he turned his face
to the wall
and prayed
to the LORD
, saying
,
" aRemember now
, O
LORD
, I beseech
You, bhow
I have walked
before
You in truth
and with a whole
heart
and have done
what
is good
in Your sight
." And cHezekiah
wept
1bitterly
.
Before Isaiah
had gone
out of the middle
court
, the word
of the LORD
came
to him, saying
,
"Return and say
to aHezekiah
the leader
of My people
, `Thus
says
the LORD
, the God
of your father
David
, " bI have heard
your prayer
, cI have seen
your tears
; behold
, I will heal
you. On the third
day
you shall go
up to the house
of the LORD
.
"I will add fifteen
years
to your 1life
, and I will deliver
you and this
city
from the hand
of the king
of Assyria
; and aI will defend
this
city
for My own sake
and for My servant
David's
sake
.""'
Then Isaiah said
, "Take
a cake
of figs
." And they took
and laid
it on the boil
, and he recovered
.
Now Hezekiah said
to Isaiah
, "What
will be the sign
that the LORD
will heal
me, and that I shall go
up to the house
of the LORD
the third
day
?"
Isaiah said
, " aThis
shall be the sign
to you from the LORD
, that the LORD
will do
the thing
that He has spoken
: shall the shadow
go
forward ten
steps
or
go
back
ten
steps
?"
So Hezekiah 1answered
, "It is easy
for the shadow
to decline
ten
steps
; no
, but let the shadow
turn
backward
ten
steps
."
Isaiah the prophet
cried
to the LORD
, and aHe brought
the shadow
on the 1stairway
back
ten
steps
by which
it had gone
down
on the 1stairway
of Ahaz
.
aAt that time 1Berodach-baladan
a son
of Baladan
, king
of Babylon
, sent
letters
and a present
to Hezekiah
, for he heard
that Hezekiah
had been
sick
.
Hezekiah listened
to them, and showed
them aall
his treasure
house
, 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 treasuries
. There was nothing
in his house
nor
in all
his dominion
that Hezekiah
did not show
them.
Then Isaiah the prophet
came
to King
Hezekiah
and said
to him, "What
did these
men
say
, and from where
have they come
to you?" And Hezekiah
said
, "They have come
from a far
country
, from Babylon
."
He said, "What
have they seen
in your house
?" So Hezekiah
1answered
, "They have seen
all
that is in my house
; there is nothing
among my treasuries
that I have not shown
them."
Then Isaiah said
to Hezekiah
, "Hear
the word
of the LORD
.
`Behold, the days
are coming
when aall
that is in your house
, and all that your fathers
have laid
up in store
to this
day
will be carried
to Babylon
; nothing
shall be left
,' says
the LORD
.
`Some aof your sons
who
shall issue
from you, whom
you will beget
, will be taken
away; and they will become
bofficials
in the palace
of the king
of Babylon
.' "
Then Hezekiah said
to Isaiah
, "The word
of the LORD
which
you have spoken
is agood
." For he 1thought
, "Is it not so, if
there will be peace
and truth
in my days
?"
aNow the rest of the acts
of Hezekiah
and all
his might
, and how
he bmade
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
?
aSo Hezekiah slept
with his fathers
, and Manasseh
his son
became
king
in his place
.