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[1] In those days Hezekiah was sick and dying. Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz came to him, and said to him, “Yahweh says, ‘Set your house in order; for you will die, and not live.’” [2] Then he turned his face to the wall, and prayed to Yahweh, saying, [3] “Remember now, Yahweh, I beg you, how I have walked before you in truth and with a perfect heart, and have done that which is good in your sight.” And Hezekiah wept bitterly. [4] Before Isaiah had gone out into the middle part of the city, Yahweh’s word came to him, saying, [5] “Turn back, and tell Hezekiah the prince of my people, ‘Yahweh, the God of David your father, says, “I have heard your prayer. I have seen your tears. Behold, I will heal you. On the third day, you will go up to Yahweh’s house. [6] I will add to your days fifteen years. I will deliver you and this city out of the hand of the king of Assyria. I will defend this city for my own sake, and for my servant David’s sake.”’” [7] Isaiah said, “Take a cake of figs.”They took and laid it on the boil, and he recovered. [8] Hezekiah said to Isaiah, “What will be the sign that Yahweh will heal me, and that I will go up to Yahweh’s house the third day?” [9] Isaiah said, “This will be the sign to you from Yahweh, that Yahweh will do the thing that he has spoken: should the shadow go forward ten steps, or go back ten steps?” [10] Hezekiah answered, “It is a light thing for the shadow to go forward ten steps. No, but let the shadow return backward ten steps.” [11] Isaiah the prophet cried to Yahweh; and he brought the shadow ten steps backward, by which it had gone down on the sundial of Ahaz. [12] At that time Berodach Baladan the son of Baladan, king of Babylon, sent letters and a present to Hezekiah, for he had heard that Hezekiah had been sick. [13] Hezekiah listened to them, and showed them all the storehouse of his precious things—the silver, the gold, 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, or in all his dominion, that Hezekiah didn’t show them. [14] Then Isaiah the prophet came to King Hezekiah, and said to him, “What did these men say? From where did they come to you?”Hezekiah said, “They have come from a far country, even from Babylon.” [15] He said, “What have they seen in your house?”Hezekiah answered, “They have seen all that is in my house. There is nothing among my treasures that I have not shown them.” [16] Isaiah said to Hezekiah, “Hear Yahweh’s word. [17] ‘Behold, the days come that all that is in your house, and that which your fathers have laid up in store to this day, will be carried to Babylon. Nothing will be left,’ says Yahweh. [18] ‘They will take away some of your sons who will issue from you, whom you will father; and they will be eunuchs in the palace of the king of Babylon.’” [19] Then Hezekiah said to Isaiah, “Yahweh’s word which you have spoken is good.” He said moreover, “Isn’t it so, if peace and truth will be in my days?” [20] 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, aren’t they written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? [21] Hezekiah slept with his fathers, and Manasseh his son reigned in his place.
King James Version

Hezekiah’s Sickness

[1] In those days H3117 was Hezekiah H2396 sick H2470 unto H413 death. H4191 And the prophet H5030 Isaiah H3470 the son H1121 of Amoz H531 came H935 to him, and said H559 unto H413 him, Thus saith H559 the Lord, H3068 Set thine house H1004 in order; H6680§ for H3588 thou shalt die, H4191 and not live. H2421 [2] Then he turned H5437 H853 his face H6440 to the wall, H7023 and prayed H6419 unto H413 the Lord, H3068 saying, H559 [3] I beseech H577 thee, O Lord, H3068 remember H2142 now how I have walked H1980 before H6440 thee in truth H571 and with a perfect H8003 heart, H3824 and have done H6213 that which is good H2896 in thy sight. H5869 And Hezekiah H2396 wept H1058 H1065 sore. H1419§ [4] And it came to pass, afore Isaiah H3470 was gone out H3318 into the middle H8484 court, H2691§ H5892 that the word H1697 of the Lord H3068 came to him, saying, H559 [5] Turn again, H7725 and tell H559 Hezekiah H2396 the captain H5057 of my people, H5971 Thus H3541 saith H559 the Lord, H3068 the God H430 of David H1732 thy father, H1 I have heard H8085 H853 thy prayer, H8605 I have seen H7200 H853 thy tears: H1832 behold, I will heal H7495 thee: on the third H7992 day H3117 thou shalt go up H5927 unto H413 the house H1004 of the Lord. H3068 [6] And I will add H3254 unto thy days H3117 fifteen H2568 H6240 years; H8141 and I will deliver H5337 thee and this city H5892 out of the hand H3709 of the king H4428 of Assyria; H804 and I will defend H1598 this H2063 city H5892 for mine own sake, and for my servant H5650 David’s H1732 sake. [7] And Isaiah H3470 said, H559 Take H3947 a lump H1690 of figs. H8384 And they took H3947 and laid H7760 it on the boil, H7822 and he recovered. H2421 [8] And Hezekiah H2396 said H559 unto H413 Isaiah, H3470 What shall be the sign H226 that the Lord H3068 will heal H7495 me, and that I shall go up H5927 into the house H1004 of the Lord H3068 the third H7992 day? H3117 [9] And Isaiah H3470 said, H559 This H2088 sign H226 shalt thou have of the Lord, H3068 that the Lord H3068 will do H6213 H853 the thing H1697 that he hath spoken: H1696 shall the shadow H6738 go forward H1980 ten H6235 degrees, H4609 or go back H7725 ten H6235 degrees? H4609 [10] And Hezekiah H3169 answered, H559 It is a light thing H7043 for H3588 the shadow H6738 to go down H5186 ten H6235 degrees: H4609 nay, but let the shadow H6738 return H7725 backward H322 ten H6235 degrees. H4609 [11] And Isaiah H3470 the prophet H5030 cried H7121 unto H413 the Lord: H3068 and he brought H7725 H853 the shadow H6738 ten H6235 degrees H4609 backward, H322 by H4609 which H834 it had gone down H3381 in the dial H4609§ of Ahaz. H271

Letters from Babylon

[12] At that time H6256 Berodach-baladan, H1255 the son H1121 of Baladan, H1081 king H4428 of Babylon, H894 sent H7971 letters H5612 and a present H4503 unto H413 Hezekiah: H2396 for H3588 he had heard H8085 that Hezekiah H2396 had been sick. H2470 [13] And Hezekiah H2396 hearkened H8085 unto them, and shewed H7200 them all the house H1004 of his precious things, H5238§ H853 the silver, H3701 and the gold, H2091 and the spices, H1314 and the precious H2896 ointment, H8081 and all the house H1004 of his armour, H3627§ and all that was found H4672 in his treasures: H214 there was nothing H1697 in his house, H1004 nor in all his dominion, H4475 that Hezekiah H2396 shewed H7200 them not.

Isaiah’s Prophecy

[14] Then came H935 Isaiah H3470 the prophet H5030 unto H413 king H4428 Hezekiah, H2396 and said H559 unto H413 him, What said H559 these H428 men? H582 and from whence H370 came H935 they unto thee? And Hezekiah H2396 said, H559 They are come H935 from a far H7350 country, H776 even from Babylon. H894 [15] And he said, H559 What H4100 have they seen H7200 in thine house? H1004 And Hezekiah H2396 answered, H559 All the things that are in mine house H1004 have they seen: H7200 there is nothing H1697 among my treasures H214 that I have not shewed H7200 them. [16] And Isaiah H3470 said H559 unto H413 Hezekiah, H2396 Hear H8085 the word H1697 of the Lord. H3068 [17] Behold, the days H3117 come, H935 that all that is in thine house, H1004 and that which thy fathers H1 have laid up in store H686 unto H5704 this H2088 day, H3117 shall be carried H5375 into Babylon: H894 nothing H1697 shall be left, H3498 saith H559 the Lord. H3068 [18] And of thy sons H1121 that shall issue H3318 from H4480 thee, which thou shalt beget, H3205 shall they take away; H3947 and they shall be eunuchs H5631 in the palace H1964 of the king H4428 of Babylon. H894 [19] Then said H559 Hezekiah H2396 unto H413 Isaiah, H3470 Good H2896 is the word H1697 of the Lord H3068 which H834 thou hast spoken. H1696 And he said, H559 Is it not good, if peace H7965 and truth H571 be in my days? H3117 [20] And the rest H3499 of the acts H1697 of Hezekiah, H2396 and all his might, H1369 and how he made H6213 H853 a pool, H1295 and a conduit, H8585 and brought H935 H853 water H4325 into the city, H5892 are they not written H3789 in the book H5612 of the chronicles H1697 H3117 of the kings H4428 of Judah? H3063 [21] And Hezekiah H2396 slept H7901 with H5973 his fathers: H1 and Manasseh H4519 his son H1121 reigned H4427 in his stead.

Footnotes

  1. § 20:1 Heb. give charge concerning thine house
  2. § 20:3 Heb. with a great weeping
  3. § 20:4 Or, city
  4. § 20:11 Heb. degrees
  5. § 20:13a Or, spicery
  6. § 20:13b Or, jewels. Heb. vessells
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[1] Ἐν G1722 ταῖς G3588 ἡμέραις G2250 ἐκείναις G1565 ἠρρώστησεν Εζεκιας G1478 εἰς G1519 θάνατον. G2288 Καὶ G2532 εἰσῆλθεν G1525 πρὸς G4314 αὐτὸν G846 Ησαιας G2268 υἱὸς G5207 Αμως G301 ὁ G3588 προφήτης G4396 καὶ G2532 εἶπεν G2036 πρὸς G4314 αὐτόν G846 Τάδε G3592 λέγει G3004 κύριος G2962 Ἔντειλαι G1781 τῷ G3588 οἴκῳ G3624 σου, G4675 ὅτι G3754 ἀποθνῄσκεις G599 σὺ G4771 καὶ G2532 οὐ G3756 ζήσῃ. G2198 [2] Καὶ G2532 ἀπέστρεψεν G654 Εζεκιας G1478 τὸ G3588 πρόσωπον G4383 αὐτοῦ G846 πρὸς G4314 τὸν G3588 τοῖχον G5109 καὶ G2532 ηὔξατο G2172 πρὸς G4314 κύριον G2962 λέγων G3004 [3] Ὦ G5599 δή, G1211 κύριε, G2962 μνήσθητι G3415 δὴ G1211 ὅσα G3745 περιεπάτησα G4043 ἐνώπιόν G1799 σου G4675 ἐν G1722 ἀληθείᾳ G225 καὶ G2532 ἐν G1722 καρδίᾳ G2588 πλήρει G4134 καὶ G2532 τὸ G3588 ἀγαθὸν G18 ἐν G1722 ὀφθαλμοῖς G3788 σου G4675 ἐποίησα. G4160 Καὶ G2532 ἔκλαυσεν G2799 Εζεκιας G1478 κλαυθμῷ G2805 μεγάλῳ. G3173 [4] Καὶ G2532 ἦν G2258 Ησαιας G2268 ἐν G1722 τῇ G3588 αὐλῇ G833 τῇ G3588 μέσῃ, G3319 καὶ G2532 ῥῆμα G4487 κυρίου G2962 ἐγένετο G1096 πρὸς G4314 αὐτὸν G846 λέγων G3004 [5] Ἐπίστρεψον G1994 καὶ G2532 ἐρεῖς G2046 πρὸς G4314 Εζεκιαν G1478 τὸν G3588 ἡγούμενον G2233 τοῦ G3588 λαοῦ G2992 μου G3450 Τάδε G3592 λέγει G3004 κύριος G2962 ὁ G3588 θεὸς G2316 Δαυιδ G1138 τοῦ G3588 πατρός G3962 σου G4675 Ἤκουσα G191 τῆς G3588 προσευχῆς G4335 σου, G4675 εἶδον G1492 τὰ G3588 δάκρυά σου· G4675 ἰδοὺ G2400 ἐγὼ G1473 ἰάσομαί G2390 σε, G4571 τῇ G3588 ἡμέρᾳ G2250 τῇ G3588 τρίτῃ G5154 ἀναβήσῃ G305 εἰς G1519 οἶκον G3624 κυρίου, G2962 [6] καὶ G2532 προσθήσω G4369 ἐπὶ G1909 τὰς G3588 ἡμέρας G2250 σου G4675 πέντε G4002 καὶ G2532 δέκα G1176 ἔτη G2094 καὶ G2532 ἐκ G1537 χειρὸς G5495 βασιλέως G935 Ἀσσυρίων σώσω G4982 σε G4571 καὶ G2532 τὴν G3588 πόλιν G4172 ταύτην G3778 καὶ G2532 ὑπερασπιῶ ὑπὲρ G5228 τῆς G3588 πόλεως G4172 ταύτης G3778 δι’ G1223 ἐμὲ G1691 καὶ G2532 διὰ G1223 Δαυιδ G1138 τὸν G3588 δοῦλόν G1401 μου. G3450 [7] Καὶ G2532 εἶπεν G2036 Λαβέτωσαν G2983 παλάθην σύκων G4810 καὶ G2532 ἐπιθέτωσαν G2007 ἐπὶ G1909 τὸ G3588 ἕλκος, G1668 καὶ G2532 ὑγιάσει. [8] Καὶ G2532 εἶπεν G2036 Εζεκιας G1478 πρὸς G4314 Ησαιαν G2268 Τί G5101 τὸ G3588 σημεῖον G4592 ὅτι G3754 ἰάσεταί G2390 με G3165 κύριος G2962 καὶ G2532 ἀναβήσομαι G305 εἰς G1519 οἶκον G3624 κυρίου G2962 τῇ G3588 ἡμέρᾳ G2250 τῇ G3588 τρίτῃ; G5154 [9] Καὶ G2532 εἶπεν G2036 Ησαιας G2268 Τοῦτο G5124 τὸ G3588 σημεῖον G4592 παρὰ G3844 κυρίου G2962 ὅτι G3754 ποιήσει G4160 κύριος G2962 τὸν G3588 λόγον, G3056 ὃν G3739 ἐλάλησεν· G2980 πορεύσεται G4198 ἡ G3588 σκιὰ G4639 δέκα G1176 βαθμούς, G898 ἐὰν G1437 ἐπιστρέφῃ G1994 δέκα G1176 βαθμούς. G898 [10] Καὶ G2532 εἶπεν G2036 Εζεκιας G1478 Κοῦφον τὴν G3588 σκιὰν G4639 κλῖναι G2825 δέκα G1176 βαθμούς· G898 οὐχί, G3780 ἀλλ’ G235 ἐπιστραφήτω G1994 ἡ G3588 σκιὰ G4639 δέκα G1176 βαθμοὺς G898 εἰς G1519 τὰ G3588 ὀπίσω. G3694 [11] Καὶ G2532 ἐβόησεν G994 Ησαιας G2268 ὁ G3588 προφήτης G4396 πρὸς G4314 κύριον, G2962 καὶ G2532 ἐπέστρεψεν G1994 ἡ G3588 σκιὰ G4639 ἐν G1722 τοῖς G3588 ἀναβαθμοῖς G304 εἰς G1519 τὰ G3588 ὀπίσω G3694 δέκα G1176 βαθμούς. G898 [12] Ἐν G1722 τῷ G3588 καιρῷ G2540 ἐκείνῳ G1565 ἀπέστειλεν G649 Μαρωδαχβαλαδαν υἱὸς G5207 Βαλαδαν βασιλεὺς G935 Βαβυλῶνος G897 βιβλία G975 καὶ G2532 μαναα πρὸς G4314 Εζεκιαν, G1478 ὅτι G3754 ἤκουσεν G191 ὅτι G3754 ἠρρώστησεν Εζεκιας. G1478 [13] Καὶ G2532 ἐχάρη G5463 ἐπ’ G1909 αὐτοῖς G846 Εζεκιας G1478 καὶ G2532 ἔδειξεν G1166 αὐτοῖς G846 ὅλον G3650 τὸν G3588 οἶκον G3624 τοῦ G3588 νεχωθα, τὸ G3588 ἀργύριον G694 καὶ G2532 τὸ G3588 χρυσίον, G5553 τὰ G3588 ἀρώματα G759 καὶ G2532 τὸ G3588 ἔλαιον G1637 τὸ G3588 ἀγαθόν, G18 καὶ G2532 τὸν G3588 οἶκον G3624 τῶν G3588 σκευῶν G4632 καὶ G2532 ὅσα G3745 ηὑρέθη G2147 ἐν G1722 τοῖς G3588 θησαυροῖς G2344 αὐτοῦ· G846 οὐκ G3756 ἦν G2258 λόγος, G3056 ὃν G3739 οὐκ G3756 ἔδειξεν G1166 αὐτοῖς G846 Εζεκιας G1478 ἐν G1722 τῷ G3588 οἴκῳ G3624 αὐτοῦ G846 καὶ G2532 ἐν G1722 πάσῃ G3956 τῇ G3588 ἐξουσίᾳ G1849 αὐτοῦ. G846 [14] Καὶ G2532 εἰσῆλθεν G1525 Ησαιας G2268 ὁ G3588 προφήτης G4396 πρὸς G4314 τὸν G3588 βασιλέα G935 Εζεκιαν G1478 καὶ G2532 εἶπεν G2036 πρὸς G4314 αὐτόν G846 Τί G5101 ἐλάλησαν G2980 οἱ G3588 ἄνδρες G435 οὗτοι G3778 καὶ G2532 πόθεν G4159 ἥκασιν G2240 πρὸς G4314 σέ; G4571 Καὶ G2532 εἶπεν G2036 Εζεκιας G1478 Ἐκ G1537 γῆς G1093 πόρρωθεν G4207 ἥκασιν G2240 πρός G4314 με, G3165 ἐκ G1537 Βαβυλῶνος. G897 [15] Καὶ G2532 εἶπεν G2036 Τί G5101 εἶδον G1492 ἐν G1722 τῷ G3588 οἴκῳ G3624 σου; G4675 Καὶ G2532 εἶπεν G2036 Πάντα, G3956 ὅσα G3745 ἐν G1722 τῷ G3588 οἴκῳ G3624 μου, G3450 εἶδον· G1492 οὐκ G3756 ἦν G2258 ἐν G1722 τῷ G3588 οἴκῳ G3624 μου G3450 ὃ G3739 οὐκ G3756 ἔδειξα G1166 αὐτοῖς, G846 ἀλλὰ G235 καὶ G2532 τὰ G3588 ἐν G1722 τοῖς G3588 θησαυροῖς G2344 μου. G3450 [16] Καὶ G2532 εἶπεν G2036 Ησαιας G2268 πρὸς G4314 Εζεκιαν G1478 Ἄκουσον G191 λόγον G3056 κυρίου G2962 [17] Ἰδοὺ G2400 ἡμέραι G2250 ἔρχονται G2064 καὶ G2532 λημφθήσεται G2983 πάντα G3956 τὰ G3588 ἐν G1722 τῷ G3588 οἴκῳ G3624 σου G4675 καὶ G2532 ὅσα G3745 ἐθησαύρισαν G2343 οἱ G3588 πατέρες G3962 σου G4675 ἕως G2193 τῆς G3588 ἡμέρας G2250 ταύτης G3778 εἰς G1519 Βαβυλῶνα· G897 καὶ G2532 οὐχ G3756 ὑπολειφθήσεται G5275 ῥῆμα, G4487 ὃ G3739 εἶπεν G2036 κύριος· G2962 [18] καὶ G2532 οἱ G3588 υἱοί G5207 σου, G4675 οἳ G3739 ἐξελεύσονται G1831 ἐκ G1537 σοῦ, G4675 οὓς G3739 γεννήσεις, G1080 λήμψεται, G2983 καὶ G2532 ἔσονται G2071 εὐνοῦχοι G2135 ἐν G1722 τῷ G3588 οἴκῳ G3624 τοῦ G3588 βασιλέως G935 Βαβυλῶνος. G897 [19] Καὶ G2532 εἶπεν G2036 Εζεκιας G1478 πρὸς G4314 Ησαιαν G2268 Ἀγαθὸς G18 ὁ G3588 λόγος G3056 κυρίου, G2962 ὃν G3739 ἐλάλησεν· G2980 ἔστω G2077 εἰρήνη G1515 ἐν G1722 ταῖς G3588 ἡμέραις G2250 μου. G3450 [20] Καὶ G2532 τὰ G3588 λοιπὰ G3062 τῶν G3588 λόγων G3056 Εζεκιου G1478 καὶ G2532 πᾶσα G3956 ἡ G3588 δυναστεία αὐτοῦ G846 καὶ G2532 ὅσα G3745 ἐποίησεν, G4160 τὴν G3588 κρήνην καὶ G2532 τὸν G3588 ὑδραγωγὸν καὶ G2532 εἰσήνεγκεν G1533 τὸ G3588 ὕδωρ G5204 εἰς G1519 τὴν G3588 πόλιν, G4172 οὐχὶ G3780 ταῦτα G5023 γεγραμμένα G1125 ἐπὶ G1909 βιβλίῳ G975 λόγων G3056 τῶν G3588 ἡμερῶν G2250 τοῖς G3588 βασιλεῦσιν G935 Ιουδα; [21] Καὶ G2532 ἐκοιμήθη G2837 Εζεκιας G1478 μετὰ G3326 τῶν G3588 πατέρων G3962 αὐτοῦ G846 καὶ G2532 ἐτάφη G2290 ἐν G1722 πόλει G4172 Δαυιδ, G1138 καὶ G2532 ἐβασίλευσεν G936 Μανασσης G3128 υἱὸς G5207 αὐτοῦ G846 ἀντ’ G473 αὐτοῦ. G846
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