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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.
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Hezekiah’s Sickness

[1] In those days H3117 was Hezekiah H2396 sick H2470 (QalPerf) unto death. H4191 (QalInf) And the prophet H5030 Isaiah H3470 the son H1121 of Amoz H531 came H935 (QalImpf) to him, and said H559 (QalImpf) unto him, Thus saith H559 (QalPerf) the Lord, H3068 Set thine house H1004 in order; H6680 (PielImpv)§ for thou shalt die, H4191 (QalPtc) and not live. H2421 (QalImpf) [2] Then he turned H5437 (HiphImpf) his face H6440 to the wall, H7023 and prayed H6419 (HithImpf) unto the Lord, H3068 saying, H559 (QalInf) [3] I beseech H577 thee, O Lord, H3068 remember H2142 (QalImpv) now how I have walked H1980 (HithPerf) before H6440 thee in truth H571 and with a perfect H8003 heart, H3824 and have done H6213 (QalPerf) that which is good H2896 in thy sight. H5869 And Hezekiah H2396 wept H1058 (QalImpf) sore. H1419§ [4] And it came to pass, afore Isaiah H3470 was gone out H3318 (QalPerf) into the middle H8484 court, H2691 (Qere)§ that the word H1697 of the Lord H3068 came to him, saying, H559 (QalInf) [5] Turn again, H7725 (QalImpv) and tell H559 (QalPerf) Hezekiah H2396 the captain H5057 of my people, H5971 Thus saith H559 (QalPerf) the Lord, H3068 the God H430 of David H1732 thy father, H1 I have heard H8085 (QalPerf) thy prayer, H8605 I have seen H7200 (QalPerf) thy tears: H1832 behold, I will heal H7495 (QalActPtc) thee: on the third H7992 day H3117 thou shalt go up H5927 (QalImpf) unto the house H1004 of the Lord. H3068 [6] And I will add H3254 (HiphPerf) unto thy days H3117 fifteen H2568 years; H8141 and I will deliver H5337 (HiphImpf) thee and this city H5892 out of the hand H3709 of the king H4428 of Assyria; H804 and I will defend H1598 (QalPerf) this city H5892 for mine own sake, and for my servant H5650 David’s H1732 sake. [7] And Isaiah H3470 said, H559 (QalImpf) Take H3947 (QalImpv) a lump H1690 of figs. H8384 And they took H3947 (QalImpf) and laid H7760 (QalImpf) it on the boil, H7822 and he recovered. H2421 (QalImpf) [8] And Hezekiah H2396 said H559 (QalImpf) unto Isaiah, H3470 What shall be the sign H226 that the Lord H3068 will heal H7495 (QalImpf) me, and that I shall go up H5927 (QalPerf) into the house H1004 of the Lord H3068 the third H7992 day? H3117 [9] And Isaiah H3470 said, H559 (QalImpf) This sign H226 shalt thou have of the Lord, H3068 that the Lord H3068 will do H6213 (QalImpf) the thing H1697 that he hath spoken: H1696 (PielPerf) shall the shadow H6738 go forward H1980 (QalPerf) ten H6235 degrees, H4609 or go back H7725 (QalImpf) ten H6235 degrees? H4609 [10] And Hezekiah H3169 answered, H559 (QalImpf) It is a light thing H7043 (NiphPerf) for the shadow H6738 to go down H5186 (QalInf) ten H6235 degrees: H4609 nay, but let the shadow H6738 return H7725 (QalImpf) backward H322 ten H6235 degrees. H4609 [11] And Isaiah H3470 the prophet H5030 cried H7121 (QalImpf) unto the Lord: H3068 and he brought H7725 (HiphImpf) the shadow H6738 ten H6235 degrees H4609 backward, H322 by H4609 which it had gone down H3381 (QalPerf) 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 (QalPerf) letters H5612 and a present H4503 unto Hezekiah: H2396 for he had heard H8085 (QalPerf) that Hezekiah H2396 had been sick. H2470 (QalPerf) [13] And Hezekiah H2396 hearkened H8085 (QalImpf) unto them, and shewed H7200 (HiphImpf) them all the house H1004 of his precious things, H5238§ 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 (NiphPerf) in his treasures: H214 there was nothing H1697 in his house, H1004 nor in all his dominion, H4475 that Hezekiah H2396 shewed H7200 (HiphPerf) them not.

Isaiah’s Prophecy

[14] Then came H935 (QalImpf) Isaiah H3470 the prophet H5030 unto king H4428 Hezekiah, H2396 and said H559 (QalImpf) unto him, What said H559 (QalPerf) these men? H582 and from whence H370 came H935 (QalImpf) they unto thee? And Hezekiah H2396 said, H559 (QalImpf) They are come H935 (QalPerf) from a far H7350 country, H776 even from Babylon. H894 [15] And he said, H559 (QalImpf) What have they seen H7200 (QalPerf) in thine house? H1004 And Hezekiah H2396 answered, H559 (QalImpf) All the things that are in mine house H1004 have they seen: H7200 (QalPerf) there is nothing H1697 among my treasures H214 that I have not shewed H7200 (HiphPerf) them. [16] And Isaiah H3470 said H559 (QalImpf) unto Hezekiah, H2396 Hear H8085 (QalImpv) the word H1697 of the Lord. H3068 [17] Behold, the days H3117 come, H935 (QalActPtc) that all that is in thine house, H1004 and that which thy fathers H1 have laid up in store H686 (QalPerf) unto this day, H3117 shall be carried H5375 (NiphPerf) into Babylon: H894 nothing H1697 shall be left, H3498 (NiphImpf) saith H559 (QalPerf) the Lord. H3068 [18] And of thy sons H1121 that shall issue H3318 (QalImpf) from thee, which thou shalt beget, H3205 (HiphImpf) shall they take away; H3947 (QalImpf) and they shall be eunuchs H5631 in the palace H1964 of the king H4428 of Babylon. H894 [19] Then said H559 (QalImpf) Hezekiah H2396 unto Isaiah, H3470 Good H2896 is the word H1697 of the Lord H3068 which thou hast spoken. H1696 (PielPerf) And he said, H559 (QalImpf) 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 (QalPerf) a pool, H1295 and a conduit, H8585 and brought H935 (HiphImpf) water H4325 into the city, H5892 are they not written H3789 (QalPasPtc) in the book H5612 of the chronicles H1697 of the kings H4428 of Judah? H3063 [21] And Hezekiah H2396 slept H7901 (QalImpf) with his fathers: H1 and Manasseh H4519 his son H1121 reigned H4427 (QalImpf) 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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