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[1] In those days Hezekiah was sick and near death. 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 Hezekiah turned his face to the wall and prayed to Yahweh, [3] and said, “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.” Then Hezekiah wept bitterly. [4] Then Yahweh’s word came to Isaiah, saying, [5] “Go, and tell Hezekiah, ‘Yahweh, the God of David your father, says, “I have heard your prayer. I have seen your tears. Behold, I will add fifteen years to your life. [6] I will deliver you and this city out of the hand of the king of Assyria, and I will defend this city. [7] This shall be the sign to you from Yahweh, that Yahweh will do this thing that he has spoken. [8] Behold, I will cause the shadow on the sundial, which has gone down on the sundial of Ahaz with the sun, to return backward ten steps.”’” So the sun returned ten steps on the sundial on which it had gone down. [9] The writing of Hezekiah king of Judah, when he had been sick, and had recovered of his sickness:
[10] I said, “In the middle of my life I go into the gates of Sheol.ⓘ
I am deprived of the residue of my years.”
[11] I said, “I won’t see Yah,
Yah in the land of the living.
I will see man no more with the inhabitants of the world.
[12] My dwelling is removed,
and is carried away from me like a shepherd’s tent.
I have rolled up my life like a weaver.
He will cut me off from the loom.
From day even to night you will make an end of me.
[13] I waited patiently until morning.
He breaks all my bones like a lion.
From day even to night you will make an end of me.
[14] I chattered like a swallow or a crane.
I moaned like a dove.
My eyes weaken looking upward.
Lord, I am oppressed.
Be my security.”
[15] What will I say?
He has both spoken to me, and himself has done it.
I will walk carefully all my years because of the anguish of my soul.
[16] Lord, men live by these things;
and my spirit finds life in all of them.
You restore me, and cause me to live.
[17] Behold, for peace I had great anguish,
but you have in love for my soul delivered it from the pit of corruption;
for you have cast all my sins behind your back.
[18] For Sheolⓘ can’t praise you.
Death can’t celebrate you.
Those who go down into the pit can’t hope for your truth.
[19] The living, the living, he shall praise you, as I do today.
The father shall make known your truth to the children.
[20] Yahweh will save me.
Therefore we will sing my songs with stringed instruments all the days of our life in Yahweh’s house. [21] Now Isaiah had said, “Let them take a cake of figs, and lay it for a poultice on the boil, and he shall recover.” [22] Hezekiah also had said, “What is the sign that I will go up to Yahweh’s house?”

Footnotes

  1. ⓘ 38:10 Sheol is the place of the dead.
  2. ⓘ 38:18 Sheol is the place of the dead.
King James Version

Hezekiah’s Sickness

[1] In those days H3117 was Hezekiah H2396 sick H2470 unto death. H4191 And Isaiah H3470 the prophet H5030 the son H1121 of Amoz H531 came H935 unto him, and said H559 unto 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 Hezekiah H2396 turned H5437 his face H6440 toward the wall, H7023 and prayed H6419 unto H413 the Lord, H3068 [3] and said, H559 Remember H2142 now, O Lord, H3068 I beseech H577 thee, how I have walked H1980 before H6440 thee in truth H571 and with a perfect H8003 heart, H3820 and have done H6213 that which is good H2896 in thy sight. H5869 And Hezekiah H2396 wept H1058 H1065 sore. H1419§ [4] Then came the word H1697 of the Lord H3068 to Isaiah, H3470 saying, H559 [5] Go, H1980 and say H559 to Hezekiah, H2396 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 add H3254 unto H413 thy days H3117 fifteen H2568 H6240 years. H8141 [6] 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 [7] And this shall be a sign H226 unto thee from the Lord, H3068 that the Lord H3068 will do H6213 H853 this H2088 thing H1697 that he hath spoken; H1696 [8] Behold, I will bring again H7725 H853 the shadow H6738 of the degrees, H4609 which H834 is gone down H3381 in the sun H8121 dial H4609 of Ahaz, H271 ten H6235 degrees H4609 backward. H322 So the sun H8121 returned H7725 ten H6235 degrees, H4609 by which degrees H4609 it was gone down. H3381

Hymn of Thanksgiving

[9] The writing H4385 of Hezekiah H2396 king H4428 of Judah, H3063 when he had been sick, H2470 and was recovered H2421 of his sickness: H2483
[10] I said H559 in the cutting off H1824 of my days, H3117 I shall go H3212 to the gates H8179 of the grave: H7585
I am deprived H6485 of the residue H3499 of my years. H8141
[11] I said, H559 I shall H7200 not H3808 see H7200 the Lord, H3050 even the Lord, H3050 in the land H776 of the living: H2416
I shall behold H5027 man H120 no more with the inhabitants H3427 of the world. H2309
[12] Mine age H1755 is departed, H5265 and is removed H1540 from me as a shepherd’s H7473 tent: H168
I have cut off H7088 like a weaver H707 my life: H2416 he will cut me off H1214 with pining sickness: H1803
From day H3117 even to night H3915 wilt thou make an end H7999 of me.
[13] I reckoned H7737 till H5704 morning, H1242 that, as a lion, H738 so H3651 will he break H7665 all H3605 my bones: H6106
From day H3117 even to night H3915 wilt thou make an end H7999 of me.
[14] Like a crane H5483 or a swallow, H5693 so H3651 did I chatter: H6850
I did mourn H1897 as a dove: H3123 mine eyes H5869 fail H1809 with looking upward: H4791
O Lord, H3068 I am oppressed; H6234 undertake H6148 for me.§
[15] What H4100 shall I say? H1696 he hath both spoken H559 unto me, and himself hath done H6213 it:
I shall go softly H1718 all H3605 my years H8141 in the bitterness H4751 of my soul. H5315
[16] O Lord, H136 by these things men live, H2421
And in all these things is the life H2416 of my spirit: H7307
So wilt thou recover H2492 me, and make me to live. H2421
[17] Behold, for peace H7965 I had great bitterness: H4751§
H4843 But thou hast in love H2836 to my soul H5315 delivered it from the pit H7845§ of corruption: H1097
For H3588 thou hast cast H7993 all H3605 my sins H2399 behind H310 thy back. H1460
[18] For the grave H7585 cannot praise H3034 thee, death H4194 cannot celebrate H1984 thee:
They that go down H3381 into the pit H953 cannot hope H7663 for thy truth. H571
[19] The living, H2416 the living, H2416 he shall praise H3034 thee, as I do this day: H3117
The father H1 to the children H1121 shall make known H3045 thy truth. H571
[20] The Lord H3068 was ready to save H3467 me:
Therefore we will sing my songs H5058 to the stringed instruments H5059
All H3605 the days H3117 of our life H2416 in the house H1004 of the Lord. H3068
[21] For Isaiah H3470 had said, H559 Let them take H5375 a lump H1690 of figs, H8384 and lay it for a plaister H4799 upon H5921 the boil, H7822 and he shall recover. H2421 [22] Hezekiah H2396 also had said, H559 What is the sign H226 that I shall go up H5927 to the house H1004 of the Lord? H3068

Footnotes

  1. § 38:1 Heb. give charge concerning thy house
  2. § 38:3 Heb. with great weeping
  3. § 38:14 Or, ease me
  4. § 38:17a Or, on my peace came great bitterness
  5. § 38:17b Heb. thou hast loved me from the pit
Septuaginta
[1] Ἐγένετο G1096 δὲ G1161 ἐν G1722 τῷ G3588 καιρῷ G2540 ἐκείνῳ G1565 ἐμαλακίσθη Εζεκιας G1478 ἕως G2193 θανάτου· G2288 καὶ G2532 ἦλθεν G2064 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 Τάξαι G5021 περὶ G4012 τοῦ G3588 οἴκου G3624 σου, G4675 ἀποθνῄσκεις G599 γὰρ G1063 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 προσηύξατο G4336 πρὸς G4314 κύριον G2962 [3] λέγων G3004 Μνήσθητι, G3415 κύριε, G2962 ὡς G5613 ἐπορεύθην G4198 ἐνώπιόν G1799 σου G4675 μετὰ G3326 ἀληθείας G225 ἐν G1722 καρδίᾳ G2588 ἀληθινῇ G228 καὶ G2532 τὰ G3588 ἀρεστὰ G701 ἐνώπιόν G1799 σου G4675 ἐποίησα· G4160 καὶ G2532 ἔκλαυσεν G2799 Εζεκιας G1478 κλαυθμῷ G2805 μεγάλῳ. G3173 [4] Καὶ G2532 ἐγένετο G1096 λόγος G3056 κυρίου G2962 πρὸς G4314 Ησαιαν G2268 λέγων G3004 [5] Πορεύθητι G4198 καὶ G2532 εἰπὸν G2036 Εζεκια G1478 Τάδε G3592 λέγει G3004 κύριος G2962 ὁ G3588 θεὸς G2316 Δαυιδ G1138 τοῦ G3588 πατρός G3962 σου G4675 Ἤκουσα G191 τῆς G3588 φωνῆς G5456 τῆς G3588 προσευχῆς G4335 σου G4675 καὶ G2532 εἶδον G1492 τὰ G3588 δάκρυά σου· G4675 ἰδοὺ G2400 προστίθημι G4369 πρὸς G4314 τὸν G3588 χρόνον G5550 σου G4675 ἔτη G2094 δέκα G1176 πέντε· G4002 [6] καὶ G2532 ἐκ G1537 χειρὸς G5495 βασιλέως G935 Ἀσσυρίων σώσω G4982 σε G4571 καὶ G2532 ὑπὲρ G5228 τῆς G3588 πόλεως G4172 ταύτης G3778 ὑπερασπιῶ. [7] Τοῦτο G5124 δέ G1161 σοι G4671 τὸ G3588 σημεῖον G4592 παρὰ G3844 κυρίου G2962 ὅτι G3754 ὁ G3588 θεὸς G2316 ποιήσει G4160 τὸ G3588 ῥῆμα G4487 τοῦτο· G5124 [8] τὴν G3588 σκιὰν G4639 τῶν G3588 ἀναβαθμῶν, G304 οὓς G3739 κατέβη G2597 ὁ G3588 ἥλιος, G2246 τοὺς G3588 δέκα G1176 ἀναβαθμοὺς G304 τοῦ G3588 οἴκου G3624 τοῦ G3588 πατρός G3962 σου, G4675 ἀποστρέψω G654 τὸν G3588 ἥλιον G2246 τοὺς G3588 δέκα G1176 ἀναβαθμούς. G304 Καὶ G2532 ἀνέβη G305 ὁ G3588 ἥλιος G2246 τοὺς G3588 δέκα G1176 ἀναβαθμούς, G304 οὓς G3739 κατέβη G2597 ἡ G3588 σκιά. G4639 [9] Προσευχὴ G4335 Εζεκιου G1478 βασιλέως G935 τῆς G3588 Ιουδαίας, G2449 ἡνίκα G2259 ἐμαλακίσθη καὶ G2532 ἀνέστη G450 ἐκ G1537 τῆς G3588 μαλακίας G3119 αὐτοῦ. G846 [10] Ἐγὼ G1473 εἶπα G2036 Ἐν G1722 τῷ G3588 ὕψει G5311 τῶν G3588 ἡμερῶν G2250 μου G3450 ἐν G1722 πύλαις G4439 ᾅδου G86 καταλείψω G2641 τὰ G3588 ἔτη G2094 τὰ G3588 ἐπίλοιπα. G1954 [11] Εἶπα G2036 Οὐκέτι G3765 μὴ G3361 ἴδω G1492 τὸ G3588 σωτήριον G4992 τοῦ G3588 θεοῦ G2316 ἐπὶ G1909 τῆς G3588 γῆς, G1093 οὐκέτι G3765 μὴ G3361 ἴδω G1492 ἄνθρωπον G444 [12] ἐκ G1537 τῆς G3588 συγγενείας G4772 μου. G3450 Κατέλιπον G2641 τὸ G3588 λοιπὸν G3063 τῆς G3588 ζωῆς G2222 μου· G3450 ἐξῆλθεν G1831 καὶ G2532 ἀπῆλθεν G565 ἀπ’ G575 ἐμοῦ G1699 ὥσπερ G5618 ὁ G3588 καταλύων G2647 σκηνὴν G4633 πήξας, G4078 τὸ G3588 πνεῦμά G4151 μου G3450 παρ’ G3844 ἐμοὶ G1699 ἐγένετο G1096 ὡς G5613 ἱστὸς ἐρίθου ἐγγιζούσης G1448 ἐκτεμεῖν. Ἐν G1722 τῇ G3588 ἡμέρᾳ G2250 ἐκείνῃ G1565 παρεδόθην G3860 [13] ἕως G2193 πρωῒ G4404 ὡς G5613 λέοντι· G3023 οὕτως G3779 τὰ G3588 ὀστᾶ G3747 μου G3450 συνέτριψεν, G4937 ἀπὸ G575 γὰρ G1063 τῆς G3588 ἡμέρας G2250 ἕως G2193 τῆς G3588 νυκτὸς G3571 παρεδόθην. G3860 [14] Ὡς G5613 χελιδών, οὕτως G3779 φωνήσω, G5455 καὶ G2532 ὡς G5613 περιστερά, G4058 οὕτως G3779 μελετήσω· G3191 ἐξέλιπον G1587 γάρ G1063 μου G3450 οἱ G3588 ὀφθαλμοὶ G3788 τοῦ G3588 βλέπειν G991 εἰς G1519 τὸ G3588 ὕψος G5311 τοῦ G3588 οὐρανοῦ G3772 πρὸς G4314 τὸν G3588 κύριον, G2962 ὃς G3739 ἐξείλατό G1807 με G3165 [15] καὶ G2532 ἀφείλατό G851 μου G3450 τὴν G3588 ὀδύνην G3601 τῆς G3588 ψυχῆς. G5590 [16] Κύριε, G2962 περὶ G4012 αὐτῆς G846 γὰρ G1063 ἀνηγγέλη G312 σοι, G4671 καὶ G2532 ἐξήγειράς G1825 μου G3450 τὴν G3588 πνοήν, G4157 καὶ G2532 παρακληθεὶς G3870 ἔζησα. G2198 [17] Εἵλου G138 γάρ G1063 μου G3450 τὴν G3588 ψυχήν, G5590 ἵνα G2443 μὴ G3361 ἀπόληται, G622 καὶ G2532 ἀπέρριψας G641 ὀπίσω G3694 μου G3450 πάσας G3956 τὰς G3588 ἁμαρτίας G266 μου. G3450 [18] Οὐ G3756 γὰρ G1063 οἱ G3588 ἐν G1722 ᾅδου G86 αἰνέσουσίν G134 σε, G4571 οὐδὲ G3761 οἱ G3588 ἀποθανόντες G599 εὐλογήσουσίν G2127 σε, G4571 οὐδὲ G3761 ἐλπιοῦσιν G1679 οἱ G3588 ἐν G1722 ᾅδου G86 τὴν G3588 ἐλεημοσύνην G1654 σου· G4675 [19] οἱ G3588 ζῶντως G2198 εὐλογήσουσίν G2127 σε G4571 ὃν G3739 τρόπον G5158 κἀγώ. G2504 Ἀπὸ G575 γὰρ G1063 τῆς G3588 σήμερον G4594 παιδία G3813 ποιήσω, G4160 ἃ G3739 ἀναγγελοῦσιν G312 τὴν G3588 δικαιοσύνην G1343 σου, G4675 [20] κύριε G2962 τῆς G3588 σωτηρίας G4991 μου· G3450 καὶ G2532 οὐ G3756 παύσομαι G3973 εὐλογῶν G2127 σε G4571 μετὰ G3326 ψαλτηρίου πάσας G3956 τὰς G3588 ἡμέρας G2250 τῆς G3588 ζωῆς G2222 μου G3450 κατέναντι G2713 τοῦ G3588 οἴκου G3624 τοῦ G3588 θεοῦ. G2316 [21] Καὶ G2532 εἶπεν G2036 Ησαιας G2268 πρὸς G4314 Εζεκιαν G1478 Λαβὲ G2983 παλάθην ἐκ G1537 σύκων G4810 καὶ G2532 τρῖψον καὶ G2532 κατάπλασαι, καὶ G2532 ὑγιὴς G5199 ἔσῃ. G2071 [22] Καὶ G2532 εἶπεν G2036 Εζεκιας G1478 Τοῦτο G5124 τὸ G3588 σημεῖον, G4592 ὅτι G3754 ἀναβήσομαι G305 εἰς G1519 τὸν G3588 οἶκον G3624 κυρίου G2962 τοῦ G3588 θεοῦ. G2316
Septuaginta, in place of Byzantine Greek New Testament