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In those
days was Hezekiah sick unto death. And the
prophet Isaiah the son of Amoz came to him, and
said unto him, Thus saith the Lord, Set thine
house in order; for thou shalt die, and not live.
02 Then he turned his face to the wall, and
prayed unto the Lord, saying,
03 I beseech thee, O Lord, remember now 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.
04 And it came to pass, afore Isaiah was gone out
into the middle court, that the word of the Lord
came to him, saying,
05 Turn again, and tell Hezekiah the captain of
my people, Thus saith the Lord, 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 the Lord.
06 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.
07 And Isaiah said, Take a lump of figs. And they
took and laid it on the boil, and he recovered.
08 And Hezekiah said unto Isaiah, What shall be
the sign that the Lord will heal me, and that I
shall go up into the house of the Lord the third
day?
09 And Isaiah said, This sign shalt thou have of
the Lord, that the Lord will do the thing that he
hath spoken: shall the shadow go forward ten
degrees, or go back ten degrees?
10 And Hezekiah answered, It is a light thing for
the shadow to go down ten degrees: nay, but let
the shadow return backward ten degrees.
11 And Isaiah the prophet cried unto the Lord:
and he brought the shadow ten degrees backward,
by which it had gone down in the dial of Ahaz.
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12 At that time Berodachbaladan, the son of
Baladan, king of Babylon, sent letters and a
present unto Hezekiah: for he had heard that
Hezekiah had been sick.
13 And Hezekiah hearkened unto them, and shewed
them all the house of his precious things, the
silver, and the gold, and the spices, and the
precious ointment, and all the house of his
armour, and all that was found in his treasures:
there was nothing in his house, nor in all his
dominion, that Hezekiah shewed them not.
14 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.
15 And he said, What have they seen in thine
house? And Hezekiah answered, All the things that
are in mine house have they seen: there is
nothing among my treasures that I have not shewed
them.
16 And Isaiah said unto Hezekiah, Hear the word
of the Lord.
17 Behold, the days come, that all that is in
thine house, and that which thy fathers have laid
up in store unto this day, shall be carried into
Babylon: nothing shall be left, saith the Lord.
18 And of thy sons that shall issue from thee,
which thou shalt beget, shall they take away; and
they shall be eunuchs in the palace of the king
of Babylon.
19 Then said Hezekiah unto Isaiah, Good is the
word of the Lord which thou hast spoken. And he
said, Is it not good, if peace and truth be in my
days?
20 And the rest of the acts of Hezekiah, and all
his might, and how he made a pool, and a conduit,
and brought water into the city, are they not
written in the book of the chronicles of the
kings of Judah?
21 And Hezekiah slept with his fathers: and
Manasseh his son reigned in his stead.
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