Hezekiah’s Illness and Recovery (2 Kings 20:1–11; 2 Chronicles 32:24–31)
1 Brenton And it came to pass at that time, that Ezekias was sick even to death. And Esaias the prophet the son of Amos came to him, and said to him, Thus saith the Lord, Give orders concerning thy house: for thou shalt die, and not live. BSB BSB: In those days Hezekiah became mortally ill. The prophet Isaiah son of Amoz came to him and said, “This is what the LORD says: ‘Put your house in order, for you are about to die; you will not recover.’”
2 Brenton And Ezekias turned his face to the wall, and prayed to the Lord, saying, BSB BSB: Then Hezekiah turned his face to the wall and prayed to the LORD,
3 Brenton Remember, O Lord, how I have walked before thee in truth, with a true heart, and have done that which was pleasing in thy sight. And Ezekias wept bitterly. BSB BSB: saying, “Please, O LORD, remember how I have walked before You faithfully and with wholehearted devotion; I have done what is good in Your sight.” And Hezekiah wept bitterly.
4 Brenton And the word of the Lord came to Esaias, saying, Go, and say to Ezekias, BSB BSB: And the word of the LORD came to Isaiah, saying,
5 Brenton Thus saith the Lord, the God of David thy father, I have heard thy prayer, and seen thy tears: behold, I will add to thy time fifteen years. BSB BSB: “Go and tell Hezekiah that this is what the LORD, the God of your father David, says: ‘I have heard your prayer; I have seen your tears. Behold, I will add fifteen years to your life.
6 Brenton And I will deliver thee and this city out of the hand of the king of the Assyrians: and I will defend this city. BSB BSB: And I will deliver you and this city from the hand of the king of Assyria. I will defend this city.
7 Brenton And this shall be a sign to thee from the Lord, that God will do this thing; BSB BSB: This will be a sign to you from the LORD that He will do what He has promised:
8 Brenton behold, I will turn back the shadow of the degrees of the dial by which ten degrees on the house of thy father the sun has gone down—I will turn back the sun the ten degrees; so the sun went back the ten degrees by which the shadow had gone down. BSB BSB: I will make the sun’s shadow that falls on the stairway of Ahaz go back ten steps.’” So the sunlight went back the ten steps it had descended.
Hezekiah’s Song of Thanksgiving 9 Brenton The Prayer of Ezekias king of Judea, when he had been sick, and was recovered from his sickness. BSB BSB: This is a writing by Hezekiah king of Judah after his illness and recovery:
10 Brenton I said in the end of my days, I shall go to the gates of the grave: I shall part with the remainder of my years. BSB BSB: I said, “In the prime of my life I must go through the gates of Sheol and be deprived of the remainder of my years.”
11 Brenton I said, I shall no more at all see the salvation of God in the land of the living: I shall no more at all see the salvation of Israel on the earth: I shall no more at all see man. BSB BSB: I said, “I will never again see the LORD, even the LORD, in the land of the living; I will no longer look on mankind with those who dwell in this world.
12 Brenton My life has failed from among my kindred: I have parted with the remainder of my life: it has gone forth and departed from me, as one that having pitched a tent takes it down again : my breath was with me as a weaver's web, when she that weaves draws nigh to cut off the thread.BSB BSB: My dwelling has been picked up and removed from me like a shepherd’s tent. I have rolled up my life like a weaver; He cuts me off from the loom; from day until night You make an end of me.
13 Brenton In that day I was given up as to a lion until the morning: so has he broken all my bones: for I was so given up from day even to night. BSB BSB: I composed myself until the morning. Like a lion He breaks all my bones; from day until night You make an end of me.
14 Brenton As a swallow, so will I cry, and as a dove, so do I mourn: for mine eyes have failed with looking to the height of heaven to the Lord, who has delivered me, BSB BSB: I chirp like a swallow or crane; I moan like a dove. My eyes grow weak as I look upward. O Lord, I am oppressed; be my security.”
15 Brenton and removed the sorrow of my soul. BSB BSB: What can I say? He has spoken to me, and He Himself has done this. I will walk slowly all my years because of the anguish of my soul.
16 Brenton Yea , O Lord, for it was told thee concerning this; and thou hast revived my breath; and I am comforted, and live.BSB BSB: O Lord, by such things men live, and in all of them my spirit finds life. You have restored me to health and have let me live.
17 Brenton For thou hast chosen my soul, that it should not perish: and thou hast cast all my sins behind me. BSB BSB: Surely for my own welfare I had such great anguish; but Your love has delivered me from the pit of oblivion, for You have cast all my sins behind Your back.
18 Brenton For they that are in the grave shall not praise thee, neither shall the dead bless thee, neither shall they that are in Hades hope for thy mercy. BSB BSB: For Sheol cannot thank You; Death cannot praise You. Those who descend to the Pit cannot hope for Your faithfulness.
19 Brenton The living shall bless thee, as I also do : for from this day shall I beget children, who shall declare thy righteousness, BSB BSB: The living, only the living, can thank You, as I do today; fathers will tell their children about Your faithfulness.
20 Brenton O God of my salvation; and I will not cease blessing thee with the psaltery all the days of my life before the house of God. BSB BSB: The LORD will save me; we will play songs on stringed instruments all the days of our lives in the house of the LORD.
21 Brenton Now Esaias had said to Ezekias; Take a cake of figs, and mash them, and apply them as a plaister, and thou shalt be well. BSB BSB: Now Isaiah had said, “Prepare a lump of pressed figs and apply it to the boil, and he will recover.”
22 Brenton And Ezekias said, This is a sign to Ezekias, that I shall go up to the house of God. BSB BSB: And Hezekiah had asked, “What will be the sign that I will go up to the house of the LORD?”
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