1 GLT In those days, Hezekiah was sick to dying. And Isaiah the son of Amoz, the prophet, came to him, and he said to him,“Thus says Yahweh,‘Command your house, for you are dying, and you will 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 GLT And he turned his face to the wall, and he prayed to Yahweh, saying, BSB BSB: Then Hezekiah turned his face to the wall and prayed to the LORD, saying,
3 GLT “Oh Yahweh, please remember that I have walked about to your face with faithfulness and with a whole heart, and the good in your eyes I have done.” And Hezekiah wept a great weeping. BSB BSB: “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 GLT And it happened, Isaiah had not gone out to the middle courtyard, and the word of Yahweh was to him, saying, BSB BSB: Before Isaiah had left the middle courtyard, the word of the LORD came to him, saying,
5 GLT “Return, and you will say to Hezekiah the leader of my people,‘Thus says Yahweh the God of David, your father:“I have heard your prayer; I have seen your tears. Look at me— healing you. On the third day, you will go up{ to} the house of Yahweh. BSB BSB: “Go back and tell Hezekiah the leader of My people that this is what the LORD, the God of your father David, says: ‘I have heard your prayer; I have seen your tears. I will surely heal you. On the third day from now you will go up to the house of the LORD.
6 GLT And I will add 15 years to your days, and I will rescue you and this city from the palm of the king of Assyria. And I will defend over this city for my sake and for the sake of David, my servant.”’” BSB BSB: I will add fifteen years to your life. And I will deliver you and this city from the hand of the king of Assyria. I will defend this city for My sake and for the sake of My servant David.’”
7 GLT And Isaiah said,“Bring a cake of figs.” And they brought{ it}, and they set{ it} on the sore, and he lived. BSB BSB: Then Isaiah said, “Prepare a poultice of figs.” So they brought it and applied it to the boil, and Hezekiah recovered.
8 GLT And Hezekiah said to Isaiah,“What{ is} the sign that Yahweh will heal me, and will I go up on the third day to the house of Yahweh?” BSB BSB: Now Hezekiah had asked Isaiah, “What will be the sign that the LORD will heal me and that I will go up to the house of the LORD on the third day?”
9 GLT And Isaiah said,“This{ is} the sign for you from Yahweh, that Yahweh will do the thing that he has spoken:{ will} the shadow go forward ten steps, or will it go back ten steps?” BSB BSB: And Isaiah had replied, “This will be a sign to you from the LORD that He will do what He has promised: Would you like the shadow to go forward ten steps, or back ten steps?”
10 GLT And Hezekiah said,“It is easy for the shadow to stretch out ten steps. No, for the shadow will go backwards ten steps.” BSB BSB: “It is easy for the shadow to lengthen ten steps,” answered Hezekiah, “but not for it to go back ten steps.”
11 GLT And Isaiah the prophet called to Yahweh. And he made the shadow go back on the steps that it went down, on the steps of Ahaz, backwards ten steps. BSB BSB: So Isaiah the prophet called out to the LORD, and He brought the shadow back the ten steps it had descended on the stairway of Ahaz.
12 GLT At that time, Berodach- Baladan the son of Baladan, the king of Babylon, sent letters and a gift to Hezekiah, for he heard that Hezekiah was sick. BSB BSB: At that time Merodach-baladan son of Baladan king of Babylon sent letters and a gift to Hezekiah, for he had heard about Hezekiah’s illness.
13 GLT And Hezekiah listen to them, and he showed them the whole house of his treasure: the silver and the gold and the spices and the best oil and the house of his armor and everything that was found in his treasuries. There was not a thing that Hezekiah did not show them, in his house or in all his realm. BSB BSB: And Hezekiah received the envoys and showed them all that was in his treasure house—the silver, the gold, the spices, and the precious oil, as well as his armory—all that was found in his storehouses. There was nothing in his palace or in all his dominion that Hezekiah did not show them.
14 GLT And Isaiah the prophet came to King Hezekiah, and he said to him,“What did these men say, and from where are they coming to you?” And Hezekiah said,“They have come from a distant land, from Babylon.” BSB BSB: Then the prophet Isaiah went to King Hezekiah and asked, “Where did those men come from, and what did they say to you?” “They came from a distant land,” Hezekiah replied, “from Babylon.”
15 GLT And he said,“What did they see in your house?” And Hezekiah said,“They saw everything that{ is} in my house. There was not a thing that I did not show them in my treasuries.” BSB BSB: “What have they seen in your palace?” Isaiah asked. “They have seen everything in my palace,” answered Hezekiah. “There is nothing among my treasures that I did not show them.”
16 GLT And Isaiah said to Hezekiah,“Hear the word of Yahweh: BSB BSB: Then Isaiah said to Hezekiah, “Hear the word of the LORD:
17 GLT ‘Look— days are coming, and everything that{ is} in your house and that your fathers stored away until this day will be lifted to Babylon. A thing will not be left,’ says Yahweh. BSB BSB: The time will surely come when everything in your palace and all that your fathers have stored up until this day will be carried off to Babylon. Nothing will be left, says the LORD.
18 GLT ‘And from your sons who will come forth from you, who you will bear— they will be taken, and they will be eunuchs in the palace of the king of Babylon.’” BSB BSB: And some of your descendants, your own flesh and blood, will be taken away to be eunuchs in the palace of the king of Babylon.”
19 GLT And Hezekiah said to Isaiah,“The word of Yahweh that you have spoken{ is} good.” And he said,“Is it not, rather, peace and stability will be in my days?” BSB BSB: But Hezekiah said to Isaiah, “The word of the LORD that you have spoken is good.” For he thought, “Will there not at least be peace and security in my lifetime?”
21 GLT And Hezekiah slept with his fathers. And Manasseh his son became king in his place. BSB BSB: And Hezekiah rested with his fathers, and his son Manasseh reigned in his place.
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