1 GLT In those days Hezekiah was sick to{ the point of} death. So Isaiah son of Amoz, the prophet, came to him and said to him,“Thus says Yahweh,‘Set your house in order, for you will 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 GLT And Hezekiah turned his face to the wall and prayed to Yahweh. BSB BSB: Then Hezekiah turned his face to the wall and prayed to the LORD,
3 GLT And he said,“O Yahweh, please remember how I have faithfully walked before your face with my whole heart and done good in your sight.” And Hezekiah wept great tears. 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 GLT And the word of Yahweh was to Isaiah, saying, BSB BSB: And the word of the LORD came to Isaiah, saying,
5 GLT “Go and say to Hezekiah,‘Thus says Yahweh, the God of David your father: I have heard your prayer; I have seen your tears. Behold, I shall add on your days 15 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 GLT And I shall rescue you and this city from the hand of the king of Assyria and 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 GLT And this{ will be} the sign to you from Yahweh, that Yahweh will do this word that he said. BSB BSB: This will be a sign to you from the LORD that He will do what He has promised:
8 GLT Behold, I shall cause the shadow on the stairs which has gone down with the sun on the stairs of Ahaz to return back ten steps.’” So the sun went back ten steps on the stairs which it 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.
9 GLT A writing of Hezekiah king of Judah, when he had been sick and recovered from his sickness: BSB BSB: This is a writing by Hezekiah king of Judah after his illness and recovery:
10 GLT I said,“In the middle of my days I will go through the gates of Sheol; I am summoned{ there} the rest 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 GLT I said,“I will not see Yah, Yah in the land of the living; I will no longer look on mankind or the inhabitants of the world. 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 GLT My dwelling is removed and carried away from me like the tent of a shepherd; I have rolled up my life like a weaver; he is cutting me off from the loom; from day to night you are finishing me. 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 GLT I cried out until the morning; like a lion, thus he breaks all my bones. From day to night you are finishing me. 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 GLT Like a swallow, thus I chirp; I coo like a dove; my eyes grow tired{ with looking} upward. Lord, I am oppressed; lend me support.” 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 GLT What shall I say? And he has said to me, and he has done{ it}; I will walk softly all my years because of the bitterness of my spirit. 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 GLT Lord, on them{ men} live, and in all of them{ is} the life of my spirit. And you have restored me and given me life. 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 GLT Behold, for{ my} wellbeing bitter bitterness{ was} for me. But you have held back my life from the pit of nothingness, for you have thrown all my sins behind your back. 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 GLT For Sheol does not thank you,{ or} death praise you; those who go down{ into} the pit do not wait for your trustworthiness. BSB BSB: For Sheol cannot thank You; Death cannot praise You. Those who descend to the Pit cannot hope for Your faithfulness.
19 GLT The living, the living!{ It is} he who gives you thanks, as I{ do} today; a father makes known to sons about your trustworthiness. BSB BSB: The living, only the living, can thank You, as I do today; fathers will tell their children about Your faithfulness.
20 GLT Yahweh{ is about} to save me, and we will play songs with instruments all the days of our lives in the house of Yahweh.” 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 GLT Now Isaiah had said,“They shall take a lump of figs and plaster{ it} on the boil, and he will live.” BSB BSB: Now Isaiah had said, “Prepare a lump of pressed figs and apply it to the boil, and he will recover.”
22 GLT And Hezekiah had said,“What{ will be} the sign that I should go up to the house of Yahweh?” 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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