 1 In those days Hezekiah was sick to death. And the prophet Isaiah the son of Amoz came to him and said to him, Thus says the Lord, Set your house in order, for you will die and not live. 2 He turned his face to the wall and prayed to the Lord saying, O Lord, 3 I pray, O Lord, remember now how I have walked before you in truth and with a sincere heart, and have done good in your sight. And Hezekiah wept with a great weeping. 4 Isaiah had gone out into the middle of the court, the Word of the Lord came to him saying, 5 Return again and tell Hezekiah the leader of my people, Thus says the Lord, the God of David your father, I have heard your prayer, I have seen your tears. Behold, I will heal you. On the third day you shall go up to the house of the Lord. 6 I will add fifteen years to your days. And I will deliver you and this city from the king of Assyria. And I will defend this city for my own sake, and for my servant David's sake. 7 Isaiah said, Take a lump of figs. They took and laid it on the boil, and he recovered. 8 Hezekiah said to Isaiah, What will be the sign that the Lord will heal me, and that I shall go up into the house of the Lord the third day? 9 Isaiah said, This will be the sign from the Lord, that the Lord will do the thing that He has spoken. Shall the shadow go forward ten steps, or go back ten steps? 10 Hezekiah answered, It is a light thing for the shadow to go down ten steps. No, but let the shadow go backward ten steps. 11 Isaiah the prophet cried out to the Lord. And He brought the shadow ten steps backward, by which it had gone down on the sundial of Ahaz. 12 At that time, Berodachbaladan, the son of King Baladan of Babylon, sent letters and a present to Hezekiah. For he had heard that Hezekiah had been sick. 13 Hezekiah listened to them, and showed them all the house of his precious things, the silver and the gold, and the spices, and the precious ointment, and the house of his armor, and all that was found in his treasures. There was nothing in his house nor in all his dominion that Hezekiah did not show them. 14 Isaiah the prophet came to King Hezekiah and said to him, What did these men say? And from where did they come to you? And Hezekiah said, They have come from a far country, from Babylon. 15 He said, What have they seen in your house? Hezekiah answered, They have seen all that is in my house. There is nothing among my treasures that I have not shown to them. 16 Isaiah said to Hezekiah, Hear the Word of the Lord. 17 The days are coming when all that is in your house, and that your fathers have laid up in store until today, shall be carried into Babylon. Nothing shall be left, says the Lord. 18 Some of your sons who will be born to you will be taken away to be eunuchs in the palace of the king of Babylon. 19 Hezekiah said to Isaiah, Good is the Word of the Lord that you have spoken. And he said, Is it not good if peace and truth are in my days? 20 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 written in the book of the kings of Judah. 21 Hezekiah slept with his fathers. And Manasseh his son reigned in his place.
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