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Hezekiah's Illness and Recovery

In those days Hezekiah was sick unto death. And the prophet Isaiah the son of Amoz came to him, and said to him, Thus saith Jehovah: Set thy house in order; for thou shalt die, and not live.

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Hezekiah’s Sickness and Recovery

In those days Hezekiah became sick and was at the point of death. And Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz came to him, and said to him, “Thus says the Lord: Set your house in order, for you shall die, you shall not recover.”a

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And Hezekiah turned his face to the wall, and prayed to Jehovah,

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Then Hezekiah turned his face to the wall and prayed to the Lord,

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and said, Ah, Jehovah, remember, I beseech thee, 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 much.

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and said, “Please, O Lord, remember how I have walked before you in faithfulness and with a whole heart, and have done what is good in your sight.” And Hezekiah wept bitterly.

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And the word of Jehovah came to Isaiah, saying,

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Then the word of the Lord came to Isaiah:

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Go and say to Hezekiah, Thus saith Jehovah, the God of David thy father: I have heard thy prayer, I have seen thy tears: behold, I will add to thy days fifteen years.

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“Go and say to Hezekiah, Thus says the Lord, the God of David your father: I have heard your prayer; I have seen your tears. Behold, I will add fifteen years to your life.b

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And I will deliver thee and this city out of the hand of the king of Assyria, and I will defend this city.

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I will deliver you and this city out of the hand of the king of Assyria, and will defend this city.

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And this [shall be] the sign to thee from Jehovah, that Jehovah will do this thing that he hath spoken:

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“This shall be the sign to you from the Lord, that the Lord will do this thing that he has promised:

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behold, I will bring again the shadow of the degrees which hath gone down with the sun on the dial of Ahaz, ten degrees backward. So the sun returned on the dial ten degrees, by which it had gone down.

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Behold, I will make the shadow cast by the declining sun on the dial of Ahaz turn back ten steps.” So the sun turned back on the dial the ten steps by which it had declined.c

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Hezekiah's Song of Thanksgiving

The writing of Hezekiah king of Judah, when he had been sick and had recovered from his sickness:

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A writing of Hezekiah king of Judah, after he had been sick and had recovered from his sickness:

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I said, In the meridian of my days I shall go to the gates of Sheol: I am deprived of the rest of my years.

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I said, In the middled of my days
I must depart;
I am consigned to the gates of Sheol
for the rest of my years.

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I said, I shall not see Jah, Jah in the land of the living. With those who dwell where all has ceased to be, I shall behold man no more.

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I said, I shall not see the Lord,
the Lord in the land of the living;
I shall look on man no more
among the inhabitants of the world.

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Mine age is departed, and is removed from me as a shepherd's tent. I have cut off like a weaver my life. He separateth me from the thrum: -- from day to night thou wilt make an end of me.

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My dwelling is plucked up and removed from me
like a shepherd’s tent;
like a weaver I have rolled up my life;
he cuts me off from the loom;
from day to night you bring me to an end;

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I kept still until the morning; ... as a lion, so doth he break all my bones. From day to night thou wilt make an end of me.

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I calmed myselfe until morning;
like a lion he breaks all my bones;
from day to night you bring me to an end.

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Like a swallow [or] a crane, so did I chatter; I mourned as a dove; mine eyes failed [with looking] upward: Lord, I am oppressed; undertake for me.

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Like a swallow or a crane I chirp;
I moan like a dove.
My eyes are weary with looking upward.
O Lord, I am oppressed; be my pledge of safety!

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What shall I say? He hath both spoken unto me, and himself hath done [it]. I shall go softly all my years in the bitterness of my soul.

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What shall I say? For he has spoken to me,
and he himself has done it.
I walk slowly all my years
because of the bitterness of my soul.

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Lord, by these things [men] live, and in all these things is the life of my spirit; and thou hast recovered me, and made me to live.

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O Lord, by these things men live,
and in all these is the life of my spirit.
Oh restore me to health and make me live!

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Behold, instead of peace I had bitterness upon bitterness; but thou hast in love delivered my soul from the pit of destruction; for thou hast cast all my sins behind thy back.

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Behold, it was for my welfare
that I had great bitterness;
but in love you have delivered my life
from the pit of destruction,
for you have cast all my sins
behind your back.

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For not Sheol shall praise thee, nor death celebrate thee; they that go down into the pit do not hope for thy truth.

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For Sheol does not thank you;
death does not praise you;
those who go down to the pit do not hope
for your faithfulness.

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The living, the living, he shall praise thee, as I this day: the father to the children shall make known thy truth.

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The living, the living, he thanks you,
as I do this day;
the father makes known to the children
your faithfulness.

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Jehovah was [purposed] to save me. -- And we will play upon my stringed instruments all the days of our life, in the house of Jehovah.

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The Lord will save me,
and we will play my music on stringed instruments
all the days of our lives,
at the house of the Lord.

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Now Isaiah had said, Let them take a cake of figs, and lay it for a plaster upon the boil, and he shall recover.

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Now Isaiah had said, “Let them take a cake of figs and apply it to the boil, that he may recover.”

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And Hezekiah had said, What is the sign that I shall go up into the house of Jehovah?

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Hezekiah also had said, “What is the sign that I shall go up to the house of the Lord?”

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