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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.
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.
Hezekiah Healed
In those days Hezekiah became mortally ill. 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 and not live.’”
In those days Hezekiah became mortally ill. 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 and not live.’”
And Hezekiah turned his face to the wall, and prayed to Jehovah,
Then Hezekiah turned his face to the wall and prayed to the LORD,
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.
and said, “Remember now, O LORD, I beseech You, how I have walked before You in truth and with a whole heart, and have done what is good in Your sight.” And Hezekiah wept bitterly.
And the word of Jehovah came to Isaiah, saying,
Then the word of the LORD came to Isaiah, saying,
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.
“Go and say to Hezekiah, ‘Thus says the LORD, the God of your father David, “I have heard your prayer, I have seen your tears; behold, I will add fifteen years to your life.
And I will deliver thee and this city out of the hand of the king of Assyria, and I will defend this city.
“I will deliver you and this city from the hand of the king of Assyria; and I will defend this city.”’
And this [shall be] the sign to thee from Jehovah, that Jehovah will do this thing that he hath spoken:
“This shall be the sign to you from the LORD, that the LORD will do this thing that He has spoken:
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.
“Behold, I will cause the shadow on the stairway, which has gone down with the sun on the stairway of Ahaz, to go back ten steps.” So the sun’s shadow went back ten steps on the stairway on which it had gone down.
Hezekiah's Song of Thanksgiving
The writing of Hezekiah king of Judah, when he had been sick and had recovered from his sickness:
The writing of Hezekiah king of Judah, when he had been sick and had recovered from his sickness:
A writing of Hezekiah king of Judah after his illness and recovery:
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.
I said, “In the middle of my life
I am to enter the gates of Sheol;
I am to be deprived of the rest of my years.”
I am to enter the gates of Sheol;
I am to be deprived of the rest of my years.”
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.
I said, “I will not see the LORD,
The LORD in the land of the living;
I will look on man no more among the inhabitants of the world.
The LORD in the land of the living;
I will look on man no more among the inhabitants of the world.
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.
“Like a shepherd’s tent my dwelling is pulled up and removed from me;
As a weaver I rolled up my life.
He cuts me off from the loom;
From day until night You make an end of me.
As a weaver I rolled up my life.
He cuts me off from the loom;
From day until night You make an end of me.
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.
“I composed my soul until morning.
Like a lion — so He breaks all my bones,
From day until night You make an end of me.
Like a lion — so He breaks all my bones,
From day until night You make an end of me.
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.
“Like a swallow, like a crane, so I twitter;
I moan like a dove;
My eyes look wistfully to the heights;
O Lord, I am oppressed, be my security.
I moan like a dove;
My eyes look wistfully to the heights;
O Lord, I am oppressed, be my security.
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.
“What shall I say?
For He has spoken to me, and He Himself has done it;
I will wander about all my years because of the bitterness of my soul.
For He has spoken to me, and He Himself has done it;
I will wander about all my years because of the bitterness of my soul.
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.
“O Lord, by these things men live,
And in all these is the life of my spirit;
O restore me to health and let me live!
And in all these is the life of my spirit;
O restore me to health and let me live!
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.
“Lo, for my own welfare I had great bitterness;
It is You who has kept my soul from the pit of nothingness,
For You have cast all my sins behind Your back.
It is You who has kept my soul from the pit of nothingness,
For You have cast all my sins behind Your back.
For not Sheol shall praise thee, nor death celebrate thee; they that go down into the pit do not hope for thy truth.
“For Sheol cannot thank You,
Death cannot praise You;
Those who go down to the pit cannot hope for Your faithfulness.
Death cannot praise You;
Those who go down to the pit cannot hope for Your faithfulness.
The living, the living, he shall praise thee, as I this day: the father to the children shall make known thy truth.
“It is the living who give thanks to You, as I do today;
A father tells his sons about Your faithfulness.
A father tells his sons about Your faithfulness.
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.
“The LORD will surely save me;
So we will play my songs on stringed instruments
All the days of our life at the house of the LORD.”
So we will play my songs on stringed instruments
All the days of our life at the house of the LORD.”
Now Isaiah had said, Let them take a cake of figs, and lay it for a plaster upon the boil, and he shall recover.
Now Isaiah had said, “Let them take a cake of figs and apply it to the boil, that he may recover.”