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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’s Illness
In those days Hezekiah became ill and was at the point of death. The prophet Isaiah son of Amoz went to him and said, “This is what the Lord says: Put your house in order, because you are going to die; you will not recover.”
In those days Hezekiah became ill and was at the point of death. The prophet Isaiah son of Amoz went to him and said, “This is what the Lord says: Put your house in order, because you are going to die; you will not recover.”
And Hezekiah turned his face to the wall, and prayed to Jehovah,
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.
“Remember, Lord, how I have walked before you faithfully and with wholehearted devotion and have done what is good in your eyes.” And Hezekiah wept bitterly.
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 tell Hezekiah, ‘This is what the Lord, the God of your father David, says: I have heard your prayer and seen your tears; 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.
And I will deliver you and this city from the hand of the king of Assyria. 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 is the Lord’s sign to you that the Lord will do what he has promised:
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.
I will make the shadow cast by the sun go back the ten steps it has gone down on the stairway of Ahaz.’ ” So the sunlight went back the ten steps 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 prime of my life
must I go through the gates of death
and be robbed of the rest of my years?”
must I go through the gates of death
and be robbed 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 again see the Lord himself
in the land of the living;
no longer will I look on my fellow man,
or be with those who now dwell in this world.
in the land of the living;
no longer will I look on my fellow man,
or be with those who now dwell in this 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 house
has been pulled down and taken from me.
Like a weaver I have rolled up my life,
and he has cut me off from the loom;
day and night you made an end of me.
has been pulled down and taken from me.
Like a weaver I have rolled up my life,
and he has cut me off from the loom;
day and night you made 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 waited patiently till dawn,
but like a lion he broke all my bones;
day and night you made an end of me.
but like a lion he broke all my bones;
day and night you made 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.
I cried like a swift or thrush,
I moaned like a mourning dove.
My eyes grew weak as I looked to the heavens.
I am being threatened; Lord, come to my aid!”
I moaned like a mourning dove.
My eyes grew weak as I looked to the heavens.
I am being threatened; Lord, come to my aid!”
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.
But what can I say?
He has spoken to me, and he himself has done this.
I will walk humbly all my years
because of this anguish of my soul.
He has spoken to me, and he himself has done this.
I will walk humbly all my years
because of this anguish 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.
Lord, by such things people live;
and my spirit finds life in them too.
You restored me to health
and let me live.
and my spirit finds life in them too.
You restored 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.
Surely it was for my benefit
that I suffered such anguish.
In your love you kept me
from the pit of destruction;
you have put all my sins
behind your back.
that I suffered such anguish.
In your love you kept me
from the pit of destruction;
you have put 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 the grave cannot praise you,
death cannot sing your praise;
those who go down to the pit
cannot hope for your faithfulness.
death cannot sing your praise;
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.
The living, the living — they praise you,
as I am doing today;
parents tell their children
about your faithfulness.
as I am doing today;
parents tell their children
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 save me,
and we will sing with stringed instruments
all the days of our lives
in the temple of the Lord.
and we will sing with stringed instruments
all the days of our lives
in the temple 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.
Isaiah had said, “Prepare a poultice of figs and apply it to the boil, and he will recover.”