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Hezekiah’s Life Extended

In those days Hezekiah was sick and near death. And Isaiah the prophet, the son of Amoz, went to him and said to him, “Thus says the Lord: ‘Set your house in order, for you shall die and not live.’ ”

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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.’”

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

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

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and said, “Remember now, O Lord, I pray, how I have walked before You in truth and with a [a]loyal heart, and have done what is good in Your sight.” And Hezekiah wept bitterly.

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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.

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And the word of the Lord came to Isaiah, saying,

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Then the word of the LORD came to Isaiah, saying,

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“Go and tell Hezekiah, ‘Thus says the Lord, the God of David your father: “I have heard your prayer, I have seen your tears; surely I will add to your days fifteen years.

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“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.

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I will deliver you and this city from the hand of the king of Assyria, and I will defend this city.” ’

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“I will deliver you and this city from the hand of the king of Assyria; and I will defend this city.”’

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And this is the sign to you from the Lord, that the Lord will do this thing which He has 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 spoken:

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Behold, I will bring the shadow on the sundial, which has gone down with the sun on the sundial of Ahaz, ten degrees backward.” So the sun returned ten degrees on the dial by which it had gone down.

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“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.

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This is 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 his illness and recovery:

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I said,
“In the prime of my life
I shall go to the gates of Sheol;
I am deprived of the remainder of my years.”

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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.”

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I said,
“I shall not see [b]Yah,
The Lord in the land of the living;
I shall observe man no more [c]among the inhabitants of [d]the world.

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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.

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My life span is gone,
Taken from me like a shepherd’s tent;
I have cut off my life like a weaver.
He cuts me off from the loom;
From day until night You make an end of me.

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“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.

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I have considered until morning —
Like a lion,
So He breaks all my bones;
From day until night You make an end of me.

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“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.

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Like a crane or a swallow, so I chattered;
I mourned like a dove;
My eyes fail from looking upward.
O [e]Lord, I am oppressed;
[f]Undertake for me!

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“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.

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“What shall I say?
[g]He has both spoken to me,
And He Himself has done it.
I shall walk carefully 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 will wander about all my years because of the bitterness of my soul.

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O Lord, by these things men live;
And in all these things is the life of my spirit;
So You will restore me and make me live.

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“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!

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Indeed it was for my own peace
That I had great bitterness;
But You have lovingly delivered my soul from the pit of corruption,
For You have cast all my sins behind Your back.

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“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.

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For Sheol cannot thank You,
Death cannot praise You;
Those who go down to the pit cannot hope for Your truth.

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“For Sheol cannot thank You,
Death cannot praise You;
Those who go down to the pit cannot hope for Your faithfulness.

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The living, the living man, he shall praise You,
As I do this day;
The father shall make known Your truth to the children.

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“It is the living who give thanks to You, as I do today;
A father tells his sons about Your faithfulness.

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“The Lord was ready to save me;
Therefore we will sing my songs with stringed instruments
All the days of our life, in the house of the Lord.”

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“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.”

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Now Isaiah had said, “Let them take a lump of figs, and apply it as a poultice on 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 to the house of the Lord?”

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

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Isaiah 38

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