Isaiah 38
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1In those days Hezekiah became mortally ill. The prophet Isaiah son of Amoz came to him and said, “This is what the LORD says: ‘Put your house in order, for you are about to die; you will not recover.’ ”1About that time Hezekiah became deathly ill, and the prophet Isaiah son of Amoz went to visit him. He gave the king this message: “This is what the LORD says: ‘Set your affairs in order, for you are going to die. You will not recover from this illness.’”
2Then Hezekiah turned his face to the wall and prayed to the LORD,2When Hezekiah heard this, he turned his face to the wall and prayed to the LORD,
3saying, “Please, O LORD, remember how I have walked before You faithfully and with wholehearted devotion; I have done what was good in Your sight.” And Hezekiah wept bitterly.3“Remember, O LORD, how I have always been faithful to you and have served you single-mindedly, always doing what pleases you.” Then he broke down and wept bitterly.
4And the word of the LORD came to Isaiah, saying,4Then this message came to Isaiah from the LORD:
5“Go and tell Hezekiah that this is what the LORD, the God of your father David, says: ‘I have heard your prayer; I have seen your tears. Behold, I will add fifteen years to your life.5“Go back to Hezekiah and tell him, ‘This is what the LORD, the God of your ancestor David, says: I have heard your prayer and seen your tears. I will add fifteen years to your life,
6And I will deliver you and this city from the hand of the king of Assyria. I will defend this city.6and I will rescue you and this city from the king of Assyria. Yes, I will defend this city.
7This will be a sign to you from the LORD that He will do what He has promised:7“‘And this is the sign from the LORD to prove that he will do as he promised:
8I will make the sun’s shadow that falls on the stairway of Ahaz go back ten steps.’ ” So the sunlight went back the ten steps it had descended.8I will cause the sun’s shadow to move ten steps backward on the sundial of Ahaz!’” So the shadow on the sundial moved backward ten steps. Hezekiah’s Poem of Praise
9This is a writing by Hezekiah king of Judah after his illness and recovery:9When King Hezekiah was well again, he wrote this poem:
10I said, “In the prime of my life I must go through the gates of Sheol and be deprived of the remainder of my years.”10I said, “In the prime of my life, must I now enter the place of the dead? Am I to be robbed of the rest of my years?”
11I said, “I will never again see the LORD, even the LORD, in the land of the living; I will no longer look on mankind with those who dwell in this world.11I said, “Never again will I see the LORD God while still in the land of the living. Never again will I see my friends or be with those who live in this world.
12My dwelling has been picked up and removed from me like a shepherd’s tent. I have rolled up my life like a weaver; He cuts me off from the loom; from day until night You make an end of me.12My life has been blown away like a shepherd’s tent in a storm. It has been cut short, as when a weaver cuts cloth from a loom. Suddenly, my life was over.
13I composed myself until the morning. Like a lion He breaks all my bones; from day until night You make an end of me.13I waited patiently all night, but I was torn apart as though by lions. Suddenly, my life was over.
14I chirp like a swallow or crane; I moan like a dove. My eyes grow weak as I look upward. O Lord, I am oppressed; be my security.”14Delirious, I chattered like a swallow or a crane, and then I moaned like a mourning dove. My eyes grew tired of looking to heaven for help. I am in trouble, Lord. Help me!”
15What can I say? He has spoken to me, and He Himself has done this. I will walk slowly all my years because of the anguish of my soul.15But what could I say? For he himself sent this sickness. Now I will walk humbly throughout my years because of this anguish I have felt.
16O Lord, by such things men live, and in all of them my spirit finds life. You have restored me to health and have let me live.16Lord, your discipline is good, for it leads to life and health. You restore my health and allow me to live!
17Surely for my own welfare I had such great anguish; but Your love has delivered me from the pit of oblivion, for You have cast all my sins behind Your back.17Yes, this anguish was good for me, for you have rescued me from death and forgiven all my sins.
18For Sheol cannot thank You; Death cannot praise You. Those who descend to the Pit cannot hope for Your faithfulness.18For the dead cannot praise you; they cannot raise their voices in praise. Those who go down to the grave can no longer hope in your faithfulness.
19The living, only the living, can thank You, as I do today; fathers will tell their children about Your faithfulness.19Only the living can praise you as I do today. Each generation tells of your faithfulness to the next.
20The LORD will save me; we will play songs on stringed instruments all the days of our lives in the house of the LORD.20Think of it—the LORD is ready to heal me! I will sing his praises with instruments every day of my life in the Temple of the LORD.
21Now Isaiah had said, “Prepare a lump of pressed figs and apply it to the boil, and he will recover.”21Isaiah had said to Hezekiah’s servants, “Make an ointment from figs and spread it over the boil, and Hezekiah will recover.”
22And Hezekiah had asked, “What will be the sign that I will go up to the house of the LORD?”22And Hezekiah had asked, “What sign will prove that I will go to the Temple of the LORD?”
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