In 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.’”
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Then Hezekiah turned his face to the wall and prayed to the LORD,
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saying, “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.
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And the word of the LORD came to Isaiah, saying,
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“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.
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And I will deliver you and this city from the hand of the king of Assyria. I will defend this city.
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This will be a sign to you from the LORD that He will do what He has promised:
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I will make the sun’s shadow that falls on the stairway of Ahaz go back ten steps.’”
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This is a writing by Hezekiah king of Judah after his illness and recovery:
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I said, “In the prime of my life
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I said, “I will never again see the LORD,
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My dwelling has been picked up and removed from me
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I composed myself until the morning.
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I chirp like a swallow or crane;
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What can I say?
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O Lord, by such things men live,
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Surely for my own welfare
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For Sheol cannot thank You;
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The living, only the living, can thank You,
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The LORD will save me;
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Now Isaiah had said, “Prepare a lump of pressed figs and apply it to the boil, and he will recover.”
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And Hezekiah had asked, “What will be the sign that I will go up to the house of the LORD?”