1: In those days was Hezekiah sick unto death. And the
prophet Isaiah the son of Amoz came to him, and said unto him, Thus
saith the LORD, Set thine house in order; for thou shalt die, and not
live. |
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2: Then he turned his face to the wall, and prayed unto the LORD,
saying, |
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I beseech thee, O LORD, remember now 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 sore. |
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4: And it came to pass, afore Isaiah was gone out into the middle
court, that the word of the LORD came to him, saying, |
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5: Turn again, and tell Hezekiah the captain of my people, Thus
saith the LORD, the God of David thy father, I have heard thy prayer, I
have seen thy tears: behold, I will heal thee: on the third day thou
shalt go up unto the house of the LORD. |
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6: And I will add unto thy days fifteen years; and I will deliver
thee and this city out of the hand of the king of Assyria; and I will
defend this city for mine own sake, and for my servant David's sake.
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7: And Isaiah said, Take a lump of figs. And they took and laid
it on the boil, and he recovered. |
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8: And Hezekiah said unto Isaiah, What shall be the sign that the
LORD will heal me, and that I shall go up into the house of the LORD the
third day? |
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9: And Isaiah said, This sign shalt thou have of the LORD, that
the LORD will do the thing that he hath spoken: shall the shadow go
forth ten degrees, or go back ten degrees? |
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10: And Hezekiah answered, It is a light thing for the shadow to
go down ten degrees: nay, but let the shadow return backward ten
degrees. |
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11: And Isaiah the prophet cried unto the LORD: and he brought
the shadow ten degrees backward, by which it had gone down in the dial
of Ahaz. |
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12: At that time Berodach-baladan, the son of Baladan, king of
Babylon, sent letters and a present unto Hezekiah: for he had heard that
Hezekiah had been sick. |
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13: And Hezekiah hearkened unto them, and shewed them all the
house of his precious things, the silver, and the gold, and the spices,
and the precious ointment, and all the house of his armour, and all that
was found in his treasures: there was nothing in his house, nor in all
his dominion, that Hezekiah shewed them not. |
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14: Then came Isaiah the prophet unto king Hezekiah, and said
unto him, What said these men? and from whence came they unto thee? And
Hezekiah said, They are come from a far country, even from Babylon.
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15: And he said, What have they seen in thine house? And Hezekiah
answered, All the things that are in mine house have they seen: there is
nothing among my treasures that I have not shewed them. |
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16: And Isaiah said unto Hezekiah, Hear the word of the LORD.
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17: Behold, the days come, that all that is in thine house,and
that which thy fathers have laid up in store unto this day, shall be
carried into Babylon: nothing shall be left, saith the LORD. |
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18: And of thy sons that shall issue from thee, which thou shalt
beget, shall they take away; and they shall be eunuchs in the palace of
the king of Babylon. |
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19: Then said Hezekiah unto Isaiah, Good is the word of
the LORD which thou hast spoken. And he said, Is it not
good, if peace and truth be in my days? |
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20: And the rest of the acts of Hezekiah, and all his might, and
how he made a pool, and a conduit, and brought water into the city, are
they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
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21: And Hezekiah slept with his fathers: and Manasseh his son
reigned in his stead. |