Dual Panel1In those days <03117> was Hezekiah <02396> sick <02470> (8804) unto death <04191> (8800)_. And Isaiah <03470> the prophet <05030> the son <01121> of Amoz <0531> came <0935> (8799) unto him, and said <0559> (8799) unto him, Thus saith <0559> (8804) the LORD <03068>_, Set thine house <01004> in order <06680> (8761)_: for thou shalt die <04191> (8801)_, and not live <02421> (8799)_. {Set...: Heb. Give charge concerning thy house}
2Then Hezekiah <02396> turned <05437> (8686) his face <06440> toward the wall <07023>_, and prayed <06419> (8691) unto the LORD <03068>_,
3And said <0559> (8799)_, Remember <02142> (8798) now, O LORD <03068>_, I beseech <0577> thee, how I have walked <01980> (8694) before <06440> thee in truth <0571> and with a perfect <08003> heart <03820>_, and have done <06213> (8804) [that which is] good <02896> in thy sight <05869>_. And Hezekiah <02396> wept <01058> (8799) <01065> sore <01419>_. {sore: Heb. with great weeping}
4Then came the word <01697> of the LORD <03068> to Isaiah <03470>_, saying <0559> (8800)_,
5Go <01980> (8800)_, and say <0559> (8804) to Hezekiah <02396>_, Thus saith <0559> (8804) the LORD <03068>_, the God <0430> of David <01732> thy father <01>_, I have heard <08085> (8804) thy prayer <08605>_, I have seen <07200> (8804) thy tears <01832>_: behold, I will add <03254> (8802) unto thy days <03117> fifteen <02568> <06240> years <08141>_.
6And I will deliver <05337> (8686) thee and this city <05892> out of the hand <03709> of the king <04428> of Assyria <0804>_: and I will defend <01598> (8804) this city <05892>_.
7And this [shall be] a sign <0226> unto thee from the LORD <03068>_, that the LORD <03068> will do <06213> (8799) this thing <01697> that he hath spoken <01696> (8765)_;
8Behold, I will bring again <07725> (8688) the shadow <06738> of the degrees <04609>_, which is gone down <03381> (8804) in the sun <08121> dial <04609> of Ahaz <0271>_, ten <06235> degrees <04609> backward <0322>_. So the sun <08121> returned <07725> (8799) ten <06235> degrees <04609>_, by which degrees <04609> it was gone down <03381> (8804)_. {sun dial: Heb. degrees by, or, with the sun}
9The writing <04385> of Hezekiah <02396> king <04428> of Judah <03063>_, when he had been sick <02470> (8800)_, and was recovered <02421> (8799) of his sickness <02483>_:
10I said <0559> (8804) in the cutting off <01824> of my days <03117>_, I shall go <03212> (8799) to the gates <08179> of the grave <07585>_: I am deprived <06485> (8795) of the residue <03499> of my years <08141>_.
11I said <0559> (8804)_, I shall not see <07200> (8799) the LORD <03050>_, [even] the LORD <03050>_, in the land <0776> of the living <02416>_: I shall behold <05027> (8686) man <0120> no more with the inhabitants <03427> (8802) of the world <02309>_.
12Mine age <01755> is departed <05265> (8738)_, and is removed <01540> (8738) from me as a shepherd's <07473> tent <0168>_: I have cut off <07088> (8765) like a weaver <0707> (8802) my life <02416>_: he will cut me off <01214> (8762) with pining sickness <01803>_: from day <03117> [even] to night <03915> wilt thou make an end <07999> (8686) of me. {with...: or, from the thrum}
13I reckoned <07737> (8765) till morning <01242>_, [that], as a lion <0738>_, so will he break <07665> (8762) all my bones <06106>_: from day <03117> [even] to night <03915> wilt thou make an end <07999> (8686) of me.
14Like a crane <05483> [or] a swallow <05693>_, so did I chatter <06850> (8770)_: I did mourn <01897> (8799) as a dove <03123>_: mine eyes <05869> fail <01809> (8804) [with looking] upward <04791>_: O LORD <03068>_, I am oppressed <06234>_; undertake <06148> (8798) for me. {undertake...: or, ease me}
15What shall I say <01696> (8762)_? he hath both spoken <0559> (8804) unto me, and himself hath done <06213> (8804) [it]: I shall go softly <01718> (8691) all my years <08141> in the bitterness <04751> of my soul <05315>_.
16O Lord <0136>_, by these [things men] live <02421> (8799)_, and in all these [things is] the life <02416> of my spirit <07307>_: so wilt thou recover <02492> (8686) me, and make me to live <02421> (8685)_.
17Behold, for peace <07965> I had great bitterness <04751> <04843> (8804)_: but thou hast in love <02836> (8804) to my soul <05315> [delivered it] from the pit <07845> of corruption <01097>_: for thou hast cast <07993> (8689) all my sins <02399> behind <0310> thy back <01460>_. {for peace...: or, on my peace came great bitterness} {thou hast in...: Heb. thou hast loved my soul from the pit}
18For the grave <07585> cannot praise <03034> (8686) thee, death <04194> can [not] celebrate <01984> (8762) thee: they that go down <03381> (8802) into the pit <0953> cannot hope <07663> (8762) for thy truth <0571>_.
19The living <02416>_, the living <02416>_, he shall praise <03034> (8686) thee, as I [do] this day <03117>_: the father <01> to the children <01121> shall make known <03045> (8686) thy truth <0571>_.
20The LORD <03068> [was ready] to save <03467> (8687) me: therefore we will sing my songs <05058> to the stringed instruments <05059> (8762) all the days <03117> of our life <02416> in the house <01004> of the LORD <03068>_.
21For Isaiah <03470> had said <0559> (8799)_, Let them take <05375> (8799) a lump <01690> of figs <08384>_, and lay [it] for a plaister <04799> (8799) upon the boil <07822>_, and he shall recover <02421> (8799)_.
22Hezekiah <02396> also had said <0559> (8799)_, What [is] the sign <0226> that I shall go up <05927> (8799) to the house <01004> of the LORD <03068>_?