Dual Panel1In those<1992> days<3117> Hezekiah<2396> became<2470> mortally<4191> ill<2470>. And Isaiah<3470> the prophet<5030> the son<1121> of Amoz<531> came<935> to him and said<559> to him, "Thus<3541> says<559> the LORD<3068>, 'Set<6680> your house<1004> in order<6680>, for you shall die<4191> and not live<2421>.'"
2Then Hezekiah<2396> turned<5437> his face<6440> to the wall<7023> and prayed<6419> to the LORD<3068>,
3and said<559>, "Remember<2142> now<4994>, O<577> LORD<3068>, I beseech<577> You, how<834> I have walked<1980> before<6440> You in truth<571> and with a whole<8003> heart<3820>, and have done<6213> what<2896> is good<2896> in Your sight<5869>." And Hezekiah<2396> wept<1058> bitterly<1419>.
4Then the word<1697> of the LORD<3068> came<1961> to Isaiah<3470>, saying<559>,
5"Go<1980> and say<559> to Hezekiah<2396>, 'Thus<3541> says<559> the LORD<3068>, the God<430> of your father<1> David<1732>, "I have heard<8085> your prayer<8605>, I have seen<7200> your tears<1832>; behold<2009>, I will add<3254> fifteen<2568><6240> years<8141> to your life<3117>.
6"I will deliver<5337> you and this<384> city<5892> from the hand<3709> of the king<4428> of Assyria<804>; and I will defend<1598> this<384> city<5892>."'
7"This<2088> shall be the sign<226> to you from the LORD<3068>, that the LORD<3068> will do<6213> this<2088> thing<1697> that He has spoken<1696>:
8"Behold<2009>, I will cause<7725> the shadow<6738> on the stairway<4609>, which<834> has gone<3381> down<3381> with the sun<8121> on the stairway<4609> of Ahaz<271>, to go<7725> back<322> ten<6235> steps<4609>." So the sun's<8121> shadow went<7725> back<7725> ten<6235> steps<4609> on the stairway<4609> on which<834> it had gone<3381> down<3381>.
9A writing<4385> of Hezekiah<2396> king<4428> of Judah<3063> after his illness<2483> and recovery<2421>:
10I said<559>, "In the middle<1824> of my life<3117> I am to enter<1980> the gates<8179> of Sheol<7585>; I am to be deprived<6485> of the rest<3499> of my years<8141>."
11I said<559>, "I will not see<7200> the LORD<3050>, The LORD<3050> in the land<776> of the living<2416>; I will look<5027> on man<120> no<3808> more<5750> among<5973> the inhabitants<3427> of the world<2465>.
12"Like a shepherd's<7473> tent<168> my dwelling<1755> is pulled<5265> up and removed<1540> from me; As a weaver<707> I rolled<7088> up my life<2425>. He cuts<1214> me off<1214> from the loom<1803>; From day<3117> until<5704> night<3915> You make<7999> an end<7999> of me.
13"I composed<7737> my soul until<5704> morning<1242>. Like a lion<738>--so<3651> He breaks<7665> all<3605> my bones<6106>, From day<3117> until<5704> night<3915> You make<7999> an end<7999> of me.
14"Like a swallow<5483>, like a crane<5693>, so<3651> I twitter<6850>; I moan<1897> like a dove<3123>; My eyes<5869> look<1809> wistfully<1809> to the heights<4791>; O Lord<3068>, I am oppressed<6234>, be my security<6148>.
15"What<4100> shall I say<1696>? For He has spoken<559> to me, and He Himself<1931> has done<6213> it; I will wander<1718> about all<3605> my years<8141> because<5921> of the bitterness<4751> of my soul<5315>.
16"O Lord<136>, by these things men live<2421>, And in all<3605> these is the life<2425> of my spirit<7307>; O restore<2492> me to health<2492> and let me live<2421>!
17"Lo<2009>, for my own welfare<7965> I had<4843> great<4751> bitterness<4751>; It is You who has kept<2836> my soul<5315> from the pit<7845> of nothingness<1097>, For You have cast<7993> all<3605> my sins<2399> behind<310> Your back<1460>.
18"For Sheol<7585> cannot<3808> thank<3034> You, Death<4194> cannot praise<1984> You; Those who go<3381> down<3381> to the pit<953> cannot<3808> hope<7663> for Your faithfulness<571>.
19"It is the living<2416> who give<3034> thanks<3034> to You, as I do today<3117>; A father<1> tells<3045> his sons<1121> about<413> Your faithfulness<571>.
20"The LORD<3068> will surely save<3467> me; So we will play<5059> my songs<5058> on stringed<5058> instruments All<3605> the days<3117> of our life<2425> at the house<1004> of the LORD<3068>."
21Now Isaiah<3470> had said<559>, "Let them take<5375> a cake<1690> of figs<8384> and apply<4799> it to the boil<7822>, that he may recover<2421>."
22Then Hezekiah<2396> had said<559>, "What<4100> is the sign<226> that I shall go<5927> up to the house<1004> of the LORD<3068>?"