Dual Panel1In those <01992> days <03117> Hezekiah <02396> was stricken <02470> with a terminal illness <04191>. The prophet <05030> Isaiah <03470> son <01121> of Amoz <0531> visited <0935> him and told <0559> him, “This is what <03541> the Lord <03068> says <0559>, ‘Give <06680> your household <01004> instructions <06680>, for <03588> you are about to die <04191>; you <0859> will not <03808> get well <02421>.’”
2He turned <05437> his face <06440> to <0413> the wall <07023> and prayed <06419> to <0413> the Lord <03068>,
3“Please <0577>, Lord <03068>. Remember <02142> how <0834> I have served <01980> you faithfully <0571> and with wholehearted devotion <08003> <03824>, and how I have carried out <06213> your will.” Then Hezekiah <02396> wept bitterly <01419> <01058> <01058>.
4Isaiah <03470> was <01961> still <03318> <03808> in the middle <08484> courtyard <05892> when the Lord <03068> told <01697> him,
5“Go back <07725> and tell <0559> Hezekiah <02396>, the leader <05057> of my people <05971>: ‘This is what <03541> the Lord <03068> God <0430> of your ancestor <01> David <01732> says <0559>: “I have heard <08085> your prayer <08605>; I have seen <07200> your tears <01832>. Look <02005>, I will heal <07495> you. The day after tomorrow <07992> <03117> you will go up <05927> to the Lord’s <03068> temple <01004>.
6I will add <03254> fifteen <06240> <02568> years <08141> to <05921> your life <03117> and rescue <05337> you and this <02063> city <05892> from <03709> the king <04428> of Assyria <0804>. I will shield <01598> this <02063> city <05892> for the sake <04616> of my reputation and because <04616> of my promise to David <01732> my servant <05650>.”’”
7Isaiah <03470> ordered <0559>, “Get <03947> a fig <08384> cake <01690>.” So they did as he ordered <03947> and placed <07760> it on <05921> the ulcerated sore <07822>, and he recovered <02421>.
8Hezekiah <02396> had said <0559> to <0413> Isaiah <03470>, “What <04100> is the confirming sign <0226> that <03588> the Lord <03068> will heal <07495> me and that I will go up <05927> to the Lord’s <03068> temple <01004> the day <03117> after tomorrow <07992>?”
9Isaiah <03470> replied <0559>, “This <02088> is your sign <0226> from the Lord <03068> confirming that <03588> the Lord <03068> will do <06213> what <01697> he has said <01696>. Do you want the shadow <06738> to move <01980> ahead ten <06235> steps <04609> or <0518> to go back <07725> ten <06235> steps <04609>?”
10Hezekiah <02396> answered <0559>, “It is easy <07043> for the shadow <06738> to lengthen <05186> ten <06235> steps <04609>, but not <03808> for <03588> it <06738> to go <07725> back <0322> ten <06235> steps <04609>.”
11Isaiah <03470> the prophet <05030> called out <07121> to <0413> the Lord <03068>, and the Lord made <07725> the shadow <06738> go <03381> back <0322> ten <06235> steps <04609> on the stairs <04609> of Ahaz <0271>.
12At that <01931> time <06256> Merodach-Baladan <01255> son <01121> of Baladan <01081>, king <04428> of Babylon <0894>, sent <07971> letters <05612> and a gift <04503> to <0413> Hezekiah <02396>, for <03588> he had heard <08085> that <03588> Hezekiah <02396> was ill <02470>.
13Hezekiah <02396> welcomed <08085> them and showed <07200> them his whole <03605> storehouse <05238> <01004>, with its silver <03701>, gold <02091>, spices <01314>, and high quality <02896> olive oil <08081>, as well as his armory <03627> and everything <03605> in his treasuries <0214>. Hezekiah <02396> showed <07200> them everything <01697> in his palace <01004> and in his whole <03605> kingdom <04474>.
14Isaiah <03470> the prophet <05030> visited <0935> King <04428> Hezekiah <02396> and asked <0559> him, “What <04100> did these <0428> men <0376> say <0559>? Where <0370> do they come <0935> from <0413>?” Hezekiah <02396> replied <0559>, “They come <0935> from the distant <07350> land <0776> of Babylon <0894>.”
15Isaiah asked <0559>, “What <04100> have they seen <07200> in your palace <01004>?” Hezekiah <02396> replied <0559>, “They have seen <07200> everything <03605> in my palace <01004>. I showed <07200> them everything <01697> in my treasuries <0214>.”
16Isaiah <03470> said <0559> to <0413> Hezekiah <02396>, “Listen <08085> to the word <01697> of the Lord <03068>,
17‘Look <02009>, a time <03117> is coming <0935> when everything <03605> in your palace <01004> and the things your ancestors <01> have accumulated <0686> to this <02088> day <03117> will be carried <05375> away to Babylon <0894>; nothing <03808> will be left <03498>,’ says <0559> the Lord <03068>.
18‘Some <04480> of your very own descendants <01121> whom <0834> you father <03205> will be taken <03947> away and will be made <01961> eunuchs <05631> in the palace <01964> of the king <04428> of Babylon <0894>.’”
19Hezekiah <02396> said <0559> to <0413> Isaiah <03470>, “The Lord’s <03068> word <01697> which <0834> you have announced <01696> is appropriate <02896>.” Then he added <0559>, “At least there will be peace <07965> and stability <0571> during my lifetime <03117>.”
20The rest <03499> of the events <01697> of Hezekiah’s <02396> reign and all <03605> his accomplishments <01369>, including how he built <06213> a pool <01295> and conduit <08585> to bring <0935> water <04325> into the city <05892>, are recorded <03789> in <05921> the scroll <05612> called the Annals <03117> <01697> of the Kings <04428> of Judah <03063>.
21Hezekiah <02396> passed away <01> <05973> <07901> and his son <01121> Manasseh <04519> replaced <08478> him as king <04427>.