Dual Panel1At that <01931> time <06256> Merodach-Baladan <04757> son <01121> of Baladan <01081>, king <04428> of Babylon <0894>, sent <07971> letters <05612> and a gift <04503> to <0413> Hezekiah <02396>, for he heard <08085> that <03588> Hezekiah had been ill <02470> and had recovered <02388>.
2Hezekiah <02396> welcomed <08055> them and showed <07200> them his storehouse <05238> <01004> with its silver <03701>, gold <02091>, spices <01314>, and high-quality <02896> olive oil <08081>, as well as his whole <03605> 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>.
3Isaiah <03470> the prophet <05030> visited <0935> King <04428> Hezekiah <02396> and asked <0559> him, “What <04100> did these <0428> men <0582> say <0559>? Where <0370> do they come <0935> from <0413>?” Hezekiah <02396> replied <0559>, “They come <0935> from <0413> the distant <07350> land <0776> of Babylon <0894>.”
4Isaiah 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>.”
5Isaiah <03470> said <0559> to <0413> Hezekiah <02396>, “Listen <08085> to the word <01697> of the Lord <03068> who commands armies <06635>:
6‘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>.
7‘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>.’”
8Hezekiah <02396> said <0559> to <0413> Isaiah <03470>, “The Lord’s <03068> word <01697> which <0834> you have announced <01696> is appropriate <02896>.” Then he thought <0559>, “For <03588> there will be <01961> peace <07965> and stability <0571> during my lifetime <03117>.”