Isaiah 38:1-8
Hezekiah’s Illness and Recovery
1 In those days Hezekiah became terminally ill.(A) The prophet Isaiah son of Amoz came and said to him, “This is what the Lord says: ‘Put your affairs in order,(a)(B) for you are about to die; you will not recover.’”(b)
2 Then Hezekiah turned his face to the wall and prayed to the Lord.
3 He said, “Please, Lord, remember how I have walked before You faithfully and wholeheartedly,(C) and have done what pleases You.”(c)(D) And Hezekiah wept bitterly.
4 Then the word of the Lord came to Isaiah:
5 “Go and tell Hezekiah that this is what the Lord God of your ancestor David says: I have heard your prayer; I have seen your tears. Look, I am going to add 15 years to your life.(d)(E)
6 And I will deliver you and this city from the power of the king of Assyria; I will defend this city.(F)
7 This is the sign to you(G) from the Lord that He will do what(e) He has promised:(f)
8 I am going to make the sun’s shadow that goes down on Ahaz’s stairway go back by 10 steps.”(H) So the sun’s shadow(g) went back the 10 steps it had descended.
Footnotes:
a.
Isaiah 38:1: Lit Command your house
b.
Isaiah 38:1: Lit live
c.
Isaiah 38:3: Lit what is good in Your eyes
d.
Isaiah 38:5: Lit days
e.
Isaiah 38:7: Lit this thing
f.
Isaiah 38:7: Lit said
g.
Isaiah 38:8: Lit And the sun