| Christian Standard Bible | Berean Study Bible |
| 1In those days Hezekiah became terminally ill. The prophet Isaiah son of Amoz came and said to him, "This is what the LORD says: 'Set your house in order, for you are about to die; you will not recover.'" | 1In those days Hezekiah became mortally ill. The prophet Isaiah son of Amoz came to him and said, “This is what the LORD says: ‘Put your house in order, for you are about to die; you will not recover.’ ” |
| 2Then Hezekiah turned his face to the wall and prayed to the LORD. | 2Then Hezekiah turned his face to the wall and prayed to the LORD, |
| 3He said, "Please, LORD, remember how I have walked before you faithfully and wholeheartedly, and have done what pleases you." And Hezekiah wept bitterly. | 3saying, “Please, O LORD, remember how I have walked before You faithfully and with wholehearted devotion; I have done what was good in Your sight.” And Hezekiah wept bitterly. |
| 4Then the word of the LORD came to Isaiah: | 4And the word of the LORD came to Isaiah, saying, |
| 5"Go and tell Hezekiah, '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 fifteen years to your life. | 5“Go and tell Hezekiah that this is what the LORD, the God of your father David, says: ‘I have heard your prayer; I have seen your tears. Behold, I will add fifteen years to your life. |
| 6And I will rescue you and this city from the grasp of the king of Assyria; I will defend this city. | 6And I will deliver you and this city from the hand of the king of Assyria. I will defend this city. |
| 7This is the sign to you from the LORD that he will do what he has promised: | 7This will be a sign to you from the LORD that He will do what He has promised: |
| 8I am going to make the sun's shadow that goes down on the stairway of Ahaz go back by ten steps.'" So the sun's shadow went back the ten steps it had descended. | 8I will make the sun’s shadow that falls on the stairway of Ahaz go back ten steps.’ ” So the sunlight went back the ten steps it had descended. |
| 9A poem by King Hezekiah of Judah after he had been sick and had recovered from his illness: | 9This is a writing by Hezekiah king of Judah after his illness and recovery: |
| 10I said: In the prime of my life I must go to the gates of Sheol; I am deprived of the rest of my years. | 10I said, “In the prime of my life I must go through the gates of Sheol and be deprived of the remainder of my years.” |
| 11I said: I will never see the LORD, the LORD in the land of the living; I will not look on humanity any longer with the inhabitants of what is passing away. | 11I said, “I will never again see the LORD, even the LORD, in the land of the living; I will no longer look on mankind with those who dwell in this world. |
| 12My dwelling is plucked up and removed from me like a shepherd's tent. I have rolled up my life like a weaver; he cuts me off from the loom. By nightfall you make an end of me. | 12My dwelling has been picked up and removed from me like a shepherd’s tent. I have rolled up my life like a weaver; He cuts me off from the loom; from day until night You make an end of me. |
| 13I thought until the morning: He will break all my bones like a lion. By nightfall you make an end of me. | 13I composed myself until the morning. Like a lion He breaks all my bones; from day until night You make an end of me. |
| 14I chirp like a swallow or a crane; I moan like a dove. My eyes grow weak looking upward. Lord, I am oppressed; support me. | 14I chirp like a swallow or crane; I moan like a dove. My eyes grow weak as I look upward. O Lord, I am oppressed; be my security.” |
| 15What can I say? He has spoken to me, and he himself has done it. I walk along slowly all my years because of the bitterness of my soul. | 15What can I say? He has spoken to me, and He Himself has done this. I will walk slowly all my years because of the anguish of my soul. |
| 16Lord, by such things people live, and in every one of them my spirit finds life; you have restored me to health and let me live. | 16O Lord, by such things men live, and in all of them my spirit finds life. You have restored me to health and have let me live. |
| 17Indeed, it was for my own well-being that I had such intense bitterness; but your love has delivered me from the Pit of destruction, for you have thrown all my sins behind your back. | 17Surely for my own welfare I had such great anguish; but Your love has delivered me from the pit of oblivion, for You have cast all my sins behind Your back. |
| 18For Sheol cannot thank you; Death cannot praise you. Those who go down to the Pit cannot hope for your faithfulness. | 18For Sheol cannot thank You; Death cannot praise You. Those who descend to the Pit cannot hope for Your faithfulness. |
| 19The living, only the living can thank you, as I do today; a father will make your faithfulness known to children. | 19The living, only the living, can thank You, as I do today; fathers will tell their children about Your faithfulness. |
| 20The LORD is ready to save me; we will play stringed instruments all the days of our lives at the house of the LORD. | 20The LORD will save me; we will play songs on stringed instruments all the days of our lives in the house of the LORD. |
| 21Now Isaiah had said, "Let them take a lump of pressed figs and apply it to his infected skin, so that he may recover." | 21Now Isaiah had said, “Prepare a lump of pressed figs and apply it to the boil, and he will recover.” |
| 22And Hezekiah had asked, "What is the sign that I will go up to the LORD's temple?" | 22And Hezekiah had asked, “What will be the sign that I will go up to the house of the LORD?” |
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