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| 1During that time, Hezekiah became ill and was at the point of death. Then Amoz's son Isaiah the prophet came to him and told him, "This is what the LORD says: 'Put your house in order, because you are going to die. You won't recover.'" | 1In those days Hezekiah became sick and was at the point of death. And Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz came to him, and said to him, “Thus says the LORD: Set your house in order, for you shall die, you shall 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, |
| 3"Please, LORD," he said, "Remember how I have walked before you faithfully and with a true heart, and I have done what pleases you." And Hezekiah wept bitterly. | 3and said, “Please, O LORD, remember how I have walked before you in faithfulness and with a whole heart, and have done what is good in your sight.” And Hezekiah wept bitterly. |
| 4Then this message from the LORD came to Isaiah: | 4Then the word of the LORD came to Isaiah: |
| 5"Go tell Hezekiah, 'This is what the LORD God of your ancestor David has to say: "I've heard your prayer and I've seen your tears; so I will add fifteen years to your life. | 5“Go and say to Hezekiah, Thus says the LORD, the God of David your father: I have heard your prayer; I have seen your tears. Behold, I will add fifteen years to your life. |
| 6I'll save you and this city from the king of Assyria, and I'll defend this city, for my own sake and for my servant David's sake. | 6I will deliver you and this city out of the hand of the king of Assyria, and will defend this city. |
| 7This is the LORD's sign to you that the LORD will carry out this thing he has promised: | 7“This shall be the sign to you from the LORD, that the LORD will do this thing that he has promised: |
| 8Watch! I will make the shadow on the steps of the upper dial of Ahaz that marks the sun go ten steps backwards."'" Then the sunlight turned back on the dial the ten steps by which it had gone down. | 8Behold, I will make the shadow cast by the declining sun on the dial of Ahaz turn back ten steps.” So the sun turned back on the dial the ten steps by which it had declined. |
| 9 A composition by King Hezekiah of Judah, following his illness and recovery: | 9A writing of Hezekiah king of Judah, after he had been sick and had recovered from his sickness: |
| 10I said, "Must I leave in the prime of my life? Must I be consigned to the control of Sheol? Bitter are my years!" | 10I said, In the middle of my days I must depart; I am consigned to the gates of Sheol for the rest of my years. |
| 11I said, "I won't see the LORD in the land of the living; and I'll no longer observe human beings among the denizens of the grave. | 11I said, I shall not see the LORD, the LORD in the land of the living; I shall look on man no more among the inhabitants of the world. |
| 12My house has been plucked up and vanishes from me like a shepherd's tent; like a weaver, I've taken account of my life, and he cuts me off from the loom— day and night you make an end of me. | 12My dwelling is plucked up and removed from me like a shepherd’s tent; like a weaver I have rolled up my life; he cuts me off from the loom; from day to night you bring me to an end; |
| 13I've been swept bare until morning; just like a lion, he breaks all my bones— day and night you make an end of me. | 13I calmed myself until morning; like a lion he breaks all my bones; from day to night you bring me to an end. |
| 14Like a swallow or a crane I chirp, I moan like a dove. My eyes look weakly upward. O Lord, I am oppressed, so stand up for me! | 14Like a swallow or a crane I chirp; I moan like a dove. My eyes are weary with looking upward. O Lord, I am oppressed; be my pledge of safety! |
| 15What can I say, so I tell myself, since he has done this to me? I will walk slowly all my years because of my soul's anguish. | 15What shall I say? For he has spoken to me, and he himself has done it. I walk slowly all my years because of the bitterness of my soul. |
| 16"My Lord is against them, yet they live, and among all of them who live is his spirit. Now you have restored me to health, so let me live! | 16O Lord, by these things men live, and in all these is the life of my spirit. Oh restore me to health and make me live! |
| 17Yes, it was for my own good that I suffered extreme anguish. But in love you have held back my life from the Pit in which it has been confined; you have tossed all my sins behind your back. | 17Behold, it was for my welfare that I had great bitterness; but in love you have delivered my life from the pit of destruction, for you have cast all my sins behind your back. |
| 18For Sheol cannot thank you, death cannot sing your praise; and those who go down to the Pit cannot hope for your faithfulness. | 18For Sheol does not thank you; death does not praise you; those who go down to the pit do not hope for your faithfulness. |
| 19The living—yes the living—they thank you, just as I am doing today; fathers will tell their children about your faithfulness. | 19The living, the living, he thanks you, as I do this day; the father makes known to the children your faithfulness. |
| 20The LORD will save me, and we will play my music on strings all the days of our lives in the LORD's Temple. | 20The LORD will save me, and we will play my music on stringed instruments all the days of our lives, at the house of the LORD. |
| 21Now Isaiah had said, "Let them prepare a poultice of figs and apply it to the boil, so that he may recover." | 21Now Isaiah had said, “Let them take a cake of figs and apply it to the boil, that he may recover.” |
| 22Hezekiah also had asked, "What will be the sign for me to go up to the LORD's Temple?" | 22Hezekiah also had said, “What is the sign that I shall go up to the house of the LORD?” |
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