Isaiah 38:16-22 ▼

16 “Lord, by these things people live, And in all these is the life of my spirit; Restore me to health and let me live!

17 “Behold, for my own welfare I had great bitterness; But You have kept my soul from the pit of nothingness, For You have hurled all my sins behind Your back.

18 “For Sheol cannot thank You, Death cannot praise You; Those who go down to the pit cannot hope for Your faithfulness.

19 “It is the living who give thanks to You, as I do today; A father tells his sons about Your faithfulness.

20 “The LORD is certain to save me; So we will play my songs on stringed instruments All the days of our life at the house of the LORD.”

21 Now Isaiah had said, “Have them take a cake of figs and apply it to the boil, so that he may recover.”

22 Then Hezekiah had said, “What is the sign that I will go up to the house of the LORD?”