Isaiah 39:1-7 ▼

1 At that time Merodach-baladan son of Baladan, king of Babylon, sent letters and a gift to Hezekiah since he heard that he had been sick and had recovered.

2 Hezekiah was pleased with them, and showed them his treasure house  — the silver, the gold, the spices, and the precious oil  — and all his armory , and everything that was found in his treasuries. There was nothing in his palace and in all his realm that Hezekiah did not show them.

3 Then the prophet Isaiah came to King Hezekiah and asked him, “ Where did these men come from and what did they say to you? ” Hezekiah replied, “ They came to me from a distant country, from Babylon.”

4 Isaiah asked, “ What have they seen in your palace? ” Hezekiah answered, “ They have seen everything in my palace. There isn’t anything in my treasuries that I didn’t show them.”

5 Then Isaiah said to Hezekiah, “ Hear the word of the LORD of Hosts:

6 ‘ The time will certainly come when everything in your palace and all that your fathers have stored up until this day will be carried off to Babylon; nothing will be left ,’ says the LORD.

7 ‘ Some of your descendants who come from you will be taken away, and they will become eunuchs in the palace of the king of Babylon.’ ”