“in those days Hezekiah became mortally ill and Isaiah the prophet the son of Amos came to him and said to him thus says the Lord set your house in order. For you shall die and not live.”
Isaiah 38
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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.'"
“In those days, Hezekiah was sick and near death and Isaiah the prophet, the son of Amoz, went to him and said, thus says the Lord, set your house in order for you shall die and not live.”
“in those days was Hezekiah sick unto death. And Isaiah, the prophet, the son of Amos, came unto him and said unto him, Thus saith the Lord, set your house in order, for you shall die and not live.”
2Then Hezekiah turned his face to the wall and prayed to the LORD,
“Then Hezekiah turned his face to the wall and prayed to the Lord”
“Hezekiah turned his face toward the wall and he prayed unto the Lord.”
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.
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4And the word of the LORD came to Isaiah, saying,
“And the word of the Lord came to Isaiah saying,”
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.
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6And I will deliver you and this city from the hand of the king of Assyria. I will defend this city.
“I will deliver you and this city out of the hand of the king of Assyria. And I will defend this city.”
7This will be a sign to you from the LORD that He will do what He has promised:
“And this shall be the sign unto thee from the Lord that the Lord will do this thing that he has spoken.”
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.
“Behold, I will bring again the shadow of the degrees which has gone down in the sundial of Ahaz ten degrees backward. So the sun returned ten degrees by which degrees it was gone down.”
9This is a writing by Hezekiah king of Judah after his illness and recovery:
“the writing of Hezekiah, king of Judah, when he had been sick and was recovered of his sickness.”
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."
“I said, in the cutting off of my day, I shall go to the gates of the grave. I am deprived of the residue of my year.”
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.
“I said, I shall not see the Lord, even the Lord in the land of the living. I shall behold no man no more with the inhabitants of the world.”
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.
“Mine age is departed and is removed from me as a shepherd's tent. I have cut off like a weaver my life. He will cut me off with pining sickness. From day even to night won't I 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.
“I reckoned till morning that as a lion, so will he break all my bones. From day even to night won't I make an end of 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."
“Like a crane or a swallow, so did I chat. I did mourn as a dove. Mine eyes fail with looking upward. O Lord, I am oppressed. Undertake for me.”
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.
“What shall I say? He has both spoken unto me and himself has done it. I shall go softly all of my years in the bitterness of my soul.”
“What shall I say? He hath spoken unto me. He himself hath done it. I shall go softly all my years in the bitterness of my soul.”
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.
“O Lord, by these things men live, and in all these things is the life of my spirit. So wilt thou recover me and make me to live.”
“Lord, by these things men live. And in all of these things is the life of my spirit. And so wilt Thou recover me to make me to live.”
“Lord, by these things men live and in all these is the life of my spirit. Oh, restore me to health and let me live.”
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.
“Behold, for peace I had great bitterness. But thou hast in love to my soul delivered it from the pit of corruption. For thou hast cast all my sins behind thy back.”
“behold, for peace I had great bitterness. But Thou hast in love to my soul delivered it from the pit of corruption. For Thou has cast off all my sins behind my back.”
18For Sheol cannot thank You; Death cannot praise You. Those who descend to the Pit cannot hope for Your faithfulness.
“For Sheol does not thank you. Death does not praise you. Those who go down to the pit do not hope for your faithfulness.”
“For the grave cannot praise Thee. Death cannot celebrate Thee. They that go down into the pit cannot hope for Thy truth.”
“For the grave cannot praise thee, death cannot celebrate thee, they that go down into the pit cannot hope for thy truth.”
“For the grave cannot praise thee. Death cannot celebrate thee. They that go down into the pit cannot hope for thy truth.”
19The living, only the living, can thank You, as I do today; fathers will tell their children about Your faithfulness.
“The living, the living, he shall praise Thee as I do this day. The father to the children shall make known Thy truth.”
“The living, the living, He thanks you. As I do this day, the Father makes known to the children your faithfulness.”
“The living, the living, he shall praise thee as I do this day. The Father to the children shall make known thy truth.”
20The LORD will save me; we will play songs on stringed instruments all the days of our lives in the house of the LORD.
“The Lord was ready to save me. Therefore we will sing my songs to the stringed instruments all the days of our life in the house of the Lord.”
21Now Isaiah had said, "Prepare a lump of pressed figs and apply it to the boil, and he will recover."
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22And Hezekiah had asked, "What will be the sign that I will go up to the house of the LORD?"
“Hezekiah also had said, what is the sign that I should go up to the house of the Lord?”