In those days was Hezekiah
sick
unto death
. And Isaiah
the prophet
the son
of Amoz
came
unto him, and said
unto him, Thus saith
the LORD
, Set thine house
in order
: for thou shalt die
, and not live
.
Then Hezekiah turned
his face
toward the wall
, and prayed
unto the LORD
,
And said, Remember
now, O LORD
, I beseech
thee, how I have walked
before
thee in truth
and with a perfect
heart
, and have done
that which is good
in thy sight
. And Hezekiah
wept
sore
.
Then came the word of the LORD
to Isaiah
, saying
,
Go, and say
to Hezekiah
, Thus saith
the LORD
, the God
of David
thy father
, I have heard
thy prayer
, I have seen
thy tears
: behold, I will add
unto thy days
fifteen
years
.
And I will deliver thee and this city
out of the hand
of the king
of Assyria
: and I will defend
this city
.
And this shall be a sign unto thee from the LORD
, that the LORD
will do
this thing
that he hath spoken
;
Behold, I will bring again the shadow
of the degrees
, which is gone down
in the sun
dial
of Ahaz
, ten
degrees
backward
. So the sun
returned
ten
degrees
, by which degrees
it was gone down
.
The writing of Hezekiah
king
of Judah
, when he had been sick
, and was recovered
of his sickness
:
I said in the cutting off
of my days
, I shall go
to the gates
of the grave
: I am deprived
of the residue
of my years
.
I said, I shall not see
the LORD
, even the LORD
, in the land
of the living
: I shall behold
man
no more with the inhabitants
of the world
.
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
wilt thou 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
wilt thou make an end
of me.
Like a crane or a swallow
, so did I chatter
: I did mourn
as a dove
: mine eyes
fail
with looking upward
: O LORD
, I am oppressed
; undertake
for me.
What shall I say? he hath both spoken
unto me, and himself hath done
it : I shall go softly
all my years
in the bitterness
of my soul
.
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
.
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
.
For the grave cannot praise
thee, death
can not celebrate
thee: they that go down
into the pit
cannot hope
for thy truth
.
The living, the living
, he shall praise
thee, as I do this day
: the father
to the children
shall make known
thy truth
.
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
.
For Isaiah had said
, Let them take
a lump
of figs
, and lay it for a plaister
upon the boil
, and he shall recover
.
Hezekiah also had said
, What is the sign
that I shall go up
to the house
of the LORD
?