| Berean Study Bible | Holman Christian Standard Bible |
| 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.’ ” | 1In those days Hezekiah became terminally ill. The prophet Isaiah son of Amoz came and said to him, "This is what the LORD says: 'Put your affairs in order, for you are about to die; you will 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. |
| 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. | 3He said, "Please, LORD, remember how I have walked before You faithfully and wholeheartedly, and have done what pleases You." And Hezekiah wept bitterly. |
| 4And the word of the LORD came to Isaiah, saying, | 4Then the word of the LORD came to Isaiah: " |
| 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. | 5Go and tell Hezekiah that this is what the LORD God of your ancestor David says: I have heard your prayer; I have seen your tears. Look, I am going to add 15 years to your life. |
| 6And I will deliver you and this city from the hand of the king of Assyria. I will defend this city. | 6And I will deliver you and this city from the power of the king of Assyria; I will defend this city. |
| 7This will be a sign to you from the LORD that He will do what He has promised: | 7This is the sign to you from the LORD that He will do what He has promised: |
| 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. | 8I am going to make the sun's shadow that goes down on Ahaz's stairway go back by 10 steps." So the sun's shadow went back the 10 steps it had descended. |
| 9This is a writing by Hezekiah king of Judah after his illness and recovery: | 9A poem by Hezekiah king of Judah after he had been sick and had recovered from his illness: |
| 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.” | 10I said: In the prime of my life I must go to the gates of Sheol; I am deprived of the rest of my years. |
| 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. | 11I said: I will never see the LORD, the LORD in the land of the living; I will not look on humanity any longer with the inhabitants of what is passing away. |
| 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. | 12My dwelling is plucked 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. You make an end of me from day until night. |
| 13I composed myself until the morning. Like a lion He breaks all my bones; from day until night You make an end of me. | 13I thought until the morning: He will break all my bones like a lion; You make an end of me day and night. |
| 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.” | 14I chirp like a swallow or a crane; I moan like a dove. My eyes grow weak looking upward. Lord, I am oppressed; support 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. | 15What can I say? He has spoken to me, and He Himself has done it. I walk along slowly all my years because of 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. | 16Lord, because of these promises people live, and in all of them is the life of my spirit as well; You have restored 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. | 17Indeed, it was for my own welfare that I had such great bitterness; but Your love has delivered me from the Pit of destruction, for You have thrown all my sins behind Your back. |
| 18For Sheol cannot thank You; Death cannot praise You. Those who descend to the Pit cannot hope for Your faithfulness. | 18For Sheol cannot thank You; Death cannot praise You. Those who go down to the Pit cannot hope for Your faithfulness. |
| 19The living, only the living, can thank You, as I do today; fathers will tell their children about Your faithfulness. | 19The living, only the living can thank You, as I do today; a father will make Your faithfulness known to children. |
| 20The LORD will save me; we will play songs on stringed instruments all the days of our lives in the house of the LORD. | 20The LORD will save me; we will play stringed instruments all the days of our lives at 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.” | 21Now Isaiah had said, "Let them take a lump of pressed figs and apply it to his infected skin, so that he may recover." |
| 22And Hezekiah had asked, “What will be the sign that I will go up to the house of the LORD?” | 22And Hezekiah had asked, "What is the sign that I will go up to the LORD's temple?" |
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