| Christian Standard Bible | NET Bible |
| 1In those days Hezekiah became terminally ill. The prophet Isaiah son of Amoz came and said to him, "This is what the LORD says: 'Set your house in order, for you are about to die; you will not recover.'" | 1In those days Hezekiah was stricken with a terminal illness. The prophet Isaiah son of Amoz visited him and told him, "This is what the LORD says, 'Give instructions to your household, for you are about to die; you will not get well.'" |
| 2Then Hezekiah turned his face to the wall and prayed to the LORD. | 2Hezekiah turned his face to the wall and prayed to the LORD, |
| 3He said, "Please, LORD, remember how I have walked before you faithfully and wholeheartedly, and have done what pleases you." And Hezekiah wept bitterly. | 3"Please, LORD. Remember how I have served you faithfully and with wholehearted devotion, and how I have carried out your will." Then Hezekiah wept bitterly. |
| 4Then the word of the LORD came to Isaiah: | 4The LORD told Isaiah, |
| 5"Go and tell Hezekiah, '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 fifteen years to your life. | 5"Go and tell Hezekiah: 'This is what the LORD God of your ancestor David says: "I have heard your prayer; I have seen your tears. Look, I will add fifteen years to your life, |
| 6And I will rescue you and this city from the grasp of the king of Assyria; I will defend this city. | 6and rescue you and this city from the king of Assyria. I will shield this city."'" |
| 7This is the sign to you from the LORD that he will do what he has promised: | 7Isaiah replied, "This is your sign from the LORD confirming that the LORD will do what he has said: |
| 8I am going to make the sun's shadow that goes down on the stairway of Ahaz go back by ten steps.'" So the sun's shadow went back the ten steps it had descended. | 8Look, I will make the shadow go back ten steps on the stairs of Ahaz." And then the shadow went back ten steps. |
| 9A poem by King Hezekiah of Judah after he had been sick and had recovered from his illness: | 9This is the prayer of King Hezekiah of Judah when he was sick and then recovered from his illness: |
| 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. | 10"I thought, 'In the middle of my life I must walk through the gates of Sheol, I am deprived of the rest of my years.' |
| 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. | 11"I thought, 'I will no longer see the LORD in the land of the living, I will no longer look on humankind with the inhabitants of the world. |
| 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. By nightfall you make an end of me. | 12My dwelling place is removed and taken away from me like a shepherd's tent. I rolled up my life like a weaver rolls cloth; from the loom he cuts me off. You turn day into night and end my life. |
| 13I thought until the morning: He will break all my bones like a lion. By nightfall you make an end of me. | 13I cry out until morning; like a lion he shatters all my bones; you turn day into night and end my life. |
| 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. | 14Like a swallow or a thrush I chirp, I coo like a dove; my eyes grow tired from looking up to the sky. O sovereign master, I am oppressed; help me! |
| 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. | 15What can I say? He has decreed and acted. I will walk slowly all my years because I am overcome with grief. |
| 16Lord, by such things people live, and in every one of them my spirit finds life; you have restored me to health and let me live. | 16O sovereign master, your decrees can give men life; may years of life be restored to me. Restore my health and preserve my life.' |
| 17Indeed, it was for my own well-being that I had such intense bitterness; but your love has delivered me from the Pit of destruction, for you have thrown all my sins behind your back. | 17"Look, the grief I experienced was for my benefit. You delivered me from the pit of oblivion. For you removed all my sins from your sight. |
| 18For Sheol cannot thank you; Death cannot praise you. Those who go down to the Pit cannot hope for your faithfulness. | 18Indeed Sheol does not give you thanks; death does not praise you. Those who descend into the pit do not anticipate your faithfulness. |
| 19The living, only the living can thank you, as I do today; a father will make your faithfulness known to children. | 19The living person, the living person, he gives you thanks, as I do today. A father tells his sons about your faithfulness. |
| 20The LORD is ready to save me; we will play stringed instruments all the days of our lives at the house of the LORD. | 20The LORD is about to deliver me, and we will celebrate with music for the rest of our lives in the LORD's temple." |
| 21Now Isaiah had said, "Let them take a lump of pressed figs and apply it to his infected skin, so that he may recover." | 21Isaiah ordered, "Let them take a fig cake and apply it to the ulcerated sore and he will get well." |
| 22And Hezekiah had asked, "What is the sign that I will go up to the LORD's temple?" | 22Hezekiah said, "What is the confirming sign that I will go up to the LORD's temple?" |
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