| New American Standard Bible 1995 | English Standard Version |
| 1In those days Hezekiah became mortally ill. And Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz came to him and said to him, "Thus says the LORD, 'Set your house in order, for you shall die and not live.'" | 1In those days Hezekiah became sick and was at the point of death. And Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz came to him, and said to him, “Thus says the LORD: Set your house in order, for you shall die, you shall 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, |
| 3and said, "Remember now, O LORD, I beseech You, how I have walked before You in truth and with a whole heart, and have done what is good in Your sight." And Hezekiah wept bitterly. | 3and said, “Please, O LORD, remember how I have walked before you in faithfulness and with a whole heart, and have done what is good in your sight.” And Hezekiah wept bitterly. |
| 4Then the word of the LORD came to Isaiah, saying, | 4Then the word of the LORD came to Isaiah: |
| 5"Go and say to Hezekiah, 'Thus says the LORD, the God of your father David, "I have heard your prayer, I have seen your tears; behold, I will add fifteen years to your life. | 5“Go and say to Hezekiah, Thus says the LORD, the God of David your father: I have heard your prayer; I have seen your tears. Behold, I will add fifteen years to your life. |
| 6"I will deliver you and this city from the hand of the king of Assyria; and I will defend this city."' | 6I will deliver you and this city out of the hand of the king of Assyria, and will defend this city. |
| 7"This shall be the sign to you from the LORD, that the LORD will do this thing that He has spoken: | 7“This shall be the sign to you from the LORD, that the LORD will do this thing that he has promised: |
| 8"Behold, I will cause the shadow on the stairway, which has gone down with the sun on the stairway of Ahaz, to go back ten steps." So the sun's shadow went back ten steps on the stairway on which it had gone down. | 8Behold, I will make the shadow cast by the declining sun on the dial of Ahaz turn back ten steps.” So the sun turned back on the dial the ten steps by which it had declined. |
| 9A writing of Hezekiah king of Judah after his illness and recovery: | 9A writing of Hezekiah king of Judah, after he had been sick and had recovered from his sickness: |
| 10I said, "In the middle of my life I am to enter the gates of Sheol; I am to be deprived of the rest of my years." | 10I said, In the middle of my days I must depart; I am consigned to the gates of Sheol for the rest of my years. |
| 11I said, "I will not see the LORD, The LORD in the land of the living; I will look on man no more among the inhabitants of the world. | 11I said, I shall not see the LORD, the LORD in the land of the living; I shall look on man no more among the inhabitants of the world. |
| 12"Like a shepherd's tent my dwelling is pulled up and removed from me; As a weaver I rolled up my life. 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; like a weaver I have rolled up my life; he cuts me off from the loom; from day to night you bring me to an end; |
| 13"I composed my soul until morning. Like a lion-- so He breaks all my bones, From day until night You make an end of me. | 13I calmed myself until morning; like a lion he breaks all my bones; from day to night you bring me to an end. |
| 14"Like a swallow, like a crane, so I twitter; I moan like a dove; My eyes look wistfully to the heights; O Lord, I am oppressed, be my security. | 14Like a swallow or a crane I chirp; I moan like a dove. My eyes are weary with looking upward. O Lord, I am oppressed; be my pledge of safety! |
| 15"What shall I say? For He has spoken to me, and He Himself has done it; I will wander about all my years because of the bitterness of my soul. | 15What shall I say? For he has spoken to me, and he himself has done it. I walk slowly all my years because of the bitterness of my soul. |
| 16"O Lord, by these things men live, And in all these is the life of my spirit; O restore me to health and let me live! | 16O Lord, by these things men live, and in all these is the life of my spirit. Oh restore me to health and make me live! |
| 17"Lo, for my own welfare I had great bitterness; It is You who has kept my soul from the pit of nothingness, For You have cast all my sins behind Your back. | 17Behold, it was for my welfare that I had great bitterness; but in love you have delivered my life from the pit of destruction, for you have cast all my sins behind your back. |
| 18"For Sheol cannot thank You, Death cannot praise You; Those who go down to the pit cannot hope for Your faithfulness. | 18For Sheol does not thank you; death does not praise you; those who go down to the pit do not hope for your faithfulness. |
| 19"It is the living who give thanks to You, as I do today; A father tells his sons about Your faithfulness. | 19The living, the living, he thanks you, as I do this day; the father makes known to the children your faithfulness. |
| 20"The LORD will surely save me; So we will play my songs on stringed instruments All the days of our life at the house of the LORD." | 20The LORD will save me, and we will play my music on stringed instruments all the days of our lives, at the house of the LORD. |
| 21Now Isaiah had said, "Let them take a cake of figs and apply it to the boil, that he may recover." | 21Now Isaiah had said, “Let them take a cake of figs and apply it to the boil, that he may recover.” |
| 22Then Hezekiah had said, "What is the sign that I shall go up to the house of the LORD?" | 22Hezekiah also had said, “What is the sign that I shall go up to the house of the LORD?” |
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