| NET Bible | Berean Study Bible |
| 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.'" | 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.’ ” |
| 2Hezekiah turned his face to the wall and prayed to the LORD, | 2Then Hezekiah turned his face to the wall and prayed to the LORD, |
| 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. | 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. |
| 4The LORD told Isaiah, | 4And the word of the LORD came to Isaiah, saying, |
| 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, | 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. |
| 6and rescue you and this city from the king of Assyria. I will shield this city."'" | 6And I will deliver you and this city from the hand of the king of Assyria. I will defend this city. |
| 7Isaiah replied, "This is your sign from the LORD confirming that the LORD will do what he has said: | 7This will be a sign to you from the LORD that He will do what He has promised: |
| 8Look, I will make the shadow go back ten steps on the stairs of Ahaz." And then the shadow went back ten steps. | 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. |
| 9This is the prayer of King Hezekiah of Judah when he was sick and then recovered from his illness: | 9This is a writing by Hezekiah king of Judah after his illness and recovery: |
| 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.' | 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.” |
| 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. | 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. |
| 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. | 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. |
| 13I cry out until morning; like a lion he shatters all my bones; you turn day into night and end my life. | 13I composed myself until the morning. Like a lion He breaks all my bones; from day until night You make an end of 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! | 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.” |
| 15What can I say? He has decreed and acted. I will walk slowly all my years because I am overcome with grief. | 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. |
| 16O sovereign master, your decrees can give men life; may years of life be restored to me. Restore my health and preserve my life.' | 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. |
| 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. | 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. |
| 18Indeed Sheol does not give you thanks; death does not praise you. Those who descend into the pit do not anticipate your faithfulness. | 18For Sheol cannot thank You; Death cannot praise You. Those who descend to the Pit cannot hope for Your faithfulness. |
| 19The living person, the living person, he gives you thanks, as I do today. A father tells his sons about your faithfulness. | 19The living, only the living, can thank You, as I do today; fathers will tell their children about Your faithfulness. |
| 20The LORD is about to deliver me, and we will celebrate with music for the rest of our lives in the LORD's temple." | 20The LORD will save me; we will play songs on stringed instruments all the days of our lives in the house of the LORD. |
| 21Isaiah ordered, "Let them take a fig cake and apply it to the ulcerated sore and he will get well." | 21Now Isaiah had said, “Prepare a lump of pressed figs and apply it to the boil, and he will recover.” |
| 22Hezekiah said, "What is the confirming sign that I will go up to the LORD's temple?" | 22And Hezekiah had asked, “What will be the sign that I will go up to the house of the LORD?” |
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