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| 1In those days Hezekiah was sick and near death. And Isaiah the prophet, the son of Amoz, went 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 toward 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 pray, how I have walked before You in truth and with a loyal 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. |
| 4And the word of the LORD came to Isaiah, saying, | 4Then the word of the LORD came to Isaiah: |
| 5“Go and tell Hezekiah, ‘Thus says the LORD, the God of David your father: “I have heard your prayer, I have seen your tears; surely I will add to your days fifteen years. | 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. |
| 6I 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. |
| 7And this is the sign to you from the LORD, that the LORD will do this thing which 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: |
| 8Behold, I will bring the shadow on the sundial, which has gone down with the sun on the sundial of Ahaz, ten degrees backward.” So the sun returned ten degrees on the dial by 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. |
| 9This is the writing of Hezekiah king of Judah, when he had been sick and had recovered from his sickness: | 9A writing of Hezekiah king of Judah, after he had been sick and had recovered from his sickness: |
| 10I said, “In the prime of my life I shall go to the gates of Sheol; I am deprived of the remainder 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 shall not see YAH, The LORD in the land of the living; I shall observe 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. |
| 12My life span is gone, Taken from me like a shepherd’s tent; I have cut off 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; 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; |
| 13I have considered 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. |
| 14Like a crane or a swallow, so I chattered; I mourned like a dove; My eyes fail from looking upward. O LORD, I am oppressed; Undertake for me! | 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? He has both spoken to me, And He Himself has done it. I shall walk carefully all my years In 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. |
| 16O Lord, by these things men live; And in all these things is the life of my spirit; So You will restore me and make 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! |
| 17Indeed it was for my own peace That I had great bitterness; But You have lovingly delivered my soul from the pit of corruption, 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. |
| 18For Sheol cannot thank You, Death cannot praise You; Those who go down to the pit cannot hope for Your truth. | 18For Sheol does not thank you; death does not praise you; those who go down to the pit do not hope for your faithfulness. |
| 19The living, the living man, he shall praise You, As I do this day; The father shall make known Your truth to the children. | 19The living, the living, he thanks you, as I do this day; the father makes known to the children your faithfulness. |
| 20“The LORD was ready to save me; Therefore we will sing my songs with stringed instruments All the days of our life, in 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 lump of figs, and apply it as a poultice on the boil, and he shall recover.” | 21Now Isaiah had said, “Let them take a cake of figs and apply it to the boil, that he may recover.” |
| 22And 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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