1 I n those days King Hezekiah of Judah became ill and was at the point of death. And Isaiah the prophet, the son of Amoz, came to him and said, Thus says the Lord: Set your house in order, for you shall die and not live.

In those days Hezekiah was sick unto death. And the prophet Isaiah the son of Amoz came to him, and said to him, Thus saith Jehovah: Set thy house in order; for thou shalt die, and not live.

2 T hen Hezekiah turned his face to the wall and prayed to the Lord

And Hezekiah turned his face to the wall, and prayed to Jehovah,

3 A nd said, Remember now, O Lord, I beseech You, how I have walked before You in faithfulness and in truth, with a whole heart, and have done what is good in Your sight. And Hezekiah wept bitterly.

and said, Ah, Jehovah, remember, I beseech thee, how I have walked before thee in truth and with a perfect heart, and have done that which is good in thy sight. And Hezekiah wept much.

4 T hen came the word of the Lord to Isaiah, saying,

And the word of Jehovah came to Isaiah, saying,

5 G o, 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 to your life fifteen years.

Go and say to Hezekiah, Thus saith Jehovah, the God of David thy father: I have heard thy prayer, I have seen thy tears: behold, I will add to thy days fifteen years.

6 A nd I will deliver you and this city out of the hand of the king of Assyria; and I will defend this city.

And I will deliver thee and this city out of the hand of the king of Assyria, and I will defend this city.

7 A nd this will be the sign to you from the Lord that the Lord will do this thing that He has spoken:

And this the sign to thee from Jehovah, that Jehovah will do this thing that he hath spoken:

8 B ehold, I will turn the shadow on the steps or degrees, which has gone down on the steps or sundial of Ahaz, backward ten steps or degrees. And the sunlight turned back ten steps on the steps on which it had gone down.

behold, I will bring again the shadow of the degrees which hath gone down with the sun on the dial of Ahaz, ten degrees backward. So the sun returned on the dial ten degrees, by which it had gone down.

9 T his is the writing of Hezekiah king of Judah after he had been sick and had recovered from his sickness:

The writing of Hezekiah king of Judah, when he had been sick and had recovered from his sickness:

10 I said, In the noontide and tranquillity of my days I must depart; I am to pass through the gates of Sheol (the place of the dead), deprived of the remainder of my years.

I said, In the meridian of my days I shall go to the gates of Sheol: I am deprived of the rest of my years.

11 I said, I shall not see the Lord, even the Lord, in the land of the living; I shall behold man no more among the inhabitants of the world.

I said, I shall not see Jah, Jah in the land of the living. With those who dwell where all has ceased to be, I shall behold man no more.

12 M y dwelling is plucked up and is removed from me like a shepherd’s tent. I have rolled up my life as a weaver; cuts me free from the loom; from day to night You bring me to an end.

Mine age is departed, and is removed from me as a shepherd's tent. I have cut off like a weaver my life. He separateth me from the thrum:—from day to night thou wilt make an end of me.

13 I thought and quieted myself until morning. Like a lion He breaks all my bones; from day to night You bring me to an end.

I kept still until the morning; … as a lion, so doth he break all my bones. From day to night thou wilt make an end of me.

14 L ike a twittering swallow or a crane, so do I chirp and chatter; I moan like a dove. My eyes are weary and dim with looking upward. O Lord, I am oppressed; take my side and be my security.

Like a swallow a crane, so did I chatter; I mourned as a dove; mine eyes failed upward: Lord, I am oppressed; undertake for me.

15 B ut what can I say? For He has both spoken to me and He Himself has done it. I must go softly all my years and my sleep has fled because of the bitterness of my soul.

What shall I say? He hath both spoken unto me, and himself hath done. I shall go softly all my years in the bitterness of my soul.

16 O Lord, by these things men live; and in all these is the life of my spirit. O give me back my health and make me live!

Lord, by these things live, and in all these things is the life of my spirit; and thou hast recovered me, and made me to live.

17 B ehold, it was for my peace that I had intense bitterness; but You have loved back my life from the pit of corruption and nothingness, for You have cast all my sins behind Your back.

Behold, instead of peace I had bitterness upon bitterness; but thou hast in love delivered my soul from the pit of destruction; for thou hast cast all my sins behind thy back.

18 F or Sheol (the place of the dead) cannot confess and reach out the hand to You, death cannot praise and rejoice in You; they who go down to the pit cannot hope for Your faithfulness.

For not Sheol shall praise thee, nor death celebrate thee; they that go down into the pit do not hope for thy truth.

19 T he living, the living—they shall thank and praise You, as I do this day; the father shall make known to the children Your faithfulness and Your truth.

The living, the living, he shall praise thee, as I this day: the father to the children shall make known thy truth.

20 T he Lord is ready to save (deliver) me; therefore we will sing my songs with stringed instruments all the days of our lives in the house of the Lord.

Jehovah was to save me.—And we will play upon my stringed instruments all the days of our life, in the house of Jehovah.

21 N ow Isaiah had said, Let them take a cake of figs and lay it for a plaster upon the boil, that he may recover.

Now Isaiah had said, Let them take a cake of figs, and lay it for a plaster upon the boil, and he shall recover.

22 H ezekiah also had said, What is the sign that I shall go up to the house of the Lord?

And Hezekiah had said, What is the sign that I shall go up into the house of Jehovah?