1 ¶ In those days was Hezekiah sick unto death. And Isaiah the prophet, the son of Amoz came unto him and said unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Set thine house in order, for thou shalt 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 toward the wall and prayed unto the LORD,

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

3 A nd said, Remember now, O LORD, 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 sore.

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 saith the LORD, the God of David thy father, I have heard thy prayer; I have seen thy tears behold, I will add unto thy days 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 thee 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 shall be a sign unto thee 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 bring again the shadow of the degrees, which is gone down in the sun dial of Ahaz, ten degrees backward. So the sun returned ten degrees, by which degrees it was 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 ¶ The writing of Hezekiah king of Judah, when he had been sick and was recovered of 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 cutting off of my days; I shall go to the gates of Sheol: I am deprived of the residue 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 JAH, even JAH, in the land of the living; I shall behold man no more with 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 place has been moved and is removed from me as a shepherd’s tent; he has cut off my life like a weaver: he has cut me off with sickness: between the day and the night thou shalt consume me.

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 reckoned that I had until morning. As a lion, he broke all my bones: from the morning even unto the night thou shalt make an end of me.

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 crane or a swallow, so did I complain; I mourned as a dove; I raised my eyes upward, O LORD, I am suffering violence; comfort me.

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 W hat shall I say? He has both spoken unto me, and he himself has done it; I shall walk softly all my years in 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, even unto all those that shall live, in these fifteen years I shall proclaim the life of my spirit in them and how thou caused me to sleep, and afterwards hast given me life.

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, for peace I had great bitterness; but it has pleased thee to deliver my life from the pit of corruption, for thou hast cast all my sins behind thy 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 the grave shall not confess thee, nor shall death praise thee; nor shall those that go down into the pit wait for thy truth.

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

19 H e who lives, he who lives, even he shall confess thee, as I do this day; the father to the sons shall make known thy 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 me: therefore we will sing our psalms in the house of the LORD all the days of our life.

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 I saiah then said, Let them take a lump of figs and lay it for a plaster upon the boil and he shall be healed.

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 A nd Hezekiah 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?