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 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.’”

2 T hen Hezekiah turned his face toward the wall and prayed unto the LORD,

Then Hezekiah turned his face to the wall and prayed to the Lord,

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, “ 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.

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

Then the word of the Lord 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 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.

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.

I will deliver you and this city from 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:

“This shall be the sign to you from the Lord, that the Lord will do this thing that He has 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 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.

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

A writing of Hezekiah king of Judah after his illness and recovery:

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 middle of my life I am to enter the gates of Sheol; I am to be 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 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.

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.

“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.

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 composed my soul until morning. Like a lion—so He breaks all my bones, From day until night You 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, 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.

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? 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.

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.

“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!

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.

“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.

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 Sheol cannot thank You, Death cannot praise You; Those who go down to the pit cannot hope for Your faithfulness.

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.

“It is the living who give thanks to You, as I do today; A father tells his sons about Your faithfulness.

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.

“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.”

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 apply it to the boil, that he may recover.”

22 A nd Hezekiah had said, What is the sign that I shall go up to the house of the LORD?

Then Hezekiah had said, “What is the sign that I shall go up to the house of the Lord ?”