1 I n 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.’”

In those days hath Hezekiah been sick unto death, and come in unto him doth Isaiah son of Amoz, the prophet, and saith unto him, `Thus said Jehovah: Give a charge to thy house, for thou dying, and dost not live.'

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

And Hezekiah turneth round his face unto the wall, and prayeth unto Jehovah,

3 a nd 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.

and saith, `I pray thee, O Jehovah, remember, I pray Thee, how I have walked habitually before Thee in truth, and with a perfect heart, and that which good in thine eyes I have done;' and Hezekiah weepeth -- a great weeping.

4 A nd the word of the Lord came to Isaiah, saying,

And a word of Jehovah is unto Isaiah, saying,

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.

Go, and thou hast said to Hezekiah, Thus said Jehovah, God of David thy father, `I have heard thy prayer, I have seen thy tear, lo, I am adding to thy days fifteen years,

6 I will deliver you and this city from the hand of the king of Assyria, and I will defend this city.”’

and out of the hand of the king of Asshur I deliver thee and this city, and have covered over this city.

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

And this to thee the sign from Jehovah, that Jehovah doth this thing that He hath spoken.

8 “ Behold, 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.

Lo, I am bringing back the shadow of the degrees that it hath gone down on the degrees of Ahaz, by the sun, backward ten degrees:' and the sun turneth back ten degrees in the degrees that it had gone down.

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

A writing of Hezekiah king of Judah concerning his being sick, when he reviveth from his sickness:

10 I said, “In the prime of my life I shall go to the gates of Sheol; I am deprived of the remainder of my years.”

`I -- I said in the cutting off of my days, I go in to the gates of Sheol, I have numbered the remnant of mine years.

11 I 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.

I said, I do not see Jah -- Jah! In the land of the living, I do not behold man any more, With the inhabitants of the world.

12 M y 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.

My sojourning hath departed, And been removed from me as a shepherd's tent, I have drawn together, as a weaver, my life, By weakness it cutteth me off, From day unto night Thou dost end me.

13 I have considered until morning— Like a lion, So He breaks all my bones; From day until night You make an end of me.

I have set till morning as a lion, So doth He break all my bones, From day unto night Thou dost end me.

14 L ike 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!

As a crane -- a swallow -- so I chatter, I mourn as a dove, Drawn up have been mine eyes on high, O Jehovah, oppression on me, be my surety.

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.

-- What do I say? seeing He said to me, And He Himself hath wrought, I go softly all my years for the bitterness of my soul.

16 O 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.

Lord, by these do live, And by all in them the life of my spirit, And Thou savest me, make me also to live,

17 I ndeed 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.

Lo, to peace He changed for me bitterness, And Thou hast delighted in my soul without corruption, For Thou hast cast behind Thy back all my sins.

18 F or Sheol cannot thank You, Death cannot praise You; Those who go down to the pit cannot hope for Your truth.

For Sheol doth not confess Thee, Death doth not praise Thee, Those going down to the pit hope not for Thy truth.

19 T he living, the living man, he shall praise You, As I do this day; The father shall make known Your truth to the children.

The living, the living, he doth confess Thee.

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.”

Like myself to-day -- a father to sons Doth make known of Thy faithfulness, O Jehovah -- to save me: And my songs we sing all days of our lives In the house of Jehovah.'

21 N ow Isaiah had said, “Let them take a lump of figs, and apply it as a poultice on the boil, and he shall recover.”

And Isaiah saith, `Let them take a bunch of figs, and plaster over the ulcer, and he liveth.'

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

And Hezekiah saith, `What the sign that I go up to the house of Jehovah!'