1 I n those days Hezekiah became sick and was near death. Isaiah the man of God, the son of Amoz, came to him and said, “The Lord says, ‘Make those of your house ready, for you will die and not live.’”

In those days was Hezekiah sick unto death. And Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz came to him, and said unto 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,

Then Hezekiah turned his face to the wall, and prayed unto Jehovah,

3 a nd said, “O Lord, I ask you from my heart to remember now how I have walked with You in truth and with a whole heart. I have done what is good in Your eyes.” And Hezekiah cried with a bitter cry.

and said, Remember now, O Jehovah, 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.

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

Then came the word of Jehovah to Isaiah, saying,

5 “ Go and tell Hezekiah, ‘The Lord, the God of your father David, says, “I have heard your prayer. I have seen your tears. See, I will add fifteen years to your life.

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 unto thy days fifteen years.

6 A nd I will take you and this city out of the hand of the king of Assyria. I will fight for 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 “ This is the special thing for you to see from the Lord, that the Lord will do what He has said:

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

8 S ee the shadow on the steps, which has gone down with the sun on the steps of Ahaz. I will make it go back ten steps.” So the sun’s shadow went back the ten steps it had gone down.

behold, I will cause the shadow on the steps, which is gone down on the dial of Ahaz with the sun, to return backward ten steps. So the sun returned ten steps on the dial whereon it was gone down.

9 T his is the writing of King Hezekiah of Judah, after he had been sick and became well again:

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

10 I said, “Half-way through my life I am to go through the gates of the place of the dead. The rest of my years have been kept from me.”

I said, In the noontide of my days I shall go into the gates of Sheol: I am deprived of the residue of my years.

11 I said, “I will not see the Lord, the Lord in the land of the living. I will not look upon man any more among the people of the world.

I said, I shall not see Jehovah, even Jehovah in the land of the living: I shall behold man no more with the inhabitants of the world.

12 M y house is pulled up like a shepherd’s tent and taken from me. I have rolled up my life like a cloth-maker. He cuts me off from the cloth He is making. From day to night You make an end of me.

My dwelling is removed, and is carried away from me as a shepherd's tent: I have rolled up, like a weaver, my life; he will cut me off from the loom: From day even to night wilt thou make an end of me.

13 I waited for help until morning. Like a lion He breaks all my bones. From day to night You make an end of me.

I quieted myself until morning; as a lion, so he breaketh all my bones: From day even to night wilt thou make an end of me.

14 I make noise like the birds. I cry like a dove. My eyes are tired from looking up. O Lord, I am having a hard time. Keep me safe.

Like a swallow or a crane, so did I chatter; I did moan as a dove; mine eyes fail with looking upward: O Lord, I am oppressed, be thou my surety.

15 “ But what can I say? For He has spoken to me, and He Himself has done it. I will walk with care all my years because my soul is bitter.

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

16 O Lord, by these things men live. And in all these is the life of my spirit. O heal me, and let me live!

O Lord, by these things men live; And wholly therein is the life of my spirit: Wherefore recover thou me, and make me to live.

17 S ee, it was for my own well-being that I was bitter. But You have kept my soul from the grave that destroys. You have put all my sins behind Your back.

Behold, it was for my peace that I had great bitterness: But thou hast in love to my soul delivered it from the pit of corruption; For thou hast cast all my sins behind thy back.

18 T he place of the dead cannot thank You. Death cannot praise You. Those who go down to the grave cannot hope that You will be faithful.

For Sheol cannot praise thee, death cannot celebrate thee: They that go down into the pit cannot hope for thy truth.

19 I t is the living who give thanks to You, as I do today. A father tells his sons about how faithful You are.

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

20 T he Lord will save me. And we will sing my songs with harps all the days of our life in the house of the Lord.”

Jehovah is ready to save me: Therefore we will sing my songs with 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 put it on the sore, that he may get well.”

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 T hen Hezekiah had said, “What is the special thing to see, that I will go up to the house of the Lord?”

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