In those days{H3117} was Hezekiah{H2396} sick{H2470} unto death.{H4191} And Isaiah{H3470} the prophet{H5030} the son{H1121} of Amoz{H531} came{H935} to him, and said{H559} unto him, Thus saith{H559} Jehovah,{H3068} Set thy house{H1004} in order;{H6680} for thou shalt die,{H4191} and not live.{H2421}

Then Hezekiah{H2396} turned{H5437} his face{H6440} to the wall,{H7023} and prayed{H6419} unto Jehovah,{H3068}

and said,{H559} Remember{H2142} now, O Jehovah,{H3068} I beseech{H577} thee, how I have walked{H1980} before{H6440} thee in truth{H571} and with a perfect{H8003} heart,{H3820} and have done{H6213} that which is good{H2896} in thy sight.{H5869} And Hezekiah{H2396} wept{H1058} sore.{H1419}

Then came the word{H1697} of Jehovah{H3068} to Isaiah,{H3470} saying,{H559}

Go,{H1980} and say{H559} to Hezekiah,{H2396} Thus saith{H559} Jehovah,{H3068} the God{H430} of David{H1732} thy father,{H1} I have heard{H8085} thy prayer,{H8605} I have seen{H7200} thy tears:{H1832} behold, I will add{H3254} unto thy days{H3117} fifteen{H2568} years.{H8141}

And I will deliver{H5337} thee and this city{H5892} out of the hand{H3709} of the king{H4428} of Assyria;{H804} and I will defend{H1598} this city.{H5892}

And this shall be the sign{H226} unto thee from Jehovah,{H3068} that Jehovah{H3068} will do{H6213} this thing{H1697} that he hath spoken:{H1696}

behold, I will cause the shadow{H6738} on the steps,{H4609} which is gone down{H3381} on the {H8121} dial{H4609} of Ahaz{H271} with the sun, to return{H7725} backward{H322} ten{H6235} steps.{H4609} So the sun{H8121} returned{H7725} ten{H6235} steps{H4609} on the dial whereon{H4609} it was gone down.{H3381}

The writing{H4385} of Hezekiah{H2396} king{H4428} of Judah,{H3063} when he had been sick,{H2470} and was recovered{H2421} of his sickness.{H2483}

I said,{H559} In the noontide{H1824} of my days{H3117} I shall go{H3212} into the gates{H8179} of Sheol:{H7585} I am deprived{H6485} of the residue{H3499} of my years.{H8141}

I said,{H559} I shall not see{H7200} Jehovah,{H3050} [even] Jehovah{H3050} in the land{H776} of the living:{H2416} I shall behold{H5027} man{H120} no more with the inhabitants{H3427} of the world.{H2309}

My dwelling{H1755} is removed,{H5265} and is carried{H1540} away from me as a shepherd's{H7473} tent:{H168} I have rolled{H7088} up, like a weaver,{H707} my life;{H2416} he will cut me off{H1214} from the loom:{H1803} From day{H3117} even to night{H3915} wilt thou make an end{H7999} of me.

I quieted{H7737} [myself] until morning;{H1242} as a lion,{H738} so he breaketh{H7665} all my bones:{H6106} From day{H3117} even to night{H3915} wilt thou make an end{H7999} of me.

Like a swallow{H5693} [or] a crane,{H5483} so did I chatter;{H6850} I did moan{H1897} as a dove;{H3123} mine eyes{H5869} fail{H1809} [with looking] upward:{H4791} O Lord,{H3068} I am oppressed,{H6234} be thou my surety.{H6148}

What shall I say?{H1696} he hath both spoken{H559} unto me, and himself hath done{H6213} it: I shall go softly{H1718} all my years{H8141} because of the bitterness{H4751} of my soul.{H5315}

O Lord,{H136} by these things men live;{H2421} And wholly therein is the life{H2416} of my spirit:{H7307} Wherefore recover{H2492} thou me, and make me to live.{H2421}

Behold, [it was] for [my] peace{H7965} [that] I had great bitterness:{H4751} But thou hast in love{H2836} to my soul{H5315} delivered it from the pit{H7845} of corruption;{H1097} For thou hast cast{H7993} all my sins{H2399} behind{H310} thy back.{H1460}

For Sheol{H7585} cannot praise{H3034} thee, death{H4194} cannot celebrate{H1984} thee: They that go down{H3381} into the pit{H953} cannot hope{H7663} for thy truth.{H571}

The living,{H2416} the living,{H2416} he shall praise{H3034} thee, as I do this day:{H3117} The father{H1} to the children{H1121} shall make known{H3045} thy truth.{H571}

Jehovah{H3068} is [ready] to save{H3467} me: Therefore we will sing my songs{H5058} with stringed instruments{H5059} All the days{H3117} of our life{H2416} in the house{H1004} of Jehovah.{H3068}

Now Isaiah{H3470} had said,{H559} Let them take{H5375} a cake{H1690} of figs,{H8384} and lay it for a plaster{H4799} upon the boil,{H7822} and he shall recover.{H2421}

Hezekiah{H2396} also had said,{H559} What is the sign{H226} that I shall go up{H5927} to the house{H1004} of Jehovah?{H3068}