1 In those days, Hezekiah became sick to the point of death. The prophet Isaiah, son of Amoz, came to him and said, "This is what the LORD says: 'Set your house in order, for you are about to die and will not recover.'"

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.

2 Then Hezekiah turned his face to the wall and prayed to the LORD.

Then Hezekiah turned his face toward the wall, and prayed unto the LORD,

3 He said, "Please, LORD, remember how I have walked before You faithfully and with a wholehearted devotion, and how I have done what is good in Your eyes." And Hezekiah wept bitterly.

And 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.

4 Then the word of the LORD came to Isaiah:

Then came the word of the LORD to Isaiah, saying,

5 "Go and tell Hezekiah: This is what the LORD, the God of your ancestor David, says: 'I have heard your prayer, I have seen your tears. Behold, I will add fifteen years to your life.'"

Go, 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.

6 I will deliver you and this city from 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 This will be the sign to you from the LORD that He will do what He has promised.

And this shall be a sign unto thee from the LORD, that the LORD will do this thing that he hath spoken;

8 Behold, I will make the shadow cast by the sun on the stairway of Ahaz go backward ten steps. And the sun moved back ten steps on the stairway where it had gone down.

Behold, 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.

9 A writing of Hezekiah, king of Judah, after he had been sick and had recovered:

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

10 I said, "In the prime of my life I must go through the gates of Sheol; I am deprived of the rest of my years."

I said in the cutting off of my days, I shall go to the gates of the grave: 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 no longer look on humanity or be with those who dwell in the world of the dead."

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

12 My dwelling is pulled up and taken from me, like a shepherd's tent. I have rolled up my life like a weaver rolls a cloth; He cuts me off from the loom. Day and night You bring me to an end.

Mine age is departed, and is removed from me as a shepherd's tent: I have cut off like a weaver my life: he will cut me off with pining sickness: from day even to night wilt thou make an end of me.

13 I have calmed myself until morning; like a lion, He breaks all my bones. Day and night You bring me to an end.

I reckoned till morning, that, as a lion, so will he break all my bones: from day even to night wilt thou make an end of me.

14 I chirp like a swift or a crane, I moan like a dove. My eyes grow weak as I look to the heavens. Lord, I am oppressed; be my security.

Like a crane or a swallow, so did I chatter: I did mourn as a dove: mine eyes fail with looking upward: O LORD, I am oppressed; undertake for me.

15 What shall I say? He has spoken to me, and He has done this. I will walk humbly all my years because of this anguish of my soul.

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

16 Lord, by such things people live, and in all of them is the life of my spirit. You restored me to health and let me live.

O Lord, by these things men live, and in all these things is the life of my spirit: so wilt thou recover me, and make me to live.

17 Indeed, it was for my peace that I had great bitterness; but You, in Your love, delivered my soul from the pit of destruction. You have cast all my sins behind Your back.

Behold, for peace 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 For Sheol cannot thank You, death cannot praise You. Those who go down to the pit cannot hope for Your faithfulness.

For the grave cannot praise thee, death can not celebrate thee: they that go down into the pit cannot hope for thy truth.

19 The living, the living—they thank You, as I do today. Fathers make Your faithfulness known to their children.

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

20 The Lord will save me, and we will sing with stringed instruments all the days of our lives in the house of the Lord.

The LORD was ready to save me: therefore we will sing my songs to the stringed instruments all the days of our life in the house of the LORD.

21 Isaiah had said, "Prepare a lump of figs and apply it to the boil, and he will recover."

For Isaiah had said, Let them take a lump of figs, and lay it for a plaister upon the boil, and he shall recover.

22 Hezekiah had asked, "What will be the sign 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 the LORD?