2 Kings 20:9

World English Bible (2000)

Isaiah said, "This shall be the sign to you from Yahweh, that Yahweh will do the thing that he has spoken: shall the shadow go forward ten steps, or go back ten steps?"

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  • Isa 38:7-8 : 7 This shall be the sign to you from Yahweh, that Yahweh will do this thing that he has spoken. 8 Behold, I will cause the shadow on the sundial, which has gone down on the sundial of Ahaz with the sun, to return backward ten steps. So the sun returned ten steps on the sundial on which it had gone down."'"
  • Matt 16:1-4 : 1 The Pharisees and Sadducees came, and testing him, asked him to show them a sign from heaven. 2 But he answered them, "When it is evening, you say, 'It will be fair weather, for the sky is red.' 3 In the morning, 'It will be foul weather today, for the sky is red and threatening.' Hypocrites! You know how to discern the appearance of the sky, but you can't discern the signs of the times! 4 An evil and adulterous generation seeks after a sign, and there will be no sign given to it, except the sign of the prophet Jonah." He left them, and departed.
  • Mark 8:11-12 : 11 The Pharisees came out and began to question him, seeking from him a sign from heaven, and testing him. 12 He sighed deeply in his spirit, and said, "Why does this generation seek a sign? Most certainly I tell you, no sign will be given to this generation."
  • Luke 11:29-30 : 29 When the multitudes were gathering together to him, he began to say, "This is an evil generation. It seeks after a sign. No sign will be given to it but the sign of Jonah, the prophet. 30 For even as Jonah became a sign to the Ninevites, so will also the Son of Man be to this generation.

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  • 2 Kgs 20:10-11
    2 verses
    91%

    10 Hezekiah answered, "It is a light thing for the shadow to go forward ten steps. Nay, but let the shadow return backward ten steps."

    11 Isaiah the prophet cried to Yahweh; and he brought the shadow ten steps backward, by which it had gone down on the dial of Ahaz.

  • Isa 38:4-9
    6 verses
    88%

    4 Then the word of Yahweh came to Isaiah, saying,

    5 "Go, and tell Hezekiah, 'Thus says Yahweh, the God of David your father, "I have heard your prayer. I have seen your tears. Behold, I will add fifteen years to your life.

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

    7 This shall be the sign to you from Yahweh, that Yahweh will do this thing that he has spoken.

    8 Behold, I will cause the shadow on the sundial, which has gone down on the sundial of Ahaz with the sun, to return backward ten steps. So the sun returned ten steps on the sundial on which it had gone down."'"

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

  • 2 Kgs 20:4-8
    5 verses
    83%

    4 It happened, before Isaiah had gone out into the middle part of the city, that the word of Yahweh came to him, saying,

    5 "Turn back, and tell Hezekiah the prince of my people, 'Thus says Yahweh, the God of David your father, "I have heard your prayer. I have seen your tears. Behold, I will heal you. On the third day, you shall go up to the house of Yahweh.

    6 I will add to your days fifteen years. I will deliver you and this city out of the hand of the king of Assyria. I will defend this city for my own sake, and for my servant David's sake."'"

    7 Isaiah said, "Take a cake of figs." They took and laid it on the boil, and he recovered.

    8 Hezekiah said to Isaiah, "What shall be the sign that Yahweh will heal me, and that I shall go up to the house of Yahweh the third day?"

  • Isa 38:21-22
    2 verses
    77%

    21 Now Isaiah had said, "Let them take a cake of figs, and lay it for a poultice on the boil, and he shall recover."

    22 Hezekiah also had said, "What is the sign that I will go up to the house of Yahweh?"

  • 2 Kgs 20:14-16
    3 verses
    76%

    14 Then Isaiah the prophet came to king Hezekiah, and said to him, "What did these men say? From where did they come to you?" Hezekiah said, "They are come from a far country, even from Babylon."

    15 He said, "What have they seen in your house?" Hezekiah answered, "They have seen all that is in my house. There is nothing among my treasures that I have not shown them."

    16 Isaiah said to Hezekiah, "Hear the word of Yahweh.

  • Isa 39:5
    74%

    5 Then Isaiah said to Hezekiah, "Hear the word of Yahweh of Armies:

  • 2 Kgs 20:1-2
    2 verses
    72%

    1 In those days was Hezekiah sick to death. Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz came to him, and said to him, "Thus says Yahweh, 'Set your house in order; for you shall die, and not live.'"

    2 Then he turned his face to the wall, and prayed to Yahweh, saying,

  • Isa 7:10-11
    2 verses
    71%

    10 Yahweh spoke again to Ahaz, saying,

    11 "Ask a sign of Yahweh your God; ask it either in the depth, or in the height above."

  • 2 Kgs 20:19
    71%

    19 Then Hezekiah said to Isaiah, "The word of Yahweh which you have spoken is good." He said moreover, "Isn't it so, if peace and truth shall be in my days?"

  • Isa 37:21-22
    2 verses
    70%

    21 Then Isaiah the son of Amoz sent to Hezekiah, saying, "Thus says Yahweh, the God of Israel, 'Because you have prayed to me against Sennacherib king of Assyria,

    22 this is the word which Yahweh has spoken concerning him. The virgin daughter of Zion has despised you and ridiculed you. The daughter of Jerusalem has shaken her head at you.

  • 2 Kgs 19:10-11
    2 verses
    70%

    10 'Thus you shall speak to Hezekiah king of Judah, saying, "Don't let your God in whom you trust deceive you, saying, Jerusalem will not be given into the hand of the king of Assyria.

    11 Behold, you have heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all lands, by destroying them utterly. Will you be delivered?

  • Isa 38:1
    70%

    1 In those days was Hezekiah sick and near death. Isaiah the prophet, the son of Amoz, came to him, and said to him, "Thus says Yahweh, 'Set your house in order, for you will die, and not live.'"

  • Isa 20:2-3
    2 verses
    70%

    2 at that time Yahweh spoke by Isaiah the son of Amoz, saying, "Go, and loosen the sackcloth from off your waist, and take your shoes from off your feet." He did so, walking naked and barefoot.

    3 Yahweh said, "As my servant Isaiah has walked naked and barefoot three years for a sign and a wonder concerning Egypt and concerning Ethiopia,

  • Isa 37:10
    69%

    10 "Thus you shall speak to Hezekiah king of Judah, saying, 'Don't let your God in whom you trust deceive you, saying, "Jerusalem won't be given into the hand of the king of Assyria."

  • 2 Chr 32:24
    69%

    24 In those days Hezekiah was sick even to death: and he prayed to Yahweh; and he spoke to him, and gave him a sign.

  • Isa 39:8
    69%

    8 Then Hezekiah said to Isaiah, "Yahweh's word which you have spoken is good." He said moreover, "For there will be peace and truth in my days."

  • Jer 13:16
    69%

    16 Give glory to Yahweh your God, before he causes darkness, and before your feet stumble on the dark mountains, and, while you look for light, he turns it into the shadow of death, and makes it gross darkness.

  • 2 Kgs 19:5-6
    2 verses
    69%

    5 So the servants of king Hezekiah came to Isaiah.

    6 Isaiah said to them, "Thus you shall tell your master, 'Thus says Yahweh, "Don't be afraid of the words that you have heard, with which the servants of the king of Assyria have blasphemed me.

  • Isa 37:5-6
    2 verses
    69%

    5 So the servants of king Hezekiah came to Isaiah.

    6 Isaiah said to them, "Tell your master, 'Thus says Yahweh, "Don't be afraid of the words that you have heard, with which the servants of the king of Assyria have blasphemed me.

  • 2 Kgs 19:20-21
    2 verses
    68%

    20 Then Isaiah the son of Amoz sent to Hezekiah, saying, "Thus says Yahweh, the God of Israel, 'Whereas you have prayed to me against Sennacherib king of Assyria, I have heard you.

    21 This is the word that Yahweh has spoken concerning him: "The virgin daughter of Zion has despised you and ridiculed you. The daughter of Jerusalem has shaken her head at you.

  • Isa 10:12
    68%

    12 Therefore it will happen that, when the Lord has performed his whole work on Mount Zion and on Jerusalem, I will punish the fruit of the willful proud heart of the king of Assyria, and the insolence of his haughty looks.

  • Amos 8:9
    68%

    9 It will happen in that day," says the Lord Yahweh, "that I will cause the sun to go down at noon, and I will darken the earth in the clear day.

  • Isa 39:3
    68%

    3 Then Isaiah the prophet came to king Hezekiah, and asked him, "What did these men say? Where did they come from to you?" Hezekiah said, "They have come from a country far from me, even from Babylon."

  • Isa 30:21
    68%

    21 and when you turn to the right hand, and when you turn to the left, your ears will hear a voice behind you, saying, "This is the way. Walk in it."

  • Isa 22:15
    68%

    15 Thus says the Lord, Yahweh of Armies, "Go, get yourself to this treasurer, even to Shebna, who is over the house, and say,

  • Zech 14:6
    68%

    6 It will happen in that day, that there will not be light, cold, or frost.

  • Ezek 12:6
    68%

    6 In their sight you shall bear it on your shoulder, and carry it forth in the dark; you shall cover your face, so that you don't see the land: for I have set you for a sign to the house of Israel.

  • 2 Kgs 19:32
    67%

    32 "Therefore thus says Yahweh concerning the king of Assyria, 'He shall not come to this city, nor shoot an arrow there, neither shall he come before it with shield, nor cast up a mound against it.

  • Isa 9:2
    67%

    2 The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light. Those who lived in the land of the shadow of death, on them the light has shined.