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1. In those days hath Hezekiah been sick unto death, and come unto him doth Isaiah son of Amoz the prophet, and saith unto him, `Thus said Jehovah: Give a charge to thy house, for thou art dying, and dost not live.`
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1. In those H1992 days H3117 was Hezekiah sick H2470 H2396 unto death H4191 . And the prophet H5030 Isaiah H3470 the son H1121 of Amoz H531 came H935 to H413 him , and said H559 unto H413 him, Thus H3541 saith H559 the LORD H3068 , Set thine house in order H6680 H1004 ; for H3588 thou H859 shalt die H4191 , and not H3808 live H2421 .
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2. And he turneth round his face unto the wall, and prayeth unto Jehovah, saying,
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2. Then he turned H5437 H853 his face H6440 to H413 the wall H7023 , and prayed H6419 unto H413 the LORD H3068 , saying H559 ,
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3. `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 is good in Thine eyes I have done;` and Hezekiah weepeth -- a great weeping.
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3. I beseech thee H577 , O LORD H3068 , remember H2142 now H4994 H853 how H834 I have walked H1980 before H6440 thee in truth H571 and with a perfect H8003 heart H3824 , and have done H6213 that which is good H2896 in thy sight H5869 . And Hezekiah H2396 wept H1058 sore H1065 H1419 .
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4. And it cometh to pass -- Isaiah hath not gone out to the middle court -- that the word of Jehovah hath been unto him, saying,
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4. And it came to pass H1961 , before H3808 Isaiah H3470 was gone out H3318 into the middle H8484 court H2691 , that the word H1697 of the LORD H3068 came H1961 to H413 him, saying H559 ,
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5. `Turn back, and thou hast said unto Hezekiah, leader of My people: Thus said Jehovah, God of David thy father, I have heard thy prayer, I have seen thy tear, lo, I give healing to thee, on the third day thou dost go up to the house of Jehovah;
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5. Turn again H7725 , and tell H559 H413 Hezekiah H2396 the captain H5057 of my people H5971 , Thus H3541 saith H559 the LORD H3068 , the God H430 of David H1732 thy father H1 , I have heard H8085 H853 thy prayer H8605 , I have seen H7200 H853 thy tears H1832 : behold H2009 , I will heal H7495 thee : on the third H7992 day H3117 thou shalt go up H5927 unto the house H1004 of the LORD H3068 .
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6. and I have added to thy days fifteen years, and out of the hand of the king of Asshur I deliver thee and this city, and have covered over this city for Mine own sake, and for the sake of David My servant.`
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6. And I will add H3254 unto H5921 thy days H3117 fifteen H2568 H6240 years H8141 ; and I will deliver H5337 thee and this H2063 city H5892 out of the hand H4480 H3709 of the king H4428 of Assyria H804 ; and I will defend H1598 H5921 this H2063 city H5892 for mine own sake H4616 , and for my servant H5650 David H1732 's sake H4616 .
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7. And Isaiah saith, `Take ye a cake of figs;` and they take and lay it on the boil, and he reviveth.
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7. And Isaiah H3470 said H559 , Take H3947 a lump H1690 of figs H8384 . And they took H3947 and laid H7760 it on H5921 the boil H7822 , and he recovered H2421 .
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8. And Hezekiah saith unto Isaiah, `What is the sign that Jehovah doth give healing to me, that I have gone up on the third day to the house of Jehovah?`
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8. And Hezekiah H2396 said H559 unto H413 Isaiah H3470 , What H4100 shall be the sign H226 that H3588 the LORD H3068 will heal H7495 me , and that I shall go up H5927 into the house H1004 of the LORD H3068 the third H7992 day H3117 ?
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9. And Isaiah saith, `This is to thee the sign from Jehovah, that Jehovah doth the thing that He hath spoken -- The shadow hath gone on ten degrees, or it doth turn back ten degrees?`
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9. And Isaiah H3470 said H559 , This H2088 sign H226 shalt thou have of H4480 H854 the LORD H3068 , that H3588 the LORD H3068 will do H6213 H853 the thing H1697 that H834 he hath spoken H1696 : shall the shadow H6738 go forward H1980 ten H6235 degrees H4609 , or H518 go back H7725 ten H6235 degrees H4609 ?
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10. And Hezekiah saith, `It hath been light for the shadow to incline ten degrees: nay, but let the shadow turn backward ten degrees.`
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10. And Hezekiah H3169 answered H559 , It is a light thing H7043 for the shadow H6738 to go down H5186 ten H6235 degrees H4609 : nay H3808 , but H3588 let the shadow H6738 return H7725 backward H322 ten H6235 degrees H4609 .
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11. And Isaiah the prophet calleth unto Jehovah, and He bringeth back the shadow by the degrees that it had gone down in the degrees of Ahaz -- backward ten degrees.
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11. And Isaiah H3470 the prophet H5030 cried H7121 unto H413 the LORD H3068 : and he brought H7725 H853 the shadow H6738 ten H6235 degrees H4609 backward H322 , by which H834 it had gone down H3381 in the dial H4609 of Ahaz H271 .
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12. At that time hath Berodach-Baladan son of Baladan king of Babylon sent letters and a present unto Hezekiah, for he heard that Hezekiah had been sick;
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12. At that H1931 time H6256 Berodach H1255 -baladan , the son H1121 of Baladan H1081 , king H4428 of Babylon H894 , sent H7971 letters H5612 and a present H4503 unto H413 Hezekiah H2396 : for H3588 he had heard H8085 that H3588 Hezekiah H2396 had been sick H2470 .
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13. and Hezekiah hearkeneth unto them, and sheweth them all the house of his treasury, the silver, and the gold, and the spices, and the good ointment, and all the house of his vessels, and all that hath been found in his treasuries; there hath not been a thing that Hezekiah hath not shewed them, in his house, and in all his dominion.
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13. And Hezekiah H2396 hearkened H8085 unto H5921 them , and showed H7200 them H853 all H3605 the house H1004 of his precious things H5238 , H853 the silver H3701 , and the gold H2091 , and the spices H1314 , and the precious H2896 ointment H8081 , and all the house H1004 of his armor H3627 , and all H3605 that H834 was found H4672 in his treasures H214 : there was H1961 nothing H3808 H1697 in his house H1004 , nor in all H3605 his dominion H4475 , that H834 Hezekiah H2396 showed H7200 them not H3808 .
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14. And Isaiah the prophet cometh in unto king Hezekiah, and saith unto him, `What said these men? and whence come they unto thee?` And Hezekiah saith, `From a land afar off they have come -- from Babylon.`
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14. Then came H935 Isaiah H3470 the prophet H5030 unto H413 king H4428 Hezekiah H2396 , and said H559 unto H413 him, What H4100 said H559 these H428 men H376 ? and from whence H4480 H370 came H935 they unto H413 thee? And Hezekiah H2396 said H559 , They are come H935 from a far country H4480 H776 H7350 , even from Babylon H4480 H894 .
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15. And he saith, `What saw they in thy house?` and Hezekiah saith, `All that is in my house they saw; there hath not been a thing that I have not shewed them among my treasures.`
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15. And he said H559 , What H4100 have they seen H7200 in thine house H1004 ? And Hezekiah H2396 answered H559 , H853 All H3605 the things that H834 are in mine house H1004 have they seen H7200 : there is H1961 nothing H3808 H1697 among my treasures H214 that H834 I have not H3808 showed H7200 them.
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16. And Isaiah saith unto Hezekiah, `Hear a word of Jehovah:
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16. And Isaiah H3470 said H559 unto H413 Hezekiah H2396 , Hear H8085 the word H1697 of the LORD H3068 .
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17. Lo, days are coming, and borne hath been all that is in thy house, and that thy father have treasured up till this day, to Babylon; there is not left a thing, said Jehovah;
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17. Behold H2009 , the days H3117 come H935 , that all H3605 that H834 is in thine house H1004 , and that which H834 thy fathers H1 have laid up in store H686 unto H5704 this H2088 day H3117 , shall be carried H5375 into Babylon H894 : nothing H3808 H1697 shall be left H3498 , saith H559 the LORD H3068 .
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18. and of thy sons who go out from thee, whom thou begettest, they take away, and they have been eunuchs in the palace of the king of Babylon.`
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18. And of thy sons H4480 H1121 that H834 shall issue H3318 from H4480 thee, which H834 thou shalt beget H3205 , shall they take away H3947 ; and they shall be H1961 eunuchs H5631 in the palace H1964 of the king H4428 of Babylon H894 .
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19. And Hezekiah saith unto Isaiah, `Good is the word of Jehovah that thou hast spoken;` and he saith, `Is it not -- if peace and truth are in my days?`
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19. Then said H559 Hezekiah H2396 unto H413 Isaiah H3470 , Good H2896 is the word H1697 of the LORD H3068 which H834 thou hast spoken H1696 . And he said H559 , Is it not H3808 good , if H518 peace H7965 and truth H571 be H1961 in my days H3117 ?
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20. And the rest of the matters of Hezekiah, and all his might, and how he made the pool, and the conduit, and bringeth in the waters to the city, are they not written on the book of the Chronicles of the kings of Judah?
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20. And the rest H3499 of the acts H1697 of Hezekiah H2396 , and all H3605 his might H1369 , and how H834 he made H6213 H853 a pool H1295 , and a conduit H8585 , and brought H935 H853 water H4325 into the city H5892 , are they H1992 not H3808 written H3789 in H5921 the book H5612 of the chronicles H1697 H3117 of the kings H4428 of Judah H3063 ?
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21. And Hezekiah lieth with his fathers, and reign doth Manasseh his son in his stead.
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21. And Hezekiah H2396 slept H7901 with H5973 his fathers H1 : and Manasseh H4519 his son H1121 reigned H4427 in his stead H8478 .
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