New American Standard Bible 1995

Isaiah 38:1-8

1 1In those days Hezekiah became 2mortally ill. And 3Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz came to him and said to him, “Thus says the Lord, ‘4Set your house in order, for you shall die and not live.’” 2Then Hezekiah turned his face to the wall and prayed to the Lord, 3and said, “5Remember now, O Lord, I beseech You, how I have 6walked before You in truth and with a 7whole heart, and 8have done what is good in Your sight.” And Hezekiah 9wept 10bitterly.

4Then the word of the Lord came to Isaiah, saying, 5“Go and say to Hezekiah, ‘Thus says the Lord, the God of your father David, “I have heard your prayer, I have seen your tears; behold, I will add 11fifteen years to your 12life. 6I will 13deliver you and this city from the hand of the king of Assyria; and I will defend this city.”’

7“This shall be the 14sign to you from the Lord, that the Lord will do this thing that He has spoken: 8Behold, I will 15cause the shadow on the stairway, which has gone down with the sun on the stairway of Ahaz, to go back ten steps.” So the 16sun’s shadow went back ten steps on the stairway on which it had gone down.

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Notes

1. Isaiah 38:1 2 Kin 20:1-6, 9-11; 2 Chr 32:24; Is 38:1-8 ↩
2. Isaiah 38:1 Lit sick to the point of death ↩
3. Isaiah 38:1 Is 1:1; 37:2 ↩
4. Isaiah 38:1 2 Sam 17:23 ↩
5. Isaiah 38:3 Neh 13:14 ↩
6. Isaiah 38:3 2 Kin 18:5, 6; Ps 26:3 ↩
7. Isaiah 38:3 1 Chr 28:9; 29:19 ↩
8. Isaiah 38:3 Deut 6:18 ↩
9. Isaiah 38:3 Ps 6:6-8 ↩
10. Isaiah 38:3 Lit great weeping ↩
11. Isaiah 38:5 2 Kin 18:2, 13 ↩
12. Isaiah 38:5 Lit days ↩
13. Isaiah 38:6 Is 31:5; 37:35 ↩
14. Isaiah 38:7 Judg 6:17, 21, 36-40; Is 7:11, 14; 37:30 ↩
15. Isaiah 38:8 2 Kin 20:9-11 ↩
16. Isaiah 38:8 Josh 10:12-14 ↩

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