Hezekiah Healed
38 (A)In those days Hezekiah became mortally ill. And (B)Isaiah the prophet, the son of Amoz, came to him and said to him, “This is what the Lord says: ‘(C)Set your house in order, for you are going to die and not live.’” 2 Then Hezekiah turned his face to the wall and prayed to the Lord, 3 and said, “(D)Please, Lord, just remember how I have (E)walked before You (F)wholeheartedly and in truth, and (G)have done what is good in Your sight.” And Hezekiah (H)wept profusely.
4 Then the word of the Lord came to Isaiah, saying, 5 “Go and say to Hezekiah, ‘This is what the Lord, the God of your father David says: “I have heard your prayer, I have seen your tears; behold, I will add (I)fifteen years to your life. 6 And I will (J)save you and this city from the hand of the king of Assyria; and I will protect this city.”’
7 “And this shall be the (K)sign to you from the Lord, that the Lord will perform this word that He has spoken: 8 Behold, I will (L)make the shadow on the stairway, which has gone down with the sun on the stairway of Ahaz, go back ten steps.” So the (M)sun’s shadow went back ten steps on the stairway on which it had gone down.
9 This is a writing of Hezekiah king of Judah after his illness and recovery:
10 I said, “(N)In the middle of my life
I am to enter the (O)gates of Sheol;
I have been (P)deprived of the rest of my years.”
11 I said, “I will not see the Lord,
The Lord (Q)in the land of the living;
I will no longer look on mankind among the inhabitants of the world.
12 Like a shepherd’s (R)tent my dwelling is pulled up and removed from me;
As a (S)weaver I (T)rolled up my life.
He (U)cuts me off from the loom;
From (V)day until night You make an end of me.
13 I composed my soul until morning.
(W)Like a lion—so He (X)breaks all my bones,
From (Y)day until night You make an end of me.
14 (Z)Like a swallow, like a crane, so I twitter;
I (AA)moan like a dove;
My (AB)eyes look wistfully to the heights;
Lord, I am oppressed, be my (AC)security.
15 “(AD)What shall I say?
For He has spoken to me, and He Himself has done it;
I will (AE)walk quietly all my years because of the (AF)bitterness of my soul.
16 Lord, (AG)by these things people live,
And in all these is the life of my spirit;
(AH)Restore me to health and (AI)let me live!
17 Behold, for my own welfare I had great bitterness;
But You have (AJ)kept my soul from the pit of nothingness,
For You have (AK)hurled all my sins behind Your back.
18 For (AL)Sheol cannot thank You,
Death cannot praise You;
Those who go down (AM)to the pit cannot hope for Your faithfulness.
19 It is the (AN)living who give thanks to You, as I do today;
A (AO)father tells his sons about Your faithfulness.
20 The Lord is certain to save me;
So we will (AP)play my songs on stringed instruments
(AQ)All the days of our life (AR)at the house of the Lord.”
21 Now (AS)Isaiah had said, “Have them take a cake of figs and apply it to the boil, so that he may recover.” 22 Then Hezekiah had said, “What is the (AT)sign that I will go up to the house of the Lord?”
Footnotes
- Isaiah 38:1
- Isaiah 38:3
- Isaiah 38:5
- Isaiah 38:9
- Isaiah 38:10
- Isaiah 38:15
- Isaiah 38:15
- Isaiah 38:16
- Isaiah 38:17
- Isaiah 38:17
Cross references
- Isaiah 38:1 : 2 Kin 20:1-6, 9-11; 2 Chr 32:24; Is 38:1-8
- Isaiah 38:1 : Is 1:1; 37:2
- Isaiah 38:1 : 2 Sam 17:23
- Isaiah 38:3 : Neh 13:14
- Isaiah 38:3 : 2 Kin 18:5, 6; Ps 26:3
- Isaiah 38:3 : 1 Chr 28:9; 29:19
- Isaiah 38:3 : Deut 6:18
- Isaiah 38:3 : Ps 6:6-8
- Isaiah 38:5 : 2 Kin 18:2, 13
- Isaiah 38:6 : Is 31:5; 37:35
- Isaiah 38:7 : Judg 6:17, 21, 36-40; Is 7:11, 14; 37:30
- Isaiah 38:8 : 2 Kin 20:9-11
- Isaiah 38:8 : Josh 10:12-14
- Isaiah 38:10 : Ps 102:24
- Isaiah 38:10 : Ps 107:18
- Isaiah 38:10 : Job 17:11, 15; 2 Cor 1:9
- Isaiah 38:11 : Ps 27:13; 116:9
- Isaiah 38:12 : 2 Cor 5:1, 4; 2 Pet 1:13, 14
- Isaiah 38:12 : Job 7:6
- Isaiah 38:12 : Heb 1:12
- Isaiah 38:12 : Job 6:9
- Isaiah 38:12 : Job 4:20; Ps 73:14
- Isaiah 38:13 : Job 10:16
- Isaiah 38:13 : Ps 51:8; Dan 6:24
- Isaiah 38:13 : Ps 32:4
- Isaiah 38:14 : Job 30:29; Ps 102:6
- Isaiah 38:14 : Is 59:11; Ezek 7:16; Nah 2:7
- Isaiah 38:14 : Ps 119:123
- Isaiah 38:14 : Job 17:3; Ps 119:122
- Isaiah 38:15 : Ps 39:9
- Isaiah 38:15 : 1 Kin 21:27
- Isaiah 38:15 : Job 7:11; 10:1; Is 38:17
- Isaiah 38:16 : Ps 119:71, 75
- Isaiah 38:16 : Ps 39:13
- Isaiah 38:16 : Ps 119:25
- Isaiah 38:17 : Ps 30:3; 86:13; Jon 2:6
- Isaiah 38:17 : Is 43:25; Jer 31:34; Mic 7:19
- Isaiah 38:18 : Ps 6:5; 30:9; 88:11; Eccl 9:10
- Isaiah 38:18 : Num 16:33; Ps 28:1
- Isaiah 38:19 : Ps 118:17; 119:175
- Isaiah 38:19 : Deut 6:7; 11:19; Ps 78:5-7
- Isaiah 38:20 : Ps 33:1-3; 68:24-26
- Isaiah 38:20 : Ps 104:33; 116:2; 146:2
- Isaiah 38:20 : Ps 116:17-19
- Isaiah 38:21 : 2 Kin 20:7, 8
- Isaiah 38:22 : Is 38:7
