Hezekiah's Illness and Recovery
1In those dayswas Hezekiahsickunto death.And Isaiahthe prophetthe sonof Amozcameunto him, and saidunto him, Thus saiththe LORD,Set thine housein order:for thou shalt die,and not live.2Then Hezekiahturnedhis facetoward the wall,and prayedunto the LORD,3And said,Remembernow, O LORD,I beseechthee, how I have walkedbeforethee in truthand with a perfectheart,and have done[that which is] goodin thy sight.And Hezekiahweptsore.
4Then came the wordof the LORDto Isaiah,saying,5Go,and sayto Hezekiah,Thus saiththe LORD,the Godof Davidthy father,I have heardthy prayer,I have seenthy tears:behold, I will addunto thy daysfifteenyears.6And I will deliverthee and this cityout of the handof the kingof Assyria:and I will defendthis city.
7And this [shall be] a signunto thee from the LORD,that the LORDwill dothis thingthat he hath spoken;8Behold, I will bring againthe shadowof the degrees,which is gone downin the sundialof Ahaz,tendegreesbackward.So the sunreturnedtendegrees,by which degreesit was gone down.
Hezekiah's Song of Thanksgiving
9The writingof Hezekiahkingof Judah,when he had been sick,and was recoveredof his sickness:
10I saidin the cutting offof my days,I shall goto the gatesof the grave:I am deprivedof the residueof my years.
11I said,I shall not seethe LORD,[even] the LORD,in the landof the living:I shall beholdmanno more with the inhabitantsof the world.
12Mine ageis departed,and is removedfrom me as a shepherd'stent:I have cut offlike a weavermy life:he will cut me offwith pining sickness:from day[even] to nightwilt thou make an endof me.
13I reckonedtill morning,[that], as a lion,so will he breakall my bones:from day[even] to nightwilt thou make an endof me.
14Like a crane[or] a swallow,so did I chatter:I did mournas a dove:mine eyesfail[with looking] upward:O LORD,I am oppressed;undertakefor me.
15What shall I say?he hath both spokenunto me, and himself hath done[it]: I shall go softlyall my yearsin the bitternessof my soul.
16O Lord,by these [things men] live,and in all these [things is] the lifeof my spirit:so wilt thou recoverme, and make me to live.
17Behold, for peaceI had great bitterness:but thou hast in loveto my soul[delivered it] from the pitof corruption:for thou hast castall my sinsbehindthy back.
18For the gravecannot praisethee, deathcan [not] celebratethee: they that go downinto the pitcannot hopefor thy truth.
19The living,the living,he shall praisethee, as I [do] this day:the fatherto the childrenshall make knownthy truth.
20The LORD[was ready] to saveme: therefore we will sing my songsto the stringed instrumentsall the daysof our lifein the houseof the LORD.
21For Isaiahhad said,Let them takea lumpof figs,and lay [it] for a plaisterupon the boil,and he shall recover.22Hezekiahalso had said,What [is] the signthat I shall go upto the houseof the LORD?
