38:1 In
those
days
Hezekiah
became
sick
and
was
at
the
point
of
death.
And
Isaiah
the
prophet
the
son
of
Amoz
came
to
him,
and
said
to
him,
"Thus
says
the
LORD:
Set
your
house
in
order,
for
you
shall
die,
you
shall
not
recover."
38:2 Then
Hezekiah
turned
his
face
to
the
wall
and
prayed
to
the
LORD,
38:3 and
said,
"Please,
O
LORD,
remember
how
I
have
walked
before
you
in
faithfulness
and
with
a
whole
heart,
and
have
done
what
is
good
in
your
sight."
And
Hezekiah
wept
bitterly.
38:4 Then
the
word
of
the
LORD
came
to
Isaiah:
38:5 "Go
and
say
to
Hezekiah,
Thus
says
the
LORD,
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.
38:6 I
will
deliver
you
and
this
city
out
of
the
hand
of
the
king
of
Assyria,
and
will
defend
this
city.
38:7 "This
shall
be
the
sign
to
you
from
the
LORD,
that
the
LORD
will
do
this
thing
that
he
has
promised:
38:8 Behold,
I
will
make
the
shadow
cast
by
the
declining
sun
on
the
dial
of
Ahaz
turn
back
ten
steps."
So
the
sun
turned
back
on
the
dial
the
ten
steps
by
which
it
had
declined.
38:9 A
writing
of
Hezekiah
king
of
Judah,
after
he
had
been
sick
and
had
recovered
from
his
sickness:
38:10 I
said,
In
the
middle
of
my
days
I
must
depart;
I
am
consigned
to
the
gates
of
Sheol
for
the
rest
of
my
years.
38:11 I
said,
I
shall
not
see
the
LORD,
the
LORD
in
the
land
of
the
living;
I
shall
look
on
man
no
more
among
the
inhabitants
of
the
world.
38:12 My
dwelling
is
plucked
up
and
removed
from
me
like
a
shepherd's
tent;
like
a
weaver
I
have
rolled
up
my
life;
he
cuts
me
off
from
the
loom;
from
day
to
night
you
bring
me
to
an
end;
38:13 I
calmed
myself
until
morning;
like
a
lion
he
breaks
all
my
bones;
from
day
to
night
you
bring
me
to
an
end.
38:14 Like
a
swallow
or
a
crane
I
chirp;
I
moan
like
a
dove.
My
eyes
are
weary
with
looking
upward.
O
Lord,
I
am
oppressed;
be
my
pledge
of
safety!
38:15 What
shall
I
say
For
he
has
spoken
to
me,
and
he
himself
has
done
it.
I
walk
slowly
all
my
years
because
of
the
bitterness
of
my
soul.
38:16 O
Lord,
by
these
things
men
live,
and
in
all
these
is
the
life
of
my
spirit.
Oh
restore
me
to
health
and
make
me
live!
38:17 Behold,
it
was
for
my
welfare
that
I
had
great
bitterness;
but
in
love
you
have
delivered
my
life
from
the
pit
of
destruction,
for
you
have
cast
all
my
sins
behind
your
back.
38:18 For
Sheol
does
not
thank
you;
death
does
not
praise
you;
those
who
go
down
to
the
pit
do
not
hope
for
your
faithfulness.
38:19 The
living,
the
living,
he
thanks
you,
as
I
do
this
day;
the
father
makes
known
to
the
children
your
faithfulness.
38:20 The
LORD
will
save
me,
and
we
will
play
my
music
on
stringed
instruments
all
the
days
of
our
lives,
at
the
house
of
the
LORD.
38:21 Now
Isaiah
had
said,
"Let
them
take
a
cake
of
figs
and
apply
it
to
the
boil,
that
he
may
recover."
38:22 Hezekiah
also
had
said,
"What
is
the
sign
that
I
shall
go
up
to
the
house
of
the
LORD"