Isa 38
1 The Infirmity of Hezekiah
And it came to pass in that time Hezekiah was infirm unto death. And there came to him Isaiah son of Amoz the prophet; and he said to him, Thus says
the LORD, Give orders concerning your house! [
3die
1for
2you], and shall not live.
2And Hezekiah turned his face to the wall, and prayed to
the LORD,
3saying, Remember, O
LORD, as I was gone before you with truth, in [
2heart
1a true], and the
things pleasing before you I did. And Hezekiah wept [
2weeping
1with great].
4And [
3came
1the word
2of the LORD] to Isaiah, saying,
5Go, and say to Hezekiah, Thus says
the LORD, the God of David your father; I heard your prayer, and beheld your tears. Behold, I add to your time fifteen years.
6And from out of
the hand of
the king of
the Assyrians I shall rescue you, and this city; and I shall shield over this city.
7And this [
3to you
1is the
2sign] from
the LORD, that [
2will do
1God] this thing which he said.
8Behold, I shall turn the shadow of the stairs which [
3went down
4the
5ten
6stairs
7of the
8house
9of your father
1the
2sun]. I will return the sun the ten stairs which [
3went down
1the
2shadow].
9 Prayer of Hezekiah
The prayer of Hezekiah king of Judea when he was infirm and he rose up from his infirmity.
10I said in the height of my days, I shall go to
the gates of Hades; I shall forsake the years remaining.
11I said, No longer in any way shall I behold the deliverance of God upon
the land of
the living. No longer in any way shall I behold a man with ones inhabiting.
12I failed my kin; I forsook the rest of my life; it departed and went forth from me as the one resting up [
2a tent
1pitching]. My spirit in me became as
the web of one working in wool approaching to cut it off.
13In that day I was delivered over until morning. As a lion so he broke all my bones. For from the day until the night I was delivered over.
14As a swallow, so shall I call out, and as a dove, so shall I meditate. [
4failed
1For
2my
3eyes] to see into the height of the heaven, to the
LORD who rescued me.
15And he removed [
3of my
1the
2grief] soul, and he acted.
16O
LORD, [
2concerning
3this
1for] it was announced to you, and you awakened my breath, and being comforted I live.
17Behold,
being in peace
was bitter for me. For you took up my soul, that it should not perish; and you threw away [
3behind
4me
1all
2my sins].
18[
6not
1For
2the ones
3in
4Hades
5shall] praise you; nor the ones dying shall bless you; nor shall [
4hope
1the ones
2in
3Hades] on your charity.
19The living shall bless you in which manner as I; for from today [
2children
1I shall produce] who shall announce your righteousness,
20O
LORD of my deliverance; even I will not cease blessing you with
the psaltery all the days of my life, before the house of God.
21And Isaiah said to Hezekiah, Take a dried cluster of figs, and grind
them, and plaster
with it, and [
2in health
1you will be].
22And Hezekiah said, What
is the sign that I shall ascend into the house of God.