Isaiah 38
New International Version - Isaiah 38 << | >> 123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233343536373839404142434445464748495051525354555657585960616263646566 38:1 In those days Hezekiah became ill and was at the point of death. The prophet Isaiah son of Amoz went to him and said, 'This is what the Lord says: Put your house in order, because you are going to die; you will not recover.' 38:2 Hezekiah turned his face to the wall and prayed to the Lord , 38:3 'Remember, O Lord , how I have walked before you faithfully and with wholehearted devotion and have done what is good in your eyes.' And Hezekiah wept bitterly. 38:4 Then the word of the Lord came to Isaiah: 38:5 'Go and tell Hezekiah, 'This is what the Lord , the God of your father David, says: I have heard your prayer and seen your tears; I will add fifteen years to your life. 38:6 And I will deliver you and this city from the hand of the king of Assyria. I will defend this city. 38:7 ' 'This is the Lord 's sign to you that the Lord will do what he has promised: 38:8 I will make the shadow cast by the sun go back the ten steps it has gone down on the stairway of Ahaz.' ' So the sunlight went back the ten steps it had gone down. 38:9 A writing of Hezekiah king of Judah after his illness and recovery: 38:10 I said, 'In the prime of my life must I go through the gates of death and be robbed of the rest of my years?' 38:11 I said, 'I will not again see the Lord , the Lord , in the land of the living; no longer will I look on mankind, or be with those who now dwell in this world. 38:12 Like a shepherd's tent my house has been pulled down and taken from me. Like a weaver I have rolled up my life, and he has cut me off from the loom; day and night you made an end of me. 38:13 I waited patiently till dawn, but like a lion he broke all my bones; day and night you made an end of me. 38:14 I cried like a swift or thrush, I moaned like a mourning dove. My eyes grew weak as I looked to the heavens. I am troubled; O Lord, come to my aid!' 38:15 But what can I say? He has spoken to me, and he himself has done this. I will walk humbly all my years because of this anguish of my soul. 38:16 Lord, by such things men live; and my spirit finds life in them too. You restored me to health and let me live. 38:17 Surely it was for my benefit that I suffered such anguish. In your love you kept me from the pit of destruction; you have put all my sins behind your back. 38:18 For the grave cannot praise you, death cannot sing your praise; those who go down to the pit cannot hope for your faithfulness. 38:19 The living, the living-they praise you, as I am doing today; fathers tell their children about your faithfulness. 38:20 The Lord will save me, and we will sing with stringed instruments all the days of our lives in the temple of the Lord. 38:21 Isaiah had said, 'Prepare a poultice of figs and apply it to the boil, and he will recover.' 38:22 Hezekiah had asked, 'What will be the sign that I will go up to the temple of the Lord ?'