Isaiah 38
38
Hezekiah’s Illness and Recovery
1In those days Hezekiah became ill to the point of death. And Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz came to him and said to him, “Thus says Yahweh, ‘Set your house in order, for you shall die and not live.’ ” 2Then Hezekiah turned his face to the wall and prayed to Yahweh 3and said, “Remember now, O Yahweh, I beseech You, how I have walked before You in truth and with a whole heart and have done what is good in Your sight.” And Hezekiah wept #38:3 Lit great weepinggreatly.
4Then the word of Yahweh came to Isaiah, saying, 5“Go and say to Hezekiah, ‘Thus says Yahweh, the God of your father David, “I have heard your prayer; I have seen your tears; behold, I will add fifteen years to your #38:5 Lit dayslife. 6And I will deliver you and this city from the hand of the king of Assyria; and I will defend this city.” ’
7“Now this shall be the sign to you from Yahweh, that Yahweh will do this word that He has spoken: 8Behold, I will cause the shadow on the stairway, which has gone down with the sun on the stairway of Ahaz, to go back ten steps.” So the sun’s shadow went back ten steps on the stairway on which it had gone down.
9A writing of Hezekiah king of Judah after his illness and #38:9 Lit he lived after his illnessrecovery:
10I said, “In the middle of my #38:10 Lit dayslife
I am to enter the gates of Sheol;
I am to be deprived of the rest of my years.”
11I said, “I will not see Yah,
Yah in the land of the living;
I will look on man no more among the inhabitants of the world.
12“Like a shepherd’s tent my dwelling is pulled up and removed from me;
As a weaver I rolled up my life.
He cuts me off from the loom;
From day until night You make an end of me.
13“I soothed my soul until morning.
Like a lion—so He shatters all my bones;
From day until night You make an end of me.
14“Like a swallow, like a crane, so I chirped;
I moan like a dove;
My eyes look wistfully to the heights;
O Lord, I am oppressed, be my security.
15¶“What shall I say?
# 38:15 DSS and Targum And what shall I say for He Indeed, He has spoken to me, and He Himself has done it;
I will wander about all my years because of the bitterness of my soul.
16“O Lord, by these things men live,
And in all these is the life of my spirit;
# 38:16 Lit You will O restore me to health and let me live!
17¶“Behold, for my own well-being I had great bitterness;
But it is You who has #38:17 As in some versions; Heb lovedheld back my soul from the pit of #38:17 Or destructionnothingness,
For You have cast all my sins behind Your back.
18“For Sheol cannot thank You;
Death cannot praise You;
Those who go down to the pit cannot keep watch for Your truth.
19“It is the living, the living who give thanks to You, as I do today;
A father makes known to his sons about Your truth.
20“Yahweh is here to save me;
So we will play my songs on stringed instruments
All the days of our life at the house of Yahweh.”
21Now Isaiah had said, “Let them take up a cake of figs and apply it to the boil, that he may live.” 22Then Hezekiah had said, “What is the sign that I shall go up to the house of Yahweh?”
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Isaiah 38
38
1In 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.” 2Then Hezekiah turned his face to the wall, and prayed to the Lord, 3and said, “Remember now, O Lord, I beseech thee, how I have walked before thee in faithfulness and with a whole heart, and have done what is good in thy sight.” And Hezekiah wept bitterly. 4Then the word of the Lord came to Isaiah: 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. 6I will deliver you and this city out of the hand of the king of Assyria, and defend this city.
7“This is the sign to you from the Lord, that the Lord will do this thing that he has promised: 8Behold, 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.#38.8 The Hebrew of this verse is obscure
9A writing of Hezekiah king of Judah, after he had been sick and had recovered from his sickness:
10I said, In the noontide of my days
I must depart;
I am consigned to the gates of Sheol
for the rest of my years.
11I said, I shall not see the Lord
in the land of the living;
I shall look upon man no more
among the inhabitants of the world.
12My 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 thou dost bring me to an end;#38.12 Heb uncertain
13I cry for help#38.13 Cn: Heb obscure until morning;
like a lion he breaks all my bones;
from day to night thou dost bring me to an end.#38.13 Heb uncertain
14Like a swallow or a crane#38.14 Heb uncertain I clamor,
I moan like a dove.
My eyes are weary with looking upward.
O Lord, I am oppressed; be thou my security!
15But what can I say? For he has spoken to me,
and he himself has done it.
All my sleep has fled#38.15 Cn Compare Syr: Heb I will walk slowly all my years
because of the bitterness of my soul.
16O Lord, by these things men live,
and in all these is the life of my spirit.#38.16 Heb uncertain
Oh, restore me to health and make me live!
17Lo, it was for my welfare
that I had great bitterness;
but thou hast held back#38.17 Cn Compare Gk Vg: Heb loved my life
from the pit of destruction,
for thou hast cast all my sins
behind thy back.
18For Sheol cannot thank thee,
death cannot praise thee;
those who go down to the pit cannot hope
for thy faithfulness.
19The living, the living, he thanks thee,
as I do this day;
the father makes known to the children
thy faithfulness.
20The Lord will save me,
and we will sing to stringed instruments#38.20 Heb my stringed instruments
all the days of our life,
at the house of the Lord.
21Now Isaiah had said, “Let them take a cake of figs, and apply it to the boil, that he may recover.” 22Hezekiah also had said, “What is the sign that I shall go up to the house of the Lord?”
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