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1 | In those days was Hezekiah sick unto death. And the prophet
Isaiah the son of Amoz came to him, and said unto him, Thus
saith the LORD, Set thine house in order; for thou shalt die,
and not live. |
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2 | Then he turned his face to the wall, and prayed unto the LORD,
saying, |
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3 | I beseech thee, O LORD, remember now how I have walked before
thee in truth and with a perfect heart, and have done that
which is good in thy sight. And Hezekiah wept sore. |
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4 | And it came to pass, afore Isaiah was gone out into the middle
court, that the word of the LORD came to him, saying, |
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5 | Turn again, and tell Hezekiah the captain of my people, Thus
saith the LORD, the God of David thy father, I have heard thy
prayer, I have seen thy tears: behold, I will heal thee: on
the third day thou shalt go up unto the house of the LORD. |
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6 | And I will add unto thy days fifteen years; and I will deliver
thee and this city out of the hand of the king of Assyria; and
I will defend this city for mine own sake, and for my servant
David's sake. |
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7 | And Isaiah said, Take a lump of figs. And they took and laid
it on the boil, and he recovered. |
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8 | And Hezekiah said unto Isaiah, What shall be the sign that the
LORD will heal me, and that I shall go up into the house of
the LORD the third day? |
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9 | And Isaiah said, This sign shalt thou have of the LORD, that
the LORD will do the thing that he hath spoken: shall the
shadow go forward ten degrees, or go back ten degrees? |
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10 | And Hezekiah answered, It is a light thing for the shadow to
go down ten degrees: nay, but let the shadow return backward
ten degrees. |
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11 | And Isaiah the prophet cried unto the LORD: and he brought the
shadow ten degrees backward, by which it had gone down in the
dial of Ahaz. |
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12 | At that time Berodachbaladan, the son of Baladan, king of
Babylon, sent letters and a present unto Hezekiah: for he had
heard that Hezekiah had been sick. |
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13 | And Hezekiah hearkened unto them, and shewed them all the
house of his precious things, the silver, and the gold, and
the spices, and the precious ointment, and all the house of
his armour, and all that was found in his treasures: there was
nothing in his house, nor in all his dominion, that Hezekiah
shewed them not. |
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14 | Then came Isaiah the prophet unto king Hezekiah, and said unto
him, What said these men? and from whence came they unto thee?
And Hezekiah said, They are come from a far country, even from
Babylon. |
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15 | And he said, What have they seen in thine house? And Hezekiah
answered, All the things that are in mine house have they
seen: there is nothing among my treasures that I have not
shewed them. |
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16 | And Isaiah said unto Hezekiah, Hear the word of the LORD. |
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17 | Behold, the days come, that all that is in thine house, and
that which thy fathers have laid up in store unto this day,
shall be carried into Babylon: nothing shall be left, saith
the LORD. |
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18 | And of thy sons that shall issue from thee, which thou shalt
beget, shall they take away; and they shall be eunuchs in the
palace of the king of Babylon. |
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19 | Then said Hezekiah unto Isaiah, Good is the word of the LORD
which thou hast spoken. And he said, Is it not good, if peace
and truth be in my days? |
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20 | And the rest of the acts of Hezekiah, and all his might, and
how he made a pool, and a conduit, and brought water into the
city, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of
the kings of Judah? |
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21 | And Hezekiah slept with his fathers: and Manasseh his son
reigned in his stead. |
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