⁷ Then Isaiah said, “Prepare a poultice of figs.” They did so and applied it to the boil,^(A) and he recovered.

⁸ Hezekiah had asked Isaiah, “What will be the sign that the Lord will heal me and that I will go up to the temple of the Lord on the third day from now?”

⁹ Isaiah answered, “This is the Lord’s sign^(B) to you that the Lord will do what he has promised: Shall the shadow go forward ten steps, or shall it go back ten steps?”