Font Size
Isaiah 38:1-3
The Message
Isaiah 38:1-3
The Message
Time Spent in Death’s Waiting Room
38 At that time, Hezekiah got sick. He was about to die. The prophet Isaiah son of Amoz visited him and said, “God says, ‘Prepare your affairs and your family. This is it: You’re going to die. You’re not going to get well.’”
2-3 Hezekiah turned away from Isaiah and, facing the wall, prayed to God: “God, please, I beg you: Remember how I’ve lived my life. I’ve lived faithfully in your presence, lived out of a heart that was totally yours. You’ve seen how I’ve lived, the good that I have done.” And Hezekiah wept as he prayed—painful tears.
Read full chapter
The Message (MSG)
Copyright © 1993, 2002, 2018 by Eugene H. Peterson
Bible Gateway Recommends
![The Message of Matthew: Echoes (Softcover): The Bible in Contemporary Language and Cultural Expression](https://g.christianbook.com/dg/product/web/f108/585102.jpg)
Retail: $11.99
Our Price: $9.99
Save: $2.00 (17%)
![The Message: The Bible in Contemporary Language - eBook](https://g.christianbook.com/dg/product/web/f108/63139EB.jpg)
Retail: $29.99
Our Price: $16.49
Save: $13.50 (45%)
![4.0 of 5.0 stars](/assets/images/merch/stars40.png?7668a670)
![The Message Thinline (LeatherLike, Arrow Black), LeatherLike, Arrow Black](https://g.christianbook.com/dg/product/web/f108/585552.jpg)
Retail: $34.99
Our Price: $27.99
Save: $7.00 (20%)
![The Message, Large Print Edition: Deluxe Charcoal Linen Hardcover - Slightly Imperfect](http://g.christianbook.com/dg/product/cbd/f108/581226DA.jpg)
Retail: $49.99
Our Price: $31.87
Save: $18.12 (36%)
![The Message Pocket Paperback Edition: New Testament, Psalms and Proverbs](https://g.christianbook.com/dg/product/cbd/f108/39378.jpg)
Retail: $7.99
Our Price: $6.99
Save: $1.00 (13%)
![4.0 of 5.0 stars](/assets/images/merch/stars40.png?7668a670)