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Isaiah 38
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Isaiah 38
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Hezekiah Will Live Fifteen More Years
38 In those days Hezekiah became sick and was near death. Isaiah the man of God, the son of Amoz, came to him and said, “The Lord says, ‘Make those of your house ready, for you will die and not live.’” 2 Then Hezekiah turned his face to the wall, and prayed to the Lord, 3 and said, “O Lord, I ask you from my heart to remember now how I have walked with You in truth and with a whole heart. I have done what is good in Your eyes.” And Hezekiah cried with a bitter cry. 4 Then the Word of the Lord came to Isaiah, saying, 5 “Go and tell Hezekiah, ‘The Lord, the God of your father David, says, “I have heard your prayer. I have seen your tears. See, I will add fifteen years to your life. 6 And I will take you and this city out of the hand of the king of Assyria. I will fight for this city.”’” 7 “This is the special thing for you to see from the Lord, that the Lord will do what He has said: 8 See the shadow on the steps, which has gone down with the sun on the steps of Ahaz. I will make it go back ten steps.” So the sun’s shadow went back the ten steps it had gone down.
9 This is the writing of King Hezekiah of Judah, after he had been sick and became well again: 10 I said, “Half-way through my life I am to go through the gates of the place of the dead. The rest of my years have been kept from me.” 11 I said, “I will not see the Lord, the Lord in the land of the living. I will not look upon man any more among the people of the world. 12 My house is pulled up like a shepherd’s tent and taken from me. I have rolled up my life like a cloth-maker. He cuts me off from the cloth He is making. From day to night You make an end of me. 13 I waited for help until morning. Like a lion He breaks all my bones. From day to night You make an end of me. 14 I make noise like the birds. I cry like a dove. My eyes are tired from looking up. O Lord, I am having a hard time. Keep me safe.
15 “But what can I say? For He has spoken to me, and He Himself has done it. I will walk with care all my years because my soul is bitter. 16 O Lord, by these things men live. And in all these is the life of my spirit. O heal me, and let me live! 17 See, it was for my own well-being that I was bitter. But You have kept my soul from the grave that destroys. You have put all my sins behind Your back. 18 The place of the dead cannot thank You. Death cannot praise You. Those who go down to the grave cannot hope that You will be faithful. 19 It is the living who give thanks to You, as I do today. A father tells his sons about how faithful You are. 20 The Lord will save me. And we will sing my songs with harps all the days of our life in the house of the Lord.”
21 Now Isaiah had said, “Let them take a cake of figs and put it on the sore, that he may get well.” 22 Then Hezekiah had said, “What is the special thing to see, that I will go up to the house of the Lord?”
Isaiah 38
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Isaiah 38
New International Version
Hezekiah’s Illness(A)
38 In those days Hezekiah became ill and was at the point of death. The prophet Isaiah son of Amoz(B) went to him and said, “This is what the Lord says: Put your house in order,(C) because you are going to die; you will not recover.”(D)
2 Hezekiah turned his face to the wall and prayed to the Lord, 3 “Remember, Lord, how I have walked(E) before you faithfully and with wholehearted devotion(F) and have done what is good in your eyes.(G)” And Hezekiah wept(H) bitterly.
4 Then the word(I) of the Lord came to Isaiah: 5 “Go and tell Hezekiah, ‘This is what the Lord, the God of your father David,(J) says: I have heard your prayer and seen your tears;(K) I will add fifteen years(L) to your life. 6 And I will deliver you and this city from the hand of the king of Assyria. I will defend(M) this city.
7 “‘This is the Lord’s sign(N) to you that the Lord will do what he has promised: 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.(O)
9 A writing of Hezekiah king of Judah after his illness and recovery:
10 I said, “In the prime of my life(P)
must I go through the gates of death(Q)
and be robbed of the rest of my years?(R)”
11 I said, “I will not again see the Lord himself(S)
in the land of the living;(T)
no longer will I look on my fellow man,
or be with those who now dwell in this world.
12 Like a shepherd’s tent(U) my house
has been pulled down(V) and taken from me.
Like a weaver I have rolled(W) up my life,
and he has cut me off from the loom;(X)
day and night(Y) you made an end of me.
13 I waited patiently(Z) till dawn,
but like a lion he broke(AA) all my bones;(AB)
day and night(AC) you made an end of me.
14 I cried like a swift or thrush,
I moaned like a mourning dove.(AD)
My eyes grew weak(AE) as I looked to the heavens.
I am being threatened; Lord, come to my aid!”(AF)
15 But what can I say?(AG)
He has spoken to me, and he himself has done this.(AH)
I will walk humbly(AI) all my years
because of this anguish of my soul.(AJ)
16 Lord, by such things people live;
and my spirit finds life in them too.
You restored me to health
and let me live.(AK)
17 Surely it was for my benefit(AL)
that I suffered such anguish.(AM)
In your love you kept me
from the pit(AN) of destruction;
you have put all my sins(AO)
behind your back.(AP)
18 For the grave(AQ) cannot praise you,
death cannot sing your praise;(AR)
those who go down to the pit(AS)
cannot hope for your faithfulness.
19 The living, the living—they praise(AT) you,
as I am doing today;
parents tell their children(AU)
about your faithfulness.
20 The Lord will save me,
and we will sing(AV) with stringed instruments(AW)
all the days of our lives(AX)
in the temple(AY) of the Lord.
21 Isaiah had said, “Prepare a poultice of figs and apply it to the boil, and he will recover.”
22 Hezekiah had asked, “What will be the sign(AZ) that I will go up to the temple of the Lord?”
Jesaja 38
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Jesaja 38
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Koning Hizkia wordt ziek
38 In die tijd werd koning Hizkia ernstig ziek, zó ziek dat hij zou sterven. De profeet Jesaja ging naar hem toe. Hij zei tegen de koning: "Dit zegt de Heer: Regel alles voor uw familie en uw huis, want u zal sterven. U zal niet meer beter worden." 2 Toen draaide Hizkia zich met zijn gezicht naar de muur en bad: 3 "Heer, vergeet toch niet dat ik altijd heb geleefd zoals U het wil. Ik ben U altijd trouw geweest." En Hizkia huilde hevig.[a] 4 Toen zei de Heer tegen Jesaja: 5 "Ga naar Hizkia en zeg hem: Dit zegt de Heer, de God van uw voorvader David: Ik heb uw gebed gehoord en uw tranen gezien. Ik zal u nog 15 jaar geven. 6 En Ik zal u en deze stad uit de macht van de koning van Assur redden. Ik zal deze stad beschermen. 7 Ik zal u een teken geven dat Ik ook zal doen wat Ik heb gezegd. 8 Let op, de schaduw op de zonnewijzer zal tien treden teruggaan." En de zon ging tien treden terug op de zonnewijzer die koning Achaz vroeger had laten neerzetten.
Danklied van Hizkia
9 Dit is wat koning Hizkia opschreef toen hij weer genezen was van zijn ziekte:
10 "Ik dacht dat ik in de bloei van mijn leven
door de poorten van het dodenrijk moest gaan.
Ik dacht dat de rest van mijn leven mij werd afgenomen.
11 Ik dacht dat ik de Heer niet meer zou zien hier bij de levenden.
Ik dacht dat ik de mensen niet meer zou zien.
12 Mijn leven was voorbij.
Mijn lichaam, mijn woning, werd afgebroken.
Mijn leven werd van mij weggerukt, alsof het de tent van een herder was.
Ik verwachtte dat ik zou sterven,
dat mijn leven opgerold zou worden zoals een wever de doek oprolt die hij heeft geweven.
De Heer hoefde mijn leven alleen nog maar af te snijden.
Elke volgende dag en elke volgende nacht dacht ik dat het de laatste zou zijn.
13 Tot aan de ochtend probeerde ik om tot rust te komen.
Hij brak mijn kracht zoals een leeuw botten breekt.
Elke volgende dag en elke volgende nacht dacht ik dat het de laatste zou zijn.
14 Mijn stem klonk nog maar als het getjilp van een zwaluw.
Ik klonk zo hees als een duif.
Mijn ogen keken smekend omhoog naar U:
"Heer, ik ben zo bang. Kom alstublieft voor mij op!"
15 Wat moet ik zeggen?
De Heer heeft gedaan wat Hij mij heeft beloofd!
Ik zal nog heerlijke jaren verder leven na deze tijd van groot verdriet.
16 Heer, door uw beloften leven de mensen.
Door uw beloften krijg ik nieuwe moed.
U heeft mij gezond gemaakt en mij genezen!
17 Mijn grote moeilijkheden veranderden in zegen.
U redde mij van de dood.
Ik was ongehoorzaam aan U geweest,
maar U wierp al mijn schuld achter uw rug.
Daardoor kon ik blijven leven.
18 Want de mensen in het dodenrijk prijzen U niet.
Zij hebben niets meer van U te verwachten.
19 Alleen de levende mensen prijzen U.
Alleen de mensen die leven, zoals ik nu.
Vaders vertellen aan hun zonen hoe trouw U bent.
20 De Heer stond klaar om mij te redden.
Daarom zal ik muziek voor U maken en zullen we voor U zingen.
Ons leven lang zullen we muziek voor U maken in het heiligdom van de Heer."
21 Jesaja had gezegd: "Laat een vijgenkoek brengen en leg die op de zweer. Dan zal hij genezen." 22 En Hizkia had aan de Heer om een teken gevraagd dat Hij hem inderdaad zou genezen zodat hij weer naar Gods tempel zou kunnen gaan.
Footnotes
- Jesaja 38:3 Waarschijnlijk vond hij het zo erg om te sterven, omdat hij nog geen zoon had die na hem koning zou kunnen worden. Want de Heer gaf hem 15 jaar extra, en zijn zoon Manasse was pas 12 jaar toen hij koning werd. Helaas was deze zoon later een heel slechte koning die weer afgoden in het land bracht en veel mensen vermoordde.
Isaiah 38
New King James Version
Isaiah 38
New King James Version
Hezekiah’s Life Extended(A)
38 In (B)those days Hezekiah was sick and near death. And Isaiah the prophet, the son of Amoz, went to him and said to him, “Thus says the Lord: (C)‘Set your house in order, for you shall die and not live.’ ”
2 Then Hezekiah turned his face toward the wall, and prayed to the Lord, 3 and said, (D)“Remember now, O Lord, I pray, how I have walked before You in truth and with a [a]loyal heart, and have done what is good in Your (E)sight.” And Hezekiah wept bitterly.
4 And the word of the Lord came to Isaiah, saying, 5 “Go and tell Hezekiah, ‘Thus says the Lord, the God of David your father: “I have heard your prayer, I have seen your tears; surely I will add to your days fifteen years. 6 I will deliver you and this city from the hand of the king of Assyria, and (F)I will defend this city.” ’ 7 And this is (G)the sign to you from the Lord, that the Lord will do this thing which He has spoken: 8 Behold, I will bring the shadow on the sundial, which has gone down with the sun on the sundial of Ahaz, ten degrees backward.” So the sun returned ten degrees on the dial by which it had gone down.
9 This is the writing of Hezekiah king of Judah, when he had been sick and had recovered from his sickness:
10 I said,
“In the prime of my life
I shall go to the gates of Sheol;
I am deprived of the remainder of my years.”
11 I said,
“I shall not see [b]Yah,
The Lord (H)in the land of the living;
I shall observe man no more [c]among the inhabitants of [d]the world.
12 (I)My life span is gone,
Taken from me like a shepherd’s tent;
I have cut off my life like a weaver.
He cuts me off from the loom;
From day until night You make an end of me.
13 I have considered until morning—
Like a lion,
So He breaks all my bones;
From day until night You make an end of me.
14 Like a crane or a swallow, so I chattered;
(J)I mourned like a dove;
My eyes fail from looking upward.
O [e]Lord, I am oppressed;
[f]Undertake for me!
15 “What shall I say?
[g]He has both spoken to me,
And He Himself has done it.
I shall walk carefully all my years
(K)In the bitterness of my soul.
16 O Lord, by these things men live;
And in all these things is the life of my spirit;
So You will restore me and make me live.
17 Indeed it was for my own peace
That I had great bitterness;
But You have lovingly delivered my soul from the pit of corruption,
For You have cast all my sins behind Your back.
18 For (L)Sheol cannot thank You,
Death cannot praise You;
Those who go down to the pit cannot hope for Your truth.
19 The living, the living man, he shall praise You,
As I do this day;
(M)The father shall make known Your truth to the children.
20 “The Lord was ready to save me;
Therefore we will sing my songs with stringed instruments
All the days of our life, in the house of the Lord.”
21 Now (N)Isaiah had said, “Let them take a lump of figs, and apply it as a poultice on the boil, and he shall recover.”
22 And (O)Hezekiah had said, “What is the sign that I shall go up to the house of the Lord?”
Footnotes
- Isaiah 38:3 whole or peaceful
- Isaiah 38:11 Heb. Yah, Yah
- Isaiah 38:11 LXX omits among the inhabitants of the world
- Isaiah 38:11 So with some Heb. mss.; MT, Vg. rest; Tg. land
- Isaiah 38:14 So with Bg.; MT, DSS Lord
- Isaiah 38:14 Be my surety
- Isaiah 38:15 So with MT, Vg.; DSS, Tg. And shall I say to Him; LXX omits first half of this verse
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