²² And he said, “While the child was alive, I fasted and wept; ^(A)for I said, ‘Who can tell whether ^[a]the Lord will be gracious to me, that the child may live?’

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.

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.

^10 (B)Then God saw their works, that they turned from their evil way; and God relented from the disaster that He had said He would bring upon them, and He did not do it.

⁶ So the captain came to him, and said to him, “What do you mean, sleeper? Arise, ^(A)call on your God; ^(B)perhaps your God will consider us, so that we may not perish.”

^9 (A)Lament and mourn and weep! Let your laughter be turned to mourning and your joy to gloom. ^10 (B)Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and He will lift you up.