And [a]this sign shalt thou have of the Lord, that the Lord will do this thing that he hath spoken,

Behold, I will bring again the shadow of the degrees (whereby it is gone down in the dial of Ahaz by the [b]sun) ten degrees backward: so the sun returned by ten degrees, by the which degrees it was gone down.

[c]The writing of Hezekiah king of Judah, when he had been sick, and was recovered of his sickness.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 38:7 For Hezekiah had asked for the confirmation of his faith, a sign, as verse 22, and 2 Kings 20:8, whereunto he was moved by the singular motion of God’s spirit.
  2. Isaiah 38:8 Read 2 Kings 20:10.
  3. Isaiah 38:9 He left this song of his lamentation and thanksgiving to all posterity, as a monument of his own infirmity and thankful heart for God’s benefits, as David did, Ps. 51.

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