⁷ “ ‘ “Here is a sign from me. It will show you that I will heal you, just as I promised I would. ⁸ The shadow that was made by the sun has gone down ten steps on the stairway of Ahaz. I will make it go back up those ten steps.” ’ ” So the shadow went back up the ten steps it had gone down.

⁹ Here is a song of praise that was written by Hezekiah, the king of Judah. He wrote it after he was sick and had gotten well again.