Isaiah 38:7-9

New Living Translation

⁷“‘And this is the sign from the Lord to prove that he will do as he promised: ⁸I will cause the sun’s shadow to move ten steps backward on the sundial^[a] of Ahaz!’” So the shadow on the sundial moved backward ten steps.

Hezekiah’s Poem of Praise

⁹When King Hezekiah was well again, he wrote this poem:

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Footnotes

38:8 Hebrew the steps.

Isaiah 38:7-9

New International Version

⁷“‘This is the Lord’s sign^(A) to you that the Lord will do what he has promised: ⁸I 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.^(B)

⁹A writing of Hezekiah king of Judah after his illness and recovery:

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