‘Behold, the days are coming when (A)everything that is in your house, and what your fathers have stored up to this day, will be carried to Babylon; nothing will be left,’ says the Lord. ‘And some of your sons who will come from you, whom you will father, (B)will be taken away, and (C)they will become eunuchs in the palace of the king of Babylon.’” (D)Then Hezekiah said to Isaiah, “The word of the Lord which you have spoken is good.” For he [a]thought, “For there will be peace and truth (E)in my days.”

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 39:8 Lit said

The time will surely come when everything in your palace, and all that your predecessors have stored up until this day, will be carried off to Babylon.(A) Nothing will be left, says the Lord. And some of your descendants, your own flesh and blood who will be born to you, will be taken away, and they will become eunuchs in the palace of the king of Babylon.(B)

“The word of the Lord you have spoken is good,(C)” Hezekiah replied. For he thought, “There will be peace and security in my lifetime.(D)

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