Isaiah 38:1-8

Legacy Standard Bible

Hezekiah’s Illness and Recovery

38 ^(A)In those days Hezekiah became ill to the point of death. And ^(B)Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz came to him and said to him, “Thus says Yahweh, ‘^(C)Set your house in order, for you shall die and not live.’” ² Then Hezekiah turned his face to the wall and prayed to Yahweh ³ and said, “^(D)Remember now, O Yahweh, I beseech You, how I have ^(E)walked before You in truth and with a ^(F)whole heart and ^(G)have done what is good in Your sight.” And Hezekiah ^(H)wept ^[a]greatly.

⁴ Then the word of Yahweh came to Isaiah, saying, ⁵ “Go and say to Hezekiah, ‘Thus says Yahweh, the God of your father David, “I have heard your prayer; I have seen your tears; behold, I will add ^(I)fifteen years to your ^[b]life. ⁶ And I will ^(J)deliver you and this city from the hand of the king of Assyria; and I will defend this city.”’

⁷ “Now this shall be the ^(K)sign to you from Yahweh, that Yahweh will do this word that He has spoken: ⁸ Behold, I will ^(L)cause the shadow on the stairway, which has gone down with the sun on the stairway of Ahaz, to go back ten steps.” So the ^(M)sun’s shadow went back ten steps on the stairway on which it had gone down.