Isaiah 38:1-8

New American Standard Bible

Hezekiah Healed

38 ^(A)In those days Hezekiah became ^[a]mortally ill. And ^(B)Isaiah the prophet, the son of Amoz, came to him and said to him, “This is what the Lord says: ‘^(C)Set your house in order, for you are going to die and not live.’” ² Then Hezekiah turned his face to the wall and prayed to the Lord, ³ and said, “^(D)Please, Lord, just remember how I have ^(E)walked before You ^(F)wholeheartedly and in truth, and ^(G)have done what is good in Your sight.” And Hezekiah ^(H)wept ^[b]profusely.

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

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