1 IN those days was Hezekiah sick unto death. And Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz came unto him, and said unto him, Thus saith the Lord, Set thine house in order: for thou shalt die, and not live.
2 Then Hezekiah turned his face toward the wall, and prayed unto the Lord,
3 And said, Remember now, O Lord, I beseech thee, how I have walked before thee in truth and with a perfect heart, and have done that which is good in thy sight. And Hezekiah wept sore.
4 Then came the word of the Lord to Isaiah, saying,
5 Go, and say to Hezekiah, Thus saith the Lord, the God of David thy father, I have heard thy prayer, I have seen thy tears: behold, I will add unto thy days fifteen years.
6 And I will deliver thee and this city out of the hand of the king of Assyria: and I will defend this city.
7 And this shall be a sign unto thee from the Lord, that the Lord will do this thing that he hath spoken;
8 Behold, I will bring again the shadow of the degrees, which is gone down in the sun dial of Ahaz, ten degrees backward. So the sun returned ten degrees, by which degrees it was gone down.
9 The writing of Hezekiah king of Judah, when he had been sick, and was recovered of his sickness:
10 I said in the cutting off of my days, I shall go to the gates of the grave: I am deprived of the residue of my years.
11 I said, I shall not see the Lord, even the Lord, in the land of the living: I shall behold man no more with the inhabitants of the world.
12 Mine age is departed, and is removed from me as a shepherd’s tent: I have cut off like a weaver my life: he will cut me off with pining sickness: from day even to night wilt thou make an end of me.
13 I reckoned till morning, that, as a lion, so will he break all my bones: from day even to night wilt thou make an end of me.
14 Like a crane or a swallow, so did I chatter: I did mourn as a dove: mine eyes fail with looking upward: O Lord, I am oppressed; undertake for me.
15 What shall I say? he hath both spoken unto me, and himself hath done it: I shall go softly all my years in the bitterness of my soul.
16 O Lord, by these things men live, and in all these things is the life of my spirit: so wilt thou recover me, and make me to live.
17 Behold, for peace I had great bitterness: but thou hast in love to my soul delivered it from the pit of corruption: for thou hast cast all my sins behind thy back.
18 For the grave cannot praise thee, death can not celebrate thee: they that go down into the pit cannot hope for thy truth.
19 The living, the living, he shall praise thee, as I do this day: the father to the children shall make known thy truth.
20 The Lord was ready to save me: therefore we will sing my songs to the stringed instruments all the days of our life in the house of the Lord.
21 For Isaiah had said, Let them take a lump of figs, and lay it for a plaister upon the boil, and he shall recover.
22 Hezekiah also had said, What is the sign that I shall go up to the house of the Lord?

1In those daies was Hezekiah sicke vnto death: and Isaiah the Prophet the sonne of Amoz came vnto him, and said vnto him; Thus saith the Lord, Set thine house in order: for thou shalt die, and not liue.

2Then Hezekiah turned his face toward the wall, and prayed vnto the Lord,

3And said, Remember now, O Lord, I beseech thee, how I haue walked before thee in trueth, and with a perfect heart, and haue done that which is good in thy sight: and Hezekiah wept sore.

4 Then came the word of the Lord to Isaiah, saying,

5Goe and say to Hezekiah, Thus saith the Lord, the God of Dauid thy father; I haue heard thy prayer, I haue seene thy teares: behold, I will adde vnto thy dayes fifteene yeeres.

6And I will deliuer thee and this citie, out of the hand of the king of Assyria: and I will defend this citie.

7And this shall be a signe vnto thee from the Lord, that the Lord will doe this thing that he hath spoken.

8Behold, I will bring againe the shadow of the degrees which is gone downe in the Sunne-diall of Ahaz ten degrees backward: so the Sunne returned ten degrees, by which degrees it was gone downe.

9 The writing of Hezekiah king of Iudah, when he had bene sicke, and was recouered of his sicknesse:

10I saide in the cutting off of my dayes; I shall goe to the gates of the graue: I am depriued of the residue of my yeeres.

11I said, I shal not see the Lord, euen the Lord in the land of the liuing: I shal behold man no more with the inhabitants of the world.

12Mine age is departed, and is remoued from me as a shepheards tent: I haue cut off like a weauer my life: he will cut mee off with pining sicknesse: from day euen to night wilt thou make an end of me.

13I reckoned till morning, that as a Lyon so will hee breake all my bones: from day euen to night wilt thou make an end of me.

14Like a crane or a swallow, so did I chatter; I did mourne as a doue: mine eyes faile with looking vpward: O Lord, I am oppressed, vndertake for me.

15What shall I say? hee hath both spoken vnto mee, and himselfe hath done it: I shall goe softly, all my yeeres in the bitternesse of my soule.

16O Lord, by these things men liue: and in all these things is the life of my spirit, so wilt thou recouer me, and make me to liue.

17Behold, for peace I had great bitternesse, but thou hast in loue to my soule deliuered it from the pit of corruption: for thou hast cast all my sinnes behinde thy backe.

18For the graue cannot praise thee, death cannot celebrate thee: they that goe downe into the pit cannot hope for thy trueth.

19The liuing, the liuing, hee shall praise thee, as I doe this day: the father to the children shall make knowen thy trueth.

20The Lord was ready to saue me: therefore we will sing my songs to the stringed instruments, all the dayes of our life, in the house of the Lord.

21For Isaiah had said, Let them take a lumpe of figges, and lay it for a plaister vpon the boile, and he shall recouer.

22Hezekiah also had said, what is the signe, that I shall goe vp to the house of the Lord ?

I == 2nd Sam 17:23 ; 2nd Kings 20:1 ; 2nd Chr 32:24

 

 

III == Neh 13:14

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

VI == Isa 37:35

 

 

VII == 2nd Kings 20:8 ; Isa 7:11

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

XI == Ps 27:13 ; 116:9

 

 

XII == Job 7:6

 

 

 

 

 

 

XIV == Isa 59:11

 

 

XV == Job 1:11 ; 10:1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

XVIII == Ps 6:5 ; 30:9 ; 88:11 ; 115:17 ; Eccl 9:10

XIX == Deut 4:9 ; 6:7 ; Ps 78:3-4

 

 

 

 

XXI == 2nd Kings 20:7

XXII == 2nd Kings 20:8

1 In those days, when Hezekiah was mortally ill, the prophet Isaiah, son of Amoz, came and said to him: "Thus says the LORD: Put your house in order, for you are about to die; you shall not recover."

2 Then Hezekiah turned his face to the wall and prayed to the LORD:

3 "O LORD, remember how faithfully and wholeheartedly I conducted myself in your presence, doing what was pleasing to you!" And Hezekiah wept bitterly.

4 Then the word of the LORD came to Isaiah:

5 "Go, tell Hezekiah: Thus says the LORD, the God of your father David: I have heard your prayer and seen your tears. I will heal you: in three days you shall go up to the LORD'S temple; I will add fifteen years to your life.

6 I will rescue you and this city from the hand of the king of Assyria; I will be a shield to this city."

21 Isaiah then ordered a poultice of figs to be taken and applied to the boil, that he might recover.

22 Then Hezekiah asked, "What is the sign that I shall go up to the temple of the LORD?"

7 (Isaiah answered:) "This will be the sign for you from the LORD that he will do what he has promised:

8 See, I will make the shadow cast by the sun on the stairway to the terrace of Ahaz go back the ten steps it has advanced." So the sun came back the ten steps it had advanced.

9 The song of Hezekiah, king of Judah, after he had been sick and had recovered from his illness:

10 Once I said, "In the noontime of life I must depart! To the gates of the nether world I shall be consigned for the rest of my years."

11 I said, "I shall see the LORD no more in the land of the living. No longer shall I behold my fellow men among those who dwell in the world."

12 My dwelling, like a shepherd's tent, is struck down and borne away from me; You have folded up my life, like a weaver who severs the last thread. Day and night you give me over to torment;

13 I cry out until the dawn. Like a lion he breaks all my bones; (day and night you give me over to torment).

14 Like a swallow I utter shrill cries; I moan like a dove. My eyes grow weak, gazing heavenward: O Lord, I am in straits; be my surety!

15 What am I to say or tell him? He has done it! I shall go on through all my years despite the bitterness of my soul.

16 Those live whom the LORD protects; yours. . . the life of my spirit. You have given me health and life;

17 thus is my bitterness transformed into peace. You have preserved my life from the pit of destruction, When you cast behind your back all my sins.

18 For it is not the nether world that gives you thanks, nor death that praises you; Neither do those who go down into the pit await your kindness.

19 The living, the living give you thanks, as I do today. Fathers declare to their sons, O God, your faithfulness.

20 The LORD is our savior; we shall sing to stringed instruments In the house of the LORD all the days of our life.

Chapters 36-39 are a historical insert concerning Sennacherib’s invasion and Hezekiah’s illness. These are so parallel with 2 Ki. 18-20 . There are also comments there added from 2 Chron. 29-32.