1In those days was Hezekiah sick unto death . And Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz came to him , and said unto him , Thus saith Jehovah , Set thy house in order ; for thou shalt die , and not live . 2Then Hezekiah turned his face to the wall , and prayed unto Jehovah , 3and said, Remember now , O Jehovah , 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 .
God's Response and Promise of Healing
4Then came the word of Jehovah to Isaiah , saying , 5Go , and say to Hezekiah , Thus saith Jehovah , 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 . 6And I will deliver thee and this city out of the hand of the king of Assyria; and I will defend this city .
The Sign of Healing
7And this shall be the sign unto thee from Jehovah , that Jehovah will do this thing that he hath spoken : 8behold , I will cause the shadow on the steps , which is gone down on the dial of Ahaz with the sun , to return backward ten steps . So the sun returned ten steps on the dial whereon it was gone down .
Hezekiah's Song of Thanksgiving
9The writing of Hezekiah king of Judah , when he had been sick , and was recovered of his sickness . 10I said, In the noontide of my days I shall go into the gates of Sheol : I am deprived of the residue of my years . 11I said, I shall not see Jehovah , even Jehovah in the land of the living : I shall behold man no more with the inhabitants of the world . 12My dwelling is removed , and is carried away from me as a shepherd ’s tent: I have rolled up , like a weaver, my life ; he will cut me off from the loom : From day even to night wilt thou make an end of me . 13I quieted myself until morning ; as a lion, so he breaketh all my bones : From day even to night wilt thou make an end of me . 14Like a swallow or a crane , so did I chatter ; I did moan as a dove ; mine eyes fail with looking upward : O Lord, I am oppressed , be thou my surety . 15What shall I say ? he hath both spoken unto me , and himself hath done it : I shall go softly all my years because of the bitterness of my soul . 16O Lord, by these things men live ; And wholly therein is the life of my spirit : Wherefore recover thou me , and make me to live . 17Behold , it was for my peace that 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 . 18For Sheol cannot praise thee, death cannot celebrate thee: They that go down into the pit cannot hope for thy truth . 19The living , the living , he shall praise thee, as I do this day : The father to the children shall make known thy truth. 20Jehovah is ready to save me : Therefore we will sing my songs with stringed instruments All the days of our life in the house of Jehovah . 21Now Isaiah had said, Let them take a cake of figs , and lay it for a plaster upon the boil , and he shall recover . 22Hezekiah also had said, What is the sign that I shall go up to the house of Jehovah ?