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Chapter 20
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In those days was Hezekiah sick unto death. And the prophet
Isaiah the son of Amoz came to him, and said unto him,
Thus saith the LORD, Set thine house in order; for thou
shalt die, and not live. |
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Then he turned his face to the wall, and prayed unto
the LORD, saying, |
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I beseech thee, O LORD, remember now 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. |
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And it came to pass, afore Isaiah was gone out into the
middle court, that the word of the LORD came to him, saying, |
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Turn again, and tell Hezekiah the captain of my people,
Thus saith the LORD, the God of David thy father, I have
heard thy prayer, I have seen thy tears: behold, I will
heal thee: on the third day thou shalt go up unto the house
of the LORD.
A Bottle Full
of Tears - |
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And I will add unto thy days fifteen years; and I will
deliver thee and this city out of the hand of the king
of Assyria; and I will defend this city for mine own sake,
and for my servant David's sake. |
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And Isaiah said, Take a lump of figs. And they took and
laid it on the boil, and he recovered. |
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And Hezekiah said unto Isaiah, What shall be the sign
that the LORD will heal me, and that I shall go up into
the house of the LORD the third day? |
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And Isaiah said, This sign shalt thou have of the LORD,
that the LORD will do the thing that he hath spoken: shall
the shadow go forward ten degrees, or go back ten degrees? |
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And Hezekiah answered, It is a light thing for the shadow
to go down ten degrees: nay, but let the shadow return
backward ten degrees. |
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And Isaiah the prophet cried unto the LORD: and he brought
the shadow ten degrees backward, by which it had gone down
in the dial of Ahaz. |
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At that time Berodachbaladan, the son of Baladan, king
of Babylon, sent letters and a present unto Hezekiah: for
he had heard that Hezekiah had been sick. |
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And Hezekiah hearkened unto them, and showed them all
the house of his precious things, the silver, and the gold,
and the spices, and the precious ointment, and all the
house of his armor, and all that was found in his treasures:
there was nothing in his house, nor in all his dominion,
that Hezekiah showed them not. |
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Then came Isaiah the prophet unto king Hezekiah, and
said unto him, What said these men? and from whence came
they unto thee? And Hezekiah said, They are come from a
far country, even from Babylon. |
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And he said, What have they seen in thine house? And
Hezekiah answered, All the things that are in mine house
have they seen: there is nothing among my treasures that
I have not showed them. |
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And Isaiah said unto Hezekiah, Hear the word of the LORD. |
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Behold, the days come, that all that is in thine house,
and that which thy fathers have laid up in store unto this
day, shall be carried into Babylon: nothing shall be left,
saith the LORD. |
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And of thy sons that shall issue from thee, which thou
shalt beget, shall they take away; and they shall be eunuchs
in the palace of the king of Babylon. |
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Then said Hezekiah unto Isaiah, Good is the word of the
LORD which thou hast spoken. And he said, Is it not good,
if peace and truth be in my days? |
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And the rest of the acts of Hezekiah, and all his might,
and how he made a pool, and a conduit, and brought water
into the city, are they not written in the book of the
chronicles of the kings of Judah? |
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And Hezekiah slept with his fathers: and Manasseh his
son reigned in his stead. |
