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Isaiah 38:1

& In those days Hezekiah became mortally ill. And Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz came to him and said to him, "Thus says the LORD, `Set your house in order, for you shall die and not live."'

Isaiah 38:2

& Then Hezekiah turned his face to the wall and prayed to the LORD,

Isaiah 38:3

& and said, "Remember now, O LORD, I beseech You, how I have walked before You in truth and with a whole heart, and have done what is good in Your sight." And Hezekiah wept bitterly.

Isaiah 38:4

& Then the word of the LORD came to Isaiah, saying,

Isaiah 38:5

& "Go and say to Hezekiah, `Thus says the LORD, the God of your father David, "I have heard your prayer, I have seen your tears; behold, I will add fifteen years to your life.

Isaiah 38:6

& ~"I will deliver you and this city from the hand of the king of Assyria; and I will defend this city."'

Isaiah 38:7

& "This shall be the sign to you from the LORD, that the LORD will do this thing that He has spoken:

Isaiah 38:8

& ~"Behold, I will 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 sun's {shadow} went back ten steps on the stairway on which it had gone down.

Isaiah 38:9

& A writing of Hezekiah king of Judah after his illness and recovery:

Isaiah 38:10

& I said, "In the middle of my life I am to enter the gates of Sheol; I am to be deprived of the rest of my years."

Isaiah 38:11

& I said, "I will not see the LORD, The LORD in the land of the living; I will look on man no more among the inhabitants of the world.

Isaiah 38:12

& "Like a shepherd's tent my dwelling is pulled up and removed from me; As a weaver I rolled up my life. He cuts me off from the loom; From day until night You make an end of me.

Isaiah 38:13

& "I composed {my soul} until morning. Like a lion--so He breaks all my bones, From day until night You make an end of me.

Isaiah 38:14

& "Like a swallow, {like} a crane, so I twitter; I moan like a dove; My eyes look wistfully to the heights; O Lord, I am oppressed, be my security.

Isaiah 38:15

& "What shall I say? For He has spoken to me, and He Himself has done it; I will wander about all my years because of the bitterness of my soul.

Isaiah 38:16

& "O Lord, by {these} things {men} live, And in all these is the life of my spirit; O restore me to health and let me live!

Isaiah 38:17

& "Lo, for {my own} welfare I had great bitterness; It is You who has kept my soul from the pit of nothingness, For You have cast all my sins behind Your back.

Isaiah 38:18

& "For Sheol cannot thank You, Death cannot praise You; Those who go down to the pit cannot hope for Your faithfulness.

Isaiah 38:19

& "It is the living who give thanks to You, as I do today; A father tells his sons about Your faithfulness.