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In those days Hezekiah became mortally ill. And Isaiah the prophet, the son of Amoz, came to him and said to him, "This is what the LORD says: 'Set your house in order, for you are going to die and not live.'"

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.

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

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

and said, "Please, LORD, just remember how I have walked before You wholeheartedly and in truth, and have done what is good in Your sight." And Hezekiah wept profusely.

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.

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

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

"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 fifteen years to your life.

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.

"And I will save you and this city from the hand of the king of Assyria; and I will protect this city."'

And I will deliver thee and this city out of the hand of the king of Assyria: and I will defend this city.

"And this shall be the sign to you from the LORD, that the LORD will perform this word that He has spoken:

And this shall be a sign unto thee from the Lord , that the Lord will do this thing that he hath spoken;

"Behold, I will make the shadow on the stairway, which has gone down with the sun on the stairway of Ahaz, go back ten steps." So the sun's shadow went back ten steps on the stairway on which it had gone down.

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.

This is a writing of Hezekiah king of Judah after his illness and recovery:

The writing of Hezekiah king of Judah, when he had been sick, and was recovered of his sickness:

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

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.

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

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.

"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.

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.

"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.

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.

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

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.

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

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.

"Lord, by these things people live, And in all these is the life of my spirit; Restore me to health and let me live!

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.

"Behold, for my own welfare I had great bitterness; But You have kept my soul from the pit of nothingness, For You have hurled all my sins behind Your back.

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.

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

For the grave cannot praise thee, death can not celebrate thee: they that go down into the pit cannot hope for thy truth.

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

The living, the living, he shall praise thee, as I do this day: the father to the children shall make known thy truth.

"The LORD is certain to save me; So we will play my songs on stringed instruments All the days of our life at the house of the LORD."

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 .

Now Isaiah had said, "Have them take a cake of figs and apply it to the boil, so that he may recover."

For Isaiah had said, Let them take a lump of figs, and lay it for a plaister upon the boil, and he shall recover.

Then Hezekiah had said, "What is the sign that I will go up to the house of the LORD?"

Hezekiah also had said, What is the sign that I shall go up to the house of the Lord ?