Isaiah 38

1In those days Hezekiah was sick and near death. Isaiah the prophet, the son of Amoz, went to him and said, 'Thus says the Lord: 'Set your house in order, for you shall die and not live.' '

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

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3and said, 'Remember now, O Lord, I pray, how I have walked before You in truth and with a true heart, and did what is pleasing in Your sight.' So Hezekiah wept loudly.

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

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5'Go and tell Hezekiah, 'Thus says the Lord, the God of David your father: 'I heard your prayer, I see your tears. Behold, I will add fifteen years to your life.

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6I will deliver you and this city from the hand of the king of the Assyrians, and I will protect this city.

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7Now this shall be the sign to you from the Lord, that God will do this thing:

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8I will turn back the shadow on the ten steps of your father's house—the steps on which the sun goes down.' ' ' So the sun's shadow that went down on the ten steps turned back.

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9The prayer of Hezekiah king of Judah when he was sick and recovered from his sickness:

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10'I said at the end of my days near the gates of Hades, 'I shall leave behind the remainder of my years.'

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11I said, 'I shall no longer see the salvation of my God upon the earth; I shall no longer see a man among my kindred.'

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12I left behind what remained of my life. It went away and departed from me like one who takes down a tent. My breath became in me like the web of a weaver when she draws near to cut it.

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13On that day I was given as to a lion until morning. So He broke my bones, for from day until night I was given over.

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14Like a swallow, so shall I cry; I will mourn like a dove. My eyes fail from looking to the height of heaven toward the Lord, who delivered me

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15and removed the pain of my soul.

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16O Lord, it was told You concerning this, and You revived my breath; and I was comforted and lived.

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17For You chose my soul that it should not perish, and You cast all my sins behind me.

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18For those in Hades shall not praise You, neither will the dead bless You; nor shall those in Hades hope for Your mercy.

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19The living shall praise You as I do. For from this day forward, I shall cause children to declare Your righteousness, O Lord of my salvation,

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20and I shall not cease to bless You with the psaltery all the days of my life before the house of God.'

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21Now Isaiah said to Hezekiah, 'Take a cake of figs, mash them, and apply them as a plaster, and you shall recover.'

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22Then Hezekiah said, 'This is the sign that I shall go up to the house of the Lord God.'

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