Isaiah 38 : 1 (NCV)
At that time Hezekiah became very sick; he was almost dead. The prophet Isaiah son of Amoz went to see him and told him, "This is what the Lord says: Make arrangements, because you are not going to live, but die."
Isaiah 38 : 2 (NCV)
Hezekiah turned toward the wall and prayed to the Lord,
Isaiah 38 : 3 (NCV)
"Lord, please remember that I have always obeyed you. I have given myself completely to you and have done what you said was right." Then Hezekiah cried loudly.
Isaiah 38 : 4 (NCV)
Then the Lord spoke his word to Isaiah:
Isaiah 38 : 5 (NCV)
"Go to Hezekiah and tell him: 'This is what the Lord, the God of your ancestor David, says: I have heard your prayer and seen your tears. So I will add fifteen years to your life.
Isaiah 38 : 6 (NCV)
I will save you and this city from the king of Assyria; I will defend this city.
Isaiah 38 : 7 (NCV)
"'The Lord will do what he says. This is the sign from the Lord to show you:
Isaiah 38 : 8 (NCV)
The sun has made a shadow go down the stairway of Ahaz, but I will make it go back ten steps.'" So the shadow made by the sun went back up the ten steps it had gone down.
Isaiah 38 : 9 (NCV)
After Hezekiah king of Judah got well, he wrote this song:
Isaiah 38 : 10 (NCV)
I said, "I am in the middle of my life. Do I have to go through the gates of death? Will I have the rest of my life taken away from me?"
Isaiah 38 : 11 (NCV)
I said, "I will not see the Lord in the land of the living again. I will not again see the people who live on the earth.
Isaiah 38 : 12 (NCV)
Like a shepherd's tent, my home has been pulled down and taken from me. I am finished like the cloth a weaver rolls up and cuts from the loom. In one day you brought me to this end.
Isaiah 38 : 13 (NCV)
All night I cried loudly. Like a lion, he crushed all my bones. In one day you brought me to this end.
Isaiah 38 : 14 (NCV)
I cried like a bird and moaned like a dove. My eyes became tired as I looked to the heavens. Lord, I have troubles. Please help me."
Isaiah 38 : 15 (NCV)
What can I say? The Lord told me what would happen and then made it happen. I have had these troubles in my soul, so now I will be humble all my life.
Isaiah 38 : 16 (NCV)
Lord, because of you, people live. Because of you, my spirit also lives; you made me well and let me live.
Isaiah 38 : 17 (NCV)
It was for my own good that I had such troubles. Because you love me very much, you did not let me die but threw my sins far away.
Isaiah 38 : 18 (NCV)
People in the place of the dead cannot praise you; those who have died cannot sing praises to you; those who die don't trust you to help them.
Isaiah 38 : 19 (NCV)
The people who are alive are the ones who praise you. They praise you as I praise you today. A father should tell his children that you provide help.
Isaiah 38 : 20 (NCV)
The Lord saved me, so we will play songs on stringed instruments in the Temple of the Lord all the days of our lives.
Isaiah 38 : 21 (NCV)
Then Isaiah said, "Make a paste from figs and put it on Hezekiah's boil. Then he will get well."
Isaiah 38 : 22 (NCV)
Hezekiah then asked Isaiah, "What will be the sign? What will show that I will go up to the Temple of the Lord?"
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