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| 38:1 | 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. |
| 38:2 | Then Hezekiah turned his face toward the wall, and prayed unto the LORD, |
| 38:3 | 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. |
| 38:4 | Then came the word of the LORD to Isaiah, saying, |
| 38:5 | 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. |
| 38:6 | And I will deliver thee and this city out of the hand of the king of Assyria: and I will defend this city. |
| 38:7 | And this shall be a sign unto thee from the LORD, that the LORD will do this thing that he hath spoken; |
| 38:8 | 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. |
| 38:9 | The writing of Hezekiah king of Judah, when he had been sick, and was recovered of his sickness: |
| 38:10 | 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. |
| 38:11 | 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. |
| 38:12 | 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. |
| 38:13 | 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. |
| 38:14 | 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. |
| 38:15 | 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. |
| 38:16 | 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. |
| 38:17 | 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. |
| 38:18 | For the grave cannot praise thee, death can not celebrate thee: they that go down into the pit cannot hope for thy truth. |
| 38:19 | The living, the living, he shall praise thee, as I do this day: the father to the children shall make known thy truth. |
| 38:20 | 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. |
| 38:21 | For Isaiah had said, Let them take a lump of figs, and lay it for a plaister upon the boil, and he shall recover. |
| 38:22 | Hezekiah also had said, What is the sign that I shall go up to the house of the LORD? |
| 38:1 | About that time was Hezekiah sicke vnto the death, and the Prophet Isaiah sonne of Amoz came vnto him, and sayd vnto him, Thus sayth the Lord, Put thine house in an order, for thou shalt dye, and not liue. |
| 38:2 | Then Hezekiah turned his face to the wall, and prayed to the Lord, |
| 38:3 | And saide, I beseeche thee, Lord, remember nowe howe I haue walked before thee in trueth, and with a perfite heart, and haue done that which is good in thy sight: and Hezekiah wept sore. |
| 38:4 | Then came the worde of the Lord to Isaiah, saying, |
| 38:5 | Goe, and say vnto Hezekiah, Thus saith the Lord God of Dauid thy father, I haue heard thy prayer, and seene thy teares: behold, I will adde vnto thy dayes fifteene yeeres. |
| 38:6 | And I will deliuer thee out of the hand of the King of Asshur, and this citie: for I will defende this citie. |
| 38:7 | And this signe shalt thou haue of ye Lord, that ye Lord will do this thing that he hath spoken, |
| 38:8 | Beholde, I will bring againe the shadowe of the degrees (whereby it is gone downe in the diall of Ahaz by the sunne) ten degrees backeward: so the sunne returned by tenne degrees, by the which degrees it was gone downe. |
| 38:9 | The writing of Hezekiah King of Iudah, when he had bene sicke, and was recouered of his sickenesse. |
| 38:10 | I saide in the cutting off of my dayes, I shall goe to the gates of the graue: I am depriued of the residue of my yeeres. |
| 38:11 | I said, I shall not see the Lord, euen the Lord in the land of the liuing: I shall see man no more among the inhabitants of the world. |
| 38:12 | Mine habitation is departed, and is remoued from me, like a shepheards tent: I haue cut off like a weauer my life: he will cut me off from the height: from day to night, thou wilt make an ende of me. |
| 38:13 | I rekoned to the morning: but he brake all my bones, like a lion: from day to night wilt thou make an ende of me. |
| 38:14 | Like a crane or a swallow, so did I chatter: I did mourne as a doue: mine eies were lift vp on high: O Lord, it hath oppressed me, comfort me. |
| 38:15 | What shall I say? for he hath said it to me, and he hath done it: I shall walke weakely all my yeeres in the bitternesse of my soule. |
| 38:16 | O Lord, to them that ouerliue them, and to all that are in them, the life of my spirite shalbe knowen, that thou causedst me to sleepe and hast giuen life to me. |
| 38:17 | Beholde, for felicitie I had bitter griefe, but it was thy pleasure to deliuer my soule from the pit of corruption: for thou hast cast all my sinnes behinde thy backe. |
| 38:18 | For the graue cannot confesse thee: death cannot praise thee: they that goe downe into the pit, cannot hope for thy trueth. |
| 38:19 | But the liuing, the liuing, he shall confesse thee, as I doe this day: the father to the children shall declare thy trueth. |
| 38:20 | The Lord was ready to saue me: therefore we will sing my song, all the dayes of our life in the House of the Lord. |
| 38:21 | Then said Isaiah, Take a lumpe of drye figs and lay it vpon the boyle, and he shall recouer. |
| 38:22 | Also Hezekiah had said, What is ye signe, that I shall goe vp into the House of the Lord? |
| 38:1 | Not longe afore this, was Hezechia sycke vnto the deeth, & the prophete Esay the sonne of Amoz came vnto him, & sayd: Thus commaundeth the Lord: Set thyne house in ordre, for thou must dye, and shalt not escape. |
| 38:2 | Then Hezechia turned hys face towarde the wall, and prayed vnto the Lorde, |
| 38:3 | and sayde: Remembre (O Lorde) that I haue walcked before the in treuth and a stedfast herte, & haue done the thynge that is pleasaunt to the. And Hezechia wepte sore |
| 38:4 | Then sayde God vnto Esay: |
| 38:5 | Go and speake vnto Hezechia: the Lord God of Dauid thy father sendeth the this worde: I haue hearde thy prayer, and consydred thy teares, beholde, I will put fyftene yeares mo vnto thy lyfe, |
| 38:6 | and delyuer the and the cytie also, from the hande of the kynge of Assyria, for I wyll defende the cytie: |
| 38:7 | And take the thys token of the Lord, that he will do it, as he hath spoken: |
| 38:8 | Beholde, I wyll returne the shadowe of Ahaz dyal, that nowe is layed out with the Sunne and bringe it ten degrees backward. So the Sunne turned ten degrees backwarde, the which he was descended afore. |
| 38:9 | A thanckesgeuynge, which Hezekia Kynge of Iuda wrote, when he had bene sycke, and was recouered. |
| 38:10 | I thought I shulde haue gone to the gates of hell when myne age was shortened, and haue wanted the resydue of my yeares. |
| 38:11 | I spake within my selfe: I shall neuer viset the Lorde (the Lord I saye) in thys lyfe. I shal neuer se man among the dwellers of the worlde. |
| 38:12 | Myne age is folden vp together, & taken awaye fro me, lyke a shepherdes cotage: I haue hewen of my lyfe by my synnes, lyke as a weeuer cutteth of hys webb. He wyll with pyninge sycknesse make an ende of me: yee, he wyll make en ende of me in one daye. |
| 38:13 | I thought I wolde haue lyued vnto the morowe, but he brosed my bones lyke a lyon, and in one daye thou wilt make an ende of me. |
| 38:14 | Then chatred I lyke a swalowe, and lyke a crane, and mourned as a doue. I lyfte vp myne eyes into the heygth: O Lorde (sayde I) my sycknes kepeth me downe: ease thou me. |
| 38:15 | What shall I saye? The Lorde hath made a promise to me. Yee, and he him selfe hath perfourmed it. I shall therfore as longe as I lyue remembre thys bitternes of my lyfe. |
| 38:16 | O Lorde men maye lyue beyond theyr yeares, and I wyll declare to all men: that euen in those yeres I haue a ioyfull lyfe, and that it was thou that causedest me to sleape and agayne thou hast geuen lyfe to me. |
| 38:17 | Beholde bytter as gall was my pensyuenesse, so sore longed I for helth. And it was thy pleasure to deliuer my lyfe, from the fylthye pytt, for thou it is (O Lorde) that hast cast all my synnes behynde thy backe. |
| 38:18 | For hell prayseth not the, death doth not magnifye the. They that go downe into the graue prayse not thy trueth: |
| 38:19 | but the lyuinge, yee, the lyuing a knowledge the, lyke as I do thys daye. The father telleth hys chyldren of thy faythfulnesse. |
| 38:20 | To heale me it is the Lordes worcke, and we wyll synge my songes in thy house, all the dayes of oure lyfe. |
| 38:21 | And Esaye sayde: take a playster of fygges, and laye it vpon the sore, so shall it be whole. |
| 38:22 | Then sayd Hezekia: O what a great miracle is this, that I shall go vp into the house of the Lorde? |
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