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| 38:1 | In tho daies Esechie was sijk `til to the deth; and Isaie, the profete, the sone of Amos, entride to hym, and seide to hym, The Lord seith these thingis, Dispose thi hous, for thou schalt die, and thou schalt not lyue. |
| 38:2 | And Esechie turnede his face to the wal, and preiede the Lord, and seide, Lord, Y biseche; |
| 38:3 | haue thou mynde, Y biseche, hou Y yede bifore thee in treuthe, and in perfit herte, and Y dide that that was good bifore thin iyen. And Ezechye wept with greet wepyng. |
| 38:4 | And the word of the Lord was maad to Isaie, and seide, |
| 38:5 | Go thou, and seie to Ezechye, The Lord God of Dauid, thi fadir, seith these thingis, I haue herd thi preier, and Y siy thi teeris. Lo! Y schal adde on thi daies fiftene yeer; |
| 38:6 | and Y schal delyuere thee and this citee fro the hond of the kyng of Assiriens, and Y schal defende it. |
| 38:7 | Forsothe this schal be to thee a signe of the Lord, that the Lord schal do this word, which he spak. |
| 38:8 | Lo! Y schal make the schadewe of lynes, bi which it yede doun in the orologie of Achas, in the sunne, to turne ayen backward bi ten lynes. And the sunne turnede ayen bi ten lynes, bi degrees bi whiche it hadde go doun. |
| 38:9 | The scripture of Ezechie, kyng of Juda, whanne he hadde be sijk, and hadde rekyuered of his sikenesse. |
| 38:10 | I seide, in the myddil of my daies Y schal go to the yatis of helle. |
| 38:11 | Y souyte the residue of my yeeris; Y seide, Y schal not se the Lord God in the lond of lyueris; Y schal no more biholde a man, and a dwellere of reste. |
| 38:12 | My generacioun is takun awei, and is foldid togidere fro me, as the tabernacle of scheepherdis is foldid togidere. Mi lijf is kit doun as of a webbe; he kittide doun me, the while Y was wouun yit. Fro the morewtid `til to the euentid thou schalt ende me; |
| 38:13 | Y hopide til to the morewtid; as a lioun, so he al to-brak alle my boonys. Fro the morewtid til to the euentid thou schalt ende me; as the brid of a swalewe, so Y schal crie; |
| 38:14 | Y schal bithenke as a culuer. Myn iyen biholdynge an hiy, ben maad feble. Lord, Y suffre violence, answere thou for me; what schal Y seie, |
| 38:15 | ether what schal answere to me, whanne `I mysilf haue do? Y schal bithenke to thee alle my yeeris, in the bitternisse of my soule. |
| 38:16 | Lord, if me lyueth so, and the lijf of my spirit is in siche thingis, thou schalt chastise me, and schalt quykene me. |
| 38:17 | Lo! my bitternesse is moost bittir in pees; forsothe thou hast delyuered my soule, that it perischide not; thou hast caste awey bihynde thi bak alle my synnes. |
| 38:18 | For not helle schal knowleche to thee, nethir deth schal herie thee; thei that goon doun in to the lake, schulen not abide thi treuthe. |
| 38:19 | A lyuynge man, a lyuynge man, he schal knouleche to thee, as and Y to dai; the fadir schal make knowun thi treuthe to sones. |
| 38:20 | Lord, make thou me saaf, and we schulen synge oure salmes in all the daies of oure lijf in the hous of the Lord. |
| 38:21 | And Ysaie comaundide, that thei schulden take a gobet of figus, and make a plaster on the wounde; and it schulde be heelid. |
| 38:22 | And Ezechie seide, What signe schal be, that Y schal stie in to the hous 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? |
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