2Ki 20:1-11 | NASB1995 | STEP | In those days Hezekiah became mortally ill . And Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz came to him and said to him, “ Thus says the Lord , ‘ Set your house in order , for you shall die and not live .’”

2 Kings 20:1-11

1 ^aIn those days Hezekiah became ^{▼▼ Lit sick to the point of death}mortally ill. And Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz came to him and said to him, “Thus says the Lord, ‘ ^cSet your house in order, for you shall die and not live.’” 2 Then he turned his face to the wall and prayed to the Lord, saying, 3 ^d“Remember now, O Lord, I beseech You, ^ehow I have walked before You in truth and with a whole heart and have done what is good in Your sight.” And ^fHezekiah wept ^{▼▼ Lit great weeping}bitterly. 4 Before Isaiah had gone out of the middle court, the word of the Lord came to him, saying, 5 “Return and say to ^hHezekiah the leader of My people, ‘Thus says the Lord, the God of your father David, ⁱ“I have heard your prayer, ^jI have seen your tears; behold, I will heal you. On the third day you shall go up to the house of the Lord. 6 “I will add fifteen years to your ^{▼▼ Lit days}life, and I will deliver you and this city from the hand of the king of Assyria; and ^lI will defend this city for My own sake and for My servant David’s sake.”’” 7 Then Isaiah said, “Take a cake of figs.” And they took and laid it on the boil, and he recovered.

8 Now Hezekiah said to Isaiah, “What will be the sign that the Lord will heal me, and that I shall go up to the house of the Lord the third day?” 9 Isaiah said, ^m“This shall be the sign to you from the Lord, that the Lord will do the thing that He has spoken: shall the shadow go forward ten steps or go back ten steps?” 10 So Hezekiah ^{▼▼ Lit said}answered, “It is easy for the shadow to decline ten steps; no, but let the shadow turn backward ten steps.” 11 Isaiah the prophet cried to the Lord, and ^oHe brought the shadow on the ^{▼▼ Lit steps}stairway back ten steps by which it had gone down on the ^{▼▼ Lit steps}stairway of Ahaz.