Isa 38:1-8 | 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 .’”

Isaiah 38:1-8

1 ^aIn those days Hezekiah became ^{▼▼ Lit sick to the point of death}mortally ill. And ^cIsaiah the prophet the son of Amoz came to him and said to him, “Thus says the Lord, ‘ ^dSet your house in order, for you shall die and not live.’” 2 Then Hezekiah turned his face to the wall and prayed to the Lord, 3 and said, ^e“Remember now, O Lord, I beseech You, how I have ^fwalked before You in truth and with a ^gwhole heart, and ^hhave done what is good in Your sight.” And Hezekiah ⁱwept ^{▼▼ Lit great weeping}bitterly.

4 Then the word of the Lord came to Isaiah, saying, 5 “Go and say to Hezekiah, ‘Thus says the Lord, the God of your father David, “I have heard your prayer, I have seen your tears; behold, I will add ^kfifteen years to your ^{▼▼ Lit days}life. 6 “I will ^mdeliver you and this city from the hand of the king of Assyria; and I will defend this city.”’

7 “This shall be the ⁿsign to you from the Lord, that the Lord will do this thing that He has spoken: 8 “Behold, I will ^ocause the shadow on the stairway, which has gone down with the sun on the stairway of Ahaz, to go back ten steps.” So the ^psun’s shadow went back ten steps on the stairway on which it had gone down.