Isa 38:1-8 | NASB2020 | STEP | In those days Hezekiah became mortally ill . And Isaiah the prophet , the son of Amoz , came to him and said to him, “ This is what the Lord says : ‘ Set your house in order , for you are going to die and not live .’”

Isaiah 38:1-8

Hezekiah Healed

1 ^aIn those days Hezekiah became ^{▼▼Lit sick to death}mortally ill. And ^cIsaiah the prophet, the son of Amoz, came to him and said to him, “This is what the Lord says: ‘ ^dSet your house in order, for you are going to die and not live.’” 2 Then Hezekiah turned his face to the wall and prayed to the Lord, 3 and said, “ ^ePlease, Lord, just remember how I have ^fwalked before You ^gwholeheartedly and in truth, and ^hhave done what is good in Your sight.” And Hezekiah ⁱwept ^{▼▼Lit great weeping}profusely.

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

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