2Ki 20:5-10 | ESV | STEP | Turn back , and say to Hezekiah the leader of my people , Thus says the Lord , the God of David your father : I have heard your prayer ; I have seen your tears . Behold , I will heal you. On the third day you shall go up to the house of the Lord ,

2 Kings 20:5-10

5 “Turn back, and say to Hezekiah ^athe leader of my people, Thus says the Lord, the God of David your father: ^bI have heard your prayer; ^cI have seen your tears. Behold, I will heal you. On the third day you shall go up to the house of the Lord, 6 and I will add fifteen years to your life. I will deliver you and this city out of the hand of the king of Assyria, ^dand I will defend this city for my own sake and for my servant David’s sake.” 7 And Isaiah said, “Bring a cake of figs. And let them take and lay it on the boil, that he may recover.”

8 And Hezekiah said to Isaiah, “What shall be the sign that the Lord will heal me, and that I shall go up to the house of the Lord on the third day?” 9 And Isaiah said, “This shall be ^ethe sign to you from the Lord, that the Lord will do the thing that he has promised: shall the shadow go forward ten steps, or go back ten steps?” 10 And Hezekiah answered, “It is an easy thing for the shadow ^fto lengthen ten steps. Rather let the shadow go back ten steps.”