 38:1 ¶
In those days was Hezekiah sick unto death. And Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz came to him, and said unto him, Thus saith Jehovah, Set thy house in order; for thou shalt die, and not live. |
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 38:1 ¶
In thoseº
daysº
was Hezekiahº
sickººº
unto death.ºº
And Isaiahº
the prophetº
the sonº
of Amozº
cameºº
untoº
him, and saidºº
untoº
him, Thusº
saithºº
the LORD,º
Set thine houseº
in order:ººº
forº
thouº
shalt die,ºº
and notº
live.ºº |
 38:2
Then Hezekiah turned his face to the wall, and prayed unto Jehovah, |
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 38:2
Then Hezekiahº
turnedºº
his faceº
towardº
the wall,º
and prayedºº
untoº
the LORD,º |
 38:3
and said, Remember now, O Jehovah, I beseech thee, how I have walked before thee in truth and with a perfect heart, and have done that which is good in thy sight. And Hezekiah wept sore. |
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 38:3
And said,ºº
Rememberºº
now,º
O LORD,º
I beseechº
thee,ºº
howº
I have walkedºº
beforeº
thee in truthº
and with a perfectº
heart,º
and have doneºº
[that which is] goodº
in thy sight.º
And Hezekiahº
weptººº
sore.ºº |
 38:4 ¶
Then came the word of Jehovah to Isaiah, saying, |
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 38:4 ¶
Then cameº
the wordº
of the LORDº
toº
Isaiah,º
saying,ºº |
 38:5
Go, and say to Hezekiah, Thus saith Jehovah, the God of David thy father, I have heard thy prayer, I have seen thy tears: behold, I will add unto thy days fifteen years. |
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 38:5
Go,ºº
and sayºº
toº
Hezekiah,º
Thusº
saithºº
the LORD,º
the Godº
of Davidº
thy father,º
I have heardººº
thy prayer,º
I have seenººº
thy tears:º
behold,º
I will addºº
untoº
thy daysº
fifteenºº
years.º |
 38:6
And I will deliver thee and this city out of the hand of the king of Assyria; and I will defend this city. |
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 38:6
And I will deliverºº
thee and thisº
cityº
out of the handºº
of the kingº
of Assyria:º
and I will defendººº
thisº
city.º |
 38:7
And this shall be the sign unto thee from Jehovah, that Jehovah will do this thing that he hath spoken: |
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 38:7
And thisº
[shall be] a signº
unto thee fromºº
the LORD,º
thatº
the LORDº
will doººº
thisº
thingº
thatº
he hath spoken;ºº |
 38:8
behold, I will cause the shadow on the steps, which is gone down on the dial of Ahaz with the sun, to return backward ten steps. So the sun returned ten steps on the dial whereon it was gone down. |
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 38:8
Behold,º
I will bring againººº
the shadowº
of the degrees,º
whichº
is gone downºº
in the sunº
dialº
of Ahaz,º
tenº
degreesº
backward.º
So the sunº
returnedºº
tenº
degrees,º
by whichº
degreesº
it was gone down.ºº |
 38:9 ¶
The writing of Hezekiah king of Judah, when he had been sick, and was recovered of his sickness. |
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 38:9 ¶
The writingº
of Hezekiahº
kingº
of Judah,º
when he had been sick,ºº
and was recoveredºº
of his sickness:ºº |
 38:10
I said, In the noontide of my days I shall go into the gates of Sheol: I am deprived of the residue of my years. |
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 38:10
Iº
saidºº
in the cutting offº
of my days,º
I shall goººº
to the gatesº
of the grave:º
I am deprivedºº
of the residueº
of my years.º |
 38:11
I said, I shall not see Jehovah, [even] Jehovah in the land of the living: I shall behold man no more with the inhabitants of the world. |
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 38:11
I said,ºº
I shall notº
seeºº
the LORD,º
[even] the LORD,º
in the landº
of the living:º
I shall beholdºº
manº
noº
moreº
withº
the inhabitantsºº
of the world.º |
 38:12
My dwelling is removed, and is carried away from me as a shepherd's tent: I have rolled up, like a weaver, my life; he will cut me off from the loom: From day even to night wilt thou make an end of me. |
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 38:12
Mine ageº
is departed,ºº
and is removedºº
fromº
me as a shepherd'sº
tent:º
I have cut offºº
like a weaverºº
my life:º
he will cut me offºº
with pining sickness:ºº
from dayºº
[even] toº
nightº
wilt thou make an endºº
of me. |
 38:13
I quieted [myself] until morning; as a lion, so he breaketh all my bones: From day even to night wilt thou make an end of me. |
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 38:13
I reckonedºº
tillº
morning,º
[that], as a lion,º
soº
will he breakºº
allº
my bones:º
from dayºº
[even] toº
nightº
wilt thou make an endºº
of me. |
 38:14
Like a swallow [or] a crane, so did I chatter; I did moan as a dove; mine eyes fail [with looking] upward: O Lord, I am oppressed, be thou my surety. |
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 38:14
Like a craneº
[or] a swallow,º
soº
did I chatter:ºº
I did mournºº
as a dove:º
mine eyesº
failºº
[with looking] upward:º
O LORD,ºº
I am oppressed;º
undertakeººº
for me. |
 38:15
What shall I say? he hath both spoken unto me, and himself hath done it: I shall go softly all my years because of the bitterness of my soul. |
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 38:15
Whatº
shall I say?ºº
he hath both spokenºº
unto me, and himselfº
hath doneºº
[it]: I shall go softlyºº
allº
my yearsº
inº
the bitternessº
of my soul.º |
 38:16
O Lord, by these things men live; And wholly therein is the life of my spirit: Wherefore recover thou me, and make me to live. |
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 38:16
O Lord,º
byº
these [things men] live,ºº
and in allº
theseº
[things is] the lifeº
of my spirit:º
so wilt thou recoverºº
me, and make me to live.ºº |
 38:17
Behold, [it was] for [my] peace [that] I had great bitterness: But thou hast in love to my soul delivered it from the pit of corruption; For thou hast cast all my sins behind thy back. |
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 38:17
Behold,º
for peaceº
I had great bitterness:ººº
but thouº
hast in loveºº
to my soulº
[delivered it] from the pitºº
of corruption:º
forº
thou hast castºº
allº
my sinsº
behindº
thy back.º |
 38:18
For Sheol cannot praise thee, death cannot celebrate thee: They that go down into the pit cannot hope for thy truth. |
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 38:18
Forº
the graveº
cannotº
praiseºº
thee, deathº
can [not] celebrateºº
thee: they that go downºº
into the pitº
cannotº
hopeºº
forº
thy truth.º |
 38:19
The living, the living, he shall praise thee, as I do this day: The father to the children shall make known thy truth. |
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 38:19
The living,º
the living,º
heº
shall praiseºº
thee, as I [do] this day:º
the fatherº
to the childrenº
shall make knownººº
thy truth.º |
 38:20
Jehovah is [ready] to save me: Therefore we will sing my songs with stringed instruments All the days of our life in the house of Jehovah. |
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 38:20
The LORDº
[was ready] to saveºº
me: therefore we will sing my songsºº
to the stringed instrumentsººº
allº
the daysº
of our lifeº
inº
the houseº
of the LORD.º |
 38:21
Now Isaiah had said, Let them take a cake of figs, and lay it for a plaster upon the boil, and he shall recover. |
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 38:21
For Isaiahº
had said,ºº
Let them takeºº
a lumpº
of figs,º
and lay [it] for a plaisterºº
uponº
the boil,º
and he shall recover.ºº |
 38:22
Hezekiah also had said, What is the sign that I shall go up to the house of Jehovah? |
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 38:22
Hezekiahº
also had said,ºº
Whatº
[is] the signº
thatº
I shall go upºº
to the houseº
of the LORD?º |