Isaiah 38

1 ♥ 📝 I n those days^H3117 was Hezekiah^H2396 sick^H2470 unto death.^H4191 And Isaiah^H3470 the prophet^H5030 the son^H1121 of Amoz^H531 came^H935 to him, and said^H559 unto him, Thus saith^H559 Jehovah,^H3068 Set thy house^H1004 in order;^H6680 for thou shalt die,^H4191 and not live.^H2421

2 ♥ 📝 Then Hezekiah^H2396 turned^H5437 his face^H6440 to the wall,^H7023 and prayed^H6419 unto Jehovah,^H3068

3 ♥ 📝 and said,^H559 Remember^H2142 now, O Jehovah,^H3068 I beseech^H577 thee, how I have walked^H1980 before^H6440 thee in truth^H571 and with a perfect^H8003 heart,^H3820 and have done^H6213 that which is good^H2896 in thy sight.^H5869 And Hezekiah^H2396 wept^H1058 sore.^H1419

4 ♥ 📝 Then came the word^H1697 of Jehovah^H3068 to Isaiah,^H3470 saying,^H559

5 ♥ 📝 Go,^H1980 and say^H559 to Hezekiah,^H2396 Thus saith^H559 Jehovah,^H3068 the God^H430 of David^H1732 thy father,^H1 I have heard^H8085 thy prayer,^H8605 I have seen^H7200 thy tears:^H1832 behold, I will add^H3254 unto thy days^H3117 fifteen^H2568 years.^H8141

6 ♥ 📝 And I will deliver^H5337 thee and this city^H5892 out of the hand^H3709 of the king^H4428 of Assyria;^H804 and I will defend^H1598 this city.^H5892

7 ♥ 📝 And this shall be the sign^H226 unto thee from Jehovah,^H3068 that Jehovah^H3068 will do^H6213 this thing^H1697 that he hath spoken:^H1696

8 ♥ 📝 behold, I will cause the shadow^H6738 on the steps,^H4609 which is gone down^H3381 on the ^H8121 dial^H4609 of Ahaz^H271 with the sun, to return^H7725 backward^H322 ten^H6235 steps.^H4609 So the sun^H8121 returned^H7725 ten^H6235 steps^H4609 on the dial whereon^H4609 it was gone down.^H3381

9 ♥ 📝 The writing^H4385 of Hezekiah^H2396 king^H4428 of Judah,^H3063 when he had been sick,^H2470 and was recovered^H2421 of his sickness.^H2483

10 ♥ 📝 I said,^H559 In the noontide^H1824 of my days^H3117 I shall go^H3212 into the gates^H8179 of Sheol:^H7585 I am deprived^H6485 of the residue^H3499 of my years.^H8141

11 ♥ 📝 I said,^H559 I shall not see^H7200 Jehovah,^H3050 [even] Jehovah^H3050 in the land^H776 of the living:^H2416 I shall behold^H5027 man^H120 no more with the inhabitants^H3427 of the world.^H2309

12 ♥ 📝 My dwelling^H1755 is removed,^H5265 and is carried^H1540 away from me as a shepherd's^H7473 tent:^H168 I have rolled^H7088 up, like a weaver,^H707 my life;^H2416 he will cut me off^H1214 from the loom:^H1803 From day^H3117 even to night^H3915 wilt thou make an end^H7999 of me.

13 ♥ 📝 I quieted^H7737 [myself] until morning;^H1242 as a lion,^H738 so he breaketh^H7665 all my bones:^H6106 From day^H3117 even to night^H3915 wilt thou make an end^H7999 of me.

14 ♥ 📝 Like a swallow^H5693 [or] a crane,^H5483 so did I chatter;^H6850 I did moan^H1897 as a dove;^H3123 mine eyes^H5869 fail^H1809 [with looking] upward:^H4791 O Lord,^H3068 I am oppressed,^H6234 be thou my surety.^H6148

15 ♥ 📝 What shall I say?^H1696 he hath both spoken^H559 unto me, and himself hath done^H6213 it: I shall go softly^H1718 all my years^H8141 because of the bitterness^H4751 of my soul.^H5315

16 ♥ 📝 O Lord,^H136 by these things men live;^H2421 And wholly therein is the life^H2416 of my spirit:^H7307 Wherefore recover^H2492 thou me, and make me to live.^H2421

17 ♥ 📝 Behold, [it was] for [my] peace^H7965 [that] I had great bitterness:^H4751 But thou hast in love^H2836 to my soul^H5315 delivered it from the pit^H7845 of corruption;^H1097 For thou hast cast^H7993 all my sins^H2399 behind^H310 thy back.^H1460

18 ♥ 📝 For Sheol^H7585 cannot praise^H3034 thee, death^H4194 cannot celebrate^H1984 thee: They that go down^H3381 into the pit^H953 cannot hope^H7663 for thy truth.^H571

19 ♥ 📝 The living,^H2416 the living,^H2416 he shall praise^H3034 thee, as I do this day:^H3117 The father^H1 to the children^H1121 shall make known^H3045 thy truth.^H571

20 ♥ 📝 Jehovah^H3068 is [ready] to save^H3467 me: Therefore we will sing my songs^H5058 with stringed instruments^H5059 All the days^H3117 of our life^H2416 in the house^H1004 of Jehovah.^H3068

21 ♥ 📝 Now Isaiah^H3470 had said,^H559 Let them take^H5375 a cake^H1690 of figs,^H8384 and lay it for a plaster^H4799 upon the boil,^H7822 and he shall recover.^H2421

22 ♥ 📝 Hezekiah^H2396 also had said,^H559 What is the sign^H226 that I shall go up^H5927 to the house^H1004 of Jehovah?^H3068