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Isaiah 38
Isaiah 38
English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)
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It was just before all this that Hezekiah became deathly sick, and Isaiah the prophet (Amoz' son) went to visit him and gave him this message from the Lord: “Set your affairs in order, for you are going to die; you will not recover from this illness.“
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When Hezekiah heard this, he turned his face to the wall and prayed:
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“O Lord, don't you remember how true I've been to you and how I've always tried to obey you in everything you said?“ Then he broke down with great sobs.
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So the Lord sent another message to Isaiah:
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“Go and tell Hezekiah that the Lord God of your forefather David hears you praying and sees your tears and will let you live fifteen more years.
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He will deliver you and this city from the king of Assyria. I will defend you, says the Lord,
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and here is my guarantee:
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I will send the sun backwards ten degrees as measured on Ahaz' sundial!“ So the sun retraced ten degrees that it had gone down!
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When King Hezekiah was well again, he wrote this poem about his experience:
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“My life is but half done and I must leave it all. I am robbed of my normal years, and now I must enter the gates of Sheol.
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Never again will I see the Lord in the land of the living. Never again will I see my friends in this world.
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My life is blown away like a shepherd's tent; it is cut short as when a weaver stops his working at the loom. In one short day my life hangs by a thread.
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“All night I moaned; it was like being torn apart by lions.
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Delirious, I chattered like a swallow and mourned like a dove; my eyes grew weary of looking up for help. 'O God,' I cried, 'I am in trouble—help me.'
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But what can I say? For he himself has sent this sickness. All my sleep has fled because of my soul's bitterness.
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O Lord, your discipline is good and leads to life and health. Oh, heal me and make me live!
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“Yes, now I see it all—it was good for me to undergo this bitterness, for you have lovingly delivered me from death; you have forgiven all my sins.
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For dead men cannot praise you. They cannot be filled with hope and joy.
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The living, only the living, can praise you as I do today. One generation makes known your faithfulness to the next.
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Think of it! The Lord healed me! Every day of my life from now on I will sing my songs of praise in the Temple, accompanied by the orchestra.“
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(For Isaiah had told Hezekiah's servants, “Make an ointment of figs and spread it over the boil, and he will get well again.“
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And then Hezekiah had asked, “What sign will the Lord give me to prove that he will heal me?“)
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