<vn='1'>In <sn="1992">those</s><sn="3117">days</s> was Hezekiah <sn="2470 2396">sick</s> unto <sn="4191">death</s>. And <sn="3470">Isaiah</s> the <sn="5030">prophet</s> the <sn="1121">son</s> of <sn="531">Amoz</s><sn="935">came</s><sn="413">unto</s> him, and <sn="559">said</s><sn="413">unto</s> him, <sn="3541">Thus</s><sn="559">saith</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, Set thine house in <sn="6680 1004">order</s>: <sn="3588">for</s><sn="859">thou</s> shalt <sn="4191">die</s>, and <sn="3808">not</s><sn="2421">live</s>. </v>
<vn='2'>Then <sn="2396">Hezekiah</s><sn="5437">turned</s> his <sn="6440">face</s><sn="413">toward</s> the <sn="7023">wall</s>, and <sn="6419">prayed</s><sn="413">unto</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, </v>
<vn='3'>And <sn="559">said</s>, <sn="2142">Remember</s><sn="4994">now</s>, O <sn="3068">LORD</s>, I beseech <sn="577">thee</s>, <sn="*853"></s><sn="834">how</s> I have <sn="1980">walked</s><sn="6440">before</s> thee in <sn="571">truth</s> and with a <sn="8003">perfect</s><sn="3820">heart</s>, and have <sn="6213">done</s> that which is <sn="2896">good</s> in thy <sn="5869">sight</s>. And <sn="2396">Hezekiah</s><sn="1058">wept</s><sn="1419 1065">sore</s>. </v>
<vn='4'>Then <sn="1961">came</s> the <sn="1697">word</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="413">to</s><sn="3470">Isaiah</s>, <sn="559">saying</s>, </v>
<vn='5'><sn="1980">Go</s>, and <sn="559">say</s><sn="413">to</s><sn="2396">Hezekiah</s>, <sn="3541">Thus</s><sn="559">saith</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, the <sn="430">God</s> of <sn="1732">David</s> thy <sn="1">father</s>, I have <sn="8085">heard</s><sn="*853"></s> thy <sn="8605">prayer</s>, I have <sn="7200">seen</s><sn="*853"></s> thy <sn="1832">tears</s>: <sn="2009">behold</s>, I will <sn="3254">add</s><sn="5921">unto</s> thy <sn="3117">days</s><sn="2568 6240">fifteen</s><sn="8141">years</s>. </v>
<vn='6'>And I will <sn="5337">deliver</s> thee and <sn="2063">this</s><sn="5892">city</s> out of the <sn="4480 3709">hand</s> of the <sn="4428">king</s> of <sn="804">Assyria</s>: and I will <sn="1598 5921">defend</s><sn="2063">this</s><sn="5892">city</s>. </v>
<vn='7'>And <sn="2088">this</s> shall be a <sn="226">sign</s> unto thee <sn="4480 854">from</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, <sn="834">that</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s> will <sn="6213">do</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="2088">this</s><sn="1697">thing</s><sn="834">that</s> he hath <sn="1696">spoken</s>; </v>
<vn='8'><sn="2009">Behold</s>, I will bring <sn="7725">again</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="6738">shadow</s> of the <sn="4609">degrees</s>, <sn="834">which</s> is gone <sn="3381">down</s> in the <sn="8121">sun</s><sn="4609">dial</s> of <sn="271">Ahaz</s>, <sn="6235">ten</s><sn="4609">degrees</s><sn="322">backward</s>. So the <sn="8121">sun</s><sn="7725">returned</s><sn="6235">ten</s><sn="4609">degrees</s>, by <sn="834">which</s><sn="4609">degrees</s> it was gone <sn="3381">down</s>. </v>
<vn='9'>The <sn="4385">writing</s> of <sn="2396">Hezekiah</s><sn="4428">king</s> of <sn="3063">Judah</s>, when he had been <sn="2470">sick</s>, and was <sn="2421">recovered</s> of his <sn="4480 2483">sickness</s>: </v>
<vn='10'><sn="589">I</s><sn="559">said</s> in the cutting <sn="1824">off</s> of my <sn="3117">days</s>, I shall <sn="1980">go</s> to the <sn="8179">gates</s> of the <sn="7585">grave</s>: I am <sn="6485">deprived</s> of the <sn="3499">residue</s> of my <sn="8141">years</s>. </v>
<vn='11'>I <sn="559">said</s>, I shall <sn="3808">not</s><sn="7200">see</s> the <sn="3050">LORD</s>, even the <sn="3050">LORD</s>, in the <sn="776">land</s> of the <sn="2416">living</s>: I shall <sn="5027">behold</s><sn="120">man</s><sn="3808">no</s><sn="5750">more</s><sn="5973">with</s> the <sn="3427">inhabitants</s> of the <sn="2309">world</s>. </v>
<vn='12'>Mine <sn="1755">age</s> is <sn="5265">departed</s>, and is <sn="1540">removed</s><sn="4480">from</s> me as a <sn="7473">shepherd</s> 's <sn="168">tent</s>: I have cut <sn="7088">off</s> like a <sn="707">weaver</s> my <sn="2416">life</s>: he will cut me <sn="1214">off</s> with pining <sn="4480 1803">sickness</s>: from <sn="4480 3117">day</s> even <sn="5704">to</s><sn="3915">night</s> wilt thou make an <sn="7999">end</s> of me. </v>
<vn='13'>I <sn="7737">reckoned</s><sn="5704">till</s><sn="1242">morning</s>, that, as a <sn="738">lion</s>, <sn="3651">so</s> will he <sn="7665">break</s><sn="3605">all</s> my <sn="6106">bones</s>: from <sn="4480 3117">day</s> even <sn="5704">to</s><sn="3915">night</s> wilt thou make an <sn="7999">end</s> of me. </v>
<vn='14'>Like a <sn="5483">crane</s> or a <sn="5693">swallow</s>, <sn="3651">so</s> did I <sn="6850">chatter</s>: I did <sn="1897">mourn</s> as a <sn="3123">dove</s>: mine <sn="5869">eyes</s><sn="1809">fail</s> with looking <sn="4791">upward</s>: O <sn="136">LORD</s>, I am <sn="6234">oppressed</s>; <sn="6149">undertake</s> for me. </v>
<vn='15'><sn="4100">What</s> shall I <sn="1696">say</s>? he hath both <sn="559">spoken</s> unto me, and <sn="1931">himself</s> hath <sn="6213">done</s> it: I shall go <sn="1718">softly</s><sn="3605">all</s> my <sn="8141">years</s><sn="5921">in</s> the <sn="4751">bitterness</s> of my <sn="5315">soul</s>. </v>
<vn='16'>O <sn="136">Lord</s>, <sn="5921">by</s> these things men <sn="2421">live</s>, and in <sn="3605">all</s><sn="2004">these</s> things is the <sn="2416">life</s> of my <sn="7307">spirit</s>: so wilt thou <sn="2492">recover</s> me, and make me to <sn="2421">live</s>. </v>
<vn='17'><sn="2009">Behold</s>, for <sn="7965">peace</s> I had great <sn="4751 4843">bitterness</s>: but <sn="859">thou</s> hast in <sn="2836">love</s> to my <sn="5315">soul</s> delivered it from the <sn="4480 7845">pit</s> of <sn="1097">corruption</s>: <sn="3588">for</s> thou hast <sn="7993">cast</s><sn="3605">all</s> my <sn="2399">sins</s><sn="310">behind</s> thy <sn="1460">back</s>. </v>
<vn='18'><sn="3588">For</s> the <sn="7585">grave</s><sn="3808">cannot</s><sn="3034">praise</s> thee, <sn="4194">death</s> can not <sn="1984">celebrate</s> thee: they that go <sn="3381">down</s> into the <sn="953">pit</s><sn="3808">cannot</s><sn="7663">hope</s><sn="413">for</s> thy <sn="571">truth</s>. </v>
<vn='19'>The <sn="2416">living</s>, the <sn="2416">living</s>, <sn="1931">he</s> shall <sn="3034">praise</s> thee, as I do this <sn="3117">day</s>: the <sn="1">father</s> to the <sn="1121">children</s> shall make <sn="3045 413">known</s> thy <sn="571">truth</s>. </v>
<vn='20'>The <sn="3068">LORD</s> was ready to <sn="3467">save</s> me: therefore we will sing my <sn="5059">songs</s> to the stringed <sn="5058">instruments</s><sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="3117">days</s> of our <sn="2416">life</s><sn="5921">in</s> the <sn="1004">house</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s>. </v>
<vn='21'>For <sn="3470">Isaiah</s> had <sn="559">said</s>, Let them <sn="5375">take</s> a <sn="1690">lump</s> of <sn="8384">figs</s>, and lay it for a <sn="4799">plaster</s><sn="5921">upon</s> the <sn="7822">boil</s>, and he shall <sn="2421">recover</s>. </v>
<vn='22'><sn="2396">Hezekiah</s> also had <sn="559">said</s>, <sn="4100">What</s> is the <sn="226">sign</s><sn="3588">that</s> I shall go <sn="5927">up</s> to the <sn="1004">house</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s>? </v>