Thematic Bible
Isaiah 38:1 (show verse)
In those days Hezekiah was stricken with a terminal illness. The prophet Isaiah son of Amoz visited him and told him, "This is what the Lord says, 'Give instructions to your household, for you are about to die; you will not get well.'"
Isaiah 38:2 (show verse)
Hezekiah turned his face to the wall and prayed to the Lord,
Isaiah 38:3 (show verse)
"Please, Lord. Remember how I have served you faithfully and with wholehearted devotion, and how I have carried out your will." Then Hezekiah wept bitterly.
Isaiah 38:4 (show verse)
The Lord told Isaiah,
Isaiah 38:5 (show verse)
"Go and tell Hezekiah: 'This is what the Lord God of your ancestor David says: "I have heard your prayer; I have seen your tears. Look, I will add fifteen years to your life,
Isaiah 38:6 (show verse)
and rescue you and this city from the king of Assyria. I will shield this city."'"
Isaiah 38:7 (show verse)
Isaiah replied, "This is your sign from the Lord confirming that the Lord will do what he has said:
Isaiah 38:8 (show verse)
Look, I will make the shadow go back ten steps on the stairs of Ahaz." And then the shadow went back ten steps.
Isaiah 38:9 (show verse)
This is the prayer of King Hezekiah of Judah when he was sick and then recovered from his illness:
Isaiah 38:10 (show verse)
"I thought, 'In the middle of my life I must walk through the gates of Sheol, I am deprived of the rest of my years.'
Isaiah 38:11 (show verse)
"I thought, 'I will no longer see the Lord in the land of the living, I will no longer look on humankind with the inhabitants of the world.
Isaiah 38:12 (show verse)
My dwelling place is removed and taken away from me like a shepherd's tent. I rolled up my life like a weaver rolls cloth; from the loom he cuts me off. You turn day into night and end my life.
Isaiah 38:13 (show verse)
I cry out until morning; like a lion he shatters all my bones; you turn day into night and end my life.
Isaiah 38:14 (show verse)
Like a swallow or a thrush I chirp, I coo like a dove; my eyes grow tired from looking up to the sky. O sovereign master, I am oppressed; help me!
Isaiah 38:15 (show verse)
What can I say? He has decreed and acted. I will walk slowly all my years because I am overcome with grief.
Isaiah 38:16 (show verse)
O sovereign master, your decrees can give men life; may years of life be restored to me. Restore my health and preserve my life.'
Isaiah 38:17 (show verse)
"Look, the grief I experienced was for my benefit. You delivered me from the pit of oblivion. For you removed all my sins from your sight.
Isaiah 38:18 (show verse)
Indeed Sheol does not give you thanks; death does not praise you. Those who descend into the pit do not anticipate your faithfulness.
Isaiah 38:19 (show verse)
The living person, the living person, he gives you thanks, as I do today. A father tells his sons about your faithfulness.
Isaiah 38:20 (show verse)
The Lord is about to deliver me, and we will celebrate with music for the rest of our lives in the Lord's temple."
Isaiah 38:21 (show verse)
Isaiah ordered, "Let them take a fig cake and apply it to the ulcerated sore and he will get well."
Isaiah 38:22 (show verse)
Hezekiah said, "What is the confirming sign that I will go up to the Lord's temple?"