In thosedays was Hezekiahsickuntodeath. And the prophetIsaiah the son of Amozcame to him, and saidunto him, Thussaith the LORD, Set thinehouse in order; for thoushalt die, and not live.
I beseechthee, O LORD, remember now how I havewalkedbeforethee in truth and with a perfectheart, and havedonethatwhich is good in thy sight. And Hezekiahweptsore.
Turnagain, and tellHezekiah the captain of my people, Thussaith the LORD, the God of David thy father, I haveheard thy prayer, I haveseen thy tears: behold, I willhealthee: on the third day thoushalt go up unto the house of the LORD.
And I will add unto thy daysfifteenyears; and I willdeliverthee and thiscity out of the hand of the king of Assyria; and I willdefendthiscity for mine own sake, and for my servantDavid’ssake.
And Isaiahsaid, Thissignshaltthouhave of the LORD, that the LORDwill do the thingthat he hathspoken: shall the shadow go forward ten degrees, or go back ten degrees?
And Hezekiahhearkeneduntothem, and shewedthem all the house of his preciousthings, the silver, and the gold, and the spices, and the preciousointment, and all the house of his armour, and all that was found in his treasures: there was nothing in his house, nor in all his dominion, thatHezekiahshewedthem not.
ThencameIsaiah the prophetuntokingHezekiah, and saidunto him, Whatsaidthese men? and fromwhencecametheyuntothee? And Hezekiahsaid, They are comefrom a far country, evenfromBabylon.
And he said, Whathavetheyseen in thinehouse? And Hezekiahanswered, All the thingsthat are in minehousehavetheyseen: there is nothingamong my treasuresthat I have not shewedthem.
Behold, the dayscome, that all that is in thinehouse, and thatwhich thy fathershavelaid up in storeuntothis day, shall be carriedintoBabylon: nothingshall be left, saith the LORD.
And the rest of the acts of Hezekiah, and all his might, and how he made a pool, and a conduit, and broughtwaterinto the city, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?