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Hezekiah becomes mortally ill, prays, receives fifteen additional years and a confirming sign, then composes a reflective song about death, restored life, praise, and the LORD’s deliverance.
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Isaiah 38
Hezekiah becomes mortally ill, prays, receives fifteen additional years and a confirming sign, then composes a reflective song about death, restored life, praise, and the LORD’s deliverance.
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1In those days was Hezekiah sick unto death. And Isaiah…2Then Hezekiah turned his face toward the wall, and prayed…3And said, Remember now, O LORD, I beseech thee, how…4Then came the word of the LORD to Isaiah, saying,5Go, and say to Hezekiah, Thus saith the LORD, the…6And I will deliver thee and this city out of…7And this shall be a sign unto thee from the…8Behold, I will bring again the shadow of the degrees,…9The writing of Hezekiah king of Judah, when he had…10I said in the cutting off of my days, I…11I said, I shall not see the LORD, even the…12Mine age is departed, and is removed from me as…13I reckoned till morning, that, as a lion, so will…14Like a crane or a swallow, so did I chatter:…15What shall I say? he hath both spoken unto me,…16O Lord, by these things men live, and in all…17Behold, for peace I had great bitterness: but thou hast…18For the grave cannot praise thee, death can not celebrate…19The living, the living, he shall praise thee, as I…20The LORD was ready to save me: therefore we will…21For Isaiah had said, Let them take a lump of…22Hezekiah also had said, What is the sign that I…