Isaia 38

1In those days Hezekiah was sick to the point of dying. So Isaiah son of Amoz, the prophet, came to him, and said to him, “Yahweh says, 'Set your house in order; for you will die, not live.'” 2Then Hezekiah turned his face to the wall and prayed to Yahweh. 3He said, “Please, Yahweh, call to mind how I have faithfully walked before you with my whole heart, and how I have done what was good in your sight.” Then Hezekiah wept loudly. 4Then the word of Yahweh came to Isaiah, saying, 5“Go and say to Hezekiah, the leader of my people, 'This is what Yahweh, the God of David your ancestor, says: I have heard your prayer, and I have seen your tears. See, I am about to add fifteen years to your life. 6Then I will rescue you and this city from the hand of the king of Assyria, and I will defend this city. 7This will be the sign to you from Yahweh, that I will do what I have promised. 8Look, I will cause the shadow on the stairs of Ahaz to go back ten steps.'” So the shadow went back ten steps of the stairs on which it had advanced. 9This was the written prayer of Hezekiah king of Judah, when he had been sick and then recovered: 10“I said that halfway through my life 11I said that I will no longer see Yahweh, Yahweh in the land of the living; the inhabitants of the world : Most modern versions have this meaning. Ancient Hebrew copies have the inhabitants of the place of non-existence (that is, brief existence). 12My life is removed and carried away from me like a shepherd's tent; 13I cried out until the morning; The Hebrew could be read: I cried out or I calmed myself . 14Like a swallow I chirp; I coo like a dove; 15What shall I say? He has both spoken to me, and has done it; 16Lord, the sufferings you send are good for me; may my life be given back to me; 17It was for my benefit that I experienced such grief. 18For Sheol does not thank you; death does not praise you; 19The living person, the living person, he is the one who gives you thanks, as I do this day; 20Yahweh is about to save me, and we will celebrate with music 21Now Isaiah had said, “Let them take a lump of figs and put it on the boil, and he will recover.”