Isaiah 38:5

38:5 “Go and tell Hezekiah: ‘This is what the Lord God of your ancestor ¹  David says: “I have heard your prayer; I have seen your tears. Look, I will add fifteen years to your life,

Daniel 9:23

9:23 At the beginning of your requests a message went out, and I have come to convey it to you, for you are of great value in God’s sight. ²  Therefore consider the message and understand the vision: ³ 

Daniel 10:12

10:12 Then he said to me, “Don’t be afraid, Daniel, for from the very first day you applied your mind ⁴  to understand and to humble yourself before your God, your words were heard. I have come in response to your words.

Luke 1:13

1:13 But the angel said to him, “Do not be afraid, Zechariah, for your prayer has been heard, ⁵  and your wife Elizabeth will bear you a son; you ⁶  will name him John. ⁷ 

¹ tn Heb “father” (so KJV, NAB, NIV).

² tn Or “a precious treasure”; KJV “greatly beloved”; NASB, NIV “highly esteemed.”

³ tn This sentence is perhaps a compound hendiadys (“give serious consideration to the revelatory vision”).

⁴ tn Heb “gave your heart.”

⁵ tn The passive means that the prayer was heard by God.

⁶ tn Grk “a son, and you”; καί (kai) has not been translated. Instead a semicolon is used in the translation for stylistic reasons.

⁷ tn Grk “you will call his name John.” The future tense here functions like a command (see ExSyn 569-70). This same construction occurs in v. 31.