Isaiah 39:5-8

39:5 Isaiah said to Hezekiah, “Listen to the word of the Lord who commands armies: 39:6 ‘Look, a time is coming when everything in your palace and the things your ancestors ¹  have accumulated to this day will be carried away to Babylon; nothing will be left,’ says the Lord. 39:7 ‘Some of your very own descendants whom you father ²  will be taken away and will be made eunuchs in the palace of the king of Babylon.’” 39:8 Hezekiah said to Isaiah, “The Lord’s word which you have announced is appropriate.” ³  Then he thought, ⁴  “For ⁵  there will be peace and stability during my lifetime.”

¹ tn Heb “fathers” (so KJV, NAB, NASB, NIV).

² tn Heb “Some of your sons, who go out from you, whom you father.”

³ tn Heb “good” (so KJV, NASB, NIV, NRSV, NLT); NAB “favorable.”

⁴ tn Heb “and he said.” The verb אָמַר (’amar, “say”) is sometimes used of what one thinks (that is, says to oneself).

⁵ tn Or “surely”; cf. CEV “At least.”