{By thy...: Heb. By the hand of thy servants} {the tall...: Heb. the tallness of the cedars thereof and the choice of the fir trees thereof} {the forest...: or, the forest and his fruitful field}

37:25

I have digged
<06979> (8804)_,

and drunk
<08354> (8804)

water
<04325>_;

and with the sole
<03709>

of my feet
<06471>

have I dried up
<02717> (8686)

all the rivers
<02975>

of the besieged places
<04693>_.

{besieged: or, fenced and closed}

37:26

Hast thou not heard
<08085> (8804)

long ago
<07350>_,

[how] I have done
<06213> (8804)

it; [and] of ancient
<06924>

times
<03117>_,

that I have formed
<03335> (8804)

it? now have I brought
<0935> (8689)

it to pass, that thou shouldest be to lay waste
<07582> (8687)

defenced
<01219> (8803)

cities
<05892>

[into] ruinous
<05327> (8737)

heaps
<01530>_.

{Hast...: or, Hast thou not heard how I have made it long ago, and formed it of ancient times? should I now bring it to be laid waste, and defenced cities to be ruinous heaps?}

37:27

Therefore their inhabitants
<03427> (8802)

[were] of small
<07116>

power
<03027>_,

they were dismayed
<02865> (8804)

and confounded
<0954> (8804)_:

they were [as] the grass
<06212>

of the field
<07704>_,

and [as] the green
<03419>

herb
<01877>_,

[as] the grass
<02682>

on the housetops
<01406>_,

and [as corn] blasted
<07709>

before
<06440>

it be grown up
<07054>_.

{of small...: Heb. short of hand}

37:28

But I know
<03045> (8804)

thy abode
<03427> (8800)_,

and thy going out
<03318> (8800)_,

and thy coming in
<0935> (8800)_,

and thy rage
<07264> (8692)

against me. {abode: or, sitting}

37:29

Because thy rage
<07264> (8692)

against me, and thy tumult
<07600>_,

is come up
<05927> (8804)

into mine ears
<0241>_,

therefore will I put
<07760> (8804)

my hook
<02397>

in thy nose
<0639>_,

and my bridle
<04964>

in thy lips
<08193>_,

and I will turn thee back
<07725> (8689)

by the way
<01870>

by which thou camest
<0935> (8804)_.

37:30

And this [shall be] a sign
<0226>

unto thee, Ye shall eat
<0398> (8800)

[this] year
<08141>

such as groweth
<05599>

of itself; and the second
<08145>

year
<08141>

that which springeth
<07823>

of the same: and in the third
<07992>

year
<08141>

sow
<02232> (8798)

ye, and reap
<07114> (8798)_,

and plant
<05193> (8798)

vineyards
<03754>_,

and eat
<0398> (8798)

the fruit
<06529>

thereof.

37:31

And the remnant
<07604> (8737)

that is escaped
<06413>

of the house
<01004>

of Judah
<03063>

shall again
<03254> (8804)

take root
<08328>

downward
<04295>_,

and bear
<06213> (8804)

fruit
<06529>

upward
<04605>_:

{the remnant...: Heb. the escaping of the house of Judah that remaineth}

37:32

For out of Jerusalem
<03389>

shall go forth
<03318> (8799)

a remnant
<07611>_,

and they that escape
<06413>

out of mount
<02022>

Zion
<06726>_:

the zeal
<07068>

of the LORD
<03068>

of hosts
<06635>

shall do
<06213> (8799)

this. {they...: Heb. the escaping}

37:33

Therefore thus saith
<0559> (8804)

the LORD
<03068>

concerning the king
<04428>

of Assyria
<0804>_,

He shall not come
<0935> (8799)

into this city
<05892>_,

nor shoot
<03384> (8686)

an arrow
<02671>

there, nor come before
<06923> (8762)

it with shields
<04043>_,

nor cast
<08210> (8799)

a bank
<05550>

against it.

37:34

By the way
<01870>

that he came
<0935> (8804)_,

by the same shall he return
<07725> (8799)_,

and shall not come
<0935> (8799)

into this city
<05892>_,

saith
<05002> (8803)

the LORD
<03068>_.

37:35

For I will defend
<01598> (8804)

this city
<05892>

to save
<03467> (8687)

it for mine own sake, and for my servant
<05650>

David's
<01732>

sake.

37:36

Then the angel
<04397>

of the LORD
<03068>

went forth
<03318> (8799)_,

and smote
<05221> (8686)

in the camp
<04264>

of the Assyrians
<0804>

a hundred
<03967>

and fourscore
<08084>

and five
<02568>

thousand
<0505>_:

and when they arose early
<07925> (8686)

in the morning
<01242>_,

behold, they [were] all dead
<04191> (8801)

corpses
<06297>_.

37:37

So Sennacherib
<05576>

king
<04428>

of Assyria
<0804>

departed
<05265> (8799)_,

and went
<03212> (8799)

and returned
<07725> (8799)_,

and dwelt
<03427> (8799)

at Nineveh
<05210>_.

37:38

And it came to pass, as he was worshipping
<07812> (8693)

in the house
<01004>

of Nisroch
<05268>

his god
<0430>_,

that Adrammelech
<0152>

and Sharezer
<08272>

his sons
<01121>

smote
<05221> (8689)

him with the sword
<02719>_;

and they escaped
<04422> (8738)

into the land
<0776>

of Armenia
<0780>_:

and Esarhaddon
<0634>

his son
<01121>

reigned
<04427> (8799)

in his stead. {Armenia: Heb. Ararat}

38:1

In those days
<03117>

was Hezekiah
<02396>

sick
<02470> (8804)

unto death
<04191> (8800)_.

And Isaiah
<03470>

the prophet
<05030>

the son
<01121>

of Amoz
<0531>

came
<0935> (8799)

unto him, and said
<0559> (8799)

unto him, Thus saith
<0559> (8804)

the LORD
<03068>_,

Set thine house
<01004>

in order
<06680> (8761)_:

for thou shalt die
<04191> (8801)_,

and not live
<02421> (8799)_.

{Set...: Heb. Give charge concerning thy house}

38:2

Then Hezekiah
<02396>

turned
<05437> (8686)

his face
<06440>

toward the wall
<07023>_,

and prayed
<06419> (8691)

unto the LORD
<03068>_,

38:3

And said
<0559> (8799)_,

Remember
<02142> (8798)

now, O LORD
<03068>_,

I beseech
<0577>

thee, how I have walked
<01980> (8694)

before
<06440>

thee in truth
<0571>

and with a perfect
<08003>

heart
<03820>_,

and have done
<06213> (8804)

[that which is] good
<02896>

in thy sight
<05869>_.

And Hezekiah
<02396>

wept
<01058> (8799) <01065>

sore
<01419>_.

{sore: Heb. with great weeping}

38:4

Then came the word
<01697>

of the LORD
<03068>

to Isaiah
<03470>_,

saying
<0559> (8800)_,

38:5

Go
<01980> (8800)_,

and say
<0559> (8804)

to Hezekiah
<02396>_,

Thus saith
<0559> (8804)

the LORD
<03068>_,

the God
<0430>

of David
<01732>

thy father
<01>_,

I have heard
<08085> (8804)

thy prayer
<08605>_,

I have seen
<07200> (8804)

thy tears
<01832>_:

behold, I will add
<03254> (8802)

unto thy days
<03117>

fifteen
<02568> <06240>

years
<08141>_.

38:6

And I will deliver
<05337> (8686)

thee and this city
<05892>

out of the hand
<03709>

of the king
<04428>

of Assyria
<0804>_:

and I will defend
<01598> (8804)

this city
<05892>_.

38:7

And this [shall be] a sign
<0226>

unto thee from the LORD
<03068>_,

that the LORD
<03068>

will do
<06213> (8799)

this thing
<01697>

that he hath spoken
<01696> (8765)_;

38:8

Behold, I will bring again
<07725> (8688)

the shadow
<06738>

of the degrees
<04609>_,

which is gone down
<03381> (8804)

in the sun
<08121>

dial
<04609>

of Ahaz
<0271>_,

ten
<06235>

degrees
<04609>

backward
<0322>_.

So the sun
<08121>

returned
<07725> (8799)

ten
<06235>

degrees
<04609>_,

by which degrees
<04609>

it was gone down
<03381> (8804)_.

{sun dial: Heb. degrees by, or, with the sun}

38:9

The writing
<04385>

of Hezekiah
<02396>

king
<04428>

of Judah
<03063>_,

when he had been sick
<02470> (8800)_,

and was recovered
<02421> (8799)

of his sickness
<02483>_:

38:10

I said
<0559> (8804)

in the cutting off
<01824>

of my days
<03117>_,

I shall go
<03212> (8799)

to the gates
<08179>

of the grave
<07585>_:

I am deprived
<06485> (8795)

of the residue
<03499>

of my years
<08141>_.

38:11

I said
<0559> (8804)_,

I shall not see
<07200> (8799)

the LORD
<03050>_,

[even] the LORD
<03050>_,

in the land
<0776>

of the living
<02416>_:

I shall behold
<05027> (8686)

man
<0120>

no more with the inhabitants
<03427> (8802)

of the world
<02309>_.

38:12

Mine age
<01755>

is departed
<05265> (8738)_,

and is removed
<01540> (8738)

from me as a shepherd's
<07473>

tent
<0168>_:

I have cut off
<07088> (8765)

like a weaver
<0707> (8802)

my life
<02416>_:

he will cut me off
<01214> (8762)

with pining sickness
<01803>_:

from day
<03117>

[even] to night
<03915>

wilt thou make an end
<07999> (8686)

of me. {with...: or, from the thrum}

38:13

I reckoned
<07737> (8765)

till morning
<01242>_,

[that], as a lion
<0738>_,

so will he break
<07665> (8762)

all my bones
<06106>_:

from day
<03117>

[even] to night
<03915>

wilt thou make an end
<07999> (8686)

of me.

38:14

Like a crane
<05483>

[or] a swallow
<05693>_,

so did I chatter
<06850> (8770)_:

I did mourn
<01897> (8799)

as a dove
<03123>_:

mine eyes
<05869>

fail
<01809> (8804)

[with looking] upward
<04791>_:

O LORD
<03068>_,

I am oppressed
<06234>_;

undertake
<06148> (8798)

for me. {undertake...: or, ease me}

38:15

What shall I say
<01696> (8762)_?

he hath both spoken
<0559> (8804)

unto me, and himself hath done
<06213> (8804)

[it]: I shall go softly
<01718> (8691)

all my years
<08141>

in the bitterness
<04751>

of my soul
<05315>_.

38:16

O Lord
<0136>_,

by these [things men] live
<02421> (8799)_,

and in all these [things is] the life
<02416>

of my spirit
<07307>_:

so wilt thou recover
<02492> (8686)

me, and make me to live
<02421> (8685)_.

38:17

Behold, for peace
<07965>

I had great bitterness
<04751> <04843> (8804)_:

but thou hast in love
<02836> (8804)

to my soul
<05315>

[delivered it] from the pit
<07845>

of corruption
<01097>_:

for thou hast cast
<07993> (8689)

all my sins
<02399>

behind
<0310>

thy back
<01460>_.

{for peace...: or, on my peace came great bitterness} {thou hast in...: Heb. thou hast loved my soul from the pit}

38:18

For the grave
<07585>

cannot praise
<03034> (8686)

thee, death
<04194>

can [not] celebrate
<01984> (8762)

thee: they that go down
<03381> (8802)

into the pit
<0953>

cannot hope
<07663> (8762)

for thy truth
<0571>_.

38:19

The living
<02416>_,

the living
<02416>_,

he shall praise
<03034> (8686)

thee, as I [do] this day
<03117>_:

the father
<01>

to the children
<01121>

shall make known
<03045> (8686)

thy truth
<0571>_.

38:20

The LORD
<03068>

[was ready] to save
<03467> (8687)

me: therefore we will sing my songs
<05058>

to the stringed instruments
<05059> (8762)

all the days
<03117>

of our life
<02416>

in the house
<01004>

of the LORD
<03068>_.

38:21

For Isaiah
<03470>

had said
<0559> (8799)_,

Let them take
<05375> (8799)

a lump
<01690>

of figs
<08384>_,

and lay [it] for a plaister
<04799> (8799)

upon the boil
<07822>_,

and he shall recover
<02421> (8799)_.

38:22

Hezekiah
<02396>

also had said
<0559> (8799)_,

What [is] the sign
<0226>

that I shall go up
<05927> (8799)

to the house
<01004>

of the LORD
<03068>_?

39:1

At that time
<06256>

Merodachbaladan
<04757>_,

the son
<01121>

of Baladan
<01081>_,

king
<04428>

of Babylon
<0894>_,

sent
<07971> (8804)

letters
<05612>

and a present
<04503>

to Hezekiah
<02396>_:

for he had heard
<08085> (8799)

that he had been sick
<02470> (8804)_,

and was recovered
<02388> (8799)_.

39:2

And Hezekiah
<02396>

was glad
<08055> (8799)

of them, and shewed
<07200> (8686)

them the house
<01004>

of his precious things
<05238>_,

the silver
<03701>_,

and the gold
<02091>_,

and the spices
<01314>_,

and the precious
<02896>

ointment
<08081>_,

and all the house
<01004>

of his armour
<03627>_,

and all that was found
<04672> (8738)

in his treasures
<0214>_:

there was nothing
<01697>

in his house
<01004>_,

nor in all his dominion
<04475>_,

that Hezekiah
<02396>

shewed
<07200> (8689)

them not. {precious things: or, spicery} {armour: or, jewels: Heb. vessels, or, instruments}

39:3

Then came
<0935> (8799)

Isaiah
<03470>

the prophet
<05030>

unto king
<04428>

Hezekiah
<02396>_,

and said
<0559> (8799)

unto him, What said
<0559> (8804)

these men
<0582>_?

and from whence
<0370>

came
<0935> (8799)

they unto thee? And Hezekiah
<02396>

said
<0559> (8799)_,

They are come
<0935> (8804)

from a far
<07350>

country
<0776>

unto me, [even] from Babylon
<0894>_.

39:4

Then said
<0559> (8799)

he, What have they seen
<07200> (8804)

in thine house
<01004>_?

And Hezekiah
<02396>

answered
<0559> (8799)_,

All that [is] in mine house
<01004>

have they seen
<07200> (8804)_:

there is nothing
<01697>

among my treasures
<0214>

that I have not shewed
<07200> (8689)

them.

39:5

Then said
<0559> (8799)

Isaiah
<03470>

to Hezekiah
<02396>_,

Hear
<08085> (8798)

the word
<01697>

of the LORD
<03068>

of hosts
<06635>_:

39:6

Behold, the days
<03117>

come
<0935> (8802)_,

that all that [is] in thine house
<01004>_,

and [that] which thy fathers
<01>

have laid up in store
<0686> (8804)

until this day
<03117>_,

shall be carried
<05375> (8738)

to Babylon
<0894>_:

nothing
<01697>

shall be left
<03498> (8735)_,

saith
<0559> (8804)

the LORD
<03068>_.

39:7

And of thy sons
<01121>

that shall issue
<03318> (8799)

from thee, which thou shalt beget
<03205> (8686)_,

shall they take away
<03947> (8799)_;

and they shall be eunuchs
<05631>

in the palace
<01964>

of the king
<04428>

of Babylon
<0894>_.

39:8

Then said
<0559> (8799)

Hezekiah
<02396>

to Isaiah
<03470>_,

Good
<02896>

[is] the word
<01697>

of the LORD
<03068>

which thou hast spoken
<01696> (8765)_.

He said
<0559> (8799)

moreover, For there shall be peace
<07965>

and truth
<0571>

in my days
<03117>_.