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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1" /><title>Isaiah 38 NLT</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/isaiah/38.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/isaiah/38-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">NLT</a> > Isaiah 38</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../isaiah/37.htm" title="Isaiah 37">◄</a> Isaiah 38 <a href="../isaiah/39.htm" title="Isaiah 39">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">New Living Translation</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/nlt/esv/isaiah/38.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> Par ▾ </a></td></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><p class="hdg">Hezekiah’s Sickness and Recovery</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/38-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>About that time Hezekiah became deathly ill, and the prophet Isaiah son of Amoz went to visit him. He gave the king this message: “This is what the LORD says: ‘Set your affairs in order, for you are going to die. You will not recover from this illness.’”</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/38-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>When Hezekiah heard this, he turned his face to the wall and prayed to the LORD, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/38-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>“Remember, O LORD, how I have always been faithful to you and have served you single-mindedly, always doing what pleases you.” Then he broke down and wept bitterly.</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/38-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>Then this message came to Isaiah from the LORD: <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/38-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>“Go back to Hezekiah and tell him, ‘This is what the LORD, the God of your ancestor David, says: I have heard your prayer and seen your tears. I will add fifteen years to your life, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/38-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>and I will rescue you and this city from the king of Assyria. Yes, I will defend this city.</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/38-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>“‘And this is the sign from the LORD to prove that he will do as he promised: <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/38-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>I will cause the sun’s shadow to move ten steps backward on the sundial<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">a</span></a> of Ahaz!’” So the shadow on the sundial moved backward ten steps.</p><p class="hdg">Hezekiah’s Poem of Praise</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/38-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>When King Hezekiah was well again, he wrote this poem:</p><p class="b"/><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/38-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>I said, “In the prime of my life,</p><p class="line2">must I now enter the place of the dead?<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">b</span></a></p><p class="line2">Am I to be robbed of the rest of my years?”</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/38-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>I said, “Never again will I see the LORD <span class="sc">God</span></p><p class="line2">while still in the land of the living.</p><p class="line1">Never again will I see my friends</p><p class="line2">or be with those who live in this world.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/38-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>My life has been blown away</p><p class="line2">like a shepherd’s tent in a storm.</p><p class="line1">It has been cut short,</p><p class="line2">as when a weaver cuts cloth from a loom.</p><p class="line2">Suddenly, my life was over.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/38-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>I waited patiently all night,</p><p class="line2">but I was torn apart as though by lions.</p><p class="line2">Suddenly, my life was over.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/38-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>Delirious, I chattered like a swallow or a crane,</p><p class="line2">and then I moaned like a mourning dove.</p><p class="line1">My eyes grew tired of looking to heaven for help.</p><p class="line2">I am in trouble, Lord. Help me!”</p><p class="b"/><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/38-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>But what could I say?</p><p class="line2">For he himself sent this sickness.</p><p class="line1">Now I will walk humbly throughout my years</p><p class="line2">because of this anguish I have felt.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/38-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>Lord, your discipline is good,</p><p class="line2">for it leads to life and health.</p><p class="line1">You restore my health</p><p class="line2">and allow me to live!</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/38-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>Yes, this anguish was good for me,</p><p class="line2">for you have rescued me from death</p><p class="line2">and forgiven all my sins.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/38-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>For the dead<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">c</span></a> cannot praise you;</p><p class="line2">they cannot raise their voices in praise.</p><p class="line1">Those who go down to the grave</p><p class="line2">can no longer hope in your faithfulness.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/38-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>Only the living can praise you as I do today.</p><p class="line2">Each generation tells of your faithfulness to the next.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/38-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>Think of it—the LORD is ready to heal me!</p><p class="line2">I will sing his praises with instruments</p><p class="line1">every day of my life</p><p class="line2">in the Temple of the LORD.</p><p class="b"/><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/38-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>Isaiah had said to Hezekiah’s servants, “Make an ointment from figs and spread it over the boil, and Hezekiah will recover.”</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/38-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>And Hezekiah had asked, “What sign will prove that I will go to the Temple of the LORD?”</p><A name="footnotes"></a><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="fn">a</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">38:8 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="it">the steps.</span><br><span class="fn">b</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">38:10 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="it">enter the gates of Sheol?</span><br><span class="fn">c</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">38:18 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="it">Sheol.</span><br></span></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center"><em>Holy Bible</em>, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. 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