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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 NET Bible</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" /><script type="application/javascript" src="https://scripts.webcontentassessor.com/scripts/8a2459b64f9cac8122fc7f2eac4409c8555fac9383016db59c4c26e3d5b8b157"></script><script src='https://qd.admetricspro.com/js/biblehub/biblehub-layout-loader-revcatch.js'></script><script id='HyDgbd_1s' src='https://prebidads.revcatch.com/ads.js' type='text/javascript' async></script><script>(function(w,d,b,s,i){var cts=d.createElement(s);cts.async=true;cts.id='catchscript'; cts.dataset.appid=i;cts.src='https://app.protectsubrev.com/catch_rp.js?cb='+Math.random(); document.head.appendChild(cts); }) (window,document,'head','script','rc-anksrH');</script></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="../">NET Bible</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">NET Bible</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/net/esv/isaiah/38.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><p class="title">The Lord Hears Hezekiah’s Prayer</p><p class="bodytext"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/38-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>In those days Hezekiah was stricken with a terminal illness. The prophet Isaiah son of Amoz visited him and told him, “This is what the <span class="smallcaps">Lord</span> says, ‘Give instructions to your household, for you are about to die; you will not get well.’” <span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/38-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>Hezekiah turned his face to the wall and prayed to the <span class="smallcaps">Lord</span>, <span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/38-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>“Please, <span class="smallcaps">Lord</span>. Remember how I have served you faithfully and with wholehearted devotion, and how I have carried out your will.” Then Hezekiah wept bitterly.</p> <p class="bodytext"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/38-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>The <span class="smallcaps">Lord</span> told Isaiah, <span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/38-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>“Go and tell Hezekiah: ‘This is what the <span class="smallcaps">Lord</span> God of your ancestor David says: “I have heard your prayer; I have seen your tears. Look, I will add fifteen years to your life, <span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/38-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>and rescue you and this city from the king of Assyria. I will shield this city.”’” <span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/38-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>Isaiah replied, “This is your sign from the <span class="smallcaps">Lord</span> confirming that the <span class="smallcaps">Lord</span> will do what he has said: <span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/38-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>Look, I will make the shadow go back ten steps on the stairs of Ahaz.” And then the shadow went back ten steps.</p> <p class="title">Hezekiah’s Song of Thanks</p><p class="bodytext"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/38-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>This is the prayer of King Hezekiah of Judah when he was sick and then recovered from his illness:</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/38-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>“I thought,</p><p class="poetry2">‘In the middle of my life I must walk through the gates of Sheol,</p><p class="poetry2">I am deprived of the rest of my years.’</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/38-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>“I thought,</p><p class="poetry2">‘I will no longer see the <span class="smallcaps">Lord</span> in the land of the living,</p><p class="poetry2">I will no longer look on humankind with the inhabitants of the world.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/38-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>My dwelling place is removed and taken away from me</p><p class="poetry2">like a shepherd’s tent.</p><p class="poetry2">I rolled up my life like a weaver rolls cloth;</p><p class="poetry2">from the loom he cuts me off.</p><p class="poetry2">You turn day into night and end my life.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/38-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>I cry out until morning;</p><p class="poetry2">like a lion he shatters all my bones;</p><p class="poetry2">you turn day into night and end my life.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/38-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>Like a swallow or a thrush I chirp,</p><p class="poetry2">I coo like a dove;</p><p class="poetry2">my eyes grow tired from looking up to the sky.</p><p class="poetry2">O sovereign master, I am oppressed;</p><p class="poetry2">help me!</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/38-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>What can I say?</p><p class="poetry2">He has decreed and acted.</p><p class="poetry2">I will walk slowly all my years because I am overcome with grief.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/38-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>O sovereign master, your decrees can give men life;</p><p class="poetry2">may years of life be restored to me.</p><p class="poetry2">Restore my health and preserve my life.’</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/38-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>“Look, the grief I experienced was for my benefit.</p><p class="poetry2">You delivered me from the pit of oblivion.</p><p class="poetry2">For you removed all my sins from your sight.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/38-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>Indeed Sheol does not give you thanks;</p><p class="poetry2">death does not praise you.</p><p class="poetry2">Those who descend into the pit do not anticipate your faithfulness.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/38-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>The living person, the living person, he gives you thanks,</p><p class="poetry2">as I do today.</p><p class="poetry2">A father tells his sons about your faithfulness.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/38-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>The <span class="smallcaps">Lord</span> is about to deliver me,</p><p class="poetry2">and we will celebrate with music</p><p class="poetry2">for the rest of our lives in the <span class="smallcaps">Lord</span>’s temple.”</p> <span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/38-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span> Isaiah ordered, “Let them take a fig cake and apply it to the ulcerated sore and he will get well.” <span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/38-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>Hezekiah said, “What is the confirming sign that I will go up to the <span class="smallcaps">Lord</span>’s temple?”</div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center"><a href="http://netbible.com/">NET Bible copyright © 1996-2006 by Biblical Studies Press, L.L.C. http://netbible.com.<br />Used by permission. 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