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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 NIV</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> <script async src="https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=G-LR4HSKRP2H"></script> <script> window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; function gtag(){dataLayer.push(arguments);} gtag('js', new Date()); gtag('config', 'G-LR4HSKRP2H'); </script><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="../">NIV</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 International Version</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/niv/esv/isaiah/38.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><p class="sectionhead">Hezekiah’s Illness</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/38-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>In those days Hezekiah became ill and was at the point of death. The prophet Isaiah son of Amoz went to him and said, “This is what the <span class="name">Lord</span> says: Put your house in order, because you are going to die; you will not recover.”</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/38-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>Hezekiah turned his face to the wall and prayed to the <span class="name">Lord</span>, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/38-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>“Remember, <span class="name">Lord</span>, how I have walked before you faithfully and with wholehearted devotion and have done what is good in your eyes.” And Hezekiah wept bitterly.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/38-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>Then the word of the <span class="name">Lord</span> came to Isaiah: <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/38-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>“Go and tell Hezekiah, ‘This is what the <span class="name">Lord</span>, the God of your father 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 deliver you and this city from the hand of the king of Assyria. 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>“ ‘This is the <span class="name">Lord</span>’s sign to you that the <span class="name">Lord</span> will do what he has promised: <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/38-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>I will make the shadow cast by the sun go back the ten steps it has gone down on the stairway of Ahaz.’ ” So the sunlight went back the ten steps it had gone down.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/38-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>A writing of Hezekiah king of Judah after his illness and recovery:</p> <div class="stanza"><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 go through the gates of death</p><p class="line2">and 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, “I will not again see the <span class="name">Lord</span> himself</p><p class="line2">in the land of the living;</p><p class="line1">no longer will I look on my fellow man,</p><p class="line2">or be with those who now dwell in this world.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/38-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>Like a shepherd’s tent my house</p><p class="line2">has been pulled down and taken from me.</p><p class="line1">Like a weaver I have rolled up my life,</p><p class="line2">and he has cut me off from the loom;</p><p class="line2">day and night you made an end of me.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/38-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>I waited patiently till dawn,</p><p class="line2">but like a lion he broke all my bones;</p><p class="line2">day and night you made an end of me.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/38-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>I cried like a swift or thrush,</p><p class="line2">I moaned like a mourning dove.</p><p class="line1">My eyes grew weak as I looked to the heavens.</p><p class="line2">I am being threatened; Lord, come to my aid!”</p></div> <div class="stanza"><p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/38-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>But what can I say?</p><p class="line2">He has spoken to me, and he himself has done this.</p><p class="line1">I will walk humbly all my years</p><p class="line2">because of this anguish of my soul.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/38-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>Lord, by such things people live;</p><p class="line2">and my spirit finds life in them too.</p><p class="line1">You restored me to health</p><p class="line2">and let me live.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/38-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>Surely it was for my benefit</p><p class="line2">that I suffered such anguish.</p><p class="line1">In your love you kept me</p><p class="line2">from the pit of destruction;</p><p class="line1">you have put all my sins</p><p class="line2">behind your back.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/38-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>For the grave cannot praise you,</p><p class="line2">death cannot sing your praise;</p><p class="line1">those who go down to the pit</p><p class="line2">cannot hope for your faithfulness.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/38-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>The living, the living—they praise you,</p><p class="line2">as I am doing today;</p><p class="line1">parents tell their children</p><p class="line2">about your faithfulness.</p></div> <div class="stanza"><p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/38-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>The <span class="name">Lord</span> will save me,</p><p class="line2">and we will sing with stringed instruments</p><p class="line1">all the days of our lives</p><p class="line2">in the temple of the <span class="name">Lord</span>.</p></div> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/38-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>Isaiah had said, “Prepare a poultice of figs and apply it to the boil, and he will recover.”</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/38-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>Hezekiah had asked, “What will be the sign that I will go up to the temple of the <span class="name">Lord</span>?”</p><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center"><p class="ntext"><a href="http://niv.scripturetext.com/version.htm">New International Version</a> (NIV)</p><p class="ntext2">Holy Bible, New International Version&reg, NIV® Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by <a href="http://biblica.com">Biblica, Inc.</a>® Used by permission. 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