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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 Lamsa 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" /></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="../">Lamsa</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 width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="../menu.htm" width="100%" height="48" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table><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">Lamsa Bible</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/parallel/isaiah/38-1.htm" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Verses"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/isaiah/38-1.htm#aramaic"><b>1</b></a></span>IN those days Hezekiah became deathly sick, and Isaiah, the prophet, the son of Amoz came to him and said to him, Thus says the LORD: Set your house in order; for you shall die, and not live. <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/isaiah/38-2.htm#aramaic"><b>2</b></a></span>Then Hezekiah turned his face toward the wall and prayed to the LORD, saying, <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/isaiah/38-3.htm#aramaic"><b>3</b></a></span>Remember now, O LORD, I beseech thee, how I have walked before thee in truth and with a perfect heart, and have done that which is good in thy sight. And Hezekiah wept bitterly.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/isaiah/38-4.htm#aramaic"><b>4</b></a></span>Then the word of the LORD came to Isaiah, saying, <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/isaiah/38-5.htm#aramaic"><b>5</b></a></span>Go and say to Hezekiah, king of Judah, Thus says the LORD, the God of David your father: I have heard your prayer, I have seen your tears; behold, I will add fifteen years to your days. <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/isaiah/38-6.htm#aramaic"><b>6</b></a></span>And I will deliver you and this city out of the hand of the king of Assyria, and I will defend this city.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/isaiah/38-7.htm#aramaic"><b>7</b></a></span>And this shall be a sign to you from the LORD that the LORD will do this thing that he has spoken: <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/isaiah/38-8.htm#aramaic"><b>8</b></a></span>Behold, I will bring again the shadow of the degrees, which is gone down on the sundial of Ahaz your father, ten degrees backward. So the shadow of the sun returned the ten degrees by which it had gone down.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/isaiah/38-9.htm#aramaic"><b>9</b></a></span>The writing of Hezekiah king of Judah, when he had been sick and was recovered of his sickness:<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/isaiah/38-10.htm#aramaic"><b>10</b></a></span>I said, In the midst of my days I shall die, at the gates of Sheol I am deprived of the rest of my years.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/isaiah/38-11.htm#aramaic"><b>11</b></a></span>I said, I shall not see the LORD in the land of the living; I shall behold man no more among the inhabitants of the world.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/isaiah/38-12.htm#aramaic"><b>12</b></a></span>My age is departed and removed from me as a shepherd's tent; my life has shrunk like a shoelace and as a weaver's web which is nearly ready to be cut off; from morning even to night thou hast delivered me to my fate.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/isaiah/38-13.htm#aramaic"><b>13</b></a></span>Like a swallow twittering, so did I chatter; I did mourn like a dove; I have lifted my eyes on high; O LORD, deliver me and comfort me.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/isaiah/38-14.htm#aramaic"><b>14</b></a></span>What shall I say? He has both spoken to me, and himself has done it, and has caused my sleep to flee because of the bitterness of my soul;<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/isaiah/38-15.htm#aramaic"><b>15</b></a></span>When the LORD is against men, shall they live? But because of the life of my spirit, heal me and make me to live.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/isaiah/38-16.htm#aramaic"><b>16</b></a></span>Behold, it was for peace that I had great bitterness; but thou hast been pleased with my soul, that it may not waste in corruption; for thou hast cast all my sins behind thy back.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/isaiah/38-17.htm#aramaic"><b>17</b></a></span>For Sheol cannot thank thee, death cannot praise thee; those that go down into the pit cannot hope for thy truth.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/isaiah/38-18.htm#aramaic"><b>18</b></a></span>But the living shall give thanks to thee, as I do this day; the father to the children shall make known thy truth.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/isaiah/38-19.htm#aramaic"><b>19</b></a></span>The LORD shall save us; therefore we will sing his songs all the days of our life in the house of the LORD.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/isaiah/38-20.htm#aramaic"><b>20</b></a></span>And Hezekiah said, What is the sign that I shall go up to the house of the LORD?<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/isaiah/38-21.htm#aramaic"><b>21</b></a></span>And Isaiah said, Let them take a lump of figs, and lay it as a plaster upon the boil and he shall recover, <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/isaiah/38-22.htm#aramaic"><b>22</b></a></span>-<p><br /></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Holy Bible From The Ancient Eastern Texts: Aramaic Of The Peshitta by George M. 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