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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "//www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="//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 GNT</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /></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="//biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">GNT</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">Good News Translation</div><div class="chap"><h3 class="s">King Hezekiah's Illness and Recovery</h3><h5 class="r">(<ref loc="2KI 20:1-11">2 Kings 20.1-11</ref>; <ref loc="2CH 32:24-26">2 Chronicles 32.24-26</ref>)</h5><p class="par"><span class="v23_38_1"><span class="reftext" id="Isa.38.1" class="v23_38_1">1</span>About this time King Hezekiah became sick and almost died. The prophet Isaiah son of Amoz went to see him and said to him, “The <span class="nd">Lord</span> tells you that you are to put everything in order because you will not recover. Get ready to die.”</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v23_38_2"><span class="reftext" id="Isa.38.2" class="v23_38_2">2</span>Hezekiah turned his face to the wall and prayed: </span><span class="v23_38_3"><span class="reftext" id="Isa.38.3" class="v23_38_3">3</span>“Remember, <span class="nd">Lord</span>, that I have served you faithfully and loyally, and that I have always tried to do what you wanted me to.” And he began to cry bitterly.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v23_38_4"><span class="reftext" id="Isa.38.4" class="v23_38_4">4</span>Then the <span class="nd">Lord</span> commanded Isaiah </span><span class="v23_38_5"><span class="reftext" id="Isa.38.5" class="v23_38_5">5</span>to go back to Hezekiah and say to him, “I, the <span class="nd">Lord</span>, the God of your ancestor David, have heard your prayer and seen your tears; I will let you live fifteen years longer. </span><span class="v23_38_6"><span class="reftext" id="Isa.38.6" class="v23_38_6">6</span>I will rescue you and this city of Jerusalem from the emperor of Assyria, and I will continue to protect the city.”</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v23_38_21"><span class="reftext" id="Isa.38.21" class="v23_38_21">21</span>Isaiah told the king to put a paste made of figs on his boil, and he would get well. </span><span class="v23_38_22"><span class="reftext" id="Isa.38.22" class="v23_38_22">22</span>Then King Hezekiah asked, “What is the sign to prove that I will be able to go to the Temple?”<a href="#fn" id="link_Isa.38.22!f.1" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> </span></p><p class="par"><span class="v23_38_7"><span class="reftext" id="Isa.38.7" class="v23_38_7">7</span>Isaiah replied, “The <span class="nd">Lord</span> will give you a sign to prove that he will keep his promise. </span><span class="v23_38_8"><span class="reftext" id="Isa.38.8" class="v23_38_8">8</span>On the stairway built by King Ahaz, the <span class="nd">Lord</span> will make the shadow go back ten steps.” And the shadow moved back ten steps.<a href="#fn" id="link_Isa.38.8!f.1" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> </span></p><p class="par"><span class="v23_38_9"><span class="reftext" id="Isa.38.9" class="v23_38_9">9</span>After Hezekiah recovered from his illness, he wrote this song of praise:</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v23_38_10"><span class="reftext" id="Isa.38.10" class="v23_38_10">10</span>I thought that in the prime of life</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v23_38_10">I was going to the world of the dead,</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v23_38_10">Never to live out my life.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v23_38_11"><span class="reftext" id="Isa.38.11" class="v23_38_11">11</span>I thought that in this world of the living</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v23_38_11">I would never again see the <span class="nd">Lord</span></span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v23_38_11">Or any living person.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v23_38_12"><span class="reftext" id="Isa.38.12" class="v23_38_12">12</span>My life was cut off and ended,</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v23_38_12">Like a tent that is taken down,</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v23_38_12">Like cloth that is cut from a loom.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v23_38_12">I thought that God was ending my life.<a href="#fn" id="link_Isa.38.12!f.1" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> </span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v23_38_13"><span class="reftext" id="Isa.38.13" class="v23_38_13">13</span>All night I cried out with pain,</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v23_38_13">As if a lion were breaking my bones.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v23_38_13">I thought that God was ending my life.<a href="#fn" id="link_Isa.38.13!f.1" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> </span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v23_38_14"><span class="reftext" id="Isa.38.14" class="v23_38_14">14</span>My voice was thin and weak,</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v23_38_14">And I moaned like a dove.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v23_38_14">My eyes grew tired from looking to heaven.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v23_38_14"><span class="nd">Lord</span>, rescue me from all this trouble.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v23_38_15"><span class="reftext" id="Isa.38.15" class="v23_38_15">15</span>What can I say? The <span class="nd">Lord</span> has done this.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v23_38_15">My heart is bitter, and I cannot sleep.<a href="#fn" id="link_Isa.38.15!f.1" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> </span></p><p class="b"></p><p class="q1"><span class="v23_38_16"><span class="reftext" id="Isa.38.16" class="v23_38_16">16</span>Lord, I will live for you, for you alone;</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v23_38_16">Heal me and let me live.<a href="#fn" id="link_Isa.38.16!f.1" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> </span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v23_38_17"><span class="reftext" id="Isa.38.17" class="v23_38_17">17</span>My bitterness will turn into peace.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v23_38_17">You save<a href="#fn" id="link_Isa.38.17!f.1" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> my life from all danger;</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v23_38_17">You forgive all my sins.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v23_38_18"><span class="reftext" id="Isa.38.18" class="v23_38_18">18</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Isa.38.18!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> No one in the world of the dead can praise you;</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v23_38_18">The dead cannot trust in your faithfulness.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v23_38_19"><span class="reftext" id="Isa.38.19" class="v23_38_19">19</span>It is the living who praise you,</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v23_38_19">As I praise you now.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v23_38_19">Parents tell their children how faithful you are.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v23_38_20"><span class="reftext" id="Isa.38.20" class="v23_38_20">20</span><span class="nd">Lord</span>, you have healed me.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v23_38_20">We will play harps and sing your praise,</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v23_38_20">Sing praise in your Temple as long as we live.<a href="#fn" id="link_Isa.38.20!f.1" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> </span></p><a name="fn"></a><br /><br /><br /><b>Footnotes:<br /><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">38.22: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">Verses 21-22 are moved here from the end of the chapter (see 2 K 20.6-9).</char></note><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">38.8: </char><char style="fq" closed="false">stairway … ten steps … steps; </char><char style="ft" closed="false">or </char><char style="fq" closed="false">sundial … ten degrees … degrees </char><char style="ft" closed="false">(see 2 K 20.9-11).</char></note><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">38.12: </char><char style="fq" closed="false">I thought … my life; </char><char style="ft" closed="false">Hebrew unclear.</char></note><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">38.13: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">Verse 13 in Hebrew is unclear.</char></note><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">38.15: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">One ancient translation suggests </char><char style="fq" closed="false">I cannot sleep; </char><char style="ft" closed="false">Hebrew unclear.</char></note><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">38.16: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">Verses 15 and 16 in Hebrew are unclear.</char></note><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">38.17: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">Some ancient translations </char><char style="fq" closed="false">save; </char><char style="ft" closed="false">Hebrew </char><char style="fq" closed="false">love.</char></note><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">38.20: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">Verses 21-22 are placed after verse 6.</char></note></div></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div align="center"><p><span style="font-size:11pt;">Good News Translation® (Today’s English Version, Second Edition)</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt;">© 1992 American Bible Society. 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