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He had heard that Hezekiah had been very sick and that he had recovered. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/39-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>Hezekiah was delighted with the Babylonian envoys and showed them everything in his treasure-houses—the silver, the gold, the spices, and the aromatic oils. He also took them to see his armory and showed them everything in his royal treasuries! There was nothing in his palace or kingdom that Hezekiah did not show them.</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/39-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>Then Isaiah the prophet went to King Hezekiah and asked him, “What did those men want? Where were they from?”</p><p class="reg">Hezekiah replied, “They came from the distant land of Babylon.”</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/39-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>“What did they see in your palace?” asked Isaiah.</p><p class="reg">“They saw everything,” Hezekiah replied. “I showed them everything I own—all my royal treasuries.”</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/39-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>Then Isaiah said to Hezekiah, “Listen to this message from the LORD of Heaven’s Armies: <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/39-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>‘The time is coming when everything in your palace—all the treasures stored up by your ancestors until now—will be carried off to Babylon. Nothing will be left,’ says the LORD. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/39-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>‘Some of your very own sons will be taken away into exile. They will become eunuchs who will serve in the palace of Babylon’s king.’”</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/39-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>Then Hezekiah said to Isaiah, “This message you have given me from the LORD is good.” For the king was thinking, “At least there will be peace and security during my lifetime.”</p></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. Used by permission of <a href="http://www.tyndale.com">Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.</a>, Carol Stream, Illinois 60188. 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