1. 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 Lord says, ‘Give instructions to your household, for you are about to die; you will not get well.’”
2. Hezekiah turned his face to the wall and prayed to the Lord,
3. “Please, Lord. Remember how I have served you faithfully and with wholehearted devotion, and how I have carried out your will.” Then Hezekiah wept bitterly.
4. The Lord told Isaiah,
5. “Go and tell Hezekiah: ‘This is what the Lord 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,
6. and rescue you and this city from the king of Assyria. I will shield this city.”’”
21. Isaiah ordered, “Let them take a fig cake and apply it to the ulcerated sore and he will get well.”
22. Hezekiah said, “What is the confirming sign that I will go up to the Lord’s temple?”
7. Isaiah replied, “This is your sign from the Lord confirming that the Lord will do what he has said: