1. In those days Ḥizqiyahu was sick unto death. And Yeshayahu the prophet, son of Amots, went to him and said to him, “Thus said יהוה, ‘Set your house in order, for you are going to die, and not live.’ ”
2. And he turned his face toward the wall, and prayed to יהוה, saying,
3. “I pray to You, O יהוה, remember how I have walked before You in truth and with a perfect heart, and have done what was good in Your eyes.” And Ḥizqiyahu wept bitterly.
4. And it came to be, before Yeshayahu had gone out into the middle court, that the word of יהוה came to him, saying,
5. “Return and say to Ḥizqiyahu the leader of My people, ‘Thus said יהוה, the Elohim of Dawiḏ your father, “I have heard your prayer, I have seen your tears. See, I am going to heal you. On the third day go up to the House of יהוה.
6. “And I shall add to your days fifteen years, and deliver you and this city from the hand of the sovereign of Ashshur, and shall defend this city for My own sake, and for the sake of Dawiḏ My servant.” ’ ”
7. And Yeshayahu said, “Take a cake of figs.” And they took and laid it on the boil, and he recovered.