HEZEKIAH’S ILLNESS AND RECOVERY

20 In those daysg Hezekiah became terminally ill.h The prophet Isaiahi son of Amoz came and said to him, “This is what the Lord says: ‘Set your house in order, for you are about to die; you will not recover.’ ”j

2 Then Hezekiah turned his face to the wallk and prayed to the Lord, 3 “Please, Lord, rememberl how I have walked before you faithfully and wholeheartedly and have done what pleases you.”A,m And Hezekiah wept bitterly.n

4 Isaiah had not yet gone out of the inner courtyard when the word of the Lord came to him: 5 “Go back and tell Hezekiah, the leadero of my people, ‘This is what the Lord God of your ancestor David says: I have heard your prayer;p I have seen your tears. Look, I will heal you. On the third day from now you will go up to the Lord’s temple. 6 I will add fifteen years to your life. I will rescue you and this city from the grasp of the king of Assyria. I will defend this city for my sake and for the sake of my servant David.’ ”q

7 Then Isaiah said, “Bring a lump of pressed figs.” So they brought it and applied it to his infected skin, and he recovered.r