such as on the anniversary of his accession to the throne. If this is so, then Isaiah regarded Hezekiah as a prophetic symbol (another “sign”) of a messianic king still to come (cf. Pss. 2, 21, 72, 110, 132). He actually then addresses him as such. On a similar occasion, at John Kennedy’s installation as president of the United States, the poet Robert Frost addressed the new president in idealized language as if he portended the ultimate perfection of a president for whom the world awaits. Hezekiah