Hezekiah’s Illness and Recovery
1 In those days 20:1–11 Is 38:1–8 Hezekiah became terminally ill. 20:1 2Ch 32:24 The prophet Isaiah 20:1 Is 1:1; 2:1 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.’ " 20:1 2Sm 17:23
2 Then Hezekiah turned his face to the wall 20:2 1Kg 21:4 and prayed to the Lord, 3 "Please, Lord, remember 20:3 Neh 5:19; 13:14,22,31 how I have walked before you faithfully and wholeheartedly and have done what pleases you." 20:3 Lit what is good in your eyes, 20:3 2Kg 18:3–6 And Hezekiah wept bitterly. 20:3 2Sm 12:21–22
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 leader 20:5 1Sm 9:16; 10:1 of my people, ‘This is what the Lord God of your ancestor David says: I have heard your prayer; 20:5 Ps 39:12 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.