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1 In those days, Hezekiah was sick unto death. And the prophet Isaiah, the son of Amoz, came and said to him: “Thus says the Lord God: Instruct your house, for you will die, and not live.”
1 EN aquellos días cayó Ezechîas enfermo de muerte, y vino á él Isaías profeta hijo de Amós, y díjole: Jehová dice así: Dispón de tu casa, porque has de morir, y no vivirás.
2 And he turned his face to the wall, and he prayed to the Lord, saying:
2 Entonces volvió él su rostro á la pared, y oró á Jehová, y dijo:
3 “I beg you, O Lord, I beseech you, remember how I have walked before you in truth, and with a perfect heart, and how I have done what is pleasing before you.” And then Hezekiah wept with a great weeping.
3 Ruégote, oh Jehová, ruégote hagas memoria de que he andado delante de ti en verdad é íntegro corazón, y que he hecho las cosas que te agradan. Y lloró Ezechîas con gran lloro.
4 And before Isaiah departed from the middle part of the atrium, the word of the Lord came to him, saying:
4 Y antes que Isaías saliese hasta la mitad del patio, fué palabra de Jehová á Isaías, diciendo:
5 “Return and tell Hezekiah, the leader of my people: Thus says the Lord, the God of your father David: I have heard your prayer, and I have seen your tears. And behold, I have healed you. On the third day, you shall ascend to the temple of the Lord.
5 Vuelve, y di á Ezechîas, príncipe de mi pueblo: Así dice Jehová, el Dios de David tu padre: Yo he oído tu oración, y he visto tus lágrimas: he aquí yo te sano; al tercer día subirás á la casa de Jehová.
6 And I will add fifteen years to your days. Then too, I will free you and this city from the hand of the king of the Assyrians. And I will protect this city for my own sake, and for the sake of my servant David.”
6 Y añadiré á tus días quince años, y te libraré á ti y á esta ciudad de mano del rey de Asiria; y ampararé esta ciudad por amor de mí, y por amor de David mi siervo.
7 And Isaiah said, “Bring me a mass of figs.” And when they had brought it, and they had placed it on his sore, he was healed.
7 Y dijo Isaías: Tomad masa de higos. Y tomándola, pusieron sobre la llaga, y sanó.
8 But Hezekiah had said to Isaiah, “What will be the sign that the Lord will heal me, and that I will ascend to the temple of the Lord on the third day?”
8 Y Ezechîas había dicho á Isaías: ¿Qué señal tendré de que Jehová me sanará, y que subiré á la casa de Jehová al tercer día?
9 And Isaiah said to him: “This will be the sign from the Lord, that the Lord will do the word that he has spoken: Do you wish that the shadow may ascend ten lines, or that it may turn back for the same number of degrees?”
9 Y respondió Isaías: Esta señal tendrás de Jehová, de que hará Jehová esto que ha dicho: ¿Avanzará la sombra diez grados, ó retrocederá diez grados?
10 And Hezekiah said: “It is easy for the shadow to increase for ten lines. And so I do not wish that this be done. Instead, let it turn back for ten degrees.”
10 Y Ezechîas respondió: Fácil cosa es que la sombra decline diez grados: pero, que la sombra vuelva atrás diez grados.
11 And so the prophet Isaiah called upon the Lord. And he led back the shadow, along the lines by which it had already descended on the sundial of Ahaz, in reverse for ten degrees.
11 Entonces el profeta Isaías clamó á Jehová; é hizo volver la sombra por los grados que había descendido en el reloj de Achâz, diez grados atrás.
12 At that time, Merodach-baladan, the son of Baladan, the king of the Babylonians, sent letters and gifts to Hezekiah. For he had heard that Hezekiah had been ill.
12 En aquel tiempo Berodach-baladán hijo de Baladán, rey de Babilonia, envió letras y presentes á Ezechîas, porque había oído que Ezechîas había caído enfermo.
13 Now Hezekiah rejoiced at their arrival, and so he revealed to them the house of aromatic spices, and the gold and silver, and the various pigments and ointments, and the house of his vessels, and all that he was able to have in his treasuries. There was nothing in his house, nor in all his dominions, that Hezekiah did not show to them.
13 Y Ezechîas los oyó, y mostróles toda la casa de las cosas preciosas, plata, oro, y especiería, y preciosos ungüentos; y la casa de sus armas, y todo lo que había en sus tesoros: ninguna cosa quedó que Ezechîas no les mostrase, así en su casa como en todo su señorío.
14 Then the prophet Isaiah came to king Hezekiah, and said to him: “What did these men say? And from where did they come to you?” And Hezekiah said to him, “They came to me from Babylon, from a far away land.”
14 Entonces el profeta Isaías vino al rey Ezechîas, y díjole: ¿Qué dijeron aquellos varones, y de dónde vinieron á ti? Y Ezechîas le respondió: De lejanas tierras han venido, de Babilonia.
15 And he responded, “What did they see in your house?” And Hezekiah said: “They saw all things whatsoever that are in my house. There is nothing in my treasuries that I did not show to them.”
15 Y él le volvió á decir: ¿Qué vieron en tu casa? Y Ezechîas respondió: Vieron todo lo que había en mi casa; nada quedó en mis tesoros que no les mostrase.
16 And so Isaiah said to Hezekiah: “Listen to the word of the Lord.
16 Entonces Isaías dijo á Ezechîas: Oye palabra de Jehová:
17 Behold, the days are coming when all that is in your house, and all that your fathers have stored up even to this day, will be carried away to Babylon. Nothing at all shall remain, says the Lord.
17 He aquí vienen días, en que todo lo que está en tu casa, y todo lo que tus padres han atesorado hasta hoy, será llevado á Babilonia, sin quedar nada, dijo Jehová.
18 Then too, they will take from your sons, who will go forth from you, whom you will conceive. And they will be eunuchs in the palace of the king of Babylon.”
18 Y de tus hijos que saldrán de ti, que habrás engendrado, tomarán; y serán eunucos en el palacio del rey de Babilonia.
19 Hezekiah said to Isaiah: “The word of the Lord, which you have spoken, is good. Let peace and truth be in my days.”
19 Entonces Ezechîas dijo á Isaías: La palabra de Jehová que has hablado, es buena. Después dijo: ¿Mas no habrá paz y verdad en mis días?
20 Now the rest of the words of Hezekiah, and all his strength, and how he made a pool, and an aqueduct, and how he brought waters into the city, have these not been written in the book of the words of the days of the kings of Judah?
20 Lo demás de los hechos de Ezechîas, y todo su vigor, y cómo hizo el estanque, y el conducto, y metió las aguas en la ciudad, ¿no está escrito en el libro de las crónicas de los reyes de Judá?
21 And Hezekiah slept with his fathers. And Manasseh, his son, reigned in his place.
21 Y durmió Ezechîas con sus padres, y reinó en su lugar Manasés su hijo.
People & places in this chapter
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People
Amoz
Named as the father of the prophet Isaiah.
Cited in the guide: 2 Kings 19:2; 2 Kings 19:20; 2 Kings 20:1
Baladan
Named as the father of Merodach-baladan king of Babylon.
Cited in the guide: 2 Kings 20:12; Isaiah 39:1
Hezekiah
A great reformer who trusted God and saw Jerusalem delivered from Assyria.
Cited in the guide: 2 Kings 18-20; 2 Chron. 29-32; Isa. 36-39; Matt. 1:9-10
Isaiah
The prophet, son of Amoz, who told Hezekiah that Sennacherib would not enter Jerusalem, foretold his illness and recovery, brought back the shadow ten steps, and warned of the…
Cited in the guide: 2 Kings 19:2; 2 Kings 19:20; 2 Kings 20:1
Merodach-baladan
Son of Baladan and king of Babylon, who sent letters and a gift to Hezekiah after hearing of his illness.
Cited in the guide: 2 Kings 20:12; Isaiah 39:1
Cross references (21)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Isaiah 38:1–22; 2 Chronicles 32:24–26; Philippians 2:27; Jonah 3:4–10; 2 Kings 19:20
- 2 Psalm 50:15; Matthew 6:6; 1 Kings 8:30; Isaiah 38:2–3
- 3 Nehemiah 13:14; Nehemiah 13:22; 2 Kings 18:3–6; Nehemiah 5:19; Nehemiah 13:31
- 4 1 Kings 7:8; 2 Kings 22:14
- 5 Psalm 66:19–20; Isaiah 38:5; 1 Samuel 9:16; Psalm 39:12; 2 Kings 19:20
- 6 2 Kings 19:34; Acts 27:24; Isaiah 10:24; Psalm 116:15; 2 Chronicles 32:22
- 7 Isaiah 38:21; 2 Kings 2:20–22; 2 Kings 4:41
- 8 Isaiah 7:11; Judges 6:17; 2 Kings 20:5; Hosea 6:2; 2 Kings 19:29
- 9 Isaiah 38:7–8; Matthew 16:1–4; Luke 11:29–30; Mark 8:11–12
- 10 2 Kings 2:10; 2 Kings 3:18; John 14:12; Isaiah 49:6; Mark 9:28–29
- 11 Isaiah 38:8; Joshua 10:12–14; 2 Chronicles 32:24; Acts 9:40; Exodus 14:15
- 12 2 Chronicles 32:31; Isaiah 39:1–8; Genesis 10:10; Genesis 11:9; Isaiah 14:4
- 13 Isaiah 39:2; Proverbs 23:5; 2 Chronicles 32:25–27; 1 Kings 10:15; 1 Kings 10:25
- 14 Jeremiah 26:18–19; Joshua 9:9; Deuteronomy 28:49; 2 Samuel 12:7–15; Isaiah 13:5
- 15 2 Kings 20:13; Job 31:33; 1 John 1:8–10; Proverbs 28:13; Joshua 7:19
- 16 1 Kings 22:19; 2 Kings 7:1; Amos 7:16; Isaiah 1:10
- 17 2 Kings 24:13; 2 Chronicles 36:10; Jeremiah 27:21–22; Jeremiah 52:17–19; 2 Kings 25:13–15
- 18 2 Chronicles 33:11; 2 Kings 24:12; Daniel 1:3; 2 Kings 25:6
- 19 1 Samuel 3:18; Job 1:21; Zechariah 8:19; Luke 2:10; Psalm 39:9
- 20 Nehemiah 3:16; 2 Chronicles 32:32; 2 Chronicles 32:4; 2 Chronicles 32:30; Isaiah 22:9–11
- 21 2 Chronicles 32:33; 1 Kings 14:31; 2 Kings 21:18; 2 Chronicles 26:23; 1 Kings 2:10
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For when he had fallen sick, Esaias said to him, Set thine house in order; for thou shalt die, and not live.
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