1 At that time Merodach-baladan the son of Baladan, king of Babylon, sent a letter and a present to Hezekiah; for he heard that he had been sick, and was recovered. 2 And Hezekiah was glad of them, and showed them his treasure-house, the silver, and the gold, and the spices, and the precious oil, and all the house of his armour, and all that was found in his treasures; there was nothing in his house, nor in all his dominion, that Hezekiah showed them not. 3 Then came Isaiah the prophet unto king Hezekiah, and said unto him: 'What said these men? and from whence came they unto thee?' And Hezekiah said: 'They are come from a far country unto me, even from Babylon.' 4 Then said he: 'What have they seen in thy house?' And Hezekiah answered: 'All that is in my house have they seen; there is nothing among my treasures that I have not shown them.' 5 Then said Isaiah to Hezekiah: 'Hear the word of the LORD of hosts: 6 Behold, the days come, that all that is in thy house, and that which thy fathers have laid up in store until this day, shall be carried to Babylon; nothing shall be left, saith the LORD. 7 And of thy sons that shall issue from thee, whom thou shalt beget, shall they take away; and they shall be officers in the palace of the king of Babylon.' 8 Then said Hezekiah unto Isaiah: 'Good is the word of the LORD which thou hast spoken.' He said moreover: 'If but there shall be peace and truth in my days.'
Isaiah 39 JPS Tanakh (1917)
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Notes on this text (1)
- Numbers like (22-2) in the text give the Hebrew verse numbering where it differs.
People & places in this chapter
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People
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
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 (8)
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- 1 2 Kings 20:12–19; 2 Chronicles 32:23; 2 Samuel 10:2; Isaiah 13:19; Isaiah 39:1–8
- 2 2 Chronicles 32:25; 2 Chronicles 32:31; Psalm 146:3–4; Job 31:25; Jeremiah 17:9
- 3 Deuteronomy 28:49; 2 Samuel 12:1; Jeremiah 5:15; 2 Chronicles 16:7; 2 Chronicles 25:15
- 4 Proverbs 23:5; 1 John 1:9; Proverbs 28:13; Job 31:33; Joshua 7:19
- 5 1 Samuel 15:16; 1 Samuel 13:13–14
- 6 2 Kings 25:13–15; 2 Kings 24:13; Jeremiah 20:5; Daniel 1:2; Jeremiah 27:21–22
- 7 Daniel 1:1–7; 2 Chronicles 36:10; 2 Kings 24:12; 2 Chronicles 36:20; 2 Kings 25:6–7
- 8 2 Chronicles 32:26; 2 Chronicles 34:28; 1 Peter 5:6; Job 1:21; Zechariah 8:19
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