Hezekiah

1Now it came to pass in the third year of Hoshea son of Elah king of Israel, that Hezekiah the son of Ahaz king of Judah began to reign.

Hoshea son of Elah was king of Israel. In his third year, Hezekiah son of Ahaz became king of Judah.

2Twenty and five years old was he when he began to reign; and he reigned twenty and nine years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name also was Abi, the daughter of Zachariah.

Hezekiah was twenty-five years old when he became king. He ruled in Jerusalem for twenty-nine years. His mother was Abi, the daughter of Zechariah.

3And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, according to all that David his father did.

He did what was right in God's eyes. He lived the way his ancestor King David had lived.

4He removed the high places, and brake the images, and cut down the groves, and brake in pieces the brasen serpent that Moses had made: for unto those days the children of Israel did burn incense to it: and he called it Nehushtan.

He tore down the hilltop worship places. He smashed the stone pillars and cut down the Asherah poles. Both were used to worship other gods. He also broke the bronze snake that Moses had made. Until then, the people of Israel had burned incense to it. They called that snake Nehushtan.

5He trusted in the LORD God of Israel; so that after him was none like him among all the kings of Judah, nor any that were before him.

Hezekiah trusted the LORD, the God of Israel. No king of Judah before him or after him was like him.

6For he clave to the LORD, and departed not from following him, but kept his commandments, which the LORD commanded Moses.

He stayed close to the LORD and never turned away from him. He kept the commands God had given to Moses.

7And the LORD was with him; and he prospered whithersoever he went forth: and he rebelled against the king of Assyria, and served him not.

The LORD was with him, and things went well wherever he went. He refused to obey the king of Assyria any longer.

8He smote the Philistines, even unto Gaza, and the borders thereof, from the tower of the watchmen to the fenced city.

He defeated the Philistines all the way to the city of Gaza and its lands. He beat them everywhere, from small lookout towers to strong walled cities.

9And it came to pass in the fourth year of king Hezekiah, which was the seventh year of Hoshea son of Elah king of Israel, that Shalmaneser king of Assyria came up against Samaria, and besieged it.

In Hezekiah's fourth year as king, Hoshea son of Elah had been king of Israel seven years. That year Shalmaneser, king of Assyria, marched against the city of Samaria. His army surrounded it so no one could go in or out.

10And at the end of three years they took it: even in the sixth year of Hezekiah, that is the ninth year of Hoshea king of Israel, Samaria was taken.

After three years the Assyrians captured it. Samaria fell in Hezekiah's sixth year, which was Hoshea's ninth year as king of Israel.

11And the king of Assyria did carry away Israel unto Assyria, and put them in Halah and in Habor by the river of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes:

The king of Assyria took the people of Israel away to his own land. He settled them in Halah, and in Gozan by the Habor River, and in the towns of the Medes.

12Because they obeyed not the voice of the LORD their God, but transgressed his covenant, and all that Moses the servant of the LORD commanded, and would not hear them, nor do them.

This happened because they had not listened to the LORD their God. They broke their agreement with him. They would not listen to what Moses, God's servant, had told them, and they would not obey.

13Now in the fourteenth year of king Hezekiah did Sennacherib king of Assyria come up against all the fenced cities of Judah, and took them.

In Hezekiah's fourteenth year as king, Sennacherib, king of Assyria, attacked Judah. He captured all its strong walled cities.

14And Hezekiah king of Judah sent to the king of Assyria to Lachish, saying, I have offended; return from me: that which thou puttest on me will I bear. And the king of Assyria appointed unto Hezekiah king of Judah three hundred talents of silver and thirty talents of gold.

Hezekiah sent a message to the king of Assyria, who was at the town of Lachish. He said, "I have done wrong. Please leave, and I will pay whatever you ask." So the king of Assyria told him to pay three hundred talents of silver and thirty talents of gold.

15And Hezekiah gave him all the silver that was found in the house of the LORD, and in the treasures of the king’s house.

Hezekiah gave him all the silver in the LORD's house and in the palace storerooms.

16At that time did Hezekiah cut off the gold from the doors of the temple of the LORD, and from the pillars which Hezekiah king of Judah had overlaid, and gave it to the king of Assyria.

He also stripped the gold off the temple doors and doorposts, which he himself had covered with gold. He gave all of it to the king of Assyria.

17And the king of Assyria sent Tartan and Rabsaris and Rabshakeh from Lachish to king Hezekiah with a great host against Jerusalem. And they went up and came to Jerusalem. And when they were come up, they came and stood by the conduit of the upper pool, which is in the highway of the fuller’s field.

Even so, the king of Assyria sent three of his top officers from Lachish to Jerusalem. They came with a large army to see King Hezekiah. They marched up to the city and stopped by the water channel from the upper pool. It was beside the road that leads to the field where cloth is washed.

18And when they had called to the king, there came out to them Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, which was over the household, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah the son of Asaph the recorder.

They called for the king to come out. Instead three men came out to meet them. They were Eliakim son of Hilkiah, who ran the palace, Shebna the writer, and Joah son of Asaph, who kept the records.

19And Rabshakeh said unto them, Speak ye now to Hezekiah, Thus saith the great king, the king of Assyria, What confidence is this wherein thou trustest?

The chief officer said to them, "Tell Hezekiah this message from the great king, the king of Assyria: What makes you so sure of yourself?

20Thou sayest, (but they are but vain words,) I have counsel and strength for the war. Now on whom dost thou trust, that thou rebellest against me?

You say you have a war plan and strong soldiers, but those are only empty words. Who are you leaning on, that you dare to turn against me?

21Now, behold, thou trustest upon the staff of this bruised reed, even upon Egypt, on which if a man lean, it will go into his hand, and pierce it: so is Pharaoh king of Egypt unto all that trust on him.

Look, you are leaning on Egypt. Egypt is like a cracked walking stick. Lean on it, and it breaks and stabs your hand. That is what Pharaoh, the king of Egypt, is to anyone who trusts him.

22But if ye say unto me, We trust in the LORD our God: is not that he, whose high places and whose altars Hezekiah hath taken away, and hath said to Judah and Jerusalem, Ye shall worship before this altar in Jerusalem?

Maybe you will say, 'We trust the LORD our God.' But isn't he the one whose hilltop places and altars Hezekiah tore down? Hezekiah told Judah and Jerusalem they must worship only at this one altar in Jerusalem.

23Now therefore, I pray thee, give pledges to my lord the king of Assyria, and I will deliver thee two thousand horses, if thou be able on thy part to set riders upon them.

Now make a deal with my master, the king of Assyria. I will even give you two thousand horses, if you can find riders for them!

24How then wilt thou turn away the face of one captain of the least of my master’s servants, and put thy trust on Egypt for chariots and for horsemen?

You could not beat even the least important officer my master has. And yet you count on Egypt for chariots and horsemen.

25Am I now come up without the LORD against this place to destroy it? The LORD said to me, Go up against this land, and destroy it.

Do you think I came to destroy this place without the LORD's help? The LORD himself told me, 'Go up against this land and destroy it.'"

26Then said Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, and Shebna, and Joah, unto Rabshakeh, Speak, I pray thee, to thy servants in the Syrian language; for we understand it: and talk not with us in the Jews’ language in the ears of the people that are on the wall.

Then Eliakim, Shebna, and Joah said to the officer, "Please speak to us in the Aramaic language. We understand it. Do not speak Hebrew where the people on the wall can hear you."

27But Rabshakeh said unto them, Hath my master sent me to thy master, and to thee, to speak these words? hath he not sent me to the men which sit on the wall, that they may eat their own dung, and drink their own piss with you?

But the officer answered, "My master did not send me to say this only to you and your king. He sent me to the men sitting on the wall. If this city is shut in, they will be so hungry and thirsty that they eat their own waste and drink their own urine, just like you."

28Then Rabshakeh stood and cried with a loud voice in the Jews’ language, and spake, saying, Hear the word of the great king, the king of Assyria:

Then the officer stood up and shouted in Hebrew, "Listen to the words of the great king, the king of Assyria!

29Thus saith the king, Let not Hezekiah deceive you: for he shall not be able to deliver you out of his hand:

The king says: Do not let Hezekiah fool you. He cannot save you from my power.

30Neither let Hezekiah make you trust in the LORD, saying, The LORD will surely deliver us, and this city shall not be delivered into the hand of the king of Assyria.

Do not let Hezekiah talk you into trusting the LORD. He says, 'The LORD will save us for sure. This city will never be handed over to the king of Assyria.'

31Hearken not to Hezekiah: for thus saith the king of Assyria, Make an agreement with me by a present, and come out to me, and then eat ye every man of his own vine, and every one of his fig tree, and drink ye every one the waters of his cistern:

Do not listen to Hezekiah. The king of Assyria says: Make peace with me and come out to me. Then each of you can eat fruit from your own grapevine and fig tree. Each of you can drink water from your own well.

32Until I come and take you away to a land like your own land, a land of corn and wine, a land of bread and vineyards, a land of oil olive and of honey, that ye may live, and not die: and hearken not unto Hezekiah, when he persuadeth you, saying, The LORD will deliver us.

You can do that until I come and take you to a land like your own. It has grain and new wine, bread and vineyards, olive trees and honey. There you will live and not die. Do not listen to Hezekiah. He is fooling you when he says, 'The LORD will save us.'

33Hath any of the gods of the nations delivered at all his land out of the hand of the king of Assyria?

Has any god of any nation ever saved his land from the king of Assyria?

34Where are the gods of Hamath, and of Arpad? where are the gods of Sepharvaim, Hena, and Ivah? have they delivered Samaria out of mine hand?

Where are the gods of Hamath and Arpad? Where are the gods of Sepharvaim, Hena, and Ivvah? Did they save Samaria from me?

35Who are they among all the gods of the countries, that have delivered their country out of mine hand, that the LORD should deliver Jerusalem out of mine hand?

Not one god of all these lands saved his land from me. So how could the LORD save Jerusalem from me?"

36But the people held their peace, and answered him not a word: for the king’s commandment was, saying, Answer him not.

The people stayed quiet and did not answer a single word. King Hezekiah had told them, "Do not answer him."

37Then came Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, which was over the household, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah the son of Asaph the recorder, to Hezekiah with their clothes rent, and told him the words of Rabshakeh.

Then Eliakim son of Hilkiah, who ran the palace, went to Hezekiah. Shebna the writer and Joah son of Asaph, the record keeper, went too. They had torn their clothes to show how upset they were. They told Hezekiah everything the Assyrian officer had said.

1And it came to pass, when king Hezekiah heard it, that he rent his clothes, and covered himself with sackcloth, and went into the house of the LORD.

King Hezekiah heard the report. He tore his clothes to show he was upset. He put on sackcloth, rough cloth people wore when they were sad. Then he went into the LORD's house, the temple.

2And he sent Eliakim, which was over the household, and Shebna the scribe, and the elders of the priests, covered with sackcloth, to Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz.

He sent Eliakim, the man in charge of the palace. He sent Shebna, the scribe who wrote things down. He sent some of the leading priests too. They all wore sackcloth. They went to Isaiah, a prophet, someone who told people what God said. Isaiah was the son of Amoz.

3And they said unto him, Thus saith Hezekiah, This day is a day of trouble, and of rebuke, and blasphemy; for the children are come to the birth, and there is not strength to bring forth.

They said, "Hezekiah says this. Today is a day of trouble. We are being scolded and shamed. It is like a baby ready to be born. But there is no strength left to push."

4It may be the LORD thy God will hear all the words of Rabshakeh, whom the king of Assyria his master hath sent to reproach the living God; and will reprove the words which the LORD thy God hath heard: wherefore lift up thy prayer for the remnant that are left.

"Maybe the LORD your God heard what the Rabshakeh said. The king of Assyria, his master, sent him to insult the living God. Maybe the LORD will punish him for those words. So please pray for the few of us still left."

5So the servants of king Hezekiah came to Isaiah.

So King Hezekiah's servants came to Isaiah.

6And Isaiah said unto them, Thus shall ye say to your master, Thus saith the LORD, Be not afraid of the words which thou hast heard, with which the servants of the king of Assyria have blasphemed me.

Isaiah said, "Tell your master this. The LORD says, do not be afraid of the words you heard. The servants of Assyria's king said terrible things about me."

7Behold, I will send a blast upon him, and he shall hear a rumour, and shall return to his own land; and I will cause him to fall by the sword in his own land.

"Watch. I will put a spirit in him. He will hear a report and go back to his own land. There in his own land he will be killed with a sword."

8So Rabshakeh returned, and found the king of Assyria warring against Libnah: for he had heard that he was departed from Lachish.

The Rabshakeh heard that Assyria's king had left the town of Lachish. So he went back and found the king fighting against the town of Libnah.

9And when he heard say of Tirhakah king of Ethiopia, Behold, he is come out to fight against thee: he sent messengers again unto Hezekiah, saying,

Then Sennacherib got news about Tirhakah, the king of Ethiopia. People said, "Look, he is coming out to fight you." So Sennacherib sent messengers to Hezekiah again. They said:

10Thus shall ye speak to Hezekiah king of Judah, saying, Let not thy God in whom thou trustest deceive thee, saying, Jerusalem shall not be delivered into the hand of the king of Assyria.

"Say this to Hezekiah, king of Judah. Do not let your God trick you. He tells you that Jerusalem will not be handed over to Assyria's king."

11Behold, thou hast heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all lands, by destroying them utterly: and shalt thou be delivered?

"You have heard what the kings of Assyria did to other lands. They destroyed them completely. Do you really think you will be safe?"

12Have the gods of the nations delivered them which my fathers have destroyed; as Gozan, and Haran, and Rezeph, and the children of Eden which were in Thelasar?

"My fathers destroyed many nations. Did the gods of those nations save them? Think of Gozan, Haran, and Rezeph. Think of the people of Eden who lived in Thelasar."

13Where is the king of Hamath, and the king of Arpad, and the king of the city of Sepharvaim, of Hena, and Ivah?

"Where is the king of Hamath now? Where is the king of Arpad? Where are the kings of Sepharvaim, Hena, and Ivah?"

14And Hezekiah received the letter of the hand of the messengers, and read it: and Hezekiah went up into the house of the LORD, and spread it before the LORD.

Hezekiah took the letter from the messengers and read it. Then he went up to the LORD's house. He spread the letter open in front of the LORD.

15And Hezekiah prayed before the LORD, and said, O LORD God of Israel, which dwellest between the cherubims, thou art the God, even thou alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth; thou hast made heaven and earth.

Hezekiah prayed to the LORD. He said, "LORD, God of Israel, you sit as king between the winged creatures called cherubim. You alone are God over every kingdom on earth. You made the heavens and the earth."

16LORD, bow down thine ear, and hear: open, LORD, thine eyes, and see: and hear the words of Sennacherib, which hath sent him to reproach the living God.

"LORD, bend down and listen. Open your eyes, LORD, and look. Hear the words Sennacherib sent to insult the living God."

17Of a truth, LORD, the kings of Assyria have destroyed the nations and their lands,

"It is true, LORD. The kings of Assyria have wrecked those nations and their lands."

18And have cast their gods into the fire: for they were no gods, but the work of men’s hands, wood and stone: therefore they have destroyed them.

"They threw the gods of those nations into the fire and burned them. Those gods were not real gods. They were only wood and stone made by human hands."

19Now therefore, O LORD our God, I beseech thee, save thou us out of his hand, that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that thou art the LORD God, even thou only.

"Now, LORD our God, please save us from his power. Then every kingdom on earth will know that you alone are God."

20Then Isaiah the son of Amoz sent to Hezekiah, saying, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, That which thou hast prayed to me against Sennacherib king of Assyria I have heard.

Then Isaiah son of Amoz sent a message to Hezekiah. "The LORD, the God of Israel, says this. I have heard your prayer about Sennacherib, king of Assyria."

21This is the word that the LORD hath spoken concerning him; The virgin the daughter of Zion hath despised thee, and laughed thee to scorn; the daughter of Jerusalem hath shaken her head at thee.

"Here is what the LORD says about him. The daughter of Zion, the city of Jerusalem, is not afraid of you. She laughs at you. Jerusalem shakes her head at you as you go."

22Whom hast thou reproached and blasphemed? and against whom hast thou exalted thy voice, and lifted up thine eyes on high? even against the Holy One of Israel.

"Who have you insulted and mocked? Who did you shout at? Who did you look down on so proudly? The Holy One of Israel."

23By thy messengers thou hast reproached the LORD, and hast said, With the multitude of my chariots I am come up to the height of the mountains, to the sides of Lebanon, and will cut down the tall cedar trees thereof, and the choice fir trees thereof: and I will enter into the lodgings of his borders, and into the forest of his Carmel.

"You sent your messengers to insult the Lord. You said, 'I came with my many chariots to the tops of the mountains. I climbed the far peaks of Lebanon. I cut down its tallest cedar trees and its finest fir trees. I reached its farthest camps and its thickest forests.'"

24I have digged and drunk strange waters, and with the sole of my feet have I dried up all the rivers of besieged places.

"You said, 'I dug wells and drank water in lands not my own. I dried up every stream just by walking through it.'"

25Hast thou not heard long ago how I have done it, and of ancient times that I have formed it? now have I brought it to pass, that thou shouldest be to lay waste fenced cities into ruinous heaps.

"Have you not heard? I planned this long ago. In days long past I decided it. Now I have made it happen. That is why you can smash walled cities into piles of stones."

26Therefore their inhabitants were of small power, they were dismayed and confounded; they were as the grass of the field, and as the green herb, as the grass on the house tops, and as corn blasted before it be grown up.

"The people in those cities had no power left. They were scared and ashamed. They were like grass in a field, like soft green shoots. They were like grass on a roof, burned up before it grows."

27But I know thy abode, and thy going out, and thy coming in, and thy rage against me.

"But I know where you live. I know when you go out and when you come in. I know how angry you are with me."

28Because thy rage against me and thy tumult is come up into mine ears, therefore I will put my hook in thy nose, and my bridle in thy lips, and I will turn thee back by the way by which thou camest.

"Your anger and shouting against me have reached my ears. So I will put my hook in your nose. I will put my bit in your mouth. I will turn you back the way you came."

29And this shall be a sign unto thee, Ye shall eat this year such things as grow of themselves, and in the second year that which springeth of the same; and in the third year sow ye, and reap, and plant vineyards, and eat the fruits thereof.

"Hezekiah, here is a sign for you. This year you will eat food that grows by itself. Next year you will eat what grows from that. In the third year, plant seeds and gather the crop. Plant grapevines and eat their fruit."

30And the remnant that is escaped of the house of Judah shall yet again take root downward, and bear fruit upward.

"Some people of Judah will still be alive. They will be like a plant. They will grow roots down deep and fruit up high."

31For out of Jerusalem shall go forth a remnant, and they that escape out of mount Zion: the zeal of the LORD of hosts shall do this.

"A few people will come out of Jerusalem alive. Some will get away safely from Mount Zion. The strong love of the LORD of Hosts will make this happen. He is the LORD who leads heaven's armies."

32Therefore thus saith the LORD concerning the king of Assyria, He shall not come into this city, nor shoot an arrow there, nor come before it with shield, nor cast a bank against it.

"So the LORD says this about the king of Assyria. He will not come into this city. He will not shoot even one arrow here. He will not come near it with a shield. He will not pile up dirt against its wall."

33By the way that he came, by the same shall he return, and shall not come into this city, saith the LORD.

"He will go back the way he came. He will not come into this city. That is what the LORD says."

34For I will defend this city, to save it, for mine own sake, and for my servant David’s sake.

"I will guard this city and save it. I will do it for my own sake. I will do it for my servant David."

35And it came to pass that night, that the angel of the LORD went out, and smote in the camp of the Assyrians an hundred fourscore and five thousand: and when they arose early in the morning, behold, they were all dead corpses.

That night the angel of the LORD went out. He struck the camp of the Assyrians. A hundred eighty-five thousand men died. When people got up early the next morning, all those bodies lay there dead.

36So Sennacherib king of Assyria departed, and went and returned, and dwelt at Nineveh.

So Sennacherib, king of Assyria, packed up and left. He went back home to the city of Nineveh and stayed there.

37And it came to pass, as he was worshipping in the house of Nisroch his god, that Adrammelech and Sharezer his sons smote him with the sword: and they escaped into the land of Armenia. And Esarhaddon his son reigned in his stead.

One day he was worshiping in the temple of his god Nisroch. His sons Adrammelech and Sharezer killed him there with a sword. Then they ran away to the land of Armenia. His son Esarhaddon became king after him.

1In those days was Hezekiah sick unto death. And the prophet Isaiah the son of Amoz came to him, and said unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Set thine house in order; for thou shalt die, and not live.

Around that time King Hezekiah got so sick he was going to die. Isaiah was a prophet, a man who told people what God said. Isaiah came to him and said, "The LORD says this: Get your house ready. You are going to die. You will not get well."

2Then he turned his face to the wall, and prayed unto the LORD, saying,

Then Hezekiah turned his face toward the wall. He prayed to the LORD and said,

3I beseech thee, O LORD, remember now how I have walked before thee in truth and with a perfect heart, and have done that which is good in thy sight. And Hezekiah wept sore.

"Please, LORD, remember me. I have lived my whole life trying to obey you. I have loved you with my whole heart. I have done what you say is right." Then Hezekiah cried very hard.

4And it came to pass, afore Isaiah was gone out into the middle court, that the word of the LORD came to him, saying,

Isaiah left, but he had not yet crossed the middle courtyard. Right then the LORD spoke to him and said,

5Turn again, and tell Hezekiah the captain of my people, Thus saith the LORD, the God of David thy father, I have heard thy prayer, I have seen thy tears: behold, I will heal thee: on the third day thou shalt go up unto the house of the LORD.

"Go back and talk to Hezekiah, the leader of my people. Tell him the LORD says this. I am the God your father David loved. I have heard you praying. I have seen your tears. I am going to make you well. In three days you will walk up to my house.

6And I will add unto thy days fifteen years; and I will deliver thee and this city out of the hand of the king of Assyria; and I will defend this city for mine own sake, and for my servant David’s sake.

I will let you live fifteen more years. I will keep you and this city safe from the king of Assyria. I will guard this city for my own sake. I will guard it because I promised my servant David."

7And Isaiah said, Take a lump of figs. And they took and laid it on the boil, and he recovered.

Isaiah said, "Bring a lump of squashed figs." They laid the figs on the sore spot on the king's skin. Then Hezekiah got well.

8And Hezekiah said unto Isaiah, What shall be the sign that the LORD will heal me, and that I shall go up into the house of the LORD the third day?

Hezekiah had asked Isaiah a question. He said, "How will I know the LORD is really going to heal me? How will I know I will walk up to his house in three days?"

9And Isaiah said, This sign shalt thou have of the LORD, that the LORD will do the thing that he hath spoken: shall the shadow go forward ten degrees, or go back ten degrees?

Isaiah said, "The LORD will give you a sign. It will show he will do what he said. Do you want the shadow to move ten steps forward? Or should it move ten steps back?"

10And Hezekiah answered, It is a light thing for the shadow to go down ten degrees: nay, but let the shadow return backward ten degrees.

Hezekiah answered, "A shadow moving forward ten steps is easy. Make it go backward ten steps instead."

11And Isaiah the prophet cried unto the LORD: and he brought the shadow ten degrees backward, by which it had gone down in the dial of Ahaz.

So Isaiah the prophet called out to the LORD. The LORD moved the shadow ten steps back. It went back up the stairway that King Ahaz had built.

12At that time Berodachbaladan, the son of Baladan, king of Babylon, sent letters and a present unto Hezekiah: for he had heard that Hezekiah had been sick.

At that time Berodach-baladan was king of Babylon. He was the son of Baladan. He had heard that Hezekiah was sick. So he sent letters and a gift to Hezekiah.

13And Hezekiah hearkened unto them, and shewed them all the house of his precious things, the silver, and the gold, and the spices, and the precious ointment, 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 shewed them not.

Hezekiah welcomed the men who brought them. He showed them everything he kept in his storerooms. He showed them the silver and the gold. He showed them the spices and the fine oil. He showed them the room where he kept his weapons. He showed them everything he owned. He did not leave one thing hidden.

14Then 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, even from Babylon.

Then Isaiah the prophet came to King Hezekiah. He asked, "What did those men say? Where did they come from?" Hezekiah said, "They came from far away, from Babylon."

15And he said, What have they seen in thine house? And Hezekiah answered, All the things that are in mine house have they seen: there is nothing among my treasures that I have not shewed them.

Isaiah asked, "What did they see in your house?" Hezekiah said, "They saw everything. I showed them all my treasures."

16And Isaiah said unto Hezekiah, Hear the word of the LORD.

Then Isaiah said to Hezekiah, "Listen to what the LORD says.

17Behold, the days come, that all that is in thine house, and that which thy fathers have laid up in store unto this day, shall be carried into Babylon: nothing shall be left, saith the LORD.

A day is coming when everything in your house will be taken to Babylon. Even the things your fathers stored up long ago will go. Nothing will be left, says the LORD.

18And of thy sons that shall issue from thee, which thou shalt beget, shall they take away; and they shall be eunuchs in the palace of the king of Babylon.

Some of your own sons will be taken away too. They will be servants in the palace of the king of Babylon."

19Then said Hezekiah unto Isaiah, Good is the word of the LORD which thou hast spoken. And he said, Is it not good, if peace and truth be in my days?

Hezekiah said to Isaiah, "What the LORD says is good." He thought to himself, "At least there will be peace while I live."