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Isaiah 37:33 (NIVUK)

‘Therefore this is what the Lord says concerning the king of Assyria: ‘He will not enter this city or shoot an arrow here. He will not come before it with shield or build a siege ramp against it.

Isaiah 37:34 (NIVUK)

By the way that he came he will return; he will not enter this city,’ declares the Lord .

Isaiah 37:35 (NIVUK)

‘I will defend this city and save it, for my sake and for the sake of David my servant!’

Isaiah 37:36 (NIVUK)

Then the angel of the Lord went out and put to death a hundred and eighty-five thousand in the Assyrian camp. When the people got up the next morning – there were all the dead bodies!

Isaiah 37:37 (NIVUK)

So Sennacherib king of Assyria broke camp and withdrew. He returned to Nineveh and stayed there.

One day, while he was worshipping in the temple of his god Nisrok, his sons Adrammelek and Sharezer killed him with the sword, and they escaped to the land of Ararat. And Esarhaddon his son succeeded him as king.

Isaiah 38:1 (NIVUK)

In those days Hezekiah became ill and was at the point of death. The prophet Isaiah son of Amoz went to him and said, ‘This is what the Lord says: put your house in order, because you are going to die; you will not recover.’

Isaiah 38:2 (NIVUK)

Hezekiah turned his face to the wall and prayed to the Lord ,

Isaiah 38:3 (NIVUK)

‘Remember, Lord , how I have walked before you faithfully and with wholehearted devotion and have done what is good in your eyes.’ And Hezekiah wept bitterly.

Isaiah 38:4 (NIVUK)

Then the word of the Lord came to Isaiah:

Isaiah 38:5 (NIVUK)

‘Go and tell Hezekiah, “This is what the Lord , the God of your father David, says: I have heard your prayer and seen your tears; I will add fifteen years to your life.

Isaiah 38:6 (NIVUK)

And I will deliver you and this city from the hand of the king of Assyria. I will defend this city.

Isaiah 38:7 (NIVUK)

‘ “This is the Lord ’s sign to you that the Lord will do what he has promised:

Isaiah 38:9 (NIVUK)

A writing of Hezekiah king of Judah after his illness and recovery:

Isaiah 38:10 (NIVUK)

I said, ‘In the prime of my life must I go through the gates of death and be robbed of the rest of my years?’

Isaiah 38:11 (NIVUK)

I said, ‘I will not again see the Lord himself in the land of the living; no longer will I look on my fellow man, or be with those who now dwell in this world.

Isaiah 38:12 (NIVUK)

Like a shepherd’s tent my house has been pulled down and taken from me. Like a weaver I have rolled up my life, and he has cut me off from the loom; day and night you made an end of me.

Isaiah 38:13 (NIVUK)

I waited patiently till dawn, but like a lion he broke all my bones; day and night you made an end of me.

Isaiah 38:14 (NIVUK)

I cried like a swift or thrush, I moaned like a mourning dove. My eyes grew weak as I looked to the heavens. I am being threatened; Lord, come to my aid!’

Isaiah 38:15 (NIVUK)

But what can I say? He has spoken to me, and he himself has done this. I will walk humbly all my years because of this anguish of my soul.

Isaiah 38:16 (NIVUK)

Lord, by such things people live; and my spirit finds life in them too. You restored me to health and let me live.

Isaiah 38:17 (NIVUK)

Surely it was for my benefit that I suffered such anguish. In your love you kept me from the pit of destruction; you have put all my sins behind your back.

Isaiah 38:18 (NIVUK)

For the grave cannot praise you, death cannot sing your praise; those who go down to the pit cannot hope for your faithfulness.

Isaiah 38:19 (NIVUK)

The living, the living – they praise you, as I am doing today; parents tell their children about your faithfulness.

Isaiah 38:20 (NIVUK)

The Lord will save me, and we will sing with stringed instruments all the days of our lives in the temple of the Lord .