Isaiah:38
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And it came to pass at that time ,
that Ezekias was sick even to death .
And Esaias the prophet the son of Amos came to him ,
and said to him ,
Thus saith the Lord ,
Give orders concerning thy house :
for thou shalt die ,
and not live .
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And Ezekias turned his face to the wall ,
and prayed to the Lord ,
saying ,
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Remember ,
O Lord ,
how I have walked before thee in truth ,
with a true heart ,
and have done that which was pleasing in thy sight .
And Ezekias wept bitterly .
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And the word of the Lord came to Esaias ,
saying ,
Go ,
and say to Ezekias ,
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Thus saith the Lord ,
the God of David thy father ,
I have heard thy prayer ,
and seen thy tears :
behold ,
I will add to thy time fifteen years .
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And I will deliver thee and this city out of the hand of the king of the Assyrians :
and I will defend this city .
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And this shall be a sign to thee from the Lord ,
that God will do this thing ;
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behold ,
I will turn back the shadow of the degrees of the dial by which ten degrees on the house of thy father the sun has gone down —
I will turn back the sun the ten degrees ;
so the sun went back the ten degrees by which the shadow had gone down .
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THE PRAYER OF EZEKIAS KING OF JUDEA ,
WHEN HE (
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was sick (:
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HAD BEEN SICK ,
AND WAS RECOVERED FROM HIS SICKNESS .
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I said in the end of my days ,
I shall go to the gates of the grave :
I shall part with the remainder of my years .
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I said ,
I shall no more at all see the salvation of God in the land of the living :
I shall no more at all see the salvation of Israel on the earth :
I shall no more at all see man .
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My life has failed from among my kindred :
I have parted with the remainder of my life :
it has gone forth and departed from me ,
as one that having pitched a tent takes it down again :
my breath was with me as a weaver ’
s web ,
when she that weaves draws nigh to cut off the thread .
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In that day I was given up as to a lion until the morning :
so has he broken all my bones :
for I was so given up from day even to night .
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As a swallow ,
so will I cry ,
and as a dove ,
so do I mourn :
for mine eyes have failed with looking to the height of heaven to the Lord ,
who has delivered me ,
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and removed the sorrow of my soul .
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Yea ,
O Lord ,
for it was told thee concerning this ;
and thou hast revived my breath ;
and I am comforted ,
and live .
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For thou hast chosen my soul ,
that it should not perish :
and thou hast cast all my sins behind me .
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For they that are in the grave shall not praise thee ,
neither shall the dead bless thee ,
neither shall they that are in Hades hope for thy mercy .
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The living shall bless thee ,
as I also do :
for from this day shall I beget children ,
who shall declare thy righteousness ,
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O God of my salvation ;
and I will not cease blessing thee with the psaltery all the days of my life before the house of God .
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Now Esaias had said to Ezekias ;
Take a cake of figs ,
and mash them ,
and apply them as a plaster ,
and thou shalt be well .
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And Ezekias said ,
This is a sign to Ezekias ,
that I shall go up to the house of God .