1. In those days Ezechias was sick unto death: and Isaias the son of Amos the prophet came and said to him: Thus saith the Lord God: Give charge concerning thy house, for thou shalt die, and not live.
2. And he turned his face to the wall, and prayed to the Lord, saying:
3. I beseech thee, O Lord, remember how I have walked before thee in truth, and with a perfect heart, and have done that which is pleasing before thee. And Ezechias wept with much weeping.
4. And before Isaias was gone out of the middle of the court, the word of the Lord came to him, saying: