1. In those days was Hezekiah sick unto death. And the prophet Isaiah the son of Amoz came to him, and said unto him,
2. Then he turned his face to the wall, and prayed unto the LORD, saying,
3. I beseech you, O LORD, remember now how I have walked before you in truth and with a perfect heart, and have done that which is good in your sight. And Hezekiah wept bitterly.
4. And it came to pass, before Isaiah was gone out into the middle court, that the word of the LORD came to him, saying,
5. Turn again, and tell Hezekiah the ruler of my people, Thus says the LORD, the God of David your father, I have heard your prayer, I have seen your tears: behold, I will heal you: on the third day you shall go up unto the house of the LORD.
6. And I will add unto your days fifteen years; and I will deliver you and this city out of the hand of the king of Assyria; and I will defend this city for my own sake, and for my servant David's sake.
7. And Isaiah said, Take a lump of figs. And they took and laid it on the boil, and he recovered.
8. And Hezekiah had 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?
9. And Isaiah said, This sign shall you have of the LORD, that the LORD will do the thing that he has spoken: shall the shadow go forward ten degrees, or go back ten degrees?