²⁴ In those days Hezekiah was sick even to death: and he prayed to Yahweh; and he spoke to him, and gave him a sign.

¹ In those days was Hezekiah sick to death. Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz came to him, and said to him, Thus says Yahweh, Set your house in order: for you shall die, and not live.

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

³ Remember now, Yahweh, I beg you, how I have walked before you in truth and with a perfect heart, and have done that which is good in your sight. Hezekiah wept sore.

⁴ It happened, before Isaiah was gone out into the middle part of the city, that the word of Yahweh came to him, saying,

⁵ Turn back, and tell Hezekiah the prince of my people, Thus says Yahweh, 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 to the house of Yahweh.

⁶ I will add to 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 Isaiah said, Take a cake of figs. They took and laid it on the boil, and he recovered.

⁸ Hezekiah said to Isaiah, What shall be the sign that Yahweh will heal me, and that I shall go up to the house of Yahweh the third day?

⁹ Isaiah said, This shall be the sign to you from Yahweh, that Yahweh will do the thing that he has spoken: shall the shadow go forward ten steps, or go back ten steps?

¹⁰ Hezekiah answered, It is a light thing for the shadow to decline ten steps: nay, but let the shadow return backward ten steps.

¹¹ Isaiah the prophet cried to Yahweh; and he brought the shadow ten steps backward, by which it had gone down on the dial of Ahaz.

¹ In those days was Hezekiah sick to death. Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz came to him, and said to him, Thus says Yahweh, Set your house in order; for you shall die, and not live.

² Then Hezekiah turned his face to the wall, and prayed to Yahweh,

³ and said, Remember now, Yahweh, I beg you, how I have walked before you in truth and with a perfect heart, and have done that which is good in your sight. Hezekiah wept sore.

⁴ Then came the word of Yahweh to Isaiah, saying,

⁵ Go, and tell Hezekiah, Thus says Yahweh, the God of David your father, I have heard your prayer, I have seen your tears: behold, I will add to your days fifteen years.

⁶ I will deliver you and this city out of the hand of the king of Assyria; and I will defend this city.

⁷ This shall be the sign to you from Yahweh, that Yahweh will do this thing that he has spoken:

⁸ behold, I will cause the shadow on the steps, which is gone down on the dial of Ahaz with the sun, to return backward ten steps. So the sun returned ten steps on the dial whereon it was gone down.

²¹ Now Isaiah had said, Let them take a cake of figs, and lay it for a plaster on the boil, and he shall recover.

²² Hezekiah also had said, What is the sign that I shall go up to the house of Yahweh?