1In those days Hezekiah was sick and dying. Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz came to him, and said to him, “Yahweh says, ‘Set your house in order; for you will die, and not live.’”

2Then 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.” And Hezekiah wept bitterly.

4Before Isaiah had gone out into the middle part of the city, Yahweh’s word came to him, saying, 5“Turn back, and tell Hezekiah the prince of my people, ‘Yahweh, the God of David your father, says, “I have heard your prayer. I have seen your tears. Behold, I will heal you. On the third day, you will go up to Yahweh’s house. 6I will add to your days fifteen years. I will deliver you and this city out of the hand of the king of Assyria. I will defend this city for my own sake, and for my servant David’s sake.”’”

7Isaiah said, “Take a cake of figs.”

They took and laid it on the boil, and he recovered.

8Hezekiah said to Isaiah, “What will be the sign that Yahweh will heal me, and that I will go up to Yahweh’s house the third day?”

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

10Hezekiah answered, “It is a light thing for the shadow to go forward ten steps. No, but let the shadow return backward ten steps.”

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

12At that time Berodach Baladan the son of Baladan, king of Babylon, sent letters and a present to Hezekiah, for he had heard that Hezekiah had been sick. 13Hezekiah listened to them, and showed them all the storehouse of his precious things—the silver, the gold, the spices, and the precious oil, and the house of his armor, and all that was found in his treasures. There was nothing in his house, or in all his dominion, that Hezekiah didn’t show them.

14Then Isaiah the prophet came to King Hezekiah, and said to him, “What did these men say? From where did they come to you?”

Hezekiah said, “They have come from a far country, even from Babylon.”

15He said, “What have they seen in your house?”

Hezekiah answered, “They have seen all that is in my house. There is nothing among my treasures that I have not shown them.”

16Isaiah said to Hezekiah, “Hear Yahweh’s word. 17‘Behold, the days come that all that is in your house, and that which your fathers have laid up in store to this day, will be carried to Babylon. Nothing will be left,’ says Yahweh. 18‘They will take away some of your sons who will issue from you, whom you will father; and they will be eunuchs in the palace of the king of Babylon.’”

19Then Hezekiah said to Isaiah, “Yahweh’s word which you have spoken is good.” He said moreover, “Isn’t it so, if peace and truth will be in my days?”

20Now the rest of the acts of Hezekiah, and all his might, and how he made the pool, and the conduit, and brought water into the city, aren’t they written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? 21Hezekiah slept with his fathers, and Manasseh his son reigned in his place.

Person

Jesus Christ

Also called Lord, Son, Lamb, Saviour, God, Holy, Word, JESUS, prophet, master, Light, Prince, Master, Branch, Immanuel, root, Judge, Emmanuel, Sun, King, BRANCH, Messiah, LORD, Wonderful, Counsellor, Prophet, Sceptre, Star, Shiloh

Lived: 4 BC – AD 30 (approximate)
Born: Bethlehem
Died: Jerusalem

Father Joseph (Mary's Husband)

Mother Mary (Mother of Jesus)

Siblings James (Brother of Jesus)Joses Jude Simon

Biography | Hershel Wayne House

The Apostle John says that if one was to attempt to write down everything Jesus said and did, “that even the world itself could not contain the books that should be written” (John 21:25). Jesus, as a member of the Trinity, was active long before He came to earth in the form of man. As the eternal Son, Jesus was the force behind creation (John 1:3, Col 1:16) and is actively holding creation together (Col 1:17). Prior to the earthly life of God the Son, the majority of conservative biblical scholars believe that He appeared as the Angel of Yahweh, who was seen a number of times in the Old Testament (Gen 16, 22; Num 22; Jdgs 2, 6, 13; 1 Kng 19; etc). At the incarnation, the Son actually took upon Himself a human nature (Phil 2:5-8; Gal 4:4). The divine person joined with the human nature, creating one person in two natures. He is called “the Word,” the “Son of Man,” and the “Son of God” in the Gospels. He was born to the Virgin Mary in Bethlehem and grew up in Nazareth, was baptized by John the Baptist, and ministered to all of Israel. While on earth, Jesus’ ministry consisted of preaching the Kingdom of God, calling people to faith, healing, forgiving sins, creating disciples and preaching about the Kingdom of Heaven (Matt 11:5; Mark 3:13-19; Matt 4:7). Through His death and resurrection He gave humans full access to God and became a surety of God’s best (Rom 10:9; Heb 4:16, 7:22; Eph 1:5). Since His resurrection, He has been building a room in the Father’s house for each believer, where they will join Him as His Bride (John 14:2-3; Eph 5:23-27) at the rapture. Jesus is our advocate and defender before the Father God (Rom 8:34; Heb 7:25; 1 John 2:1). He will come again for His own (John 14:3), and again as the commander of the armies of the Lord who will defeat Satan and his minions, and inaugurate the eternal Kingdom of God.

Person & place data: Theographic Bible Metadata by Robert Rouse (Viz.Bible), CC BY-SA 4.0.