1   About ^note that ^note time was Hezekiah sicke vnto the death, and the Prophet Isaiah sonne of Amoz came vnto him, and sayd vnto him, Thus sayth the Lord, Put thine house in an order, for thou shalt dye, and not liue.

2   Then Hezekiah ^note turned his face to the wall, and prayed to the Lord,

Hezekiah restored to health.

3   And saide, I beseeche thee, Lord, remember nowe howe I haue walked before thee in trueth, and with a perfite heart, & haue done that which is good in thy sight: and Hezekiah wept sore.

4   ¶2; Then came the worde of the Lord to Isaiah, saying,

5   Goe, and say vnto Hezekiah, Thus saith the Lord God of Dauid thy father, I haue heard thy prayer, and seene thy teares: behold, I will adde vnto thy dayes fifteene yeeres.

6   And I will deliuer thee ^note out of the hand of the King of Asshur, and this citie: for I will defende this citie.

7   And ^note this signe shalt thou haue of þe; Lord, that þe; Lord will do this thing that he hath spoken,

8   Beholde, I will bring againe the shadowe of the degrees (whereby it is gone downe in the diall of Ahaz by the ^note sunne) ten degrees backeward: so the sunne returned by tenne degrees, by the which degrees it was gone downe.

9    ^noteThe writing of Hezekiah King of Iudah, when he had bene sicke, and was recouered of his sickenesse.

10   I saide in the ^note cutting off of my dayes, I shall goe to the gates of the graue: I am depriued of the residue of my yeeres.

11   I said, ^note I shall not see the Lord, euen the Lord in the land of the liuing: I shall see man no more among the inhabitants of the world.

12   Mine habitation is departed, and is remoued from me, like a shepheards tent: I ^note haue cut off like a weauer my life: he will cut me off from the height: from day ^note to night, thou wilt make an ende of me.

13   I rekoned ^note to the morning: but he brake all my bones, like a lion: from day to night wilt thou make an ende of me.

14   Like a crane or a swallow, so did I ^note chatter: I did mourne as a doue: mine eies were lift vp on high: O Lord, ^note it hath oppressed me, comfort me.

15   What shall I say? ^note for he hath said it to me, and he hath done it: I shall walke ^note weakely all my yeeres in the bitternesse of my soule.

16   O Lord, ^note to them that ouerliue them, and to all that are in them, the life of my spirite shalbe knowen, that thou causedst me to ^note sleepe and hast giuen life to me.

17   Beholde, for ^note felicitie I had bitter griefe, but it was thy pleasure to deliuer my soule from the pit of corruption: for thou hast cast all my ^note sinnes behinde thy backe.

18   For ^note the graue cannot confesse thee: death cannot praise thee: they that goe downe into the pit, cannot hope for thy trueth.

19   But the liuing, the liuing, he shall confesse thee, as I doe this day: the father to the ^note children shall declare thy trueth.

20   The Lord was ready to saue me: therefore Hezekiah reproued. we will sing my song, all the dayes of ^note our life in the House of the Lord.

21   Then said Isaiah, Take a lumpe of drye figs and ^note lay it vpon the boyle, and he shall recouer.

22   Also Hezekiah ^note had said, What is þe; signe, that I shall goe vp into the House of the Lord?

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