Behold, I will (A)cause the shadow on the stairway, which has gone down with the sun on the stairway of Ahaz, to go back ten steps.” So the (B)sun’s shadow went back ten steps on the stairway on which it had gone down.

A writing of Hezekiah king of Judah after his illness and [a]recovery:

10 I said, “(C)In the middle of my [b]life
I am to enter the (D)gates of Sheol;
I am to be (E)deprived of the rest of my years.”

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 38:9 Lit he lived after his illness
  2. Isaiah 38:10 Lit days

I will make the shadow cast by the sun go back the ten steps it has gone down on the stairway of Ahaz.’” So the sunlight went back the ten steps it had gone down.(A)

A writing of Hezekiah king of Judah after his illness and recovery:

10 I said, “In the prime of my life(B)
    must I go through the gates of death(C)
    and be robbed of the rest of my years?(D)

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