In those days was Hezekiah sick unto death. And Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz came to him, and said unto him, Thus saith Jehovah, Set thy house in order; for thou shalt die, and not live.
Then Hezekiah turned his face to the wall, and prayed unto Jehovah,
and said, Remember now, O Jehovah, I beseech thee, how I have walked before thee in truth and with a perfect heart, and have done that which is good in thy sight. And Hezekiah wept sore.
Then came the word of Jehovah to Isaiah, saying,
Go, and say to Hezekiah, Thus saith Jehovah, the God of David thy father, I have heard thy prayer, I have seen thy tears: behold, I will add unto thy days fifteen years.
And I will deliver thee and this city out of the hand of the king of Assyria; and I will defend this city.
And this shall be the sign unto thee from Jehovah, that Jehovah will do this thing that he hath spoken:
behold, I will cause the shadow on the steps, which is gone down on the {Hebrew: steps.}dial of Ahaz {Or, by}with the sun, to return backward ten steps. So the sun returned ten steps {Or, by which steps it &c.}on the dial whereon it was gone down.
The writing of Hezekiah king of Judah, when he had been sick, and was recovered of his sickness.
I said, In the {Or, tranquility}noontide of my days I shall go into the gates of Sheol:
I am deprived of the residue of my years.
I said, I shall not see {Hebrew: Jah.}Jehovah, even {Hebrew: Jah.}Jehovah in the land of the living:
I shall behold man no more {Or, when I am among them that have ceased to be}with the inhabitants of the world.
My dwelling is removed, and is carried away from me as a shepherd's tent:
I have rolled up, like a weaver, my life; he will cut me off from the {Hebrew: thrum.}loom:
From day even to night wilt thou make an end of me.
{Or, I thought until morning, As a lion, o will he break &c.}I quieted myself until morning; as a lion, so he breaketh all my bones:
From day even to night wilt thou make an end of me.
Like a swallow or a crane, so did I chatter;
I did moan as a dove; mine eyes fail with looking upward:
O Lord, I am oppressed, be thou my surety.
What shall I say? he hath both spoken unto me, and himself hath done it:
I shall go {Or, as in solemn procession See Psalm 42:4.}softly all my years because of the bitterness of my soul.
O Lord, by these things men live;
And wholly therein is the life of my spirit:
{Or, So wilt thou recover me}Wherefore recover thou me, and make me to live.
Behold, it was for my peace that I had great bitterness:
But {Hebrew: thou hast loved my soul from the pit.}thou hast in love to my soul delivered it from the pit of {Or, nothingness}corruption;
For thou hast cast all my sins behind thy back.
For Sheol cannot praise thee, death cannot celebrate thee:
They that go down into the pit cannot hope for thy truth.
The living, the living, he shall praise thee, as I do this day:
The father to the children shall make known thy truth.
Jehovah is ready to save me:
Therefore we will sing my songs with stringed instruments
All the days of our life in the house of Jehovah.
Now Isaiah had said, Let them take a cake of figs, and lay it for a plaster upon the boil, and he shall recover.
Hezekiah also had said, What is the sign that I shall go up to the house of Jehovah?
Querverweise zu Jesaja 38,12 Jes 38,12
Oh remember that my life is a breath:Mine eye shall no more see good.
And the daughter of Zion is left as a booth in a vineyard, as a lodge in a garden of cucumbers, as a besieged city.
My days are swifter than a weaver's shuttle,And are spent without hope.
So am I made to possess months of misery,And wearisome nights are appointed to me.
When I lie down, I say,When shall I arise, and the night be gone?And I am full of tossings to and fro unto the dawning of the day.
My flesh is clothed with worms and clods of dust;My skin {Or, is broken and become loathsome}closeth up, and breaketh out afresh.
The days of his youth hast thou shortened:Thou hast covered him with shame. [Selah
How long, O Jehovah? wilt thou hide thyself for ever?How long shall thy wrath burn like fire?
Oh remember how short my time is:For what vanity hast thou created all the children of men!
It shall never be inhabited, neither shall it be dwelt in from generation to generation: neither shall the Arabian pitch tent there; neither shall shepherds make their flocks to lie down there.
Now my days are swifter than a {Or, runner}post:They flee away, they see no good,
My spirit is consumed, my days are extinct,The grave is ready for me.
My days are like a shadow that {Or, is stretched out}declineth;And I am withered like grass.
They are passed away as the {Hebrew: ships of reed.}swift ships;As the eagle that swoopeth on the prey.
As for me, I said in my {Or, alarm}haste,I am cut off from before thine eyes:Nevertheless thou heardest the voice of my supplications,When I cried unto thee.
He {Another reading is, afflicted me with his strength.}weakened my strength in the way;He shortened my days.
He cometh forth like a flower, and {Or, withereth}is cut down:He fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not.
Princes also sat and talked against me;But thy servant did meditate on thy statutes.
I said, O my God, take me not away in the midst of my days:Thy years are throughout all generations.
whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow. What is your life? For ye are a vapor that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away.