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Old Testament Reading - Hezekiah's Illness

¹It was just before all this that Hezekiah became deathly sick, and Isaiah the prophet (Amoz’ son) went to visit him and gave him this message from the Lord:

“Set your affairs in order, for you are going to die; you will not recover from this illness.”

²When Hezekiah heard this, he turned his face to the wall and prayed:

³“O Lord, don’t you remember how true I’ve been to you and how I’ve always tried to obey you in everything you said?” Then he broke down with great sobs.

⁴So the Lord sent another message to Isaiah:

⁵“Go and tell Hezekiah that the Lord God of your forefather David hears you praying and sees your tears and will let you live fifteen more years. ⁶He will deliver you and this city from the king of Assyria. I will defend you, says the Lord.

(²¹For Isaiah had told Hezekiah’s servants, “Make an ointment of figs and spread it over the boil, and he will get well again.”

²²And then Hezekiah had asked, “What sign will the Lord give me to prove that he will heal me?”)

⁷and here is my guarantee: ⁸I will send the sun backwards ten degrees as measured on Ahaz’s sundial!”

So the sun retraced ten degrees that it had gone down!