Isaiah
39
- At that time Merodach-Baladan son of Baladan
king of Babylon sent Hezekiah letters and a gift, because he had heard of
his illness and recovery.
- Hezekiah received the envoys gladly and showed
them what was in his storehouses -- the silver, the gold, the spices, the
fine oil, his entire armory and everything found among his treasures. There
was nothing in his palace or in all his kingdom that Hezekiah did not show
them.
- Then Isaiah the prophet went to King Hezekiah
and asked, "What did those men say, and where did they come from?"
"From a distant land," Hezekiah replied. "They came to me from
Babylon."
- The prophet asked, "What did they see
in your palace?" "They saw everything in my palace," Hezekiah
said. "There is nothing among my treasures that I did not show them."
- Then Isaiah said to Hezekiah, "Hear
the word of the LORD Almighty:
- The time will surely come when everything
in your palace, and all that your fathers have stored up until this day, will
be carried off to Babylon. Nothing will be left, says the LORD.
- And some of your descendants, your own flesh
and blood who will be born to you, will be taken away, and they will become
eunuchs in the palace of the king of Babylon."
- "The word of the LORD you have spoken
is good," Hezekiah replied. For he thought, "There will be peace
and security in my lifetime."
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