Behold, I will bring the shadow on the sundial, which has gone down with the sun on the sundial of Ahaz, ten degrees backward.” So the sun returned ten degrees on the dial by which it had gone down.

This is the writing of Hezekiah king of Judah, when he had been sick and had recovered from his sickness:

10 I said,
“In the prime of my life
I shall go to the gates of Sheol;
I am deprived of the remainder of my years.”
11 I said,
“I shall not see [a]Yah,
The Lord (A)in the land of the living;
I shall observe man no more [b]among the inhabitants of [c]the world.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 38:11 Heb. Yah, Yah
  2. Isaiah 38:11 LXX omits among the inhabitants of the world
  3. Isaiah 38:11 So with some Heb. mss.; MT, Vg. rest; Tg. land

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)
11 I said, “I will not again see the Lord himself(E)
    in the land of the living;(F)
no longer will I look on my fellow man,
    or be with those who now dwell in this world.

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