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After Hezekiah king of Judah got well, he wrote this song:

10 I said, “I am in the middle of my life.
    Do I have to go through the gates where the dead are now?
    Will I have the rest of my life taken away from me?”
11 I said, “I will not see the Lord
    in the land of the living again.
I will not again see the people
    who live on the earth.

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

10 I said, “In the prime of my life(A)
    must I go through the gates of death(B)
    and be robbed of the rest of my years?(C)
11 I said, “I will not again see the Lord himself(D)
    in the land of the living;(E)
no longer will I look on my fellow man,
    or be with those who now dwell in this world.

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