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Some of your own descendants, your progeny, shall be taken and made attendants in the palace of the king of Babylon.”(A) Hezekiah replied to Isaiah, “The word of the Lord which you have spoken is good.”[a] For he thought, “There will be peace and stability in my lifetime.”

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  1. 39:8 Hezekiah was relieved that the disaster would not occur in his lifetime.

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.(A)

“The word of the Lord you have spoken is good,(B)” Hezekiah replied. For he thought, “There will be peace and security in my lifetime.(C)

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