Isaiah 38:5 ““Go and tell Hezekiah that this is what the LORD, the God of your fath…”

Isaiah 38:5

“Go and tell Hezekiah that this is what the LORD, the God of your father David, says: ‘I have heard your prayer; I have seen your tears. Behold, I will add fifteen years to your life.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Go, and say to Hezekiah, Thus saith the LORD, the God of David thy father, I have heard thy prayer, I have seen thy tears: behold, I will add unto thy days fifteen years.

World English Bible

“Go, and tell Hezekiah, ‘The LORD, the God of David your father, says, “I have heard your prayer. I have seen your tears. Behold, I will add fifteen years to your life.

American Standard Version

Go, and say to Hezekiah, Thus saith Jehovah, the God of David thy father, I have heard thy prayer, I have seen thy tears: behold, I will add unto thy days fifteen years.

Geneva Bible 1599

Goe, and say vnto Hezekiah, Thus saith the Lord God of Dauid thy father, I haue heard thy prayer, and seene thy teares: behold, I will adde vnto thy dayes fifteene yeeres.

Darby Translation

Go and say to Hezekiah, Thus saith Jehovah, the God of David thy father: I have heard thy prayer, I have seen thy tears: behold, I will add to thy days fifteen years.

Young's Literal Translation

Go, and thou hast said to Hezekiah, Thus said Jehovah, God of David thy father, 'I have heard thy prayer, I have seen thy tear, lo, I am adding to thy days fifteen years,

Bible in Basic English

Go to Hezekiah, and say, The Lord, the God of David, your father, says, Your prayer has come to my ears, and I have seen your weeping: see, I will give you fifteen more years of life.

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Cross references

“and say”

2 Samuel 7:3–5 1 Chronicles 17:2–4

2 Samuel 7:3–5 · BSB

And Nathan replied to the king, “Go and do all that is in your heart, for the LORD is with you.”

1 Chronicles 17:2–4 · BSB

And Nathan replied to David, “Do all that is in your heart, for God is with you.”

“God”

Matthew 22:32 1 Kings 8:25 1 Kings 15:4 2 Chronicles 34:3 Isaiah 7:13 Isaiah 7:14

Matthew 22:32 · BSB

‘I am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob’ ? He is not the God of the dead, but of the living.”

1 Kings 8:25 · BSB

Therefore now, O LORD, God of Israel, keep for Your servant, my father David, what You promised when You said: ‘You will never fail to have a man to sit before Me on the throne of Israel, if only your descendants guard t…

1 Kings 15:4 · BSB

Nevertheless, for the sake of David, the LORD his God gave him a lamp in Jerusalem by raising up a son to succeed him and to make Jerusalem strong.

2 Chronicles 34:3 · BSB

In the eighth year of his reign, while he was still young, Josiah began to seek the God of his father David, and in the twelfth year he began to cleanse Judah and Jerusalem of the high places, the Asherah poles, the carv…

Isaiah 7:13 · BSB

Then Isaiah said, “Hear now, O house of David! Is it not enough to try the patience of men? Will you try the patience of my God as well?

Isaiah 7:14 · BSB

Therefore the Lord Himself will give you a sign: Behold, the virgin will be with child and give birth to a son, and will call Him Immanuel.

“I have heard”

Luke 1:13 2 Kings 19:20 Psalm 34:5 Psalm 34:6 1 John 5:14 1 John 5:15

Luke 1:13 · BSB

But the angel said to him, “Do not be afraid, Zechariah, because your prayer has been heard. Your wife Elizabeth will bear you a son, and you are to give him the name John.

2 Kings 19:20 · BSB

Then Isaiah son of Amoz sent a message to Hezekiah: “This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: I have heard your prayer concerning Sennacherib king of Assyria.

Psalm 34:5 · BSB

Those who look to Him are radiant with joy; their faces shall never be ashamed.

Psalm 34:6 · BSB

This poor man called out, and the LORD heard him; He saved him from all his troubles.

1 John 5:14 · BSB

And this is the confidence that we have before Him: If we ask anything according to His will, He hears us.

1 John 5:15 · BSB

And if we know that He hears us in whatever we ask, we know that we already possess what we have asked of Him.

“I have seen”

Revelation 7:17 Psalm 147:3 Psalm 56:8 2 Corinthians 7:6 Psalm 39:12

Revelation 7:17 · BSB

For the Lamb in the center of the throne will be their shepherd. ‘He will lead them to springs of living water,’ and ‘God will wipe away every tear from their eyes.’ ”

Psalm 147:3 · BSB

He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds.

Psalm 56:8 · BSB

You have taken account of my wanderings. Put my tears in Your bottle— are they not in Your book?

2 Corinthians 7:6 · BSB

But God, who comforts the downcast, comforted us by the arrival of Titus,

Psalm 39:12 · BSB

Hear my prayer, O LORD, and give ear to my cry for help; do not be deaf to my weeping. For I am a foreigner dwelling with You, a stranger like all my fathers.

“I will”

Psalm 116:15 Acts 27:24 Job 14:5

Psalm 116:15 · BSB

Precious in the sight of the LORD is the death of His saints.

Acts 27:24 · BSB

and said, ‘Do not be afraid, Paul; you must stand before Caesar. And look, God has granted you the lives of all who sail with you.’

Job 14:5 · BSB

Since his days are determined and the number of his months is with You, and since You have set limits that he cannot exceed,

Also

2 Kings 18:2 2 Kings 18:13

2 Kings 18:2 · BSB

He was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem twenty-nine years. His mother’s name was Abi, the daughter of Zechariah.

2 Kings 18:13 · BSB

In the fourteenth year of Hezekiah’s reign, Sennacherib king of Assyria attacked and captured all the fortified cities of Judah.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

4And the word of the LORD came to Isaiah, saying,

6And I will deliver you and this city from the hand of the king of Assyria. I will defend this city.

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