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19.30 Judah shall again take root downward, and bear fruit upward. For out of Jerusalem shall go forth a remnant, and out of mount Zion they that shall escape; the zeal of the of hosts shall perform this. Therefore thus saith the concerning the king of Assyria: He shall not come unto this city, nor shoot an arrow there, neither shall he come before it with shield, nor cast a mound against it. By the way that he came, by the same shall he return, and he shall not come unto this city, saith the. For I will defend this city to save it, for Mine own sake, and for My servant David's sake.'

And it came to pass that night, that the angel of the went forth, and smote in the camp of the Assyrians a hundred fourscore and five thousand; and when men arose early in the morning, behold, they were all dead corpses. So Sennacherib king of Assyria departed, and went and returned, and dwelt at Nineveh. And it came to pass, as he was worshipping in the house of Nisroch his god, that Adrammelech and Sarezer his sons smote him with the sword; and they escaped into the land of Ararat. And Esarhaddon his son reigned in his stead.

In those days was Hezekiah sick unto death. And Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz came to him, and said unto him: 'Thus saith the : Set thy house in order; for thou shalt die, and not live.' Then he turned his face to the wall, and prayed unto the, saying: 'Remember now, O , I beseech Thee, how I have walked before Thee in truth and with a whole heart, and have done that which is good in Thy sight.' And Hezekiah wept sore. And it came to pass, before Isaiah was gone out of the inner court of the city, that the word of the came to him, saying: 'Return, and say to Hezekiah the prince of My people: Thus saith the, the God of David thy father: I have heard thy prayer, I have seen thy tears; behold, I will heal thee; on the third day thou shalt go up unto the house of the. And I will add unto thy days fifteen years; and I will deliver thee and this city out of the hand of the king of Assyria; and I will defend this city for Mine own sake, and for My servant David's sake.' And Isaiah said: 'Take a cake of figs.' And they took and laid it on the boil, and he recovered.

And Hezekiah said unto Isaiah: 'What shall be the sign that the will heal me, and that I shall go up unto the house of the  the third day?' And Isaiah said: 'This shall be the sign unto thee from the, that the  will do the thing that He hath spoken: shall the shadow go forward ten degrees, or go back ten degrees? And Hezekiah answered: 'It is a light thing for the shadow to decline ten degrees; nay, but let the shadow return backward ten degrees.' And Isaiah the prophet cried unto the ; and he brought the shadow ten degrees backward, by which it had gone down on the dial of Ahaz.

At that time Berodach-baladan the son of Baladan, king of Babylon, sent a letter and a present unto Hezekiah; for he had heard that Hezekiah had been sick. And Hezekiah hearkened unto them, and showed them all his treasure-house, the silver, and the gold, and the spices, and the precious oil, and the house of his armour, and all that was found in his treasures; there was nothing in his