Isaiah 39

1 At that time Merodach-baladan, the son of Baladan, king of Babylon, sent letters and a gift to Hezekiah, when ^{a39:1 So 1QIsaa 1QIsab MT; 4QIsab LXX read because} he heard he had been sick and had survived. ^{b39:1 So 1QIsaa; 1QIsab MT read had recovered}ISV — Isaiah 39:1

2 Hezekiah was delighted with them, and showed them everything in ^{c39:2 So 1QIsaa MTmss; the Heb. lacks in} his treasure-houses ^{d39:2 So 1QIsaa; MT LXX read treasure-house; MTqere reads his treasure-house} —the silver, the gold, the spices, the precious oils, his entire armory, and everything found in his treasuries. There was nothing in his palace or in all his kingdom ^{e39:2 So 1QIsaa; MT reads realm; LXX lacks kingdom} that Hezekiah did not show them.ISV — Isaiah 39:2

3 Then the prophet Isaiah came to King Hezekiah and asked him, “What did these men have to say? And from where did they come to you?” Hezekiah replied, “From a distant land—they came to me from Babylon.”ISV — Isaiah 39:3

4 “What did they see in your palace?” he asked. “They saw everything in my palace,” Hezekiah replied. “There is nothing in my treasuries that I did not show them.”ISV — Isaiah 39:4

5 Then Isaiah told Hezekiah, “Listen to this message ^{f39:5 Lit. word} from the LORD of the Heavenly Armies:ISV — Isaiah 39:5

6 ‘The days are surely coming when everything in your palace and all that your ancestors have stored up to this day will be carried off ^{g39:6 So 1QIsaa (pl.); cf. LXX; 1QIsab MT (sing.)} to Babylon. They will come in, and ^{h39:6 So 1QIsaa LXX; the Heb. lacks and} nothing will be left,’ says the LORD.ISV — Isaiah 39:6

7 ‘Then some of your own sons, who will come from your loins, ^{i39:7 So 1QIsaa; 4QIsab MT read from you} whom you will father, will be taken away to become eunuchs in the palace of the king of Babylon.’”ISV — Isaiah 39:7

8 “The message from the LORD that you have spoken is good,” Hezekiah replied to Isaiah, since he was thinking, “…at least there will be peace and security in my lifetime.”ISV — Isaiah 39:8