“In those days Hezekiah became sick and was at the point of death. The prophet Isaiah son of Amoz came to him, and said to him, ‘Thus says the Lord: Set your house in order, for you shall die; you shall not recover.'” — Isaiah 38:1 (NRSV)
“from day to night you bring me to an end;
I cry for help until morning;
like a lion he breaks all my bones;
from day to night you bring me to an end.”
— Isaiah 38:12d-13 (NRSV)
“But what can I say? For he has spoken to me
and he himself has done it.
All my sleep has fled
because of the bitterness of my soul.”
— Isaiah 38:15 (NRSV)
“Surely it was for my welfare
that I had great bitterness;
but you have held back my life
from the pit of destruction,
for you have cast all my sins
behind your back.”
— Isaiah 38:17 (NRSV)
Unknown. King Hezekiah. 1700.