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Chapter 39 |
| 1 | At that time
Merodachbaladan, the son of Baladan, king of Babylon, sent letters and a
present to Hezekiah: for he had heard that he had been sick, and was
recovered. |
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| And Hezekiah was glad of them, and shewed them the house
of his precious things, the silver, and the gold, and the spices, and the
precious ointment, and all the house of his armour, and all that was found in
his treasures: there was nothing in his house, nor in all his dominion, that
Hezekiah shewed them not. |
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3 | Then came Isaiah the prophet unto king
Hezekiah, and said unto him, What said these men? and from whence came they
unto thee? And Hezekiah said, They are come from a far country unto me, even
from Babylon. |
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4 | Then said he, What have they seen in thine house?
And Hezekiah answered, All that is in mine house have they seen: there is
nothing among my treasures that I have not shewed them. |
| 5 | Then said
Isaiah to Hezekiah, Hear the word of the LORD of hosts: |
| 6 | Behold, the
days come, that all that is in thine house, and that which thy fathers have
laid up in store until this day, shall be carried to Babylon: nothing shall be
left, saith the LORD. |
| 7 | And of thy sons that shall issue from thee,
which thou shalt beget, shall they take away; and they shall be eunuchs in the
palace of the king of Babylon. |
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8 | Then said Hezekiah to Isaiah, Good is
the word of the LORD which thou hast spoken. He said moreover, For there shall
be peace and truth in my days. |
