“ Go back to Hezekiah and tell him,‘ This is what the Lord, the God of your ancestor David, says: I have heard your prayer and seen your tears. I will add fifteen years to your life,

“你去告诉希西家说，耶和华你祖大卫的神如此说：我听见了你的祷告，看见了你的眼泪。我必加增你十五年的寿数；

“你去告诉希西家说，耶和华—你祖先大卫的上帝如此说：‘我听见了你的祷告，看见了你的眼泪。看哪，我必加添你十五年的寿数；

“你去告诉希西家说，耶和华—你祖先大卫的神如此说：‘我听见了你的祷告，看见了你的眼泪。看哪，我必加添你十五年的寿数；

“你去告诉希西迦，‘你祖先大卫的上帝耶和华说，我听见了你的祷告，也看见了你的眼泪，我要使你的寿命增加十五年。

“你去告诉希西家：‘耶和华你祖先大卫的神这样说：我听见了你的祷告，看见了你的眼泪；看哪！我必在你的寿数上加添十五年。

“你去告诉希西加：‘你先祖大卫的神耶和华如此说：我听到了你的祷告，看见了你的眼泪。看哪！我必在你的寿数上增添十五年。

「你去告訴希西家說，耶和華－你祖大衛的神如此說：我聽見了你的禱告，看見了你的眼淚。我必加增你十五年的壽數；

「你去告訴希西家說，耶和華－你祖先大衛的上帝如此說：『我聽見了你的禱告，看見了你的眼淚。看哪，我必加添你十五年的壽數；

「你去告訴希西家說，耶和華－你祖先大衛的神如此說：『我聽見了你的禱告，看見了你的眼淚。看哪，我必加添你十五年的壽數；

「你去告訴希西迦，『你祖先大衛的上帝耶和華說，我聽見了你的禱告，也看見了你的眼淚，我要使你的壽命增加十五年。

“你去告訴希西家：‘耶和華你祖先大衛的神這樣說：我聽見了你的禱告，看見了你的眼淚；看哪！我必在你的壽數上加添十五年。

『你去對希西家說：「永恆主你祖大衛的上帝這麼說：你的禱告我聽見了；你的眼淚我看見了；看吧，我必增加你在世的日子十五年。

「你去告訴希西加：『你先祖大衛的神耶和華如此說：我聽到了你的禱告，看見了你的眼淚。看哪！我必在你的壽數上增添十五年。

往告希西家曰、爾祖大衛之上帝耶和華云、我已聞爾禱、見爾淚、必增爾壽十五年、

爾當復入告希西家、爾祖大闢之上帝耶和華云、我聞爾祈禱、見爾出涕、將錫爾十五齡、

爾往告希西家曰、主爾祖大衛之天主如是云、我已聞爾禱、已見爾淚、我必增爾壽十五年、

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

“ Go and speak to Hezekiah. Tell him,‘ The Lord, the God of King David, says,“ I have heard your prayer. I have seen your tears. I will add 15 years to your life.

“ Go and say to Hezekiah, Thus says the Lord, the God of David your father: I have heard your prayer; I have seen your tears. Behold, I will add fifteen years to your life.

“ Go and tell Hezekiah,‘ This is what the LORD God of your ancestor David says: I have heard your prayer; I have seen your tears. Look, I am going to add fifteen years to your life.

“ Go and say to Hezekiah,‘ 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.

“ Go and tell Hezekiah,‘ Thus says the Lord, the God of David your father:“ I have heard your prayer, I have seen your tears; surely I will add to your days fifteen years.

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.

“ Go and tell Hezekiah that this is what the Lord God of your ancestor David says: I have heard your prayer; I have seen your tears. Look, I am going to add 15 years to your life.

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.

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

“ Go, and tell Hezekiah,‘ Yahweh, 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.

You keep track of all my sorrows. You have collected all my tears in your bottle. You have recorded each one in your book.

The Lord cares deeply when his loved ones die.

Those who look to him for help will be radiant with joy; no shadow of shame will darken their faces.In my desperation I prayed, and the Lord listened; he saved me from all my troubles.

“ And now, O Lord, God of Israel, carry out the additional promise you made to your servant David, my father. For you said to him,‘ If your descendants guard their behavior and faithfully follow me as you have done, one of them will always sit on the throne of Israel.’

During the eighth year of his reign, while he was still young, Josiah began to seek the God of his ancestor David. Then in the twelfth year he began to purify Judah and Jerusalem, destroying all the pagan shrines, the Asherah poles, and the carved idols and cast images.

Then Isaiah son of Amoz sent this message to Hezekiah:“ This is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says: I have heard your prayer about King Sennacherib of Assyria.

and he said,‘ Don’t be afraid, Paul, for you will surely stand trial before Caesar! What’s more, God in his goodness has granted safety to everyone sailing with you.’

‘ I am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.’ So he is the God of the living, not the dead.”

He heals the brokenhearted and bandages their wounds.

In the fourteenth year of King Hezekiah’s reign, King Sennacherib of Assyria came to attack the fortified towns of Judah and conquered them.

For the Lamb on the throne will be their Shepherd. He will lead them to springs of life giving water. And God will wipe every tear from their eyes.”

He was twenty five years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem twenty nine years. His mother was Abijah, the daughter of Zechariah.

The Lord said,“ I have made a covenant with David, my chosen servant. I have sworn this oath to him:‘ I will establish your descendants as kings forever; they will sit on your throne from now until eternity.’” Interlude

But God, who encourages those who are discouraged, encouraged us by the arrival of Titus.

Then Isaiah said,“ Listen well, you royal family of David! Isn’t it enough to exhaust human patience? Must you exhaust the patience of my God as well?All right then, the Lord himself will give you the sign. Look! The virgin will conceive a child! She will give birth to a son and will call him Immanuel( which means‘ God is with us’).

Nathan replied to the king,“ Go ahead and do whatever you have in mind, for the Lord is with you.”But that same night the Lord said to Nathan,“ Go and tell my servant David,‘ This is what the Lord has declared: Are you the one to build a house for me to live in?

“ As for you, if you will follow me with integrity and godliness, as David your father did, obeying all my commands, decrees, and regulations,then I will establish the throne of your dynasty over Israel forever. For I made this promise to your father, David:‘ One of your descendants will always sit on the throne of Israel.’

But the angel said,“ Don’t be afraid, Zechariah! God has heard your prayer. Your wife, Elizabeth, will give you a son, and you are to name him John.

But for David’s sake, the Lord his God allowed his descendants to continue ruling, shining like a lamp, and he gave Abijam a son to rule after him in Jerusalem.

Nathan replied to David,“ Do whatever you have in mind, for God is with you.”But that same night God said to Nathan,“ Go and tell my servant David,‘ This is what the Lord has declared: You are not the one to build a house for me to live in.

You have decided the length of our lives. You know how many months we will live, and we are not given a minute longer.

But for the sake of your father, David, I will not do this while you are still alive. I will take the kingdom away from your son.And even so, I will not take away the entire kingdom; I will let him be king of one tribe, for the sake of my servant David and for the sake of Jerusalem, my chosen city.”

Hear my prayer, O Lord! Listen to my cries for help! Don’t ignore my tears. For I am your guest— a traveler passing through, as my ancestors were before me.