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JULY 22
Isaiah had said to Hezekiah’s servants, “Make an ointment from figs and
spread it over the boil, and Hezekiah will recover.”
22
And Hezekiah had asked, “What sign will prove that I will go to the Temple of
the LORD?”
21
Envoys from Babylon / 2 Kings 20:12-19
Soon after this, Merodach-baladan* son of Baladan, king of Babylon, sent Hezekiah his best wishes and a gift, for he had heard that Hezekiah had been very sick.
13
Hezekiah received the Babylonian envoys and showed them everything in his
treasure-houses—the silver, the gold, the spices, and the aromatic oils. He also
took them to see his armory and showed them everything in his royal treasuries!
There was nothing in his palace or kingdom that Hezekiah did not show them.
14
Then Isaiah the prophet went to King Hezekiah and asked him, “What did
those men want? Where were they from?”
Hezekiah replied, “They came from the distant land of Babylon.”
15
“What did they see in your palace?” Isaiah asked.
“They saw everything,” Hezekiah replied. “I showed them everything I own—
all my royal treasuries.”
16
Then Isaiah said to Hezekiah, “Listen to this message from the LORD: 17 The
time is coming when everything in your palace—all the treasures stored up
by your ancestors until now—will be carried off to Babylon. Nothing will be left,
says the LORD. 18Some of your very own sons will be taken away into exile. They
will become eunuchs who will serve in the palace of Babylon’s king.”
19
Then Hezekiah said to Isaiah, “ This message you have given me from the
LORD is good.” For the king was thinking, “At least there will be peace and security during my lifetime.”
12
Isaiah 39:1-8
1
Soon after this, Merodach-baladan son of Baladan, king of Babylon, sent Hezekiah his best wishes and a gift. He had heard that Hezekiah had been very sick
and that he had recovered. 2Hezekiah was delighted with the Babylonian envoys
and showed them everything in his treasure-houses—the silver, the gold, the
spices, and the aromatic oils. He also took them to see his armory and showed
them everything in his royal treasuries! There was nothing in his palace or kingdom that Hezekiah did not show them.
3
Then Isaiah the prophet went to King Hezekiah and asked him, “What did
those men want? Where were they from?”
Hezekiah replied, “They came from the distant land of Babylon.”
4
“What did they see in your palace?” asked Isaiah.
“They saw everything,” Hezekiah replied. “I showed them everything I own—
all my royal treasuries.”
5
Then Isaiah said to Hezekiah, “Listen to this message from the LORD of
Heaven’s Armies: 6‘ The time is coming when everything in your palace—all the
treasures stored up by your ancestors until now—will be carried off to Babylon.
Nothing will be left,’ says the LORD. 7‘Some of your very own sons will be taken
away into exile. They will become eunuchs who will serve in the palace of Babylon’s king.’ ”
20:12 As in some Hebrew manuscripts and Greek and Syriac versions (see also Isa 39:1); Masoretic Text reads Berodachbaladan.
