5. “Go and say to Hezekiah, ‘This is what the Lord God of your ancestor David says: I’ve heard your prayer. I’ve seen your tears. I’m going to give you 15 more years to live.
6. I’ll rescue you and defend this city from the control of the king of Assyria.’ ”
7. ⌊Isaiah said,⌋ “This is your sign from the Lord that he will do what he promises.
8. The sun made a shadow that went down the stairway of Ahaz’s upper palace. I’m going to make the shadow go back ten steps.” So the sun on the stairway went back up the ten steps it had gone down.
9. King Hezekiah of Judah wrote this after he was sick and became well again: