8. Hezekiah said to Isaiah, “How do I know whether this is of God and not just the fig plaster? What confirming sign is there that God is healing me and that in three days I’ll walk into The Temple of God on my own legs?”
9. “This will be your sign from God,” said Isaiah, “that God is doing what he said he’d do: Do you want the shadow to advance ten degrees on the sundial or go back ten degrees? You choose.”
10. Hezekiah said, “It would be easy to make the sun’s shadow advance ten degrees. Make it go back ten degrees.”
11. So Isaiah called out in prayer to God, and the shadow went back ten degrees on Ahaz’s sundial.
14. And then Isaiah the prophet showed up: “And just what were these men doing here? Where did they come from and why?”Hezekiah said, “They came from far away—from Babylon.”
15. “And what did they see in your palace?”“Everything,” said Hezekiah. “There isn’t anything I didn’t show them—I gave them the grand tour.”
19. Hezekiah said to Isaiah, “If God says it, it must be good.” But he was thinking to himself, “It won’t happen during my lifetime—I’ll enjoy peace and security as long as I live.”