1 At that time, Merodakh-Bal'odan the son of Bal'adan, king of Bavel, sent letters and a present to Chizkiyahu; for he heard that he had been sick, and had recovered. 2 Chizkiyahu was pleased with them, and showed them the house of his precious things, the silver, and the gold, the spices, and the precious oil, and all the house of his armor, and all that was found in his treasures. There was nothing in his house, nor in all his dominion, that Chizkiyahu didn't show them. 3 Then Yeshaiyahu the prophet came to king Chizkiyahu, and asked him, *What did these men say? Where did they come from to you?* Chizkiyahu said, *They have come from a country far from me, even from Bavel.* 4 Then he asked, *What have they seen in your house?* Chizkiyahu answered, *They have seen all that is in my house. There is nothing among my treasures that I have not shown them.* 5 Then said Yeshaiyahu to Chizkiyahu, *Hear the word of the LORD of Armies: 6 'Behold, the days are coming when all that is in your house, and that which your fathers have stored up until this day, will be carried to Bavel. Nothing will be left,' says the LORD. 7 'They will take away your sons who will issue from you, whom you shall father, and they will be eunuchs in the king of Bavel's palace.'* 8 Then Chizkiyahu said to Yeshaiyahu, *The LORD's word which you have spoken is good.* He said moreover, *For there will be shalom and truth in my days.* |
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