17 Look, he indeed exchanged my bitterness for wholeness.You yourself have spared my whole beingfrom the pit of destruction,because you have cast all my sinsbehind your back.
18 The underworld can’t thank you,nor can death praise you;those who go down to the pitcan’t hope for your faithfulness.
19 The living, the living can thank you, as I do today.Parents will tell children about your faithfulness.
20 The Lord has truly saved me,and we will make music at the Lord’s house all the days of our lives.
21 Then Isaiah said, "Prepare a salve made from figs, put it on the swelling, and he’ll get better."
22 Hezekiah said to Isaiah, "What’s the sign that I’ll be able to go up to the Lord’s temple?"