3 “Ah, Lord, remember how faithfully and wholeheartedly I conducted myself in your presence, doing what was good in your sight!” And Hezekiah wept bitterly.
4 Before Isaiah had left the central courtyard, the word of the Lord came to him:
5 Go back and tell Hezekiah, the leader of my people: “Thus says the Lord, the God of David your father:I have heard your prayer;I have seen your tears.Now I am healing you.On the third day you shall go upto the house of the Lord.
6 I will add to your life fifteen years.I will rescue you and this cityfrom the hand of the king of Assyria;I will be a shield to this cityfor my own sake and the sake of David my servant.”
7 Then Isaiah said, “Bring a poultice of figs and apply it to the boil for his recovery.”
8 Hezekiah asked Isaiah, “What is the sign that the Lord will heal me and that I shall go up to the house of the Lord on the third day?”
9 Isaiah replied, “This will be the sign for you from the Lord that he will carry out the word he has spoken: Shall the shadow go forward or back ten steps?”