4 Before Isaiah had gone out into the middle part of the city, the Lord’s word came to him, saying,
5 “Turn back, and tell Hezekiah the prince of my people, ‘the Lord, the God of David your father, says, “I have heard your prayer. I have seen your tears. Behold, I will heal you. On the third day, you will go up to the Lord’s house.
6 I will add to your days fifteen years. I will deliver you and this city out of the hand of the king of Assyria. I will defend this city for my own sake, and for my servant David’s sake.”’”
7 Isaiah said, “Take a cake of figs.”They took and laid it on the boil, and he recovered.
8 Hezekiah said to Isaiah, “What will be the sign that the Lord will heal me, and that I will go up to the Lord’s house the third day?”
9 Isaiah said, “This will be the sign to you from the Lord, that the Lord will do the thing that he has spoken: should the shadow go forward ten steps, or go back ten steps?”
10 Hezekiah answered, “It is a light thing for the shadow to go forward ten steps. No, but let the shadow return backward ten steps.”