20 ¹ In those days Hezekiah became sick and was at the point of death. And Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz came to him, and said to him, "Thus says Yahweh, 'Set your house in order; for you shall die, you shall not recover.' " 20 ² Then Hezekiah turned his face to the wall, and prayed to Yahweh, saying, 20 ³ "Remember now, O Yahweh, I beseech you, how I have walked before you in faithfulness and with a whole heart, and have done what is good in your sight." And Hezekiah wept bitterly. 20 ⁴ And before Isaiah had gone out of the middle court, the word of Yahweh came to him: 20 ⁵ "Turn back, and say to Hezekiah the prince of my people, Thus says Yahweh, the God of David your father: I have heard your prayer, I have seen your tears; behold, I will heal you; on the third day you shall go up to the house of Yahweh. 20 ⁶ And I will add fifteen years to your life. I will deliver you and this city out of the hand of the king of Assyria, and I will defend this city for my own sake and for my servant David's sake." 20 ⁷ And Isaiah said, "Bring a cake of figs. And let them take and lay it on the boil, that he may recover."

20 ⁸ And Hezekiah said to Isaiah, "What shall be the sign that Yahweh will heal me, and that I shall go up to the house of Yahweh on the third day?" 20 ⁹ And Isaiah said, "This is the sign to you from Yahweh, that Yahweh will do the thing that he has promised: shall the shadow go forward ten steps, or go back ten steps?" 20 ¹⁰ And Hezekiah answered, "It is an easy thing for the shadow to lengthen ten steps; rather let the shadow go back ten steps." 20 ¹¹ And Isaiah the prophet cried to Yahweh; and he brought the shadow back ten steps, by which the sun had declined on the dial of Ahaz.