And I will deliver thee [a]out of the hand of the king of Assyria, and this city: for I will defend this city.

And [b]this sign shalt thou have of the Lord, that the Lord will do this thing that he hath spoken,

Behold, I will bring again the shadow of the degrees (whereby it is gone down in the dial of Ahaz by the [c]sun) ten degrees backward: so the sun returned by ten degrees, by the which degrees it was gone down.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 38:6 He doth not only promise to prolong his life, but to give him rest and quietness from the Assyrians, who might have renewed their army to revenge their former discomfiture.
  2. Isaiah 38:7 For Hezekiah had asked for the confirmation of his faith, a sign, as verse 22, and 2 Kings 20:8, whereunto he was moved by the singular motion of God’s spirit.
  3. Isaiah 38:8 Read 2 Kings 20:10.

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