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Hello, this is Father Paul, and I'm glad we're

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taking this journey together to read the Bible

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in a year. Today's reading is from 2 Kings 20,

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as well as Isaiah 38. 2 Kings 20 In those days

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Hezekiah was sick and near death. And Isaiah

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the prophet, the son of Amoz, went to him and

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said to him, Thus says the Lord, Set your house

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in order, for you shall die and not live. Then

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he turned his face toward the wall and prayed

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to the Lord, saying, Remember now, O Lord, I

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pray, how I have walked before you in truth and

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with a loyal heart, and have done what was good

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in your sight. And Hezekiah wept bitterly. And

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it happened before Isaiah had gone out into the

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middle court, that the word of the Lord came

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to him, saying, Return and tell Hezekiah, the

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leader of my people. Thus says the Lord, the

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God of David your father, I have heard your prayer,

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I have seen your tears, surely I will heal you.

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On the third day you shall go up to the house

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of the Lord, and I will add to your days fifteen

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years. I will deliver you and this city from

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the hand of the king of Assyria, and I will defend

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this city for my own sake and for the sake of

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my servant David. Then Isaiah said, Take a lump

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of figs. So they took it and laid it on the boil,

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and he recovered. And Hezekiah said to Isaiah,

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What is the sign that the Lord will heal me,

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and that I shall go up to the house of the Lord

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the third day? Then Isaiah said, This is the

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sign to you from the Lord, that the Lord will

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do the thing which he has spoken. Shall the shadow

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go forward ten degrees, or go backward ten degrees?

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And Hezekiah answered, It is an easy thing for

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the shadow to go down ten degrees. No, but let

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the shadow go backward ten degrees. So Isaiah

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the prophet cried out to the Lord, and he brought

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the shadow ten degrees backward, by which it

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had gone down on the sundial of Ahaz. At that

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time, Berodog Baladan, the son of Baladan, king

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of Babylon, sent letters and a present to Hezekiah.

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For he heard that Hezekiah had been sick, and

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Hezekiah was attentive to them, and showed them

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all the house of his treasures, the silver and

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gold, the spices and precious ointment, and all

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his armory, all that was found among his treasures.

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There was nothing in his house or in all his

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dominion that Hezekiah did not show them. Then

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Isaiah the prophet went to King Hezekiah and

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said to him, What did these men say? And from

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where did they come to you? So Hezekiah said,

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They came from a far country, from Babylon. And

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he said, What have they seen in your house? So

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Hezekiah answered, They have seen all that is

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in my house. There is nothing among my treasures

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that I have not shown them. Then Isaiah said

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to Hezekiah, Hear the word of the Lord. Behold,

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the days are coming when all that is in your

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house and what your fathers have accumulated

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until this day shall be carried to Babylon. Nothing

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shall be left, says the Lord. And they shall

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take away some of your sons who will descend

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from you, whom you will beget, and they shall

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be eunuchs in the palace of the king of Babylon.

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So Hezekiah said to Isaiah, The word of the Lord

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which you have spoken is good. For he said, Will

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there not be peace and truth at least in my days?

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Now the rest of the acts of Hezekiah, all his

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might, and how he made a pool and a tunnel and

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brought water into the city, are they not written

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in the book of the chronicles of the kings of

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Judah? So Hezekiah rested with his fathers, then

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Manasseh his son reigned in his place. In those

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days Hezekiah was sick and near death, and Isaiah

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the prophet, the son of Amoz, went to him and

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said to him, Thus says the Lord, set your house

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in order, for you shall die and not live. Then

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Hezekiah turned his face toward the wall and

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prayed to the Lord, and said, Remember now, O

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Lord, I pray, how I have walked before you in

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truth and with a loyal heart, and have done what

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is good in your sight. And Hezekiah wept bitterly.

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And the word of the Lord came to Isaiah, saying,

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Go and tell Hezekiah, Thus says the Lord, the

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God of David your father, I have heard your prayer.

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I have seen your tears, surely I will add to

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your days fifteen years. I will deliver you and

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this city from the hand of the king of Assyria,

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and I will defend this city. And this is the

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sign to you from the Lord, that the Lord will

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do this thing which he has spoken. Behold, I

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will bring the shadow on the sundial which has

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gone down with the sun on the sundial of Ahaz

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ten degrees backward. So the sun returned ten

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degrees on the dial by which it had gone down.

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This is the writing of Hezekiah, king of Judah,

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when he had been sick and had recovered from

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his sickness. From day until night you make an

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end of me. I have considered until morning, like

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a lion, so he breaks all my bones. From day until

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night you make an end of me, like a crane or

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a swallow, so I chattered. I mourned like a dove.

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My eyes fail from looking upward. O Lord, I am

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oppressed. Undertake for me. What shall I say?

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He has both spoken to me, and he himself has

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done it. I shall walk carefully all my years

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in the bitterness of my soul. O Lord, by these

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things men live, and in all these things is the

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life of my spirit. So you will restore me and

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make me live. Indeed, it was for my own peace

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that I had great bitterness. But you have lovingly

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delivered my soul from the pit of corruption,

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for you have cast all my sins behind your back.

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For Sheol cannot thank you, death cannot praise

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you. Those who go down to the pit cannot hope

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for your truth. The living, the living man, he

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shall praise you. As I do this day, the Father

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shall make known your truth to the children.

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The Lord was ready to save me. Therefore we will

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sing my songs with stringed instruments all the

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days of our life in the house of the Lord. Now

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Isaiah had said, Let them take a lump of figs

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and apply it as a poultice on the boil, and he

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shall recover. And Hezekiah had said, What is

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the sign that I shall go up to the house of the

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Lord? I hope you enjoyed today's reading as much

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as I did and I look forward to seeing you again

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tomorrow to continue on our journey. God bless

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you and have a great day.