Behold, the days come, that all that is in thine house, and which thy fathers have laid up in store until this day, shall be [a]carried to Babel: nothing shall be left, saith the Lord.

And of thy sons, that shall proceed out of thee, and which thou shalt beget, shall they take away, and they shall be [b]eunuchs in the palace of the King of Babel.

[c]Then said Hezekiah to Isaiah, The word of the Lord is good, which thou hast spoken: and he said, Yet let there be peace, and truth in my days.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 39:6 By the grievousness of the punishment is declared how greatly God detested ambition and vain glory.
  2. Isaiah 39:7 That is, officers and servants.
  3. Isaiah 39:8 Read 2 Kings 20:19.

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