Isaiah 39

Hezekiah’s Folly

1At that time Merodach-baladan son of Baladan, king of Babylon, sent letters and a gift to Hezekiah since he heard that he had been sick and had recovered.[#2Kg 20:12-19; 2Ch 32:31]

2Hezekiah was pleased with them, and showed them his treasure house — the silver, the gold, the spices, and the precious oil — and all his armory, and everything that was found in his treasuries. There was nothing in his palace and in all his realm that Hezekiah did not show them.[#2Kg 18:15-16; #2Ch 32:25]

3Then the prophet Isaiah came to King Hezekiah and asked him, “Where did these men come from and what did they say to you? ”

Hezekiah replied, “They came to me from a distant country, from Babylon.”

4Isaiah asked, “What have they seen in your palace? ”

Hezekiah answered, “They have seen everything in my palace. There isn’t anything in my treasuries that I didn’t show them.”

5Then Isaiah said to Hezekiah, “Hear the word of the Lord of Hosts:[#Is 28:14; Zch 7:4; 8:1,18]

6‘The time will certainly come when everything in your palace and all that your fathers have stored up until this day will be carried off to Babylon; nothing will be left,’ says the Lord .[#2Kg 24:13; 25:13-15; Jr 20:5]

7‘Some of your descendants who come from you will be taken away, and they will become eunuchs in the palace of the king of Babylon.’ ”

8Then Hezekiah said to Isaiah, “The word of the Lord that you have spoken is good,” for he thought: There will be peace and security during my lifetime.[#2Ch 32:26]

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