Isaiah 39
1 At that time Marodach Baladan, the
son of Baladan, the king of Babylonia, sent letters and ambassadors and gifts
to Ezekias: for he had heard that he
aGr. was.had been sick even to death, and was recovered.
2 And Ezekias was glad of their
coming, and he shewed them the house of his spices,
and of silver, and gold, and myrrh, and incense, and ointment, and all the
houses of his treasures, and all that he had in his stores: and there was
nothing in his house, nor in all his dominion, which Ezekias did not shew.
3 And Isaiah the prophet came to king
Ezekias, and said to him, What say these men? and whence came they to thee?
and Ezekias said, They are come to me from a land afar off, from Babylon.
4 And Isaiah said, What have they seen
in thine house? and Ezekias said, They have seen everything in my house; and
there is nothing in my house which they have not seen: yea, also the
possessions in my treasuries.
5 And Isaiah said to him, Hear the
word of the Lord of hosts: 6 Behold,
the days come, when they shall take all the
things that are in thine house, and all that thy
fathers have gathered until this day, shall go to Babylon; and they shall not
leave anything at all: and God hath said,
7 that they shall take also of thy
children whom thou shalt beget; and they shall make them eunuchs in the house
of the king of the Babylonians. 8 And
Ezekias said to Isaiah, Good is the word of the Lord, which he hath spoken:
let there, I pray, be peace and righteousness in my days.