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1.4 KiB
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22 lines
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Hezekiah's Folly
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# Chapter 39
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1. At 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.
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2. Hezekiah was pleased with the letters, and he showed the envoys 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.
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3. Then the prophet Isaiah came to King Hezekiah and asked him, "What did these men say, and where did they come to you from?"
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Hezekiah replied, "They came to me from a distant country, from Babylon."
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4. Isaiah asked, "What have they seen in your palace?"
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Hezekiah answered, "They have seen everything in my palace. There isn't anything in my treasuries that I didn't show them."
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5. Then Isaiah said to Hezekiah, "Hear the word of the Lord of Armies:
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6. 'Look, the days are coming when everything in your palace and all that your predecessors have stored up until today will be carried off to Babylon; nothing will be left,' says the Lord.
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7. 'Some of your descendants--who come from you, whom you father--will be taken away, and they will become eunuchs in the palace of the king of Babylon.'"
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8. Then 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.
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