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Ecclesiastes 4

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¹ "This shall be the sign [of these things] to you [Hezekiah]: you are to eat this year[4] what grows of itself, and in the second year that which springs from the same, and in the third year you are to sow and harvest, and plant vineyards and eat their fruit.

² The surviving remnant of the house of Judah will again take root downward and bear fruit upward.

³ For out of Jerusalem will come a remnant and from Mount Zion a band of survivors. The zeal of the LORD of hosts will do this."'

⁴ "Therefore, the LORD says this concerning the king of Assyria, 'He will not come into this city or shoot an arrow there, or come before it with shield, or raise an assault ramp against it.

⁵ By the way that he came, by the same way he will return, and he will not come into this city,' declares the LORD.

⁶ For I will defend this city to save it, for My own sake and for the sake of My servant David.'"

⁷ And the[5] angel of the LORD went out and[6] struck 185,000 in the camp of the Assyrians; and when the [surviving] men got up early the next morning, they saw all the dead.

⁸ So Sennacherib king of Assyria departed and returned and lived at Nineveh.

⁹ It came to pass as he was worshiping in the house of Nisroch his god, that Adrammelech and Sharezer his sons killed him with the sword; and they escaped into the land of Ararat [in Armenia]. And Esarhaddon his son became king in his place.

¹⁰ In those days Hezekiah [king of Judah] became sick and was at the point of death. And Isaiah the prophet, the son of Amoz, came to him and said, "For the LORD says this, 'Set your house in order and prepare a will, for you shall die; you will not live.'"

¹¹ Then Hezekiah turned his face to the wall and prayed to the LORD,

¹² and said, "Please, O LORD, just remember how I have walked before You in faithfulness and truth, and with a whole heart [absolutely devoted to You], and have done what is good in Your sight." And Hezekiah wept greatly.

¹³ Then the word of the LORD came to Isaiah, saying,

¹⁴ Go and say to Hezekiah, 'For the LORD, the God of David your father says this, I have heard your prayer, I have seen your tears; listen carefully, I will add fifteen years to your life.

¹⁵ I will rescue you and this city from the hand of the king of Assyria; and I will defend this city [Jerusalem]."'

¹⁶ "This shall be the sign to you from the LORD, that the LORD will do this thing that He has spoken:

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1	"This shall be the sign [of these things] to you [Hezekiah]: you are to eat this year[4] what grows of itself, and in the second year that which springs from the same, and in the third year you are to sow and harvest, and plant vineyards and eat their fruit.
2	The surviving remnant of the house of Judah will again take root downward and bear fruit upward.
3	For out of Jerusalem will come a remnant and from Mount Zion a band of survivors. The zeal of the LORD of hosts will do this."'
4	"Therefore, the LORD says this concerning the king of Assyria, 'He will not come into this city or shoot an arrow there, or come before it with shield, or raise an assault ramp against it.
5	By the way that he came, by the same way he will return, and he will not come into this city,' declares the LORD.
6	For I will defend this city to save it, for My own sake and for the sake of My servant David.'"
7	And the[5] angel of the LORD went out and[6] struck 185,000 in the camp of the Assyrians; and when the [surviving] men got up early the next morning, they saw all the dead.
8	So Sennacherib king of Assyria departed and returned and lived at Nineveh.
9	It came to pass as he was worshiping in the house of Nisroch his god, that Adrammelech and Sharezer his sons killed him with the sword; and they escaped into the land of Ararat [in Armenia]. And Esarhaddon his son became king in his place.
10	In those days Hezekiah [king of Judah] became sick and was at the point of death. And Isaiah the prophet, the son of Amoz, came to him and said, "For the LORD says this, 'Set your house in order and prepare a will, for you shall die; you will not live.'"
11	Then Hezekiah turned his face to the wall and prayed to the LORD,
12	and said, "Please, O LORD, just remember how I have walked before You in faithfulness and truth, and with a whole heart [absolutely devoted to You], and have done what is good in Your sight." And Hezekiah wept greatly.
13	Then the word of the LORD came to Isaiah, saying,
14	Go and say to Hezekiah, 'For the LORD, the God of David your father says this, I have heard your prayer, I have seen your tears; listen carefully, I will add fifteen years to your life.
15	I will rescue you and this city from the hand of the king of Assyria; and I will defend this city [Jerusalem]."'
16	"This shall be the sign to you from the LORD, that the LORD will do this thing that He has spoken:

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