XXXIX. 1 At that time Merodach Baladan, son of Baladan, king of Babylon, sent a letter and a present to Hezekiah; and he heard that he had been sick, and was recovered.

13. ‘I, quieted ‘: or, ‘I ’ (lit. laid). Many would ‘ cried ’: this involves altering a letter (ABBREV) for ABBREV)15. ‘spoken:...done ’ i.e. prob. promised and performed. ‘softly’: or, ‘at ’ or, ‘solemnly’ (Ps. xlii. 4). ‘because ’: or, ‘in spite ’: lit. ‘upon the bitterness.17. Not meaning instead qf peace, but rather ‘to give ’ ‘Loved,’ i.e. so as to deliver ‘from the ’: some read (ABBREV) thou hast kept back for (ABBREV) (pronounced somewhat alike).19. ‘truth’: or, ‘faithfulness.21. Or, ‘rub it on the ’ [Some commentators consider that W. τι, 22 should stand after ver. 6, cf. the parallel passage in 2 Kings.]

2 And Hezekiah was glad because of them, and shewed them his treasure-house, the silver and the gold, and the spices, and the ﬁne oil, and all his armoury, and all that was found among his treasures; there was nothing in his house, nor in all his dominion, that Hezekiah showed them not.

3 Isaiah the prophet came unto king Hezekiah, and said unto him, What said men, and whence came they unto thee? And Hezekiah said, They came from a far country unto me, from Babylon.

4 And he said, What have they seen in thine house? And Hezekiah said, All that is in my house have they seen; there is nothing among my treasures that I have not shewed them.

5 And Isaiah said to Hezekiah, Hear the word of the Lord of Hosts:

6 Behold, the days are coming, and all that is in thine house, and that thy fathers have stored up until this day, shall be carried to Babylon; nothing shall be left, saith the Lord

7 And of thy sons that shall issue from thee, which thou shalt beget, shall they take away; and they shall be eunuchs in the palace of the kings of Babylon.

8. And Hezekiah said to Isaiah, Good is the word of the Lord which thou hast spoken. And he said, For there shall be peace and truth in my days.