Isaias

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.

XL. 1 Comfort ye, comfort ye my people, saith your God.

2 Speak ye to the heart of Jerusalem, and cry unto her, that her warfare is filled, that her guilt is satisfied; for she hath received of the ’s hand double fOr all her sins.

3 A voice of one crying: In the wilderness clear ye the way of the LORD, make level in the desert a highway for our God.

4 Every ’valley shall ’ exalted, and every mountain and hill shall be brought low; and the rugged shall become a level, and the rough places a plain: