Holy Scripture
Isaiah 38:3
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“Do you want to know the power of repentance? Do you want to understand this strong weapon of salvation and the might of confession? By confession Hezekiah routed 185,000 of the enemy. That was important, but it was small compared with what else happened. The same king's repentance won the repeal the sentence God had p…”
Source: Septuagint
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3Remember, O Lord, how I have walked before thee in truth, with a true heart, and have done that which was pleasing in thy sight. And Hezekiah wept bitterly.
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1And it came to pass at that time, that Hezekiah was sick even to death. And Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz came to him, and said to him, Thus saith the Lord, Give orders concerning thy house: for thou shalt die, and not live.
2And Hezekiah turned his face to the wall, and prayed to the Lord, saying,
— Isaiah 38:3 —
4And the word of the Lord came to Isaiah, saying, Go, and say to Hezekiah,
5Thus saith the Lord, the God of David thy father, I have heard thy prayer, and seen thy tears: behold, I will add to thy time fifteen years.