Holy Scripture

Isaiah 38:5

A church father on this verse
“When Hezekiah, king of Judah, was still sick and weeping, there came an angel, and said to him: "I have seen thy tears, and I have heard thy voice. Behold, I add unto thy time fifteen years. And this shall be a sign to thee from the Lord: Behold, I turn back the shadow of the degrees of the house of thy father, by whi…”
Hippolytus of Rome, 3th c. — Hippolytus Exegetical Fragments

Source: Septuagint

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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.

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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.

4And the word of the Lord came to Isaiah, saying, Go, and say to Hezekiah,

— Isaiah 38:5 —

6And I will deliver thee and this city out of the hand of the king of the Assyrians: and I will defend this city.

7And this shall be a sign to thee from the Lord, that God will do this thing;

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