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2 Kings 20:9 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition

" Isaiah said, “This will be the sign to you from the LORD, that the LORD will do the thing that he has spoken: should the shadow go forward ten steps, or go back ten steps?” "

2 Kings 20:9

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7 Isaiah said, “Take a cake of figs.” They took and laid it on the boil, and he recovered.

8 Hezekiah said to Isaiah, “What will be the sign that the LORD will heal me, and that I will go up to the LORD’s house the third day?”

9 Isaiah said, “This will be the sign to you from the LORD, that the LORD will do the thing that he has spoken: should the shadow go forward ten steps, or go back ten steps?”

10 Hezekiah answered, “It is a light thing for the shadow to go forward ten steps. No, but let the shadow return backward ten steps.”

11 Isaiah the prophet cried to the LORD; and he brought the shadow ten steps backward, by which it had gone down on the sundial of Ahaz.

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Isaiah 38:22

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"Hezekiah also had said, “What is the sign that I will go up to the LORD’s house?”"

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Isaiah 38:8

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"Behold, I will cause the shadow on the sundial, which has gone down on the sundial of Ahaz with the sun, to return backward ten steps.”’” So the sun returned ten steps on the sundial on which it had gone down."

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2 Chronicles 32:24

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"In those days Hezekiah was terminally ill, and he prayed to the LORD; and he spoke to him, and gave him a sign."

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Jeremiah 44:29

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"“‘This will be the sign to you,’ says the LORD, ‘that I will punish you in this place, that you may know that my words will surely stand against you for evil.’"

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Isaiah 38:7-8

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"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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Judges 6:36

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"Gideon said to God, “If you will save Israel by my hand, as you have spoken,"

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2 Kings 20:1

"In those days Hezekiah was sick and dying. Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz came to him, and said to him, “The LORD says, ‘Set your house in order; for you will die, and not live.’”"

2 Kings 20:2

"Then he turned his face to the wall, and prayed to the LORD, saying,"

2 Kings 20:3

"“Remember now, LORD, I beg you, how I have walked before you in truth and with a perfect heart, and have done that which is good in your sight.” And Hezekiah wept bitterly."

2 Kings 20:4

"Before Isaiah had gone out into the middle part of the city, the LORD’s word came to him, saying,"

2 Kings 20:5

"“Turn back, and tell Hezekiah the prince of my people, ‘The LORD, the God of David your father, says, “I have heard your prayer. I have seen your tears. Behold, I will heal you. On the third day, you will go up to the LORD’s house."

2 Kings 20:6

"I will add to your days fifteen years. I will deliver you and this city out of the hand of the king of Assyria. I will defend this city for my own sake, and for my servant David’s sake.”’”"

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