Isaiah 38:8

38:8 Look, I will make the shadow go back ten steps on the stairs of Ahaz.” ¹  And then the shadow went back ten steps. ² 

Isaiah 65:6

65:6 Look, I have decreed: ³ 

I will not keep silent, but will pay them back;

I will pay them back exactly what they deserve, ⁴ 

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¹ tn Heb “the shadow on the steps which [the sun] had gone down, on the steps of Ahaz, with the sun, back ten steps.”

sn These steps probably functioned as a type of sundial. See HALOT 614 s.v. מַעֲלָה and M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (AB), 256.

² tn Heb “and the sun returned ten steps on the steps which it had gone down.”

³ tn Heb “Look, it is written before me.”

⁴ tn Heb “I will pay back into their lap.”