Isaiah 39:3-8
39:3 Isaiah the prophet visited King Hezekiah and asked him, “What did these men say? Where do they come from?” Hezekiah replied, “They come from the distant land of Babylon.”
39:4 Isaiah 1 asked, “What have they seen in your palace?” Hezekiah replied, “They have seen everything in my palace. I showed them everything in my treasuries.”
39:5 Isaiah said to Hezekiah, “Listen to the word of the Lord who commands armies:
39:6 ‘Look, a time is coming when everything in your palace and the things your ancestors 2 have accumulated to this day will be carried away to Babylon; nothing will be left,’ says the Lord.
39:7 ‘Some of your very own descendants whom you father 3 will be taken away and will be made eunuchs in the palace of the king of Babylon.’”
39:8 Hezekiah said to Isaiah, “The Lord’s word which you have announced is appropriate.” 4 Then he thought, 5 “For 6 there will be peace and stability during my lifetime.”
1 tn Heb “he”; the referent (Isaiah) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
2 tn Heb “fathers” (so KJV, NAB, NASB, NIV).
3 tn Heb “Some of your sons, who go out from you, whom you father.”
4 tn Heb “good” (so KJV, NASB, NIV, NRSV, NLT); NAB “favorable.”
5 tn Heb “and he said.” The verb אָמַר (’amar, “say”) is sometimes used of what one thinks (that is, says to oneself).
6 tn Or “surely”; cf. CEV “At least.”