Isaiah 39:7-8

39:7 ‘Some of your very own descendants whom you father ¹  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.” ²  Then he thought, ³  “For ⁴  there will be peace and stability during my lifetime.”

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¹ tn Heb “Some of your sons, who go out from you, whom you father.”

² tn Heb “good” (so KJV, NASB, NIV, NRSV, NLT); NAB “favorable.”

³ tn Heb “and he said.” The verb אָמַר (’amar, “say”) is sometimes used of what one thinks (that is, says to oneself).

⁴ tn Or “surely”; cf. CEV “At least.”