[1] At that time Merodach-baladan, the son of Baladan, king of Babylon,
sent letters with an offering to Hezekiah, because he had news that
Hezekiah had been ill, and was well again. [2] And Hezekiah was glad at
their coming, and let them see all his store of wealth, the silver and the
gold and the spices and the oil, and all the house of his arms, and
everything there was in his stores: there was nothing in all his house or
his kingdom which he did not let them see. [3] Then Isaiah the prophet came
to King Hezekiah, and said to him, What did these men say, and where did
they come from? And Hezekiah said, They came from a far country, even from
Babylon. [4] And he said, What have they seen in your house? And Hezekiah
said in answer, They saw everything in my house: there is nothing among my
stores which I did not let them see. [5] Then said Isaiah to Hezekiah, Give
ear to the word of the Lord of armies: [6] Truly, the days are coming when
everything in your house, and whatever your fathers have put in store till
this day, will be taken away to Babylon: all will be gone. [7] And your
sons, even your offspring, will they take away to be unsexed servants in
the house of the king of Babylon. [8] Then said Hezekiah to Isaiah, Good is
the word of the Lord which you have said. And he said in his heart, There
will be peace and quiet in my days.
