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2 Kings 20:19

HezekiahIsaiah
The future and plansContentment

17 The time will surely come when everything in your palace and all that your fathers have stored up until this day will be carried off to Babylon. Nothing will be left, says the LORD.

18 And some of your descendants, your own flesh and blood, will be taken away to be eunuchs in the palace of the king of Babylon.”

But Hezekiah said to Isaiah, “The word of the LORD that you have spoken is good.” For he thought, “Will there not at least be peace and security in my lifetime?”

20 As for the rest of the acts of Hezekiah, along with all his might and how he constructed the pool and the tunnel to bring water into the city, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah?

21 And Hezekiah rested with his fathers, and his son Manasseh reigned in his place.

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BSB
But Hezekiah said to Isaiah, “The word of the LORD that you have spoken is good.” For he thought, “Will there not at least be peace and security in my lifetime?”
KJV
Then said Hezekiah unto Isaiah, Good is the word of the LORD which thou hast spoken. And he said, Is it not good, if peace and truth be in my days?
WEB
Then Hezekiah said to Isaiah, “The LORD’s word which you have spoken is good.” He said moreover, “Isn’t it so, if peace and truth will be in my days?”
ASV
Then said Hezekiah unto Isaiah, Good is the word of Jehovah which thou hast spoken. He said moreover, Is it not so, if peace and truth shall be in my days?
DARBY
And Hezekiah said to Isaiah, Good is the word of Jehovah which thou hast spoken. And he said, Is it not so? if only there shall be peace and truth in my days!
BLB
And Hezekiah said to Isaiah, “The word of YHWH that you have spoken [is] good.” For he said, “Why not, if there will be peace and security in my days?”
ÅB
Da sa Hiskia til Jesaja: Det Herrens ord som du har talt, er godt. Så sa han: Er det ikke så, når det skal være fred og trygghet i mine dager?
OTB
Da sa Hiskia til Jesaja, "Herrens ord som du har talt er godt." For han tenkte, "Er det ikke godt om det vil være fred og sannhet i mine dager?"
B1930
Da sa Esekias til Esaias: Det Herrens ord som du har talt, er godt. Så sa han: Er det ikke så, når det skal være fred og trygghet i mine dager?

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Cross references

  • 1 Samuel 3:18

    So Samuel told him everything and did not hide a thing from him. “He is the LORD,” replied Eli. “Let Him do what is good in His eyes.”

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  • Job 1:21

    saying: “Naked I came from my mother’s womb, and naked I will return. The LORD gave, and the LORD has taken away. Blessed be the name of the LORD.”

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  • Zechariah 8:19

    “This is what the LORD of Hosts says: The fasts of the fourth, the fifth, the seventh, and the tenth months will become times of joy and gladness, cheerful feasts for the house of Judah. Therefore you are to love both truth and peace.”

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  • Luke 2:10

    But the angel said to them, “Do not be afraid! For behold, I bring you good news of great joy that will be for all the people:

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  • Psalms 39:9

    I have become mute; I do not open my mouth because of what You have done.

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  • Leviticus 10:3

    Then Moses said to Aaron, “This is what the LORD meant when He said: ‘To those who come near Me I will show My holiness, and in the sight of all the people I will reveal My glory.’” But Aaron remained silent.

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  • Lamentations 3:39

    Why should any mortal man complain, in view of his sins?

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  • Lamentations 3:22

    Because of the loving devotion of the LORD we are not consumed, for His mercies never fail.

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