Isaiah said, “Take a cake of figs.”
They took and laid it on the boil, and he recovered.
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
2 Kings 20:7 in context
2 Kings 20:4–10
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Before Isaiah had gone out into the middle part of the city, the LORD’s word came to him, saying,
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“Turn back, and tell Hezekiah the prince of my people, ‘The LORD, the God of David your father, says, “I have heard your prayer. I have seen your tears. Behold, I will heal you. On the third day, you will go up to the LORD’s house.
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I will add to your days fifteen years. I will deliver you and this city out of the hand of the king of Assyria. I will defend this city for my own sake, and for my servant David’s sake.”’”
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Isaiah said, “Take a cake of figs.”
They took and laid it on the boil, and he recovered.
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Hezekiah said to Isaiah, “What will be the sign that the LORD will heal me, and that I will go up to the LORD’s house the third day?”
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Isaiah said, “This will be the sign to you from the LORD, that the LORD will do the thing that he has spoken: should the shadow go forward ten steps, or go back ten steps?”
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Hezekiah answered, “It is a light thing for the shadow to go forward ten steps. No, but let the shadow return backward ten steps.”
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