The Book of the Prophet Isaiah 39 The Babylonian Ambassadors Sent to Jerusalem. Hezekiah's Pride

 The Book of the Prophet Isaiah 39

The Babylonian Ambassadors Sent to Jerusalem. Hezekiah's Pride

1 At that time Merodach-Baladan, son of Baladam, king of Babylon, sent letters and a gift to Hezekiah, because he had heard that he had been sick and was recovering.

2 Hezekiah rejoiced with them and showed them his treasure house, the silver, the gold, the spices, the precious ointments, his entire armory, and everything found in his treasures. There was nothing in his house or in all his domain that Hezekiah did not show them.

3 Then the prophet Isaiah came to King Hezekiah and said to him, "What did these men say, and where did they come from?" Hezekiah said, "They came to me from a far country, from Babylon." 

4 And he said, "What have they seen in your house?" And Hezekiah said, "They have seen all that is in my house; there is nothing among my treasures that I have not shown them."

5 Then Isaiah said to Hezekiah, "Hear the word of the Lord of hosts:

6 Behold, the days are coming when all that is in your house, and that which your fathers have laid up in store to this day, will be carried to Babylon; nothing will be left, says the Lord.

7 And some of your sons, whom you shall father, will be taken away, and they will be eunuchs in the palace of the king of Babylon."

8 Then Hezekiah said to Isaiah, "The word of the Lord that you have spoken is good." And he said, "For there will be peace and truth in my days."