The Sign of Hezekiah
Great must have been the honor given to Isaiah after the downfall of Sennacherib; and great the respect shown by the surrounding nations to Judah, her king, and her prophet. The wealth and glory of Hezekiah’s later days and the splendor of his kingdom seem to have been almost akin to those of David and Solomon. Hezekiah had his scribes and his collection of wise savings even as Solomon. He had also like Joshua the beatitude of a direct sign from God. In the crucial moment of his illness Isaiah, to convince him of his promised recovery, turned back the shadow cast by the sun upon a dial.
Then Hezekiah composed a hymn of thankfulness. “The living, the living, he shall praise thee, as I do this day: the father to the children shall make known thy truth."
“The Lord was ready to save me: therefore we will sing my songs to the stringed instruments all the days of our life in the house of the Lord.”
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