Isaiah 39 At the time when Marodach Baladan the son of Baladan the king of Babylon sent letters and ambassadors and presents to Ezekias [for he heard that he had been sick unto death and had recovered:

Thomson⁽ⁱ⁾ ¹ At the time when Marodach Baladan the son of Baladan the king of Babylon sent letters and ambassadors and presents to Ezekias [for he heard that he had been sick unto death and had recovered: ² and Ezekias was rejoiced at their arrival and shewed them the house of Nechotha and that of the silver and of the gold; and that for stacte, and for perfumes and for myrrh; and all the treasure houses and all that he had in his treasuries; there being nothing in his house nor in all his dominion which Ezekias did not shew them; ³ Esaias the prophet then went to king Ezekias and said to him, What say those men? And, whence are they come to thee? And Ezekias said, They are come to me from a far distant land, from Babylon. ⁴ And Esaias said, What have they seen in thy house? To which Ezekias replied, They have seen all that are in my house. There is nothing in my house which they have not seen: nay, they have seen also what are in my treasuries. ⁵ Thereupon Esaias said to him, Hear the word of the Lord of hosts! ⁶ Behold days are coming, when they shall seize all that are in thy house. And all that thy fathers have collected even to this day shall go to Babylon; and nothing shall be left behind. Moreover God hath said, ⁷ That of thy children whom thou shalt beget, they will take some and make them eunuchs in the house of the king of the Babylonians. ⁸ And Ezekias said to Esaias, Good is the word of the Lord which he spake: let there be, I pray, peace and righteousness in my days.