This will be a sign to you from the LORD that He will do what He has promised:
Parallel translations
- WEB This shall be the sign to you from Yahweh, that Yahweh will do this thing that he has spoken.
- KJV And this shall be a sign unto thee from the LORD, that the LORD will do this thing that he hath spoken;
- NKJV And this is the sign to you from the Lord, that the Lord will do this thing which He has spoken:
- NASB “And this shall be the sign to you from the Lord, that the Lord will perform this word that He has spoken:
- NLT “‘And this is the sign from the Lord to prove that he will do as he promised:
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Quick answer
God offers a sign to confirm that he will do what he has spoken. He graciously strengthens Hezekiah's faith with visible proof.
Overview
The Lord announces that he will give a sign guaranteeing the fulfillment of his promise. God condescends to confirm his word in a way the king can see. This willingness to give assurance reflects God's patient care for the faith of his servants.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 7
- Isa 37:30And this will be a sign to you, O Hezekiah: This year you will eat what grows on its own, and in the second year what springs from the same. But in the third year you will sow and reap; you will plant vineyards and eat their fruit.
- Judg 6:37–39then behold, I will place a fleece of wool on the threshing floor. If there is dew only on the fleece and all the ground is dry, then I will know that You are going to save Israel by my hand, as You have said.”
- Judg 6:17–22Gideon answered, “If I have found favor in Your sight, give me a sign that it is You speaking with me.
- Isa 7:11–14“Ask for a sign from the LORD your God, whether from the depths of Sheol or the heights of heaven.”
- 2 Kgs 20:8–21Now Hezekiah had asked Isaiah, “What will be the sign that the LORD will heal me and that I will go up to the house of the LORD on the third day?”
- Gen 9:13I have set My rainbow in the clouds, and it will be a sign of the covenant between Me and the earth.
- Isa 38:22And Hezekiah had asked, “What will be the sign that I will go up to the house of the LORD?”
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