2 Kings 20:16 (DBY)

Passage

And Isaiah said to Hezekiah, Hear the word of Jehovah:

Nearby Context

2 Kings 20:14 Then came the prophet Isaiah to king Hezekiah and said to him, What said these men? and from whence came they to thee? And Hezekiah said, They came from a far country, from Babylon.

2 Kings 20:15 And he said, What have they seen in thy house? And Hezekiah said, All that is in my house have they seen: there is nothing among my treasures that I have not shewn them.

2 Kings 20:16 And Isaiah said to Hezekiah, Hear the word of Jehovah:

2 Kings 20:17 Behold, days come that all that is in thy house, and what thy fathers have laid up until this day, shall be carried to Babylon; nothing shall be left, saith Jehovah.

2 Kings 20:18 And of thy sons that shall issue from thee, whom thou shalt beget, shall they take away; and they shall be chamberlains in the palace of the king of Babylon.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "isaiah", "said", "hezekiah", "hear", "word", and "jehovah". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "isaiah" and "said", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 15's "And he said What have they seen..." into verse 17's "Behold days come that all that is...", so "isaiah" and "said" belong inside that flow. In 2 Kings context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "isaiah" and "said" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.