2 Kings 20:11 (DRB)

Passage

And Isaias, the prophet, called upon the Lord, and he brought the shadow ten degrees backwards by the lines, by which it had already gone down on the dial of Achaz.

Nearby Context

2 Kings 20:9 And Isaias said to him: This shall be the sign from the Lord, that the Lord will do the word which he hath spoken: Wilt thou that the shadow go forward ten lines, or that it go back so many degrees?

2 Kings 20:10 And Ezechias said: It is an easy matter for the shadow to go forward ten lines: and I do not desire that this be done, but let it return back ten degrees.

2 Kings 20:11 And Isaias, the prophet, called upon the Lord, and he brought the shadow ten degrees backwards by the lines, by which it had already gone down on the dial of Achaz.

2 Kings 20:12 At that time Berodach Baladan, the son of Baladan, king of the Babylonians, sent letters and presents to Ezechias: for he had heard that Ezechias had been sick.

2 Kings 20:13 And Ezechias rejoiced at their coming, and he shewed them the house of his aromatical spices, and the gold, and the silver, and divers precious odours, and ointments, and the house of his vessels, and all that he had in his treasures. There was nothing in his house, nor in all his dominions, that Ezechias shewed them not.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "called", "isaias", "prophet", "upon", "lord", "brought", "shadow", and "degrees". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "called" and "isaias", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 10's "And Ezechias said It is an easy..." into verse 12's "At that time Berodach Baladan the son...", so "called" and "isaias" 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 "called" and "isaias" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.