2 Kings 20:14 (DRB)

Passage

And Isaias, the prophet, came to king Ezechias, and said to him: What said these men? or from whence came they to thee? And Ezechias said to him: From a far country, they came to me out of Babylon.

Nearby Context

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.

2 Kings 20:14 And Isaias, the prophet, came to king Ezechias, and said to him: What said these men? or from whence came they to thee? And Ezechias said to him: From a far country, they came to me out of Babylon.

2 Kings 20:15 And he said: What did they see in thy house? Ezechias said: They saw all the things that are in my house: There is nothing among my treasures that I have not shewed them.

2 Kings 20:16 And Isaias said to Ezechias: Hear the word of the Lord.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "isaias", "prophet", "came", "king", "ezechias", "said", and "whence". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "isaias" and "prophet", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 13's "And Ezechias rejoiced at their coming and..." into verse 15's "And he said What did they see...", so "isaias" and "prophet" 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 "isaias" and "prophet" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.