2 Kings 20:16 (DRB)

Passage

And Isaias said to Ezechias: Hear the word of the Lord.

Nearby Context

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.

2 Kings 20:17 Behold the days shall come, that all that is in thy house, and that thy fathers have laid up in store unto this day, shall be carried into Babylon: nothing shall be left, saith the Lord.

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

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "isaias", "said", "ezechias", "hear", "word", and "lord". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "isaias" 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 did they see..." into verse 17's "Behold the days shall come that all...", so "isaias" 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 "isaias" and "said" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.