2 Kings 20:17 (GNV)

Passage

Beholde, the dayes come, that all that is in thine house, and what so euer thy fathers haue layed vp in store vnto this day, shall be caryed into Babel: Nothing shall be left, saith the Lord.

Nearby Context

2 Kings 20:15 Then saide he, What haue they seene in thine house? And Hezekiah answered, All that is in mine house haue they seene: there is nothing among my treasures, that I haue not shewed the.

2 Kings 20:16 And Isaiah said vnto Hezekiah, Heare the worde of the Lord.

2 Kings 20:17 Beholde, the dayes come, that all that is in thine house, and what so euer thy fathers haue layed vp in store vnto this day, shall be caryed into Babel: Nothing shall be left, saith the Lord.

2 Kings 20:18 And of thy sonnes, that shall proceede out of thee, and which thou shalt beget, shall they take away, and they shalbe eunuches in the palace of the King of Babel.

2 Kings 20:19 Then Hezekiah said vnto Isaiah, The word of the Lord which thou hast spoken, is good: for saide he, Shall it not be good, if peace and trueth be in my dayes?

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "beholde", "dayes", "come", "thine", "house", "euer", "fathers", and "haue". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "beholde" and "dayes", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 16's "And Isaiah said vnto Hezekiah Heare the..." into verse 18's "And of thy sonnes that shall proceede...", so "beholde" and "dayes" 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 "beholde" and "dayes" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.