2 Kings 20:5 (GNV)

Passage

Turne againe, and tell Hezekiah the captaine of my people, Thus saith the Lord God of Dauid thy father, I haue heard thy prayer, and seene thy teares: behold, I haue healed thee, and ye third day thou shalt go vp to ye house of ye Lord,

Nearby Context

2 Kings 20:3 I beseech thee, O Lord, remember nowe, howe I haue walked before thee in trueth and with a perfite heart, and haue done that which is good in thy sight: and Hezekiah wept sore.

2 Kings 20:4 And afore Isaiah was gone out into the middle of the court, the worde of the Lord came to him, saying,

2 Kings 20:5 Turne againe, and tell Hezekiah the captaine of my people, Thus saith the Lord God of Dauid thy father, I haue heard thy prayer, and seene thy teares: behold, I haue healed thee, and ye third day thou shalt go vp to ye house of ye Lord,

2 Kings 20:6 And I wil adde vnto thy dayes fiftene yere, and wil deliuer thee and this citie out of the hand of the King of Asshur, and will defende this citie for mine owne sake, and for Dauid my seruats sake.

2 Kings 20:7 Then Isaiah sayde, Take a lumpe of dry figges. And they tooke it, and layed it on the boyle, and he recouered.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "healed", "turne", "againe", "tell", "hezekiah", "captaine", "people", and "thus". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "healed" and "turne", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 4's "And afore Isaiah was gone out into..." into verse 6's "And I wil adde vnto thy dayes...", so "healed" and "turne" 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 "healed" and "turne" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.