2 Kings 20:16 (YLT)

Passage

And Isaiah saith unto Hezekiah, `Hear a word of Jehovah:

Nearby Context

2 Kings 20:14 And Isaiah the prophet cometh in unto king Hezekiah, and saith unto him, `What said these men? and whence come they unto thee?' And Hezekiah saith, `From a land afar off they have come--from Babylon.'

2 Kings 20:15 And he saith, `What saw they in thy house?' and Hezekiah saith, `All that <FI>is<Fi> in my house they saw; there hath not been a thing that I have not shewed them among my treasures.'

2 Kings 20:16 And Isaiah saith unto Hezekiah, `Hear a word of Jehovah:

2 Kings 20:17 Lo, days are coming, and borne hath been all that <FI>is<Fi> in thy house, and that thy father have treasured up till this day, to Babylon; there is not left a thing, said Jehovah;

2 Kings 20:18 and of thy sons who go out from thee, whom thou begettest, they take away, and they have been eunuchs in the palace of the king of Babylon.'

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "isaiah", "saith", "hezekiah", "hear", "word", and "jehovah". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "isaiah" and "saith", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 15's "And he saith What saw they in..." into verse 17's "Lo days are coming and borne hath...", so "isaiah" and "saith" 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 "isaiah" and "saith" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.