"And this {shall be} a sign unto thee from the LORD, that the LORD will do this thing that he hath spoken;" — Isaiah 38:7

Isaiah 38:7 · KJV

“And this {shall be} a sign unto thee from the LORD, that the LORD will do this thing that he hath spoken;”

— Isaiah 38:7

And I will deliver thee and this city out of the hand of the king of Assyria: and I will defend this city.

Behold, I will bring again the shadow of the degrees, which is gone down in the sun dial of Ahaz, ten degrees backward. So the sun returned ten degrees, by which degrees it was gone down. {sun dial: Heb. degrees by, or, with the sun}

Isaiah 38 — Context

Go, and say to Hezekiah, Thus saith the LORD, the God of David thy father, I have heard thy prayer, I have seen thy tears: behold, I will add unto thy days fifteen years.

And I will deliver thee and this city out of the hand of the king of Assyria: and I will defend this city.

And this {shall be} a sign unto thee from the LORD, that the LORD will do this thing that he hath spoken;

The writing of Hezekiah king of Judah, when he had been sick, and was recovered of his sickness:

Cross References

Isaiah 37:30

And this {shall be} a sign unto thee, Ye shall eat {this} year such as groweth of itself; and the second year that which springeth of the same: and in the third year sow ye, and reap, and plant vineyards, and eat the fruit thereof.

Judges 6:37-39

Behold, I will put a fleece of wool in the floor; {and} if the dew be on the fleece only, and {it be} dry upon all the earth {beside}, then shall I know that thou wilt save Israel by mine hand, as thou hast said.

2 Kings 20:8-21

And Hezekiah said unto Isaiah, What {shall be} the sign that the LORD will heal me, and that I shall go up into the house of the LORD the third day?

Isaiah 7:11-14

Ask thee a sign of the LORD thy God; ask it either in the depth, or in the height above. {ask it...: or, make thy petition deep}

Judges 6:17-22

And he said unto him, If now I have found grace in thy sight, then shew me a sign that thou talkest with me.

Genesis 9:13

I do set my bow in the cloud, and it shall be for a token of a covenant between me and the earth.

Isaiah 38:22

Hezekiah also had said, What {is} the sign that I shall go up to the house of the LORD?