Isaiah 39

1 At that time Merodach son of Baladan, king of Babylon, sent letters, ambassadors, and gifts to Hezekiah, because he heard that Hezekiah had been ill nearly to death and had recovered. [a] 2 Hezekiah rejoiced greatly over them and showed them the house containing his spices, oil of myrrh, incense, perfume oil, silver, and gold, along with every room holding the treasury’s vessels and everything in his storehouses. There was nothing in his house that Hezekiah did not show them. 3 Isaiah the prophet came to King Hezekiah and asked, “What did these men say, and where did they come from?” Hezekiah answered, “They came to me from a distant land, from Babylon.”

4 Isaiah asked, “What did they see in your house?” Hezekiah answered, “They saw everything in my house. There is nothing in my house that they did not see, including everything in my treasuries.” 5 Isaiah said to him, “Hear the word of the Lord of armies:

6 Look, days are coming, says the Lord, when everything in your house and everything your fathers gathered until this day will be carried to Babylon. They will leave nothing behind. And God said 7 that they will even take some of the children you have fathered to be eunuchs in the house of the king of Babylon.” 8 Hezekiah said to Isaiah, “The word of the Lord that he has spoken is good. Please let there be peace and righteousness in my days.”