Isaiah 39

1At that time Merodach-baladan son of Baladan, king of Babylon, sent letters and a gift to Hezekiah, for he had heard that Hezekiah had been sick and had recovered.

2Hezekiah was delighted with the envoys and showed them his treasure house: the silver, the gold, the spices, and the fine oil, his whole armory, and everything that was found in his storehouses. There was nothing in his palace or in all his realm that Hezekiah did not show them.

3Then the prophet Isaiah came to King Hezekiah and asked him, “What did these men say? Where did they come to you from?” Hezekiah answered, “They came to me from a distant land, from Babylon.”

4He asked, “What have they seen in your palace?” Hezekiah answered, “They have seen everything in my palace. There is nothing in my storehouses that I did not show them.”

5Then Isaiah said to Hezekiah, “Hear the word of Yahweh of Armies:

6Look, the days are coming when everything in your palace, and all that your ancestors have stored up until this day, will be carried off to Babylon. Nothing will be left, says Yahweh.

7And some of your sons, your own descendants whom you will father, will be taken away, and they will be eunuchs in the palace of the king of Babylon.”

8Hezekiah said to Isaiah, “The word of Yahweh that you have spoken is good.” For he thought, “There will be peace and security in my days.”