Isaias 38:7
And this shall be a sign to thee from the Lord, that the Lord will do this word which he hath spoken:
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Hoc autem tibi erit signum a Domino, quia faciet Dominus verbum hoc quod locutus est :
- Septuagint (Swete)
- τοῦτο δέ σοι τὸ σημεῖον παρὰ Κυρίου ὅτι ποιήσει ὁ θεὸς τὸ ῥῆμα τοῦτο·
- Hebrew (WLC)
- וְזֶה לְּךָ֥ הָא֖וֹת מֵאֵ֣ת יְהוָ֑ה אֲשֶׁר֙ יַעֲשֶׂ֣ה יְהוָ֔ה אֶת הַדָּבָ֥ר הַזֶּ֖ה אֲשֶׁ֥ר דִּבֵּֽר
The Fathers on this verse
St Hippolytus On Isaiah, Section I
When Hezekiah, king of Judah, was still sick and weeping, there came an angel, and said to him: “I have seen thy tears, and I have heard thy voice. Behold, I add unto thy time fifteen years. And this shall be a sign to thee from the Lord: Behold, I turn back the shadow of the degrees of the house of thy father, by which the sun has gone down, the ten degrees by which the shadow has gone down,” so that day be a day of thirty-two hours. For when the sun had run its course to the tenth hour, it returned again. And again, when Joshua the son of Nun was fighting against the Amorites, when the sun was now inclining to its setting, and the battle was being pressed closely, Joshua, being anxious lest the heathen host should escape on the descent of night, cried out, saying, “Sun, stand thou still in Gibeon; and thou moon, in the valley of Ajalon,” until I vanquish this people. …