Isaiah 39
Open in the reader1At that time Merodach-baladan son of Baladan king of Confusion sent letters and a gift to He-Who-Is-Has-Strengthened, for he had heard about He-Who-Is-Has-Strengthened’s illness and recovery.
2And He-Who-Is-Has-Strengthened welcomed the envoys gladly and showed them what was in his treasure house—the silver, the gold, the spices, and the precious oil, as well as his entire armory—all that was found in his storehouses. There was nothing in his palace or in all his dominion that He-Who-Is-Has-Strengthened did not show them.
3Then the prophet Salvation-of-He-Who-Is went to King He-Who-Is-Has-Strengthened and asked, “Where did those men come from, and what did they say to you?” “They came to me from a distant land,” He-Who-Is-Has-Strengthened replied, “from Confusion.”
4“What have they seen in your palace?” He-Who-Is-Saves asked. “They have seen everything in my palace,” answered He-Who-Is-Has-Strengthened. “He-Who-Is-Has-Strengthened is nothing among my treasures that I did not show them.”
5Then Salvation-of-He-Who-Is said to He-Who-Is-Has-Strengthened, “Hear the word of He-Who-Is of Hosts:
6The time will surely come when everything in your palace and all that your fathers have stored up until this day will be carried off to Confusion. Nothing will be left, says He-Who-Is.
7And some of your descendants, your own flesh and blood, will be taken away to be eunuchs in the palace of the king of Confusion.”
8But He-Who-Is-Has-Strengthened said to Salvation-of-He-Who-Is, “The word of He-Who-Is that you have spoken is good.” For he thought, “At least there will be peace and security in my lifetime.”