In those days Hezekiah had become sick unto death. And Isaiah the prophet, the son of Amoz, came to him and said to him, Thus says Jehovah: Set your house in order, for you are dying, and shall not live.

Now it came to pass after these things that Joseph was told, Behold, your father is sick; and he took with him his two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim.

Therefore the sisters sent to Him, saying, Lord, behold, he whom You love is sick.

since he was longing for you all, and was distressed because you had heard that he was sick.

i1 [To the Chief Musician. Sheminith. A Psalm of David.] i0 par Help, Jehovah, for the godly man ceases; for the faithful have vanished from among the sons of men.

The righteous perishes, and no one lays it to heart, and merciful men are taken away; no one considers that the righteous is taken away from the face of evil.

Your fathers, where are they? And the prophets, do they live forever?

For David, after he had served his own generation by the will of God, fell asleep, was buried with his fathers, and saw corruption;

And Elisha was watching and crying out, My father, my father, the chariot of Israel and its horsemen! So he saw him no more. And he took hold of his own clothes and tore them into two pieces.

Now when the king of Israel saw them, he said to Elisha, My father, shall I smite them? Shall I smite them?

A city is exalted by the blessing of the upright, but by the mouth of the wicked it is overthrown.

And although these three men, Noah, Daniel, and Job, were in it, they would deliver only themselves by their righteousness, declares the Lord Jehovah.

So I sought for a man among them who would close up the wall, and stand in the gap before Me on behalf of the land, that I should not destroy it; but I found no one.

for Herod feared John, knowing that he was a just and holy man, and he protected him. And when he heard him, he did many things, and heard him gladly.