39At that time Merodach-Baladan son of Baladan king of Babylon sent Hezekiah letters and a gift, because he had heard of his illness and recovery.H6256H4757H1121H1081H4428H894H7971H5612H4503H2396H8085H2470H23882Hezekiah received the envoys gladly and showed them what was in his storehouses—the silver, the gold, the spices, the fine oil, his entire armory and everything found among his treasures. There was nothing in his palace or in all his kingdom that Hezekiah did not show them.H2396H8055H7200H1004H5238H3701H2091H1314H2896H8081H1004H3627H4672H214H1697H1004H4475H2396H72003Then Isaiah the prophet went to King Hezekiah and asked, "What did those men say, and where did they come from?" "From a distant land," Hezekiah replied. "They came to me from Babylon."H935H3470H5030H4428H2396H559H559H582H370H935H2396H559H935H7350H776H8944The prophet asked, "What did they see in your palace?" "They saw everything in my palace," Hezekiah said. "There is nothing among my treasures that I did not show them."H559H7200H1004H2396H559H1004H7200H1697H214H72005Then Isaiah said to Hezekiah, "Hear the word of the LORD Almighty:H559H3470H2396H8085H1697H3068H66356The 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 Babylon. Nothing will be left, says the LORD.H3117H935H1004H1H686H3117H5375H894H1697H3498H559H30687And some of your descendants, your own flesh and blood who will be born to you, will be taken away, and they will become eunuchs in the palace of the king of Babylon."H1121H3318H3205H3947H5631H1964H4428H8948"The word of the LORD you have spoken is good," Hezekiah replied. For he thought, "There will be peace and security in my lifetime."H559H2396H3470H2896H1697H3068H1696H559H7965H571H3117