“Then Isaiah said to King Hezekiah.
‘Hear the word of Yahweh of hosts.
Days are coming
When all that is in your house,
As well as that which your ancestors
Have stored up
Until this day,
Shall be carried to Babylon.
Nothing shall be left.’
‘Some of your own sons,
Who are born to you,
Shall be taken away.
They shall be eunuchs
In the palace of the king of Babylon.’
Then King Hezekiah said to Isaiah.
‘The word of Yahweh
That you have spoken is good.’
‘There will be peace
There will be security
In my days’”
Once again, this is almost word for word from 2 Kings, chapter 20. The prophet Isaiah warned King Hezekiah that the day was coming when all these things would belong to the king of Babylon. Nothing will be left in Jerusalem. His sons would be eunuchs in the Babylonian palace. King Hezekiah assumed that Isaiah was talking about a time when there would be peace and security between these two countries, so that they would exchange gifts.