1 At that time Merodach-baladan son of Baladan, king of Babylon, sent letters and a gift to Hezekiah, having heard that he had been ill and had regained his strength.
2 Hezekiah was delighted with the envoys and showed them his treasure house: the silver and the gold, the spices and the fine oil, his entire armory and everything to be found in his storerooms. There was nothing in his palace or in all his domain that Hezekiah did not show them.
3 Then the prophet Isaiah came to King Hezekiah and asked him, "What did these men say, and where have they come to you from?" Hezekiah answered, "They came to me from a distant land, from Babylon."
4 He asked, "What did they see in your house?" Hezekiah said, "They saw everything in my house; there is nothing in my storerooms that I did not show them."
5 Then Isaiah told Hezekiah, "Listen to the word of the LORD of hosts:
6 See, days are coming when everything in your house, and all that your fathers have stored up until this day, will be carried off to Babylon; not a thing will remain, says the LORD.
7 And some of your own descendants, who will come from you and whom you will father, will be taken away, and they will serve as eunuchs in the palace of the king of Babylon."
8 Hezekiah said to Isaiah, "The word of the LORD that you have spoken is good." For he thought, "There will be peace and security in my lifetime."