Isaiah 38:7

7 And this [is] the sign to you from Yahweh, that Yahweh will do this thing that he has spoken:

Isaiah 38:7 Meaning and Commentary

Isaiah 38:7

And this shall be a sign unto thee from the Lord
And which it seems Hezekiah asked, and it was put to him which he would choose, whether the shadow on the sundial should go forward or backward ten degrees, and he chose the latter, ( 2 Kings 20:8-11 ) , which was a token confirming and assuring that the Lord will do this thing that he hath spoken;
recover Hezekiah from his sickness, so that on the third day he should go up to the temple; have fifteen years added to his days; and the city of Jerusalem protected from the attempts of the Assyrian monarch.

Isaiah 38:7 In-Context

5 "Go and say to Hezekiah, 'Thus says Yahweh, the God of David your ancestor: "I have heard your prayer; I have seen your tears. {Look, I am going to} add fifteen years to your days.

6 And I will deliver you and this city from the hand of the king of Assyria, and I will defend this city." '

7 And this [is] the sign to you from Yahweh, that Yahweh will do this thing that he has spoken:

8 Look! I will cause [the] shadow of the steps, which it had gone down on the steps of Ahaz with the sun, to turn backwards ten steps." And the sun turned back ten steps on the steps which it had gone down.

9 A writing of Hezekiah, king of Judah, when he was sick and had recovered from his sickness: