Reference

2 Kings 20:1

In those days was Hezekiah sick unto death. And the prophet Isaiah the son of Amoz came to him, and said unto him, Thus saith the Lord, Set thine house in order; for thou shalt die, and not live.
1

In those days was Hezekiah sick unto death. And the prophet Isaiah the son of Amoz came to him, and said unto him, Thus saith the Lord, Set thine house in order; for thou shalt die, and not live.

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Then he turned his face to the wall, and prayed unto the Lord, saying,

3

I beseech thee, O Lord, remember now how I have walked before thee in truth and with a perfect heart, and have done that which is good in thy sight. And Hezekiah wept sore.

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Literal Fulfillment

While the prophecy itself is literal, the fulfillment is not immediate death but a reprieve, which could be argued as a deviation from a strictly literal interpretation of "thou shalt die, and not live" in the immediate sense.

Prophetic Methods of Communication

The verse describes a prophet delivering a message, but it does not specify *how* Isaiah received that message from God (e.g., through a dream, vision, or audible voice), which is the focus of the "Prophetic Methods of Communication" theme.