# Now

This word is used here to mark a break in the main story line. This gives background information about Isaiah and Hezekiah. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/writing-background]])

# Let them

"Let Hezekiah's servants"

# a lump of figs

This was used as an ointment. The meaning of this can be made clear. Alternate translation: "use an ointment of mashed figs" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit]])

# boil

a painful area on the skin that is infected