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| [1]וַיְהִי כִּשְׁמֹעַ הַמֶּלֶךְ חִזְקִיָּהוּ וַיִּקְרַע אֶת־בְּגָדָיו וַיִּתְכַּס בַּשָּׂק וַיָּבֹא בֵּית יְהוָה׃ |
[1]And when the king Hezekiah heard it, he rent his clothes, and put on sackcloth and came into the house of the Lord. |
| [2]וַיִּשְׁלַח אֶת־אֶלְיָקִים אֲשֶׁר־עַל־הַבַּיִת וְאֵת שֶׁבְנָא הַסֹּופֵר וְאֵת זִקְנֵי הַכֹּהֲנִים מִתְכַּסִּים בַּשַּׂקִּים אֶל־יְשַׁעְיָהוּ בֶן־אָמֹוץ הַנָּבִיא׃ |
[2]And he sent Eliakim the steward of the house, and Shebna the chancellor, with the elders of the priests, clothed in sackcloth unto Isaiah the prophet, the son of Amoz. |
| [3]וַיֹּאמְרוּ אֵלָיו כֹּה אָמַר חִזְקִיָּהוּ יֹום־צָרָה וְתֹוכֵחָה וּנְאָצָה הַיֹּום הַזֶּה כִּי בָאוּ בָנִים עַד־מַשְׁבֵּר וְכֹחַ אַיִן לְלֵדָה׃ |
[3]And they said unto him, Thus saith Hezekiah, This day is a day of tribulation and of rebuke and blasphemy: for the children are come to the birth, and there is no strength to bring forth. |
| [4]אוּלַי יִשְׁמַע יְהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ אֵת דִּבְרֵי רַב־שָׁקֵה אֲשֶׁר שְׁלָחֹו מֶלֶךְ־אַשּׁוּר אֲדֹנָיו לְחָרֵף אֱלֹהִים חַי וְהֹוכִיחַ בַּדְּבָרִים אֲשֶׁר שָׁמַע יְהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ וְנָשָׂאתָ תְפִלָּה בְּעַד הַשְּׁאֵרִית הַנִּמְצָאָה׃ |
[4]If so be the Lord thy God hath heard the words of Rabshakeh, whom the king of Asshur [Assyria] his master hath sent to rail on the living God, and to reproach him with words which the Lord thy God hath heard, then lift thou up thy prayer for the remnant that are left. |
| [5]וַיָּבֹאוּ עַבְדֵי הַמֶּלֶךְ חִזְקִיָּהוּ אֶל־יְשַׁעְיָהוּ׃ |
[5]So the servants of the king Hezekiah came to Isaiah. |
| [6]וַיֹּאמֶר אֲלֵיהֶם יְשַׁעְיָהוּ כֹּה תֹאמְרוּן אֶל־אֲדֹנֵיכֶם כֹּה אָמַר יְהוָה אַל־תִּירָא מִפְּנֵי הַדְּבָרִים אֲשֶׁר שָׁמַעְתָּ אֲשֶׁר גִּדְּפוּ נַעֲרֵי מֶלֶךְ־אַשּׁוּר אֹותִי׃ |
[6]And Isaiah said unto them, Thus say unto your master, Thus saith the Lord, Be not afraid of the words that thou hast heard, wherewith the servants of the king of Asshur [Assyria] have blasphemed me. |
| [7]הִנְנִי נֹותֵן בֹּו רוּחַ וְשָׁמַע שְׁמוּעָה וְשָׁב אֶל־אַרְצֹו וְהִפַּלְתִּיו בַּחֶרֶב בְּאַרְצֹו׃ |
[7]Behold, I will send a blast upon him, and he shall hear a noise, and return to his own land, and I will cause him to fall by the sword in his own land. |
| [8]וַיָּשָׁב רַב־שָׁקֵה וַיִּמְצָא אֶת־מֶלֶךְ אַשּׁוּר נִלְחָם עַל־לִבְנָה כִּי שָׁמַע כִּי נָסַע מִלָּכִישׁ׃ |
[8]So Rabshakeh returned, and found the king of Asshur [Assyria] fighting against Libnah: for he had heard that he was departed from Lachish. |
| [9]וַיִּשְׁמַע עַל־תִּרְהָקָה מֶלֶךְ־כּוּשׁ לֵאמֹר יָצָא לְהִלָּחֵם אִתָּךְ וַיִּשְׁמַע וַיִּשְׁלַח מַלְאָכִים אֶל־חִזְקִיָּהוּ לֵאמֹר׃ |
[9]He heard also men say of Tirhakah, king of Ethiopia, Behold, he is come out to fight against thee: and when he heard it, he sent other messengers to Hezekiah, saying, |
| [10]כֹּה תֹאמְרוּן אֶל־חִזְקִיָּהוּ מֶלֶךְ־יְהוּדָה לֵאמֹר אַל־יַשִּׁאֲכָ אֱלֹהֶיךָ אֲשֶׁר אַתָּה בֹּוטֵחַ בֹּו לֵאמֹר לֹא תִנָּתֵן יְרוּשָׁלִַם בְּיַד מֶלֶךְ אַשּׁוּר׃ |
[10]Thus shall ye speak to Hezekiah king of Judah, saying, Let not thy God deceive thee, in whom thou trustest, saying, Jerusalem shall not be given into the hand of the king of Asshur [Assyria]. |
| [11]הִנֵּה אַתָּה שָׁמַעְתָּ אֲשֶׁר עָשׂוּ מַלְכֵי אַשּׁוּר לְכָל־הָאֲרָצֹות לְהַחֲרִיםָם וְאַתָּה תִּנָּצֵל׃ |
[11]Behold, thou hast heard what the kings of Asshur [Assyria] have done to all lands in destroying them, and shalt thou be delivered? |
| [12]הַהִצִּילוּ אֹותָם אֱלֹהֵי הַגֹּויִם אֲשֶׁר הִשְׁחִיתוּ אֲבֹותַי אֶת־גֹּוזָן וְאֶת־חָרָן וְרֶצֶף וּבְנֵי־עֶדֶן אֲשֶׁר בִּתְלַשָּׂר׃ |
[12]Have the gods of the nations delivered them, which my fathers have destroyed? As Gozan, and Haran, and Rezeph, and the children of Eden, which were at Telassar? |
| [13]אַיֵּה מֶלֶךְ־חֲמָת וּמֶלֶךְ אַרְפָּד וּמֶלֶךְ לָעִיר סְפַרְוָיִם הֵנַע וְעִוָּה׃ |
[13]Where is the king of Hamath, and the king of Arpad, and the king of the city of Sepharvaim, Hena and Ivah? |
| [14]וַיִּקַּח חִזְקִיָּהוּ אֶת־הַסְּפָרִים מִיַּד הַמַּלְאָכִים וַיִּקְרָאֵהוּ וַיַּעַל בֵּית יְהוָה וַיִּפְרְשֵׂהוּ חִזְקִיָּהוּ לִפְנֵי יְהוָה׃ |
[14]So Hezekiah received the letter of the hand of the messengers and read it, and he went up into the house of the Lord, and Hezekiah spread it before the Lord. |
| [15]וַיִּתְפַּלֵּל חִזְקִיָּהוּ אֶל־יְהוָה לֵאמֹר׃ |
[15]And Hezekiah prayed unto the Lord, saying, |
| [16]יְהוָה צְבָאֹות אֱלֹהֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל יֹשֵׁב הַכְּרֻבִים אַתָּה־הוּא הָאֱלֹהִים לְבַדְּךָ לְכֹל מַמְלְכֹות הָאָרֶץ אַתָּה עָשִׂיתָ אֶת־הַשָּׁמַיִם וְאֶת־הָאָרֶץ׃ |
[16]O Lord of hosts, God of Israel, which dwellest between the cherubims, thou art very God alone over all the kingdoms of the earth: thou hast made the heaven and the earth. |
| [17]הַטֵּה יְהוָה אָזְנְךָ וּשְׁמָע פְּקַח יְהוָה עֵינֶךָ וּרְאֵה וּשְׁמַע אֵת כָּל־דִּבְרֵי סַנְחֵרִיב אֲשֶׁר שָׁלַח לְחָרֵף אֱלֹהִים חָי׃ |
[17]Incline thine ear, O Lord, and hear: open thine eyes, O Lord, and see, and hear all the words of Sennacherib, who hath sent to blaspheme the living God. |
| [18]אָמְנָם יְהוָה הֶחֱרִיבוּ מַלְכֵי אַשּׁוּר אֶת־כָּל־הָאֲרָצֹות וְאֶת־אַרְצָם׃ |
[18]Truth it is, O Lord, that the kings of Asshur [Assyria] have destroyed all lands, and their country, |
| [19]וְנָתֹן אֶת־אֱלֹהֵיהֶם בָּאֵשׁ כִּי לֹא אֱלֹהִים הֵמָּה כִּי אִם־מַעֲשֵׂה יְדֵי־אָדָם עֵץ וָאֶבֶן וַיְאַבְּדוּם׃ |
[19]And have cast their gods in the fire: for they were no gods, but the work of man's hands, even wood or stone: therefore they destroyed them. |
| [20]וְעַתָּה יְהוָה אֱלֹהֵינוּ הֹושִׁיעֵנוּ מִיָדֹו וְיֵדְעוּ כָּל־מַמְלְכֹות הָאָרֶץ כִּי־אַתָּה יְהוָה לְבַדֶּךָ׃ |
[20]Now therefore, O Lord our God, save thou us out of his hand, that all the kingdoms of the earth may know, that thou only art the Lord. |
| [21]וַיִּשְׁלַח יְשַׁעְיָהוּ בֶן־אָמֹוץ אֶל־חִזְקִיָּהוּ לֵאמֹר כֹּה־אָמַר יְהוָה אֱלֹהֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל אֲשֶׁר הִתְפַּלַּלְתָּ אֵלַי אֶל־סַנְחֵרִיב מֶלֶךְ אַשּׁוּר׃ |
[21]Then Isaiah the son of Amoz sent unto Hezekiah, saying, Thus saith the Lord God of Israel, Because thou hast prayed unto me, concerning Sennacherib king of Asshur [Assyria], |
| [22]זֶה הַדָּבָר אֲשֶׁר־דִּבֶּר יְהוָה עָלָיו בָּזָה לְךָ לָעֲגָה לְךָ בְּתוּלַת בַּת־צִיֹּון אַחֲרֶיךָ רֹאשׁ הֵנִיעָה בַּת יְרוּשָׁלִָם׃ |
[22]This is the word that the Lord hath spoken against him, O virgin, the daughter of Zion, he hath despised thee, and laughed thee to scorn: the daughter of Jerusalem, hath shaken her head at thee. |
| [23]אֶת־מִי חֵרַפְתָּ וְגִדַּפְתָּ וְעַל־מִי הֲרִימֹותָה קֹּול וַתִּשָּׂא מָרֹום עֵינֶיךָ אֶל־קְדֹושׁ יִשְׂרָאֵל׃ |
[23]Whom hast thou railed on and blasphemed? And against whom hast thou exalted thy voice, and lifted up thine eyes on high? Even against the Holy One of Israel. |
| [24]בְּיַד עֲבָדֶיךָ חֵרַפְתָּ אֲדֹנָי וַתֹּאמֶר בְּרֹב רִכְבִּי אֲנִי עָלִיתִי מְרֹום הָרִים יַרְכְּתֵי לְבָנֹון וְאֶכְרֹת קֹומַת אֲרָזָיו מִבְחַר בְּרֹשָׁיו וְאָבֹוא מְרֹום קִצֹּו יַעַר כַּרְמִלֹּו׃ |
[24]By thy servants hast thou railed on the Lord, and said, By the multitude of my chariots I am come up to the top of the mountains to the sides of Lebanon, and will cut down the high cedars thereof, and the fair fir trees thereof, and I will go up to the heights of his top and to the forest of his fruitful places. |
| [25]אֲנִי קַרְתִּי וְשָׁתִיתִי מָיִם וְאַחְרִב בְּכַף־פְּעָמַי כֹּל יְאֹרֵי מָצֹור׃ |
[25]I have digged and drunk the waters, and with the plant of my feet have I dried all the rivers closed in. |
| [26]הֲלֹוא־שָׁמַעְתָּ לְמֵרָחֹוק אֹותָהּ עָשִׂיתִי מִימֵי קֶדֶם וִיצַרְתִּיהָ עַתָּה הֲבֵאתִיהָ וּתְהִי לְהַשְׁאֹות גַּלִּים נִצִּים עָרִים בְּצֻרֹות׃ |
[26]Hast thou not heard how I have of old time made it, and have formed it long ago? And should I now bring it, that it should be destroyed, and laid on ruinous heaps, as cities defensed? |
| [27]וְיֹשְׁבֵיהֶן קִצְרֵי־יָד חַתּוּ וָבֹשׁוּ הָיוּ עֵשֶׂב שָׂדֶה וִירַק דֶּשֶׁא חֲצִיר גַּגֹּות וּשְׁדֵמָה לִפְנֵי קָמָה׃ |
[27]Whose inhabitants have small power, and are afraid and confounded: they are like the grass of the field and green herb, or grass on the housetops, or corn blasted afore it be grown. |
| [28]וְשִׁבְתְּךָ וְצֵאתְךָ וּבֹואֲךָ יָדָעְתִּי וְאֵת הִתְרַגֶּזְךָ אֵלָי׃ |
[28]But I know thy dwelling, and thy going out, and thy coming in, and thy fury against me. |
| [29]יַעַן הִתְרַגֶּזְךָ אֵלַי וְשַׁאֲנַנְךָ עָלָה בְאָזְנָי וְשַׂמְתִּי חַחִי בְּאַפֶּךָ וּמִתְגִּי בִּשְׂפָתֶיךָ וַהֲשִׁיבֹתִיךָ בַּדֶּרֶךְ אֲשֶׁר־בָּאתָ בָּהּ׃ |
[29]Because thou ragest against me, and thy tumult is come unto mine ears, therefore will I put mine hook in thy nostrils, and my bridle in thy lips, and will bring thee back again the same way thou camest. |
| [30]וְזֶה־לְּךָ הָאֹות אָכֹול הַשָּׁנָה סָפִיחַ וּבַשָּׁנָה הַשֵּׁנִית שָׁחִיס וּבַשָּׁנָה הַשְּׁלִישִׁית זִרְעוּ וְקִצְרוּ וְנִטְעוּ כְרָמִים וְאָכֹול [Q: וְאִכְלוּ] פִרְיָם׃ |
[30]And this shall be a sign unto thee, O Hezekiah, Thou shalt eat this year such as groweth of itself: and the second year, such things as grow without sowing: and in the third year, sow ye and reap, and plant vineyards, and eat the fruit thereof. |
| [31]וְיָסְפָה פְּלֵיטַת בֵּית־יְהוּדָה הַנִּשְׁאָרָה שֹׁרֶשׁ לְמָטָּה וְעָשָׂה פְרִי לְמָעְלָה׃ |
[31]And the remnant that is escaped of the house of Judah, shall again take root downward and bear fruit upward. |
| [32]כִּי מִירוּשָׁלִַם תֵּצֵא שְׁאֵרִית וּפְלֵיטָה מֵהַר צִיֹּון קִנְאַת יְהוָה צְבָאֹות תַּעֲשֶׂה־זֹּאת׃ |
[32]For out of Jerusalem shall go a remnant, and they that escape out of mount Zion: the zeal of the Lord of hosts shall do this. |
| [33]לָכֵן כֹּה־אָמַר יְהוָה אֶל־מֶלֶךְ אַשּׁוּר לֹא יָבֹוא אֶל־הָעִיר הַזֹּאת וְלֹא־יֹורֶה שָׁם חֵץ וְלֹא־יְקַדְּמֶנָּה מָגֵן וְלֹא־יִשְׁפֹּךְ עֳלֶיהָ סֹלְלָה׃ |
[33]Therefore thus saith the Lord, concerning the king of Asshur [Assyria], He shall not enter into this city, nor shoot an arrow there, nor come before it with shield, nor cast a mount against it. |
| [34]בַּדֶּרֶךְ אֲשֶׁר־בָּא בָּהּ יָשׁוּב וְאֶל־הָעִיר הַזֹּאת לֹא יָבֹוא נְאֻם־יְהוָה׃ |
[34]By the same way that he came, he shall return, and not come into this city, saith the Lord. |
| [35]וְגַנֹּותִי עַל־הָעִיר הַזֹּאת לְהֹושִׁיעָהּ לְמַעֲנִי וּלְמַעַן דָּוִד עַבְדִּי׃ |
[35]For I will defend this city to save it, for mine own sake, and for my servant David's sake. |
| [36]וַיֵּצֵא מַלְאַךְ יְהוָה וַיַּכֶּה בְּמַחֲנֵה אַשּׁוּר מֵאָה וּשְׁמֹנִים וַחֲמִשָּׁה אָלֶף וַיַּשְׁכִּימוּ בַבֹּקֶר וְהִנֵּה כֻלָּם פְּגָרִים מֵתִים׃ |
[36]Then the angel of the Lord went out, and smote in the camp of Asshur [Assyria] an hundred, fourscore, and five thousand: so when they arose early in the morning, behold, they were all dead corpses. |
| [37]וַיִּסַּע וַיֵּלֶךְ וַיָּשָׁב סַנְחֵרִיב מֶלֶךְ־אַשּׁוּר וַיֵּשֶׁב בְּנִינְוֵה׃ |
[37]So Sennacherib king of Asshur [Assyria] departed, and went away and returned and dwelt at Nineveh. |
| [38]וַיְהִי הוּא מִשְׁתַּחֲוֶה בֵּית נִסְרֹךְ אֱלֹהָיו וְאַדְרַמֶּלֶךְ וְשַׂרְאֶצֶר בָּנָיו הִכֻּהוּ בַחֶרֶב וְהֵמָּה נִמְלְטוּ אֶרֶץ אֲרָרָט וַיִּמְלֹךְ אֵסַר־חַדֹּן בְּנֹו תַּחְתָּיו׃ |
[38]And as he was in the temple worshiping of Nisroch his god, Adrammelech and Sharezer his sons slew him with the sword, and they escaped into the land of Ararat: and Esarhaddon his son reigned in his stead. |