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[1]And it came to pass, when kingH4428 HezekiahH2396 heardH8085[H8800] it, that he rentH7167[H8799] his clothesH899, and coveredH3680[H8691] himself with sackclothH8242, and wentH935[H8799] into the houseH1004 of the LORDH3068.
[2]And he sentH7971[H8799] EliakimH471, which was over the householdH1004, and ShebnaH7644 the scribeH5608[H8802], and the eldersH2205 of the priestsH3548, coveredH3680[H8693] with sackclothH8242, to IsaiahH3470 the prophetH5030 the sonH1121 of AmozH531.
[3]And they saidH559[H8799] unto him, Thus saithH559[H8804] HezekiahH2396, This dayH3117 is a dayH3117 of troubleH6869, and of rebukeH8433, and blasphemyH5007: for the childrenH1121 are comeH935[H8804] to the birthH4866, and there is not strengthH3581 to bring forthH3205.[H8800]
[4]It may beH194 the LORDH3068 thy GodH430 will hearH8085[H8799] all the wordsH1697 of RabshakehH7262, whom the kingH4428 of AssyriaH804 his masterH113 hath sentH7971[H8804] to reproachH2778[H8763] the livingH2416 GodH430; and will reproveH3198[H8689] the wordsH1697 which the LORDH3068 thy GodH430 hath heardH8085[H8804]: wherefore lift upH5375[H8804] thy prayerH8605 for the remnantH7611 that are leftH4672.[H8737]
[5]So the servantsH5650 of kingH4428 HezekiahH2396 cameH935[H8799] to IsaiahH3470.
[6]And IsaiahH3470 saidH559[H8799] unto them, Thus shall ye sayH559[H8799] to your masterH113, Thus saithH559[H8804] the LORDH3068, Be not afraidH3372[H8799] ofH6440 the wordsH1697 which thou hast heardH8085[H8804], with which the servantsH5288 of the kingH4428 of AssyriaH804 have blasphemedH1442 meH8765.
[7]Behold, I will sendH5414[H8802] a blastH7307 upon him, and he shall hearH8085[H8804] a rumourH8052, and shall returnH7725[H8804] to his own landH776; and I will cause him to fallH5307[H8689] by the swordH2719 in his own landH776.
[8]So RabshakehH7262 returnedH7725[H8799], and foundH4672[H8799] the kingH4428 of AssyriaH804 warringH3898[H8737] against LibnahH3841: for he had heardH8085[H8804] that he was departedH5265[H8804] from LachishH3923.
[9]And when he heardH8085[H8799] sayH559[H8800] of TirhakahH8640 kingH4428 of EthiopiaH3568, Behold, he is come outH3318[H8804] to fightH3898[H8736] against thee: he sentH7971[H8799] messengersH4397 againH7725[H8799] unto HezekiahH2396, sayingH559,[H8800]
[10]Thus shall ye speakH559[H8799] to HezekiahH2396 kingH4428 of JudahH3063, sayingH559[H8800], Let not thy GodH430 in whom thou trustestH982[H8802] deceiveH5377[H8686] thee, sayingH559[H8800], JerusalemH3389 shall not be deliveredH5414[H8735] into the handH3027 of the kingH4428 of AssyriaH804.
[11]Behold, thou hast heardH8085[H8804] what the kingsH4428 of AssyriaH804 have doneH6213[H8804] to all landsH776, by destroying them utterlyH2763[H8687]: and shalt thou be deliveredH5337?[H8735]
[12]Have the godsH430 of the nationsH1471 deliveredH5337[H8689] them which my fathersH1 have destroyedH7843[H8765]; as GozanH1470, and HaranH2771, and RezephH7530, and the childrenH1121 of EdenH5729 which were in ThelasarH8515?
[13]Where is the kingH4428 of HamathH2574, and the kingH4428 of ArpadH774, and the kingH4428 of the cityH5892 of SepharvaimH5617, of HenaH2012, and IvahH5755?
[14]And HezekiahH2396 receivedH3947[H8799] the letterH5612 of the handH3027 of the messengersH4397, and readH7121[H8799] it: and HezekiahH2396 went upH5927[H8799] into the houseH1004 of the LORDH3068, and spreadH6566[H8799] it beforeH6440 the LORDH3068.
[15]And HezekiahH2396 prayedH6419[H8691] beforeH6440 the LORDH3068, and saidH559[H8799], O LORDH3068 GodH430 of IsraelH3478, which dwellestH3427[H8802] between the cherubimsH3742, thou art the GodH430, even thou alone, of all the kingdomsH4467 of the earthH776; thou hast madeH6213[H8804] heavenH8064 and earthH776.
[16]LORDH3068, bow downH5186[H8685] thine earH241, and hearH8085[H8798]: openH6491[H8798], LORDH3068, thine eyesH5869, and seeH7200[H8798]: and hearH8085[H8798] the wordsH1697 of SennacheribH5576, which hath sentH7971[H8804] him to reproachH2778[H8763] the livingH2416 GodH430.
[17]Of a truthH551, LORDH3068, the kingsH4428 of AssyriaH804 have destroyedH2717[H8689] the nationsH1471 and their landsH776,
[18]And have castH5414[H8804] their godsH430 into the fireH784: for they were no godsH430, but the workH4639 of men'sH120 handsH3027, woodH6086 and stoneH68: therefore they have destroyedH6 themH8762.
[19]Now therefore, O LORDH3068 our GodH430, I beseech thee, saveH3467[H8685] thou us out of his handH3027, that all the kingdomsH4467 of the earthH776 may knowH3045[H8799] that thou art the LORDH3068 God, even thou onlyH430.
[20]Then IsaiahH3470 the sonH1121 of AmozH531 sentH7971[H8799] to HezekiahH2396, sayingH559[H8800], Thus saithH559[H8804] the LORDH3068 GodH430 of IsraelH3478, That which thou hast prayedH6419[H8694] to me against SennacheribH5576 kingH4428 of AssyriaH804 I have heardH8085.[H8804]
[21]This is the wordH1697 that the LORDH3068 hath spokenH1696[H8765] concerning him; The virginH1330 the daughterH1323 of ZionH6726 hath despisedH959[H8804] thee, and laughed thee to scornH3932[H8804]; the daughterH1323 of JerusalemH3389 hath shakenH5128[H8689] her headH7218 at theeH310.
[22]Whom hast thou reproachedH2778[H8765] and blasphemedH1442[H8765]? and against whom hast thou exaltedH7311[H8689] thy voiceH6963, and lifted upH5375[H8799] thine eyesH5869 on highH4791? even against the HolyH6918 One of IsraelH3478.
[23]ByH3027 thy messengersH4397 thou hast reproachedH2778[H8765] the LordH136, and hast saidH559[H8799], With the multitudeH7230 of my chariotsH7393[H8675][H7393] I am come upH5927[H8804] to the heightH4791 of the mountainsH2022, to the sidesH3411 of LebanonH3844, and will cut downH3772[H8799] the tallH6967 cedar treesH730 thereof, and the choiceH4004 fir treesH1265 thereof: and I will enterH935[H8799] into the lodgingsH4411 of his bordersH7093, and into the forestH3293 of his CarmelH3760.
[24]I have diggedH6979[H8804] and drunkH8354[H8804] strangeH2114[H8801] watersH4325, and with the soleH3709 of my feetH6471 have I driedH2717[H8686] up all the riversH2975 of besieged placesH4693.
[25]Hast thou not heardH8085[H8804] long agoH7350 how I have doneH6213[H8804] it, and of ancientH6924 timesH3117 that I have formedH3335[H8804] it? now have I broughtH935[H8689] it to pass, that thou shouldest be to lay wasteH7582[H8687] fencedH1219[H8803] citiesH5892 into ruinousH5327[H8737] heapsH1530.
[26]Therefore their inhabitantsH3427[H8802] were of smallH7116 powerH3027, they were dismayedH2865[H8804] and confoundedH954[H8799]; they were as the grassH6212 of the fieldH7704, and as the greenH3419 herbH1877, as the grassH2682 on the housetopsH1406, and as corn blastedH7711 beforeH6440 it be grown upH7054.
[27]But I knowH3045[H8804] thy abodeH3427[H8800], and thy going outH3318[H8800], and thy coming inH935[H8800], and thy rageH7264 against meH8692.
[28]Because thy rageH7264[H8692] against me and thy tumultH7600 is come upH5927[H8804] into mine earsH241, therefore I will putH7760[H8804] my hookH2397 in thy noseH639, and my bridleH4964 in thy lipsH8193, and I will turn thee backH7725[H8689] by the wayH1870 by which thou camestH935.[H8804]
[29]And this shall be a signH226 unto thee, Ye shall eatH398[H8800] this yearH8141 such things as growH5599 of themselves, and in the secondH8145 yearH8141 that which springethH7823 of the same; and in the thirdH7992 yearH8141 sowH2232[H8798] ye, and reapH7114[H8798], and plantH5193[H8798] vineyardsH3754, and eatH398[H8798] the fruits thereofH6529.
[30]And the remnantH7604[H8737] that is escapedH6413 of the houseH1004 of JudahH3063 shall yet againH3254[H8804] take rootH8328 downwardH4295, and bearH6213[H8804] fruitH6529 upwardH4605.
[31]For out of JerusalemH3389 shall go forthH3318[H8799] a remnantH7611, and they that escapeH6413 out of mountH2022 ZionH6726: the zealH7068 of the LORDH3068 of hostsH8675[H6635] shall doH6213 thisH8799.
[32]Therefore thus saithH559[H8804] the LORDH3068 concerning the kingH4428 of AssyriaH804, He shall not comeH935[H8799] into this cityH5892, nor shootH3384[H8686] an arrowH2671 there, nor come beforeH6923[H8762] it with shieldH4043, nor castH8210[H8799] a bank against itH5550.
[33]By the wayH1870 that he cameH935[H8799], by the same shall he returnH7725[H8799], and shall not comeH935[H8799] into this cityH5892, saithH5002[H8803] the LORDH3068.
[34]For I will defendH1598[H8804] this cityH5892, to saveH3467[H8687] it, for mine own sake, and for my servantH5650 David's sakeH1732.
[35]And it came to pass that nightH3915, that the angelH4397 of the LORDH3068 went outH3318[H8799], and smoteH5221[H8686] in the campH4264 of the AssyriansH804 an hundredH3967 fourscoreH8084 and fiveH2568 thousandH505: and when they arose earlyH7925[H8686] in the morningH1242, behold, they were all deadH4191[H8801] corpsesH6297.
[36]So SennacheribH5576 kingH4428 of AssyriaH804 departedH5265[H8799], and wentH3212[H8799] and returnedH7725[H8799], and dweltH3427[H8799] at NinevehH5210.
[37]And it came to pass, as he was worshippingH7812[H8693] in the houseH1004 of NisrochH5268 his godH430, that AdrammelechH152 and SharezerH8272 his sonsH1121 smoteH5221[H8689] him with the swordH2719: and they escapedH4422[H8738] into the landH776 of ArmeniaH780. And EsarhaddonH634 his sonH1121 reignedH4427 in his steadH8799.
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