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Isaiah 36
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36Now it came to pass in the fourteenth year of king Hezekiah, that Sennacherib king of Assyria came up against all the defenced cities of Judah, and took them.H702H6240H8141H4428H2396H5576H4428H804H5927H1219H5892H3063H8610
2And the king of Assyria sent Rabshakeh from Lachish to Jerusalem unto king Hezekiah with a great army. And he stood by the conduit of the upper pool in the highway of the fuller's field.H4428H804H7971H7262H3923H3389H4428H2396H3515H2426H5975H8585H5945H1295H4546H3526H7704
3Then came forth unto him Eliakim, Hilkiah's son, which was over the house, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah, Asaph's son, the recorder. / scribe: or, secretaryH3318H471H2518H1121H1004H7644H5608H3098H623H1121H2142
4And Rabshakeh said unto them, Say ye now to Hezekiah, Thus saith the great king, the king of Assyria, What confidence is this wherein thou trustest?H7262H559H559H2396H559H1419H4428H4428H804H986H982
5I say, sayest thou, (but they are but vain words) I have counsel and strength for war: now on whom dost thou trust, that thou rebellest against me? / vain…: Heb. a word of lips / I have…: or, but counsel and strength are for the warH559H8193H1697H6098H1369H4421H982H4775
6Lo, thou trustest in the staff of this broken reed, on Egypt; whereon if a man lean, it will go into his hand, and pierce it: so is Pharaoh king of Egypt to all that trust in him.H982H4938H7533H7070H4714H376H5564H935H3709H5344H6547H4428H4714H982
7But if thou say to me, We trust in the LORD our God: is it not he, whose high places and whose altars Hezekiah hath taken away, and said to Judah and to Jerusalem, Ye shall worship before this altar?H559H982H3068H430H1116H4196H2396H5493H559H3063H3389H7812H6440H4196
8Now therefore give pledges, I pray thee, to my master the king of Assyria, and I will give thee two thousand horses, if thou be able on thy part to set riders upon them. / pledges: or, hostagesH6148H113H4428H804H5414H505H5483H3201H5414H7392
9How then wilt thou turn away the face of one captain of the least of my master's servants, and put thy trust on Egypt for chariots and for horsemen?H7725H6440H259H6346H6996H113H5650H982H4714H7393H6571
10And am I now come up without the LORD against this land to destroy it? the LORD said unto me, Go up against this land, and destroy it.H5927H1107H3068H776H7843H3068H559H5927H776H7843
11Then said Eliakim and Shebna and Joah unto Rabshakeh, Speak, I pray thee, unto thy servants in the Syrian language; for we understand it: and speak not to us in the Jews' language, in the ears of the people that are on the wall.H559H471H7644H3098H7262H1696H5650H762H8085H1696H3066H241H5971H2346
12But Rabshakeh said, Hath my master sent me to thy master and to thee to speak these words? hath he not sent me to the men that sit upon the wall, that they may eat their own dung, and drink their own piss with you?H7262H559H113H7971H113H1696H1697H582H3427H2346H398H2716H6675H8354H4325H7272H7890
13Then Rabshakeh stood, and cried with a loud voice in the Jews' language, and said, Hear ye the words of the great king, the king of Assyria.H7262H5975H7121H1419H6963H3066H559H8085H1697H1419H4428H4428H804
14Thus saith the king, Let not Hezekiah deceive you: for he shall not be able to deliver you.H559H4428H2396H5377H3201H5337
15Neither let Hezekiah make you trust in the LORD, saying, The LORD will surely deliver us: this city shall not be delivered into the hand of the king of Assyria.H2396H982H3068H559H3068H5337H5337H5892H5414H3027H4428H804
16Hearken not to Hezekiah: for thus saith the king of Assyria, Make an agreement with me by a present, and come out to me: and eat ye every one of his vine, and every one of his fig tree, and drink ye every one the waters of his own cistern; / Make…: or, Seek my favour by a present: Heb. Make with me a blessingH8085H2396H559H4428H804H6213H1293H3318H398H376H1612H376H8384H8354H376H4325H953
17Until I come and take you away to a land like your own land, a land of corn and wine, a land of bread and vineyards.H935H3947H776H776H776H1715H8492H776H3899H3754
18Beware lest Hezekiah persuade you, saying, The LORD will deliver us. Hath any of the gods of the nations delivered his land out of the hand of the king of Assyria?H2396H5496H559H3068H5337H376H430H1471H5337H776H3027H4428H804
19Where are the gods of Hamath and Arphad? where are the gods of Sepharvaim? and have they delivered Samaria out of my hand?H430H2574H774H430H5617H5337H8111H3027
20Who are they among all the gods of these lands, that have delivered their land out of my hand, that the LORD should deliver Jerusalem out of my hand?H430H776H5337H776H3027H3068H5337H3389H3027
21But they held their peace, and answered him not a word: for the king's commandment was, saying, Answer him not.H2790H6030H1697H4428H4687H559H6030
22Then came Eliakim, the son of Hilkiah, that was over the household, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah, the son of Asaph, the recorder, to Hezekiah with their clothes rent, and told him the words of Rabshakeh.H935H471H1121H2518H1004H7644H5608H3098H1121H623H2142H2396H899H7167H5046H1697H7262


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