¹ And it came to pass, when king Hezekiah heard it, that he rent his clothes, and covered himself with sackcloth, and went into the house of the LORD.

² And he sent Eliakim, which was over the household, and Shebna the scribe, and the elders of the priests, covered with sackcloth, to Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz.

³ And they said unto him, Thus saith Hezekiah, This day is a day of trouble, and of rebuke, and blasphemy; for the children are come to the birth, and there is not strength to bring forth.

⁴ It may be the LORD thy God will hear all the words of Rabshakeh, whom the king of Assyria his master hath sent to reproach the living God; and will reprove the words which the LORD thy God hath heard: wherefore lift up thy prayer for the remnant that are left.

⁵ So the servants of king Hezekiah came to Isaiah.

⁶ And Isaiah said unto them, Thus shall ye say to your master, Thus saith the LORD, Be not afraid of the words which thou hast heard, with which the servants of the king of Assyria have blasphemed me.

⁷ Behold, I will send a blast upon him, and he shall hear a rumor, and shall return to his own land; and I will cause him to fall by the sword in his own land.

⁸ So Rabshakeh returned, and found the king of Assyria warring against Libnah: for he had heard that he was departed from Lachish.

⁹ And when he heard say of Tirhakah king of Ethiopia, Behold, he is come out to fight against thee: he sent messengers again unto Hezekiah, saying,

¹⁰ Thus shall ye speak to Hezekiah king of Judah, saying, Let not thy God in whom thou trustest deceive thee, saying, Jerusalem shall not be delivered into the hand of the king of Assyria.

¹¹ Behold, thou hast heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all lands, by destroying them utterly: and shalt thou be delivered?

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 in Thelasar?

¹³ Where is the king of Hamath, and the king of Arpad, and the king of the city of Sepharvaim, of Hena, and Ivah?

¹⁴ And Hezekiah received the letter of the hand of the messengers, and read it: and Hezekiah went up into the house of the LORD, and spread it before the LORD.

¹⁵ And Hezekiah prayed before the LORD, and said, O LORD God of Israel, which dwellest between the cherubim, thou art the God, even thou alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth; thou hast made heaven and earth.

¹⁶ LORD, bow down thine ear, and hear: open, LORD, thine eyes, and see: and hear the words of Sennacherib, which hath sent him to reproach the living God.

¹⁷ Of a truth, LORD, the kings of Assyria have destroyed the nations and their lands,

¹⁸ And have cast their gods into the fire: for they were no gods, but the work of men's hands, wood and stone: therefore they have destroyed them.

¹⁹ Now therefore, O LORD our God, I beseech thee, save thou us out of his hand, that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that thou art the LORD God, even thou only.

²⁰ Then Isaiah the son of Amoz sent to Hezekiah, saying, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, That which thou hast prayed to me against Sennacherib king of Assyria I have heard.

²¹ This is the word that the LORD hath spoken concerning him; The virgin the daughter of Zion hath despised thee, and laughed thee to scorn; the daughter of Jerusalem hath shaken her head at thee.

²² Whom hast thou reproached and blasphemed? and against whom hast thou exalted thy voice, and lifted up thine eyes on high? even against the Holy One of Israel.

²³ By thy messengers thou hast reproached the LORD, and hast said, With the multitude of my chariots I am come up to the height of the mountains, to the sides of Lebanon, and will cut down the tall cedar trees thereof, and the choice fir trees thereof: and I will enter into the lodgings of his borders, and into the forest of his Carmel.

²⁴ I have digged and drunk strange waters, and with the sole of my feet have I dried up all the rivers of besieged places.

²⁵ Hast thou not heard long ago how I have done it, and of ancient times that I have formed it? now have I brought it to pass, that thou shouldest be to lay waste fenced cities into ruinous heaps.

²⁶ Therefore their inhabitants were of small power, they were dismayed and confounded; they were as the grass of the field, and as the green herb, as the grass on the house tops, and as corn blasted before it be grown up.

²⁷ But I know thy abode, and thy going out, and thy coming in, and thy rage against me.

²⁸ Because thy rage against me and thy tumult is come up into mine ears, therefore I will put my hook in thy nose, and my bridle in thy lips, and I will turn thee back by the way by which thou camest.

²⁹ And this shall be a sign unto thee, Ye shall eat this year such things as grow of themselves, and in the second year that which springeth of the same; and in the third year sow ye, and reap, and plant vineyards, and eat the fruits thereof.

³⁰ And the remnant that is escaped of the house of Judah shall yet again take root downward, and bear fruit upward.

³¹ For out of Jerusalem shall go forth a remnant, and they that escape out of mount Zion: the zeal of the LORD of hosts shall do this.

³² Therefore thus saith the LORD concerning the king of Assyria, He shall not come into this city, nor shoot an arrow there, nor come before it with shield, nor cast a bank against it.

³³ By the way that he came, by the same shall he return, and shall not come into this city, saith the LORD.

³⁴ For I will defend this city, to save it, for mine own sake, and for my servant David's sake.

³⁵ And it came to pass that night, that the angel of the LORD went out, and smote in the camp of the Assyrians an hundred fourscore and five thousand: and when they arose early in the morning, behold, they were all dead corpses.

³⁶ So Sennacherib king of Assyria departed, and went and returned, and dwelt at Nineveh.

³⁷ And it came to pass, as he was worshipping in the house of Nisroch his god, that Adrammelech and Sharezer his sons smote him with the sword: and they escaped into the land of Armenia. And Esarhaddon his son reigned in his stead.

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¹ And it came to pass, when king ^H4428 Hezekiah ^H2396 heard ^H8085 it, that he rent ^H7167 his clothes, ^H899 and covered ^H3680 himself with sackcloth, ^H8242 and went ^H935 into the house ^H1004 of the LORD. ^H3068

² And he sent ^H7971 Eliakim, ^H471 which was over the household, ^H1004 and Shebna ^H7644 the scribe, ^H5608 and the elders ^H2205 of the priests, ^H3548 covered ^H3680 with sackcloth, ^H8242 to Isaiah ^H3470 the prophet ^H5030 the son ^H1121 of Amoz. ^H531

³ And they said ^H559 unto him, Thus saith ^H559 Hezekiah, ^H2396 This day ^H3117 is a day ^H3117 of trouble, ^H6869 and of rebuke, ^H8433 and blasphemy: ^H5007 for the children ^H1121 are come ^H935 to the birth, ^H4866 and there is not strength ^H3581 to bring forth. ^H3205

⁴ It may be ^H194 the LORD ^H3068 thy God ^H430 will hear ^H8085 all the words ^H1697 of Rabshakeh, ^H7262 whom the king ^H4428 of Assyria ^H804 his master ^H113 hath sent ^H7971 to reproach ^H2778 the living ^H2416 God; ^H430 and will reprove ^H3198 the words ^H1697 which the LORD ^H3068 thy God ^H430 hath heard: ^H8085 wherefore lift up ^H5375 thy prayer ^H8605 for the remnant ^H7611 that are left. ^H4672

⁵ So the servants ^H5650 of king ^H4428 Hezekiah ^H2396 came ^H935 to Isaiah. ^H3470

⁶ And Isaiah ^H3470 said ^H559 unto them, Thus shall ye say ^H559 to your master, ^H113 Thus saith ^H559 the LORD, ^H3068 Be not afraid ^H3372 of ^H6440 the words ^H1697 which thou hast heard, ^H8085 with which the servants ^H5288 of the king ^H4428 of Assyria ^H804 have blasphemed ^H1442 me.

⁷ Behold, I will send ^H5414 a blast ^H7307 upon him, and he shall hear ^H8085 a rumour, ^H8052 and shall return ^H7725 to his own land; ^H776 and I will cause him to fall ^H5307 by the sword ^H2719 in his own land. ^H776

⁸ So Rabshakeh ^H7262 returned, ^H7725 and found ^H4672 the king ^H4428 of Assyria ^H804 warring ^H3898 against Libnah: ^H3841 for he had heard ^H8085 that he was departed ^H5265 from Lachish. ^H3923

⁹ And when he heard ^H8085 say ^H559 of Tirhakah ^H8640 king ^H4428 of Ethiopia, ^H3568 Behold, he is come out ^H3318 to fight ^H3898 against thee: he sent ^H7971 messengers ^H4397 again ^H7725 unto Hezekiah, ^H2396 saying, ^H559

¹⁰ Thus shall ye speak ^H559 to Hezekiah ^H2396 king ^H4428 of Judah, ^H3063 saying, ^H559 Let not thy God ^H430 in whom thou trustest ^H982 deceive ^H5377 thee, saying, ^H559 Jerusalem ^H3389 shall not be delivered ^H5414 into the hand ^H3027 of the king ^H4428 of Assyria. ^H804

¹¹ Behold, thou hast heard ^H8085 what the kings ^H4428 of Assyria ^H804 have done ^H6213 to all lands, ^H776 by destroying them utterly: ^H2763 and shalt thou be delivered? ^H5337

¹² Have the gods ^H430 of the nations ^H1471 delivered ^H5337 them which my fathers ^H1 have destroyed; ^H7843 as Gozan, ^H1470 and Haran, ^H2771 and Rezeph, ^H7530 and the children ^H1121 of Eden ^H5729 which were in Thelasar? ^H8515

¹³ Where is the king ^H4428 of Hamath, ^H2574 and the king ^H4428 of Arpad, ^H774 and the king ^H4428 of the city ^H5892 of Sepharvaim, ^H5617 of Hena, ^H2012 and Ivah? ^H5755

¹⁴ And Hezekiah ^H2396 received ^H3947 the letter ^H5612 of the hand ^H3027 of the messengers, ^H4397 and read ^H7121 it: and Hezekiah ^H2396 went up ^H5927 into the house ^H1004 of the LORD, ^H3068 and spread ^H6566 it before ^H6440 the LORD. ^H3068

¹⁵ And Hezekiah ^H2396 prayed ^H6419 before ^H6440 the LORD, ^H3068 and said, ^H559 O LORD ^H3068 God ^H430 of Israel, ^H3478 which dwellest ^H3427 between the cherubims, ^H3742 thou art the God, ^H430 even thou alone, of all the kingdoms ^H4467 of the earth; ^H776 thou hast made ^H6213 heaven ^H8064 and earth. ^H776

¹⁶ LORD, ^H3068 bow down ^H5186 thine ear, ^H241 and hear: ^H8085 open, ^H6491 LORD, ^H3068 thine eyes, ^H5869 and see: ^H7200 and hear ^H8085 the words ^H1697 of Sennacherib, ^H5576 which hath sent ^H7971 him to reproach ^H2778 the living ^H2416 God. ^H430

¹⁷ Of a truth, ^H551 LORD, ^H3068 the kings ^H4428 of Assyria ^H804 have destroyed ^H2717 the nations ^H1471 and their lands, ^H776

¹⁸ And have cast ^H5414 their gods ^H430 into the fire: ^H784 for they were no gods, ^H430 but the work ^H4639 of men's ^H120 hands, ^H3027 wood ^H6086 and stone: ^H68 therefore they have destroyed ^H6 them.

¹⁹ Now therefore, O LORD ^H3068 our God, ^H430 I beseech thee, save ^H3467 thou us out of his hand, ^H3027 that all the kingdoms ^H4467 of the earth ^H776 may know ^H3045 that thou art the LORD ^H3068 God, ^H430 even thou only.

²⁰ Then Isaiah ^H3470 the son ^H1121 of Amoz ^H531 sent ^H7971 to Hezekiah, ^H2396 saying, ^H559 Thus saith ^H559 the LORD ^H3068 God ^H430 of Israel, ^H3478 That which thou hast prayed ^H6419 to me against Sennacherib ^H5576 king ^H4428 of Assyria ^H804 I have heard. ^H8085

²¹ This is the word ^H1697 that the LORD ^H3068 hath spoken ^H1696 concerning him; The virgin ^H1330 the daughter ^H1323 of Zion ^H6726 hath despised ^H959 thee, and laughed thee to scorn; ^H3932 the daughter ^H1323 of Jerusalem ^H3389 hath shaken ^H5128 her head ^H7218 at thee. ^H310

²² Whom hast thou reproached ^H2778 and blasphemed? ^H1442 and against whom hast thou exalted ^H7311 thy voice, ^H6963 and lifted up ^H5375 thine eyes ^H5869 on high? ^H4791 even against the Holy ^H6918 One of Israel. ^H3478

²³ By ^H3027 thy messengers ^H4397 thou hast reproached ^H2778 the Lord, ^H136 and hast said, ^H559 With the multitude ^H7230 of my chariots ^{H7393 H7393} I am come up ^H5927 to the height ^H4791 of the mountains, ^H2022 to the sides ^H3411 of Lebanon, ^H3844 and will cut down ^H3772 the tall ^H6967 cedar trees ^H730 thereof, and the choice ^H4004 fir trees ^H1265 thereof: and I will enter ^H935 into the lodgings ^H4411 of his borders, ^H7093 and into the forest ^H3293 of his Carmel. ^H3760

²⁴ I have digged ^H6979 and drunk ^H8354 strange ^H2114 waters, ^H4325 and with the sole ^H3709 of my feet ^H6471 have I dried ^H2717 up all the rivers ^H2975 of besieged places. ^H4693

²⁵ Hast thou not heard ^H8085 long ago ^H7350 how I have done ^H6213 it, and of ancient ^H6924 times ^H3117 that I have formed ^H3335 it? now have I brought ^H935 it to pass, that thou shouldest be to lay waste ^H7582 fenced ^H1219 cities ^H5892 into ruinous ^H5327 heaps. ^H1530

²⁶ Therefore their inhabitants ^H3427 were of small ^H7116 power, ^H3027 they were dismayed ^H2865 and confounded; ^H954 they were as the grass ^H6212 of the field, ^H7704 and as the green ^H3419 herb, ^H1877 as the grass ^H2682 on the housetops, ^H1406 and as corn blasted ^H7711 before ^H6440 it be grown up. ^H7054

²⁷ But I know ^H3045 thy abode, ^H3427 and thy going out, ^H3318 and thy coming in, ^H935 and thy rage ^H7264 against me.

²⁸ Because thy rage ^H7264 against me and thy tumult ^H7600 is come up ^H5927 into mine ears, ^H241 therefore I will put ^H7760 my hook ^H2397 in thy nose, ^H639 and my bridle ^H4964 in thy lips, ^H8193 and I will turn thee back ^H7725 by the way ^H1870 by which thou camest. ^H935

²⁹ And this shall be a sign ^H226 unto thee, Ye shall eat ^H398 this year ^H8141 such things as grow ^H5599 of themselves, and in the second ^H8145 year ^H8141 that which springeth ^H7823 of the same; and in the third ^H7992 year ^H8141 sow ^H2232 ye, and reap, ^H7114 and plant ^H5193 vineyards, ^H3754 and eat ^H398 the fruits ^H6529 thereof.

³⁰ And the remnant ^H7604 that is escaped ^H6413 of the house ^H1004 of Judah ^H3063 shall yet again ^H3254 take root ^H8328 downward, ^H4295 and bear ^H6213 fruit ^H6529 upward. ^H4605

³¹ For out of Jerusalem ^H3389 shall go forth ^H3318 a remnant, ^H7611 and they that escape ^H6413 out of mount ^H2022 Zion: ^H6726 the zeal ^H7068 of the LORD ^H3068 of hosts ^H6635 shall do ^H6213 this.

³² Therefore thus saith ^H559 the LORD ^H3068 concerning the king ^H4428 of Assyria, ^H804 He shall not come ^H935 into this city, ^H5892 nor shoot ^H3384 an arrow ^H2671 there, nor come before ^H6923 it with shield, ^H4043 nor cast ^H8210 a bank ^H5550 against it.

³³ By the way ^H1870 that he came, ^H935 by the same shall he return, ^H7725 and shall not come ^H935 into this city, ^H5892 saith ^H5002 the LORD. ^H3068

³⁴ For I will defend ^H1598 this city, ^H5892 to save ^H3467 it, for mine own sake, and for my servant ^H5650 David's ^H1732 sake.

³⁵ And it came to pass that night, ^H3915 that the angel ^H4397 of the LORD ^H3068 went out, ^H3318 and smote ^H5221 in the camp ^H4264 of the Assyrians ^H804 an hundred ^H3967 fourscore ^H8084 and five ^H2568 thousand: ^H505 and when they arose early ^H7925 in the morning, ^H1242 behold, they were all dead ^H4191 corpses. ^H6297

³⁶ So Sennacherib ^H5576 king ^H4428 of Assyria ^H804 departed, ^H5265 and went ^H3212 and returned, ^H7725 and dwelt ^H3427 at Nineveh. ^H5210

³⁷ And it came to pass, as he was worshipping ^H7812 in the house ^H1004 of Nisroch ^H5268 his god, ^H430 that Adrammelech ^H152 and Sharezer ^H8272 his sons ^H1121 smote ^H5221 him with the sword: ^H2719 and they escaped ^H4422 into the land ^H776 of Armenia. ^H780 And Esarhaddon ^H634 his son ^H1121 reigned ^H4427 in his stead.

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¹ And it came to pass, when king Hezekiah heard it, that he rent his clothes, and covered himself with sackcloth, and went into the house of Jehovah.

² And he sent Eliakim, who was over the household, and Shebna the scribe, and the elders of the priests, covered with sackcloth, unto Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz.

³ And they said unto him, Thus saith Hezekiah, This day is a day of trouble, and of rebuke, and of contumely; for the children are come to the birth, and there is not strength to bring forth.

⁴ It may be Jehovah thy God will hear all the words of Rabshakeh, whom the king of Assyria his master hath sent to defy the living God, and will rebuke the words which Jehovah thy God hath heard: wherefore lift up thy prayer for the remnant that is left.

⁵ So the servants of king Hezekiah came to Isaiah.

⁶ And Isaiah said unto them, Thus shall ye say to your master, Thus saith Jehovah, Be not afraid of the words that thou hast heard, wherewith the servants of the king of Assyria have blasphemed me.

⁷ Behold, I will put a spirit in him, and he shall hear tidings, and shall return to his own land; and I will cause him to fall by the sword in his own land.

⁸ So Rabshakeh returned, and found the king of Assyria warring against Libnah; for he had heard that he was departed from Lachish.

⁹ And when he heard say of Tirhakah king of Ethiopia, Behold, he is come out to fight against thee, he sent messengers again unto Hezekiah, saying,

¹⁰ Thus shall ye speak to Hezekiah king of Judah, saying, Let not thy God in whom thou trustest deceive thee, saying, Jerusalem shall not be given into the hand of the king of Assyria.

¹¹ Behold, thou hast heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all lands, by destroying them utterly: and shalt thou be delivered?

¹² Have the gods of the nations delivered them, which my fathers have destroyed, Gozan, and Haran, and Rezeph, and the children of Eden that were in Telassar?

¹³ Where is the king of Hamath, and the king of Arpad, and the king of the city of Sepharvaim, of Hena, and Ivvah?

¹⁴ And Hezekiah received the letter from the hand of the messengers, and read it; and Hezekiah went up unto the house of Jehovah, and spread it before Jehovah.

¹⁵ And Hezekiah prayed before Jehovah, and said, O Jehovah, the God of Israel, that sittest `above' the cherubim, thou art the God, even thou alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth; thou hast made heaven and earth.

¹⁶ Incline thine ear, O Jehovah, and hear; open thine eyes, O Jehovah, and see; and hear the words of Sennacherib, wherewith he hath sent him to defy the living God.

¹⁷ Of a truth, Jehovah, the kings of Assyria have laid waste the nations and their lands,

¹⁸ and have cast their gods into the fire; for they were no gods, but the work of men's hands, wood and stone; therefore they have destroyed them.

¹⁹ Now therefore, O Jehovah our God, save thou us, I beseech thee, out of his hand, that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that thou Jehovah art God alone.

²⁰ Then Isaiah the son of Amoz sent to Hezekiah, saying, Thus saith Jehovah, the God of Israel, Whereas thou hast prayed to me against Sennacherib king of Assyria, I have heard `thee'.

²¹ This is the word that Jehovah hath spoken concerning him: The virgin daughter of Zion hath despised thee and laughed thee to scorn; the daughter of Jerusalem hath shaken her head at thee.

²² Whom hast thou defied and blasphemed? and against whom hast thou exalted thy voice and lifted up thine eyes on high? `even' against the Holy One of Israel.

²³ By thy messengers thou hast defied the Lord, and hast said, With the multitude of my chariots am I come up to the height of the mountains, to the innermost parts of Lebanon; and I will cut down the tall cedars thereof, and the choice fir-trees thereof; and I will enter into his farthest lodging-place, the forest of his fruitful field.

²⁴ I have digged and drunk strange waters, and with the sole of my feet will I dry up all the rivers of Egypt.

²⁵ Hast thou not heard how I have done it long ago, and formed it of ancient times? now have I brought it to pass, that it should be thine to lay waste fortified cities into ruinous heaps.

²⁶ Therefore their inhabitants were of small power, they were dismayed and confounded; they were as the grass of the field, and as the green herb, as the grass on the housetops, and as grain blasted before it is grown up.

²⁷ But I know thy sitting down, and thy going out, and thy coming in, and thy raging against me.

²⁸ Because of thy raging against me, and because thine arrogancy is come up into mine ears, therefore will I put my hook in thy nose, and my bridle in thy lips, and I will turn thee back by the way by which thou camest.

²⁹ And this shall be the sign unto thee: Ye shall eat this year that which groweth of itself, and in the second year that which springeth of the same; and in the third year sow ye, and reap, and plant vineyards, and eat the fruit thereof.

³⁰ And the remnant that is escaped of the house of Judah shall again take root downward, and bear fruit upward.

³¹ For out of Jerusalem shall go forth a remnant, and out of mount Zion they that shall escape: the zeal of Jehovah shall perform this.

³² Therefore thus saith Jehovah concerning the king of Assyria, He shall not come unto this city, nor shoot an arrow there, neither shall he come before it with shield, nor cast up a mound against it.

³³ By the way that he came, by the same shall he return, and he shall not come unto this city, saith Jehovah.

³⁴ For I will defend this city to save it, for mine own sake, and for my servant David's sake.

³⁵ And it came to pass that night, that the angel of Jehovah went forth, and smote in the camp of the Assyrians a hundred fourscore and five thousand: and when men arose early in the morning, behold, these were all dead bodies.

³⁶ So Sennacherib king of Assyria departed, and went and returned, and dwelt at Nineveh.

³⁷ And it came to pass, as he was worshipping in the house of Nisroch his god, that Adrammelech and Sharezer smote him with the sword: and they escaped into the land of Ararat. And Esar-haddon his son reigned in his stead.

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¹ And it cometh to pass, at king Hezekiah's hearing, that he rendeth his garments, and covereth himself with sackcloth, and entereth the house of Jehovah,

² and sendeth Eliakim, who `is' over the house, and Shebna the scribe, and the elders of the priests, covering themselves with sackcloth, unto Isaiah the prophet, son of Amoz,

³ and they say unto him, `Thus said Hezekiah -- A day of distress, and rebuke, and despising `is' this day; for come have sons unto the birth, and power there is not to bring forth.

⁴ `It may be Jehovah thy God doth hear all the words of the chief of the butlers with which the king of Asshur his lord hath sent him to reproach the living God, and hath decided concerning the words that Jehovah thy God hath heard, and thou hast lifted up prayer for the remnant that is found.'

⁵ And the servants of king Hezekiah come in unto Isaiah,

⁶ and Isaiah saith to them, `Thus do ye say unto your lord: Thus said Jehovah, Be not afraid because of the words that thou hast heard, with which the servants of the king of Asshur have reviled Me.

⁷ Lo, I am giving in him a spirit, and he hath heard a report, and hath turned back to his land, and I have caused him to fall by the sword in his land.'

⁸ And the chief of the butlers turneth back and findeth the king of Asshur fighting against Libnah, for he hath heard that he hath journeyed from Lachish.

⁹ And he heareth concerning Tirhakah king of Cush, saying, `Lo, he hath come out to fight with thee;' and he turneth and sendeth messengers unto Hezekiah, saying,

¹⁰ `Thus do ye speak unto Hezekiah king of Judah, saying, Let not thy God lift thee up in whom thou art trusting, saying, Jerusalem is not given into the hand of the king of Asshur.

¹¹ Lo, thou hast heard that which the kings of Asshur have done to all the lands -- to devote them; and thou art delivered!

¹² did the gods of the nations deliver them whom my fathers destroyed -- Gozan, and Haran, and Rezeph, and the sons of Eden, who `are' in Thelassar?

¹³ Where `is' the king of Hamath, and the king of Arpad, and the king of the city of Sepharvaim, Hena, and Ivvah?'

¹⁴ And Hezekiah taketh the letters out of the hand of the messengers, and readeth them, and goeth up to the house of Jehovah, and Hezekiah spreadeth it before Jehovah.

¹⁵ And Hezekiah prayeth before Jehovah, and saith, `O Jehovah, God of Israel, inhabiting the cherubs, Thou `art' God Himself -- Thyself alone -- to all the kingdoms of the earth: Thou hast made the heavens and the earth.

¹⁶ Incline, O Jehovah, Thine ear, and hear; open, O Jehovah, Thine eyes, and see; and hear Thou the words of Sennacherib with which he hath sent him to reproach the living God.

¹⁷ `Truly, O Jehovah, kings of Asshur have laid waste the nations, and their land,

¹⁸ and have put their gods into fire, for they `are' no gods, but work of the hands of man, wood and stone, and destroy them.

¹⁹ And now, O Jehovah our God, save us, we pray Thee, out of his hand, and know do all kingdoms of the earth that Thou `art' Jehovah God -- Thyself alone.'

²⁰ And Isaiah son of Amoz sendeth unto Hezekiah, saying, `Thus said Jehovah, God of Israel, That which thou hast prayed unto Me concerning Sennacherib king of Asshur I have heard:

²¹ this `is' the word that Jehovah spake concerning him: `Trampled on thee -- laughed at thee, Hath the virgin daughter of Zion Behind thee shaken the head -- Hath the daughter of Jerusalem?

²² Whom hast thou reproached and reviled? And against whom lifted up a voice? Yea, thou dost lift up on high thine eyes -- Against the Holy One of Israel!

²³ By the hand of thy messengers Thou hast reproached the Lord, and sayest: In the multitude of my chariots I have come up to a high place of mountains -- The sides of Lebanon, And I cut down the height of its cedars, The choice of its firs, And I enter the lodging of its extremity, The forest of its Carmel.

²⁴ I have digged, and drunk strange waters, And I dry up with the sole of my steps All floods of a bulwark.

²⁵ Hast thou not heard from afar, it I made, From days of old that I formed it? Now I have brought it in, And it becometh a desolation, Ruinous heaps `are' fenced cities,

²⁶ And their inhabitants `are' feeble-handed, They were broken down, and are dried up, They have been the herb of the field, And the greenness of the tender grass, Grass of the roofs, And blasted corn -- before it hath risen up!

²⁷ And thy sitting down, and thy going out, And thy coming in, I have known, And thine anger towards Me;

²⁸ Because of thine anger towards Me, And thy noise -- it came up into Mine ears, I have put My hook in thy nose, And My bridle in thy lips, And have caused thee to turn back, In the way in which thou camest.

²⁹ And this to thee `is' the sign, Food of the year `is' the spontaneous growth, And in the second year the self-produced, And in the third year sow ye, and reap, And plant vineyards, and eat their fruits.

³⁰ And it hath continued -- The escaped of the house of Judah That hath been left -- to take root beneath, And hath made fruit upward.

³¹ For from Jerusalem goeth out a remnant, And an escape from mount Zion; The zeal of Jehovah `of Hosts' doth this.

³² Therefore, thus said Jehovah, Concerning the king of Asshur: He doth not come in unto this city, Nor doth he shoot there an arrow, Nor doth he come before it with shield. Nor doth he pour out against it a mount.

³³ In the way that he cometh in -- In it he turneth back, And unto this city he doth not come in, The affirmation of Jehovah --

³⁴ And I have covered over this city, To save it, for Mine own sake, And for the sake of David My servant.'

³⁵ And it cometh to pass, in that night, that a messenger of Jehovah goeth out, and smiteth in the camp of Asshur a hundred eighty and five thousand, and they rise early in the morning, and lo, all of them `are' dead corpses.

³⁶ And Sennacherib king of Asshur journeyeth, and goeth, and turneth back, and dwelleth in Nineveh;

³⁷ and it cometh to pass, he is bowing himself in the house of Nisroch his god, and Adramelech and Sharezar `his sons' have smitten him with the sword, and they have escaped to the land of Ararat, and Esar-Haddon his son reigneth in his stead.

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¹ And it came to pass when king Hezekiah heard [it], that he rent his garments, and covered himself with sackcloth, and went into the house of Jehovah.

² And he sent Eliakim, who was over the household, and Shebna the scribe, and the elders of the priests, covered with sackcloth, to the prophet Isaiah the son of Amoz.

³ And they said to him, Thus says Hezekiah: This day is a day of trouble and of rebuke and of reviling; for the children are come to the birth, and there is not strength to bring forth.

⁴ It may be Jehovah thy God will hear all the words of Rab-shakeh, whom the king of Assyria his master has sent to reproach the living God; and will rebuke the words which Jehovah thy God has heard. Therefore lift up a prayer for the remnant that is left.

⁵ And the servants of king Hezekiah came to Isaiah.

⁶ And Isaiah said to them, Thus shall ye say to your master: Thus saith Jehovah: Be not afraid of the words that thou hast heard, wherewith the servants of the king of Assyria have blasphemed me.

⁷ Behold, I will put a spirit into him, and he shall hear tidings, and shall return to his own land; and I will make him to fall by the sword in his own land.

⁸ And Rab-shakeh returned, and found the king of Assyria warring against Libnah; for he had heard that he had departed from Lachish.

⁹ And he heard say of Tirhakah king of Ethiopia, Behold, he has come forth to make war with thee. And he sent messengers again to Hezekiah, saying,

¹⁰ Thus shall ye speak to Hezekiah king of Judah saying: Let not thy God, upon whom thou reliest, deceive thee, saying, Jerusalem shall not be delivered into the hand of the king of Assyria.

¹¹ Behold, thou hast heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all countries, destroying them utterly; and shalt thou be delivered?

¹² Have the gods of the nations which my fathers have destroyed delivered them: Gozan, and Haran, and Rezeph, and the children of Eden that were in Thelassar?

¹³ Where is the king of Hamath, and the king of Arpad, and the king of the city of Sepharvaim, of Hena, and Ivvah?

¹⁴ And Hezekiah received the letter from the hand of the messengers, and read it; and Hezekiah went up into the house of Jehovah, and spread it before Jehovah.

¹⁵ And Hezekiah prayed before Jehovah and said, Jehovah, God of Israel, who sittest [between] the cherubim, thou, the Same, thou alone art the God of all the kingdoms of the earth: thou hast made the heavens and the earth.

¹⁶ Incline thine ear, Jehovah, and hear; open, Jehovah, thine eyes, and see; and hear the words of Sennacherib, who hath sent him to reproach the living God.

¹⁷ Of a truth, Jehovah, the kings of Assyria have laid waste the nations and their lands,

¹⁸ and have cast their gods into the fire; for they were no gods, but the work of men's hands, wood and stone; therefore have they destroyed them.

¹⁹ And now, Jehovah our God, I beseech thee, save us out of his hand, that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that thou, Jehovah, art God, thou only.

²⁰ And Isaiah the son of Amoz sent to Hezekiah, saying, Thus saith Jehovah the God of Israel: That which thou hast prayed to me concerning Sennacherib king of Assyria I have heard.

²¹ This is the word that Jehovah has spoken against him: The virgin-daughter of Zion despiseth thee, laugheth thee to scorn; The daughter of Jerusalem shaketh her head at thee.

²² Whom hast thou reproached and blasphemed? and against whom hast thou exalted the voice? Against the Holy one of Israel hast thou lifted up thine eyes on high.

²³ By thy messengers thou hast reproached the Lord, and hast said, With the multitude of my chariots have I come up To the height of the mountain, to the recesses of Lebanon, And I will cut down its tall cedars, the choice of its cypresses; And I will enter into its furthest lodging-place, [into] the forest of its fruitful field.

²⁴ I have digged, and have drunk strange waters, And with the sole of my feet have I dried up all the streams of Matsor.

²⁵ Hast thou not heard long ago that I have done it? And that from ancient days I formed it? Now have I brought it to pass, that thou shouldest lay waste fortified cities [into] ruinous heaps.

²⁶ And their inhabitants were powerless, They were dismayed and put to shame; They were [as] the growing grass, and [as] the green herb, [As] the grass on the housetops, and grain blighted before it be grown up.

²⁷ But I know thine abode, and thy going out, and thy coming in, And thy raging against me.

²⁸ Because thy raging against me and thine arrogance is come up into mine ears, I will put my ring in thy nose, and my bridle in thy lips, And I will make thee go back by the way by which thou camest.

²⁹ And this [shall be] the sign unto thee: They shall eat this year such as groweth of itself, And in the second year that which springeth of the same; But in the third year sow ye and reap, And plant vineyards and eat the fruit thereof.

³⁰ And the remnant that is escaped of the house of Judah Shall again take root downward, and bear fruit upward;

³¹ For out of Jerusalem shall go forth a remnant, And out of mount Zion they that escape: The zeal of Jehovah [of hosts] shall do this.

³² Therefore thus saith Jehovah concerning the king of Assyria: He shall not come into this city, Nor shoot an arrow there, Nor come before it with shield, Nor cast a bank against it.

³³ By the way that he came, by the same shall he return, And shall not come into this city, saith Jehovah.

³⁴ And I will defend this city, to save it, For mine own sake, and for my servant David's sake.

³⁵ And it came to pass that night, that an angel of Jehovah went forth, and smote in the camp of the Assyrians a hundred and eighty-five thousand. And when they arose early in the morning, behold, they were all dead bodies.

³⁶ And Sennacherib king of Assyria departed, and went and returned, and abode at Nineveh.

³⁷ And it came to pass, as he was worshipping in the house of Nisroch his god, that Adrammelech and Sharezer [his sons] smote him with the sword; and they escaped into the land of Ararat. And Esarhaddon his son reigned in his stead.

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¹ It happened, when king Hezekiah heard it, that he tore his clothes, and covered himself with sackcloth, and went into the house of Yahweh.

² He sent Eliakim, who was over the household, and Shebna the scribe, and the elders of the priests, covered with sackcloth, to Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz.

³ They said to him, Thus says Hezekiah, This day is a day of trouble, and of rebuke, and of rejection; for the children are come to the birth, and there is not strength to bring forth.

⁴ It may be Yahweh your God will hear all the words of Rabshakeh, whom the king of Assyria his master has sent to defy the living God, and will rebuke the words which Yahweh your God has heard. Therefore lift up your prayer for the remnant that is left.

⁵ So the servants of king Hezekiah came to Isaiah.

⁶ Isaiah said to them, Thus shall you tell your master, Thus says Yahweh, Don't be afraid of the words that you have heard, with which the servants of the king of Assyria have blasphemed me.

⁷ Behold, I will put a spirit in him, and he shall hear news, and shall return to his own land; and I will cause him to fall by the sword in his own land.

⁸ So Rabshakeh returned, and found the king of Assyria warring against Libnah; for he had heard that he was departed from Lachish.

⁹ When he heard say of Tirhakah king of Ethiopia, Behold, he is come out to fight against you, he sent messengers again to Hezekiah, saying,

¹⁰ Thus shall you speak to Hezekiah king of Judah, saying, Don't let your God in whom you trust deceive you, saying, Jerusalem shall not be given into the hand of the king of Assyria.

¹¹ Behold, you have heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all lands, by destroying them utterly: and shall you be delivered?

¹² Have the gods of the nations delivered them, which my fathers have destroyed, Gozan, and Haran, and Rezeph, and the children of Eden that were in Telassar?

¹³ Where is the king of Hamath, and the king of Arpad, and the king of the city of Sepharvaim, of Hena, and Ivvah?

¹⁴ Hezekiah received the letter from the hand of the messengers, and read it; and Hezekiah went up to the house of Yahweh, and spread it before Yahweh.

¹⁵ Hezekiah prayed before Yahweh, and said, Yahweh, the God of Israel, who sit [above] the cherubim, you are the God, even you alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth; you have made heaven and earth.

¹⁶ Incline your ear, Yahweh, and hear; open your eyes, Yahweh, and see; and hear the words of Sennacherib, with which he has sent him to defy the living God.

¹⁷ Of a truth, Yahweh, the kings of Assyria have laid waste the nations and their lands,

¹⁸ and have cast their gods into the fire; for they were no gods, but the work of men's hands, wood and stone; therefore they have destroyed them.

¹⁹ Now therefore, Yahweh our God, save you us, I beg you, out of his hand, that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that you Yahweh are God alone.

²⁰ Then Isaiah the son of Amoz sent to Hezekiah, saying, Thus says Yahweh, the God of Israel, Whereas you have prayed to me against Sennacherib king of Assyria, I have heard [you].

²¹ This is the word that Yahweh has spoken concerning him: The virgin daughter of Zion has despised you and ridiculed you; the daughter of Jerusalem has shaken her head at you.

²² Whom have you defied and blasphemed? and against whom have you exalted your voice and lifted up your eyes on high? [even] against the Holy One of Israel.

²³ By your messengers you have defied the Lord, and have said, With the multitude of my chariots am I come up to the height of the mountains, to the innermost parts of Lebanon; and I will cut down the tall cedars of it, and the choice fir trees of it; and I will enter into his farthest lodging-place, the forest of his fruitful field.

²⁴ I have dug and drunk strange waters, and with the sole of my feet will I dry up all the rivers of Egypt.

²⁵ Haven't you heard how I have done it long ago, and formed it of ancient times? now have I brought it to pass, that it should be yours to lay waste fortified cities into ruinous heaps.

²⁶ Therefore their inhabitants were of small power, they were dismayed and confounded; they were as the grass of the field, and as the green herb, as the grass on the housetops, and as grain blasted before it is grown up.

²⁷ But I know your sitting down, and your going out, and your coming in, and your raging against me.

²⁸ Because of your raging against me, and because your arrogance is come up into my ears, therefore will I put my hook in your nose, and my bridle in your lips, and I will turn you back by the way by which you came.

²⁹ This shall be the sign to you: You shall eat this year that which grows of itself, and in the second year that which springs of the same; and in the third year sow you, and reap, and plant vineyards, and eat the fruit of it.

³⁰ The remnant that has escaped of the house of Judah shall again take root downward, and bear fruit upward.

³¹ For out of Jerusalem shall go forth a remnant, and out of Mount Zion those who shall escape: the zeal of Yahweh shall perform this.

³² Therefore thus says Yahweh concerning the king of Assyria, He shall not come to this city, nor shoot an arrow there, neither shall he come before it with shield, nor cast up a mound against it.

³³ By the way that he came, by the same shall he return, and he shall not come to this city, says Yahweh.

³⁴ For I will defend this city to save it, for my own sake, and for my servant David's sake.

³⁵ It happened that night, that the angel of Yahweh went forth, and struck in the camp of the Assyrians one hundred eighty-five thousand: and when men arose early in the morning, behold, these were all dead bodies.

³⁶ So Sennacherib king of Assyria departed, and went and returned, and lived at Nineveh.

³⁷ It happened, as he was worshipping in the house of Nisroch his god, that Adrammelech and Sharezer struck him with the sword: and they escaped into the land of Ararat. Esar Haddon his son reigned in his place.

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¹ And on hearing it, King Hezekiah took off his robe, and put on haircloth, and went into the house of the Lord.

² And he sent Eliakim, who was over the house, and Shebna the scribe, and the chief priests, dressed in haircloth, to Isaiah the prophet, the son of Amoz.

³ And they said to him, Hezekiah says, This day is a day of trouble and punishment and shame; for the children are ready to come to birth, but there is no strength to give birth to them.

⁴ It may be that the Lord your God will give ear to the words of the Rab-shakeh, whom the king of Assyria, his master, sent to say evil things against the living God, and will make his words come to nothing: so then make your prayer for the rest of the people.

⁵ So the servants of King Hezekiah came to Isaiah.

⁶ And Isaiah said to them, This is what you are to say to your master: The Lord says, Be not troubled by the words which the servants of the king of Assyria have said against me in your hearing.

⁷ See, I will put a spirit into him, and bad news will come to his ears, and he will go back to his land; and there I will have him put to death by the sword.

⁸ So the Rab-shakeh went back, and when he got there the king of Assyria was making war against Libnah, for it had come to his ears that he had gone away from Lachish.

⁹ And when news came to him that Tirhakah, king of Ethiopia, had made an attack on him, he sent representatives to Hezekiah again, saying,

¹⁰ This is what you are to say to Hezekiah, king of Judah: Let not your God, in whom is your faith, give you a false hope, saying, Jerusalem will not be given into the hands of the king of Assyria.

¹¹ No doubt the story has come to your ears of what the kings of Assyria have done to all lands, putting them to the curse; and will you be kept safe?

¹² Did the gods of the nations keep safe those on whom my fathers sent destruction, Gozan and Haran and Rezeph and the children of Eden who were in Telassar?

¹³ Where is the king of Hamath, and the king of Arpad, and the king of the town of Sepharvaim, of Hena and of Ivvah?

¹⁴ And Hezekiah took the letter from the hands of those who had come with it; and after reading it, Hezekiah went up to the house of the Lord, opening the letter there before the Lord.

¹⁵ And Hezekiah made his prayer to the Lord, saying, O Lord, the God of Israel, seated between the winged ones, you only are the God of all the kingdoms of the earth; you have made heaven and earth.

¹⁶ Let your ear be turned to us, O Lord, and let your eyes be open, O Lord, and see; take note of all the words of Sennacherib who has sent men to say evil against the living God.

¹⁷ Truly, O Lord, the kings of Assyria have made waste the nations and their lands,

¹⁸ And have given their gods to the fire; for they were no gods, but wood and stone, the work of men's hands; so they have given them to destruction.

¹⁹ But now, O Lord our God, give us salvation from his hands, so that it may be clear to all the kingdoms of the earth that you and only you, O Lord, are God.

²⁰ Then Isaiah, the son of Amoz, sent to Hezekiah, saying, The Lord, the God of Israel, says, The prayer which you have made to me against Sennacherib, king of Assyria, has come to my ears.

²¹ This is the word which the Lord has said about him: In the eyes of the virgin daughter of Zion you are shamed and laughed at; the daughter of Jerusalem has made sport of you.

²² Against whom have you said evil and bitter things? against whom has your voice been loud and your eyes lifted up? even against the Holy One of Israel.

²³ You have sent your servants with evil words against the Lord, and have said, With all my war-carriages I have come up to the top of the mountains, to the inmost parts of Lebanon; its tall cedars will be cut down, and the best trees of its woods; I will come up into his highest places, into his thick woods.

²⁴ I have made water-holes and taken their waters, and with my foot I have made all the rivers of Egypt dry.

²⁵ Has it not come to your ears how I did it long before, purposing it in times long past? Now I have given effect to my design, so that by you strong towns might be turned into masses of broken walls.

²⁶ This is why their townsmen had no power, they were broken and put to shame; they were like the grass of the field and the green plant, like grass on the house-tops.

²⁷ But I have knowledge of your getting up and your resting, of your going out and your coming in.

²⁸ Because your wrath against me and your words of pride have come up to my ears, I will put my hook in your nose and my cord in your lips, and I will make you go back by the way you came.

²⁹ And this will be the sign to you: you will get your food this year from what comes up of itself; and in the second year from the produce of the same; and in the third year you will put in your seed and get in the grain and make vine-gardens and take of their fruit.

³⁰ And those of Judah who are still living will again take root in the earth and give fruit.

³¹ For from Jerusalem those who have been kept safe will go out, and those who are still living will go out of Mount Zion: by the fixed purpose of the Lord of armies this will be done.

³² For this cause the Lord says about the king of Assyria, He will not come into this town, or send an arrow against it; he will not come before it with arms, or put up an earthwork against it;

³³ By the way he came he will go back, and he will not get into this town, says the Lord.

³⁴ For I will keep this town safe, for my honour, and for the honour of my servant David.

³⁵ And that night the angel of the Lord went out and put to death in the army of the Assyrians a hundred and eighty-five thousand men; and when the people got up early in the morning, there was nothing to be seen but dead bodies.

³⁶ So Sennacherib, king of Assyria, went back to his place at Nineveh.

³⁷ And it came about, when he was worshipping in the house of Nisroch his god, that his sons Adrammelech and Sharezer put him to death with the sword; and they went in flight into the land of Ararat. And Esar-haddon his son became king in his place.