Isaiah 36

1 ♥ 📝 N ow it came to pass in the fourteenth^H702 year^H8141 of king^H4428 Hezekiah,^H2396 that Sennacherib^H5576 king^H4428 of Assyria^H804 came up^H5927 against all the fortified^H1219 cities^H5892 of Judah,^H3063 and took^H8610 them.

2 ♥ 📝 And the king^H4428 of Assyria^H804 sent^H7971 Rabshakeh^H7262 from Lachish^H3923 to Jerusalem^H3389 unto king^H4428 Hezekiah^H2396 with a great^H3515 army.^H2426 And he stood^H5975 by the conduit^H8585 of the upper^H5945 pool^H1295 in the highway^H4546 of the fuller's^H3526 field.^H7704

3 ♥ 📝 Then came forth^H3318 unto him Eliakim^H471 the son^H1121 of Hilkiah,^H2518 who was over the household,^H1004 and Shebna^H7644 the scribe,^H5608 and Joah,^H3098 the son^H1121 of Asaph,^H623 the recorder.^H2142

4 ♥ 📝 And Rabshakeh^H7262 said^H559 unto them, Say^H559 ye now to Hezekiah,^H2396 Thus saith^H559 the great^H1419 king,^H4428 the king^H4428 of Assyria,^H804 What confidence^H986 is this wherein thou trustest?^H982

5 ♥ 📝 I say,^H559 [thy] counsel^H6098 and strength^H1369 for the war^H4421 are but vain^H8193 words:^H1697 now on whom dost thou trust,^H982 that thou hast rebelled^H4775 against me?

6 ♥ 📝 Behold, thou trustest^H982 upon the staff^H4938 of this bruised^H7533 reed,^H7070 even upon Egypt,^H4714 whereon if a man^H376 lean,^H5564 it will go^H935 into his hand,^H3709 and pierce^H5344 it: so is Pharaoh^H6547 king^H4428 of Egypt^H4714 to all that trust^H982 on him.

7 ♥ 📝 But if thou say^H559 unto me, We trust^H982 in Jehovah^H3068 our God:^H430 is not that he, whose high places^H1116 and whose altars^H4196 Hezekiah^H2396 hath taken away,^H5493 and hath said^H559 to Judah^H3063 and to Jerusalem,^H3389 Ye shall worship^H7812 before^H6440 this altar?^H4196

8 ♥ 📝 Now therefore, I pray thee, give pledges^H6148 to my master^H113 the king^H4428 of Assyria,^H804 and I will give^H5414 thee two thousand^H505 horses,^H5483 if thou be able^H3201 on thy part to set^H5414 riders^H7392 upon them.

9 ♥ 📝 How then canst thou turn away^H7725 the face^H6440 of one^H259 captain^H6346 of the least^H6996 of my master's^H113 servants,^H5650 and put thy trust^H982 on Egypt^H4714 for chariots^H7393 and for horsemen?^H6571

10 ♥ 📝 And am I now come up^H5927 without^H1107 Jehovah^H3068 against this land^H776 to destroy^H7843 it? Jehovah^H3068 said^H559 unto me, Go up^H5927 against this land,^H776 and destroy^H7843 it.

11 ♥ 📝 Then said^H559 Eliakim^H471 and Shebna^H7644 and Joah^H3098 unto Rabshakeh,^H7262 Speak,^H1696 I pray thee, unto thy servants^H5650 in the Syrian language;^H762 for we understand^H8085 it: and speak^H1696 not to us in the Jews' language,^H3066 in the ears^H241 of the people^H5971 that are on the wall.^H2346

12 ♥ 📝 But Rabshakeh^H7262 said,^H559 Hath my master^H113 sent^H7971 me to thy master,^H113 and to thee, to speak^H1696 these words?^H1697 [hath he] not [sent me] to the men^H582 that sit^H3427 upon the wall,^H2346 to eat^H398 their own dung,^H2716 and to drink^H8354 their own water^H7272 with you?

13 ♥ 📝 Then Rabshakeh^H7262 stood,^H5975 and cried^H7121 with a loud^H1419 voice^H6963 in the Jews' language,^H3066 and said,^H559 Hear^H8085 ye the words^H1697 of the great^H1419 king,^H4428 the king^H4428 of Assyria.^H804

14 ♥ 📝 Thus saith^H559 the king,^H4428 Let not Hezekiah^H2396 deceive^H5377 you; for he will not be able^H3201 to deliver^H5337 you:

15 ♥ 📝 neither let Hezekiah^H2396 make you trust^H982 in Jehovah,^H3068 saying,^H559 Jehovah^H3068 will surely^H5337 deliver^H5337 us; this city^H5892 shall not be given^H5414 into the hand^H3027 of the king^H4428 of Assyria.^H804

16 ♥ 📝 Hearken^H8085 not to Hezekiah:^H2396 for thus saith^H559 the king^H4428 of Assyria,^H804 Make^H6213 your peace^H1293 with me, and come out^H3318 to me; and eat^H398 ye every one^H376 of his vine,^H1612 and every one^H376 of his fig-tree,^H8384 and drink^H8354 ye every one^H376 the waters^H4325 of his own cistern;^H953

17 ♥ 📝 until I come^H935 and take you away^H3947 to a land^H776 like your own land,^H776 a land^H776 of grain^H1715 and new wine,^H8492 a land^H776 of bread^H3899 and vineyards.^H3754

18 ♥ 📝 Beware lest Hezekiah^H2396 persuade^H5496 you, saying,^H559 Jehovah^H3068 will deliver^H5337 us. Hath any^H376 of the gods^H430 of the nations^H1471 delivered^H5337 his land^H776 out of the hand^H3027 of the king^H4428 of Assyria?^H804

19 ♥ 📝 Where are the gods^H430 of Hamath^H2574 and Arpad?^H774 where are the gods^H430 of Sepharvaim?^H5617 and have they delivered^H5337 Samaria^H8111 out of my hand?^H3027

20 ♥ 📝 Who are they among all the gods^H430 of these countries,^H776 that have delivered^H5337 their country^H776 out of my hand,^H3027 that Jehovah^H3068 should deliver^H5337 Jerusalem^H3389 out of my hand?^H3027

21 ♥ 📝 But they held their peace,^H2790 and answered^H6030 him not a word;^H1697 for the king's^H4428 commandment^H4687 was, saying,^H559 Answer^H6030 him not.

22 ♥ 📝 Then came^H935 Eliakim^H471 the son^H1121 of Hilkiah,^H2518 that was over the household,^H1004 and Shebna^H7644 the scribe,^H5608 and Joah,^H3098 the son^H1121 of Asaph,^H623 the recorder,^H2142 to Hezekiah^H2396 with their clothes^H899 rent,^H7167 and told^H5046 him the words^H1697 of Rabshakeh.^H7262