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Isaiah 36 (WEBP)

[1] Now in the fourteenth year of King Hezekiah, Sennacherib king of Assyria attacked all of the fortified cities of Judah and captured them.
[2] The king of Assyria sent Rabshakeh from Lachish to Jerusalem to King Hezekiah with a large army. He stood by the aqueduct from the upper pool in the fuller’s field highway.
[3] Then Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, who was over the household, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah, the son of Asaph the recorder came out to him.
[4] Rabshakeh said to them, “Now tell Hezekiah, ‘The great king, the king of Assyria, says, “What confidence is this in which you trust?
[5] I say that your counsel and strength for the war are only vain words. Now in whom do you trust, that you have rebelled against me?
[6] Behold, you trust in the staff of this bruised reed, even in Egypt, which if a man leans on it, it will go into his hand and pierce it. So is Pharaoh king of Egypt to all who trust in him.
[7] But if you tell me, ‘We trust in Yahweh our God,’ isn’t that he whose high places and whose altars Hezekiah has taken away, and has said to Judah and to Jerusalem, ‘You shall worship before this altar’?”
[8] Now therefore, please make a pledge to my master the king of Assyria, and I will give you two thousand horses, if you are able on your part to set riders on them.
[9] How then can you turn away the face of one captain of the least of my master’s servants, and put your trust in Egypt for chariots and for horsemen?
[10] Have I come up now without Yahweh against this land to destroy it? Yahweh said to me, “Go up against this land, and destroy it.” ’ ”
[11] Then Eliakim, Shebna and Joah said to Rabshakeh, “Please speak to your servants in Aramaic, for we understand it. Don’t speak to us in the Jews’ language in the hearing of the people who are on the wall.”
[12] But Rabshakeh said, “Has my master sent me only to your master and to you, to speak these words, and not to the men who sit on the wall, who will eat their own dung and drink their own urine with you?”
[13] Then Rabshakeh stood, and called out with a loud voice in the Jews’ language, and said, “Hear the words of the great king, the king of Assyria!
[14] The king says, ‘Don’t let Hezekiah deceive you; for he will not be able to deliver you.
[15] Don’t let Hezekiah make you trust in Yahweh, saying, “Yahweh will surely deliver us. This city won’t be given into the hand of the king of Assyria.” ’
[16] Don’t listen to Hezekiah, for the king of Assyria says, ‘Make your peace with me, and come out to me; and each of you eat from his vine, and each one from his fig tree, and each one of you drink the waters of his own cistern;
[17] until I come and take you away to a land like your own land, a land of grain and new wine, a land of bread and vineyards.
[18] Beware lest Hezekiah persuade you, saying, “Yahweh will deliver us.” Have any of the gods of the nations delivered their lands from the hand of the king of Assyria?
[19] Where are the gods of Hamath and Arpad? Where are the gods of Sepharvaim? Have they delivered Samaria from my hand?
[20] Who are they among all the gods of these countries that have delivered their country out of my hand, that Yahweh should deliver Jerusalem out of my hand?’ ”
[21] But they remained silent, and said nothing in reply, for the king’s commandment was, “Don’t answer him.”
[22] Then Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, who was over the household, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah, the son of Asaph the recorder, came to Hezekiah with their clothes torn, and told him the words of Rabshakeh.

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King James w/Strong’s #s

Isaiah 36 (KJVS)

[1] Now 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.
[2] And 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 .
[3] Then came forth () unto him Eliakim , Hilkiah’s son , which was over the house , and Shebna the scribe (), and Joah , Asaph’s son , the recorder ().
[4] And 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 ()?
[5] I 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?
[6] Lo, 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.
[7] But 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 ?
[8] Now 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.
[9] How 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 ?
[10] And 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.
[11] Then 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 .
[12] But 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?
[13] Then 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 .
[14] Thus saith () the king , Let not Hezekiah deceive () you: for he shall not be able () to deliver () you.
[15] Neither 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 .
[16] Hearken () 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 ;
[17] Until 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 .
[18] [Beware] 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 ?
[19] Where [are] the gods of Hamath and Arphad ? where [are] the gods of Sepharvaim ? and have they delivered () Samaria out of my hand ?
[20] Who [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 ?
[21] But they held their peace (), and answered () him not a word : for the king’s commandment was, saying (), Answer () him not.
[22] Then 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 .

Young’s Literal Translation

Isaiah 36 (YLT)

[1] And it cometh to pass, in the fourteenth year of king Hezekiah, come up hath Sennacherib king of Asshur against all the fenced cities of Judah, and seizeth them.
[2] And the king of Asshur sendeth Rabshakeh from Lachish to Jerusalem, unto the king Hezekiah, with a heavy force, and he standeth by the conduit of the upper pool, in the highway of the fuller’s field,
[3] and go forth unto him doth Eliakim son of Hilkiah, who is over the house, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah son of Asaph, the remembrancer.
[4] And Rabshakeh saith unto them, ‘Say ye, I pray you, unto Hezekiah, ‘Thus said the great king, the king of Asshur, What is this confidence in which thou hast confided?
[5] I have said: Only, a word of the lips! counsel and might are for battle: now, on whom hast thou trusted, that thou hast rebelled against me?
[6] ‘Lo, thou hast trusted on the staff of this broken reed-on Egypt-which a man leaneth on, and it hath gone into his hand, and pierced it-so is Pharaoh king of Egypt to all those trusting on him.
[7] ‘And dost thou say unto me, Unto Jehovah our God we have trusted? is it not He, whose high places and whose altars Hezekiah hath turned aside, and saith to Judah and to Jerusalem, Before this altar ye do bow yourselves?
[8] ‘And now, negotiate, I pray thee, with my lord the king of Asshur, and I give to thee two thousand horses, if thou art able to put for thee riders on them.
[9] And how dost thou turn back the face of one captain of the least of the servants of my lord, and dost trust for thee on Egypt, for chariot and for horsemen?
[10] And now, without Jehovah have I come up against this land to destroy it? Jehovah said unto me, Go up unto this land, and thou hast destroyed it.’
[11] And Eliakim saith-and Shebna and Joah-unto Rabshakeh, ‘Speak, we pray thee, unto thy servants in Aramaean, for we are understanding; and do not speak unto us in Jewish, in the ears of the people who are on the wall.’
[12] And Rabshakeh saith, ‘Unto thy lord, and unto thee, hath my lord sent me to speak these words? is it not for the men-those sitting on the wall to eat their own dung and to drink their own water with you?’
[13] And Rabshakeh standeth and calleth with a great voice in Jewish, and saith, ‘Hear ye the words of the great king, the king of Asshur:
[14] Thus said the king, Let not Hezekiah lift you up, for he is not able to deliver you;
[15] and let not Hezekiah make you trust unto Jehovah, saying, Jehovah doth certainly deliver us, this city is not given into the hand of the king of Asshur.
[16] ‘Do not hearken unto Hezekiah, for thus said the king of Asshur, Make ye with me a blessing, and come out unto me, and eat ye each of his vine, and each of his fig-tree, and drink ye each the waters of his own well,
[17] till my coming in, and I have taken you unto a land like your own land, a land of corn and wine, a land of bread and vineyards;
[18] lest Hezekiah doth persuade you, saying, Jehovah doth deliver us. ‘Have the gods of the nations delivered each his land out of the hand of the king of Asshur?
[19] Where are the gods of Hamath and Arpad? Where the gods of Sepharvaim, that they have delivered Samaria out of my hand?
[20] Who among all the gods of these lands are they who have delivered their land out of my hand, that Jehovah doth deliver Jerusalem out of my hand?’
[21] And they keep silent, and have not answered him a word, for a command of the king is, saying, ‘Do not answer him.’
[22] And Eliakim son of Hilkiah, who is over the house, cometh in, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah son of Asaph, the remembrancer, unto Hezekiah with rent garments, and they declare to him the words of Rabshakeh.