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[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.
King James Version
Isaiah and Hezekiah
[1] Now 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 (QalPerf) against all the defenced H1219 (QalPasPtc) cities H5892 of Judah, H3063 and took H8610 (QalImpf) them. [2] And the king H4428 of Assyria H804 sent H7971 (QalImpf) Rabshakeh H7262 from Lachish H3923 to Jerusalem H3389 unto king H4428 Hezekiah H2396 with a great H3515 army. H2426 And he stood H5975 (QalImpf) by the conduit H8585 of the upper H5945 pool H1295 in the highway H4546 of the fuller’s H3526 (QalPtc) field. H7704 [3] Then came forth H3318 (QalImpf) unto him Eliakim, H471 Hilkiah’s H2518 son, H1121 which was over the house, H1004 and Shebna H7644 the scribe, H5608 (QalActPtc)§ and Joah, H3098 Asaph’s H623 son, H1121 the recorder. H2142 (HiphPtc)The Assyrian Threat
[4] And Rabshakeh H7262 said H559 (QalImpf) unto them, Say H559 (QalImpv) ye now to Hezekiah, H2396 Thus saith H559 (QalPerf) the great H1419 king, H4428 the king H4428 of Assyria, H804 What confidence H986 is this wherein thou trustest? H982 (QalPerf) [5] I say, H559 (QalPerf) sayest thou, (but they are but vain H8193 words§) H1697 I have counsel H6098 and strength H1369 for war: H4421 now on whom dost thou trust, H982 (QalPerf) that thou rebellest H4775 (QalPerf) against me? [6] Lo, thou trustest H982 (QalPerf) in the staff H4938 of this broken H7533 (QalPasPtc) reed, H7070 on Egypt; H4714 whereon if a man H376 lean, H5564 (NiphImpf) it will go H935 (QalPerf) into his hand, H3709 and pierce H5344 (QalPerf) it: so is Pharaoh H6547 king H4428 of Egypt H4714 to all that trust H982 (QalActPtc) in him. [7] But if thou say H559 (QalImpf) to me, We trust H982 (QalPerf) in the Lord H3068 our God: H430 is it not he, whose high places H1116 and whose altars H4196 Hezekiah H2396 hath taken away, H5493 (HiphPerf) and said H559 (QalImpf) to Judah H3063 and to Jerusalem, H3389 Ye shall worship H7812 (HithImpf) before H6440 this altar? H4196 [8] Now therefore give pledges, H6148 (HithImpv)§ I pray thee, to my master H113 the king H4428 of Assyria, H804 and I will give H5414 (QalImpf) thee two thousand H505 horses, H5483 if thou be able H3201 (QalImpf) on thy part to set H5414 (QalInf) riders H7392 (QalActPtc) upon them. [9] How then wilt thou turn away H7725 (HiphImpf) the face H6440 of one H259 captain H6346 of the least H6996 of my master’s H113 servants, H5650 and put thy trust H982 (QalImpf) on Egypt H4714 for chariots H7393 and for horsemen? H6571 [10] And am I now come up H5927 (QalPerf) without H1107 the Lord H3068 against this land H776 to destroy H7843 (HiphInf) it? the Lord H3068 said H559 (QalPerf) unto me, Go up H5927 (QalImpv) against this land, H776 and destroy H7843 (HiphImpv) it. [11] Then said H559 (QalImpf) Eliakim H471 and Shebna H7644 and Joah H3098 unto Rabshakeh, H7262 Speak, H1696 (PielImpv) I pray thee, unto thy servants H5650 in the Syrian language; H762 for we understand H8085 (QalActPtc) it: and speak H1696 (PielImpf) 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 (QalImpf) Hath my master H113 sent H7971 (QalPerf) me to thy master H113 and to thee to speak H1696 (PielInf) these words? H1697 hath he not sent me to the men H582 that sit H3427 (QalActPtc) upon the wall, H2346 that they may eat H398 (QalInf) their own dung, H2716 (Ketiv) and drink H8354 (QalInf) their own piss H4325 with you? [13] Then Rabshakeh H7262 stood, H5975 (QalImpf) and cried H7121 (QalImpf) with a loud H1419 voice H6963 in the Jews’ language, H3066 and said, H559 (QalImpf) Hear H8085 (QalImpv) ye the words H1697 of the great H1419 king, H4428 the king H4428 of Assyria. H804 [14] Thus saith H559 (QalPerf) the king, H4428 Let not Hezekiah H2396 deceive H5377 (HiphImpf) you: for he shall not be able H3201 (QalImpf) to deliver H5337 (HiphInf) you. [15] Neither let Hezekiah H2396 make you trust H982 (HiphImpf) in the Lord, H3068 saying, H559 (QalInf) The Lord H3068 will surely H5337 (HiphInf) deliver H5337 (HiphImpf) us: this city H5892 shall not be delivered H5414 (NiphImpf) into the hand H3027 of the king H4428 of Assyria. H804 [16] Hearken H8085 (QalImpf) not to Hezekiah: H2396 for thus saith H559 (QalPerf) the king H4428 of Assyria, H804 Make H6213 (QalImpv) an agreement with me by a present,§ H1293 and come out H3318 (QalImpv) to me: and eat H398 (QalImpv) ye every one H376 of his vine, H1612 and every one H376 of his fig tree, H8384 and drink H8354 (QalImpv) ye every one H376 the waters H4325 of his own cistern; H953 [17] until I come H935 (QalInf) and take you away H3947 (QalPerf) to a land H776 like your own land, H776 a land H776 of corn H1715 and wine, H8492 a land H776 of bread H3899 and vineyards. H3754 [18] Beware lest Hezekiah H2396 persuade H5496 (HiphImpf) you, saying, H559 (QalInf) The Lord H3068 will deliver H5337 (HiphImpf) us. Hath any H376 of the gods H430 of the nations H1471 delivered H5337 (HiphPerf) 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 Arphad? H774 where are the gods H430 of Sepharvaim? H5617 and have they delivered H5337 (HiphPerf) Samaria H8111 out of my hand? H3027 [20] Who are they among all the gods H430 of these lands, H776 that have delivered H5337 (HiphPerf) their land H776 out of my hand, H3027 that the Lord H3068 should deliver H5337 (HiphImpf) Jerusalem H3389 out of my hand? H3027 [21] But they held their peace, H2790 (HiphImpf) and answered H6030 (QalPerf) him not a word: H1697 for the king’s H4428 commandment H4687 was, saying, H559 (QalInf) Answer H6030 (QalImpf) him not. [22] Then came H935 (QalImpf) Eliakim, H471 the son H1121 of Hilkiah, H2518 that was over the household, H1004 and Shebna H7644 the scribe, H5608 (QalActPtc) and Joah, H3098 the son H1121 of Asaph, H623 the recorder, H2142 (HiphPtc) to Hezekiah H2396 with their clothes H899 rent, H7167 (QalPasPtc) and told H5046 (HiphImpf) him the words H1697 of Rabshakeh. H7262Footnotes
- § 36:3 Or, secretary
- § 36:5 Heb. a word of lips
- § 36:8 Or, hostages
- § 36:16 Or, seek my favour by a present. Heb. make with me a blessing
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