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Isaiah 37 (WEBP)

[1] When King Hezekiah heard it, he tore his clothes, covered himself with sackcloth, and went into Yahweh’s house.
[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, “Hezekiah says, ‘Today is a day of trouble, and of rebuke, and of rejection; for the children have come to the birth, and there is no strength to give birth.
[4] It may be Yahweh your God will hear 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, “Tell your master, ‘Yahweh says, “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 will hear news, and will return to his own land. 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 heard that he had departed from Lachish.
[9] He heard news concerning Tirhakah king of Ethiopia, “He has come out to fight against you.” When he heard it, he sent messengers to Hezekiah, saying,
[10] “Thus you shall speak to Hezekiah king of Judah, saying, ‘Don’t let your God in whom you trust deceive you, saying, “Jerusalem won’t 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. Shall you be delivered?
[12] Have the gods of the nations delivered them, which my fathers have destroyed, Gozan, Haran, 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 city of Sepharvaim, of Hena, and Ivvah?’ ”
[14] Hezekiah received the letter from the hand of the messengers and read it. Then Hezekiah went up to Yahweh’s house, and spread it before Yahweh.
[15] Hezekiah prayed to Yahweh, saying,
[16] “Yahweh of Armies, the God of Israel, who is enthroned among the cherubim, you are the God, even you alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth. You have made heaven and earth.
[17] Turn your ear, Yahweh, and hear. Open your eyes, Yahweh, and behold. Hear all of the words of Sennacherib, who has sent to defy the living God.
[18] Truly, Yahweh, the kings of Assyria have destroyed all the countries and their land,
[19] 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.
[20] Now therefore, Yahweh our God, save us from his hand, that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that you are Yahweh, even you only.”
[21] Then Isaiah the son of Amoz sent to Hezekiah, saying, “Yahweh, the God of Israel says, ‘Because you have prayed to me against Sennacherib king of Assyria,
[22] this is the word which 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.
[23] Whom have you defied and blasphemed? Against whom have you exalted your voice and lifted up your eyes on high? Against the Holy One of Israel.
[24] By your servants, you have defied the Lord, and have said, “With the multitude of my chariots I have come up to the height of the mountains, to the innermost parts of Lebanon. I will cut down its tall cedars and its choice cypress trees. I will enter into its farthest height, the forest of its fruitful field.
[25] I have dug and drunk water, and with the sole of my feet I will dry up all the rivers of Egypt.”
[26] “ ‘Have you not heard how I have done it long ago, and formed it in ancient times? Now I have brought it to pass, that it should be yours to destroy fortified cities, turning them into ruinous heaps.
[27] Therefore their inhabitants had little power. They were dismayed and confounded. They were like the grass of the field, and like the green herb, like the grass on the housetops, and like a field before its crop has grown.
[28] But I know your sitting down, your going out, your coming in, and your raging against me.
[29] Because of your raging against me, and because your arrogance has come up into my ears, therefore I will 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.
[30] “ ‘This shall be the sign to you: You will eat this year that which grows of itself, and in the second year that which springs from it; and in the third year sow and reap and plant vineyards, and eat their fruit.
[31] The remnant that is escaped of the house of Judah will again take root downward, and bear fruit upward.
[32] For out of Jerusalem a remnant will go out, and survivors will escape from Mount Zion. The zeal of Yahweh of Armies will perform this.’
[33] “Therefore Yahweh says concerning the king of Assyria, ‘He will not come to this city, nor shoot an arrow there, neither will he come before it with shield, nor cast up a mound against it.
[34] He will return the way that he came, and he won’t come to this city,’ says Yahweh.
[35] ‘For I will defend this city to save it, for my own sake, and for my servant David’s sake.’ ”
[36] Then Yahweh’s angel went out and struck one hundred and eighty-five thousand men in the camp of the Assyrians. When men arose early in the morning, behold, these were all dead bodies.
[37] So Sennacherib king of Assyria departed, went away, returned to Nineveh, and stayed there.
[38] As he was worshiping in the house of Nisroch his god, Adrammelech and Sharezer his sons struck him with the sword; and they escaped into the land of Ararat. Esar Haddon his son reigned in his place.

Scripture quotations are taken from The World English Bible™ of eBible.org, 2020 stable text edition. It is in the public domain.

King James w/Strong’s #s

Isaiah 37 (KJVS)

[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, 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 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 () 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 is left. ()
[5] So the servants of king Hezekiah came () to Isaiah.
[6] And Isaiah said () unto them, Thus shall ye say () unto your master, Thus saith () the Lord, 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 send () a blast upon him, and he shall hear () a rumour, and 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 he heard () say () concerning Tirhakah king of Ethiopia, He is come forth () to make war () with thee. And when he heard () it, he sent () messengers to 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, () as Gozan, and Haran, and Rezeph, and the children of Eden which were in Telassar?
[13] Where is the king of Hamath, and the king of Arphad, and the king of the city of Sepharvaim, Hena, and Ivah?
[14] And Hezekiah received () the letter from the hand of the messengers, and read () it: and Hezekiah went up () unto the house of the Lord, and spread () it before the Lord.
[15] And Hezekiah prayed () unto the Lord, saying, ()
[16] O Lord of hosts, God of Israel, that dwellest () between the cherubims, thou art the God, even thou alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth: thou hast made () heaven and earth.
[17] Incline () thine ear, O Lord, and hear; () open () thine eyes, O Lord, and see: () and hear () all the words of Sennacherib, which hath sent () to reproach () the living God.
[18] Of a truth, Lord, the kings of Assyria have laid waste () all the nations, and their countries,
[19] 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.
[20] Now therefore, O Lord our God, save () us from his hand, that all the kingdoms of the earth may know () that thou art the Lord, even thou only.
[21] Then Isaiah the son of Amoz sent () unto Hezekiah, saying, () Thus saith () the Lord God of Israel, Whereas thou hast prayed () to me against Sennacherib king of Assyria:
[22] this is the word which 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.
[23] 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.
[24] By thy servants hast thou reproached () the Lord, and hast said, () By the multitude of my chariots am I come up () to the height of the mountains, to the sides of Lebanon; and I will cut down () the tall cedars thereof, and the choice fir trees thereof: and I will enter () into the height of his border, and the forest of his Carmel.
[25] I have digged, () and drunk () water; and with the sole of my feet have I dried up () all the rivers of the besieged places.
[26] 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 () defenced () cities into ruinous () heaps.
[27] 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 corn blasted before it be grown up.
[28] But I know () thy abode, () and thy going out, () and thy coming in, () and thy rage () against me.
[29] Because thy rage () against me, and thy tumult, 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. ()
[30] And this shall be a sign unto thee, Ye shall eat () this year such as groweth of itself; and 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.
[31] And the remnant () that is escaped of the house of Judah shall again () take root downward, and bear () fruit upward:
[32] 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.
[33] 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 shields, nor cast () a bank against it.
[34] By the way that he came, () by the same shall he return, () and shall not come () into this city, saith () the Lord.
[35] For I will defend () this city to save () it for mine own sake, and for my servant David’s sake.
[36] Then the angel of the Lord went forth, () and smote () in the camp of the Assyrians a hundred and fourscore and five thousand: and when they arose early () in the morning, behold, they were all dead () corpses.
[37] So Sennacherib king of Assyria departed, () and went () and returned, () and dwelt () at Nineveh.
[38] 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.

Isaiah 37:3 Or, provocation
Isaiah 37:4 Heb. found
Isaiah 37:7 Or, put a spirit into him
Isaiah 37:18 Heb. lands
Isaiah 37:19 Heb. given
Isaiah 37:24a Heb. by the hand of thy servants
Isaiah 37:24b Heb. the tallness of the cedars thereof, and the choice of the firr trees thereof
Isaiah 37:24c Or, the forest and his fruitful field
Isaiah 37:26 Or, Hast thou not heard how I have made it long ago, and formed it of ancient times? Should I now bring it to be laid waste, and defenced cities to be ruinous heaps?
Isaiah 37:27 Heb. short of hand
Isaiah 37:28 Or, sitting
Isaiah 37:31 Heb. the escaping of the house of Judah that remaineth
Isaiah 37:38 Heb. Ararat

Scripture quotations from The Authorized King James Version of the Holy Bible, using the standardized text of 1769. It is in the public domain.

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ)

Isaiah 37 (BYZ)

[1] και εγενετο εν τω ακουσαι τον βασιλεα εζεκιαν εσχισεν τα ιματια και σακκον περιεβαλετο και ανεβη εις τον οικον κυριου
[2] και απεστειλεν ελιακιμ τον οικονομον και σομναν τον γραμματεα και τους πρεσβυτερους των ιερεων περιβεβλημενους σακκους προς ησαιαν υιον αμως τον προφητην
[3] και ειπαν αυτω ταδε λεγει εζεκιας ημερα θλιψεως και ονειδισμου και ελεγμου και οργης η σημερον ημερα οτι ηκει η ωδιν τη τικτουση ισχυν δε ουκ εχει του τεκειν
[4] εισακουσαι κυριος ο θεος σου τους λογους ραψακου ους απεστειλεν βασιλευς ασσυριων ονειδιζειν θεον ζωντα και ονειδιζειν λογους ους ηκουσεν κυριος ο θεος σου και δεηθηση προς κυριον τον θεον σου περι των καταλελειμμενων τουτων
[5] και ηλθον οι παιδες του βασιλεως προς ησαιαν
[6] και ειπεν αυτοις ησαιας ουτως ερειτε προς τον κυριον υμων ταδε λεγει κυριος μη φοβηθης απο των λογων ων ηκουσας ους ωνειδισαν με οι πρεσβεις βασιλεως ασσυριων
[7] ιδου εγω εμβαλω εις αυτον πνευμα και ακουσας αγγελιαν αποστραφησεται εις την χωραν αυτου και πεσειται μαχαιρα εν τη γη αυτου
[8] και απεστρεψεν ραψακης και κατελαβεν πολιορκουντα τον βασιλεα λομναν και ηκουσεν βασιλευς ασσυριων οτι
[9] εξηλθεν θαρακα βασιλευς αιθιοπων πολιορκησαι αυτον και ακουσας απεστρεψεν και απεστειλεν αγγελους προς εζεκιαν λεγων
[10] ουτως ερειτε εζεκια βασιλει της ιουδαιας μη σε απατατω ο θεος σου εφ ω πεποιθως ει επ αυτω λεγων ου μη παραδοθη ιερουσαλημ εις χειρας βασιλεως ασσυριων
[11] η ουκ ηκουσας α εποιησαν βασιλεις ασσυριων πασαν την γην ως απωλεσαν
[12] μη ερρυσαντο αυτους οι θεοι των εθνων ους οι πατερες μου απωλεσαν την τε γωζαν και χαρραν και ραφες αι εισιν εν χωρα θεμαδ
[13] που εισιν οι βασιλεις αιμαθ και αρφαθ και πολεως σεπφαριμ αναγ ουγαυα
[14] και ελαβεν εζεκιας το βιβλιον παρα των αγγελων και ηνοιξεν αυτο εναντιον κυριου
[15] και προσευξατο εζεκιας προς κυριον λεγων
[16] κυριε σαβαωθ ο θεος ισραηλ ο καθημενος επι των χερουβιν συ θεος μονος ει πασης βασιλειας της οικουμενης συ εποιησας τον ουρανον και την γην
[17] εισακουσον κυριε εισβλεψον κυριε και ιδε τους λογους ους απεστειλεν σενναχηριμ ονειδιζειν θεον ζωντα
[18] επ αληθειας γαρ ηρημωσαν βασιλεις ασσυριων την οικουμενην ολην και την χωραν αυτων
[19] και ενεβαλον τα ειδωλα αυτων εις το πυρ ου γαρ θεοι ησαν αλλα εργα χειρων ανθρωπων ξυλα και λιθοι και απωλεσαν αυτους
[20] συ δε κυριε ο θεος ημων σωσον ημας εκ χειρος αυτων ινα γνω πασα βασιλεια της γης οτι συ ει ο θεος μονος
[21] και απεσταλη ησαιας υιος αμως προς εζεκιαν και ειπεν αυτω ταδε λεγει κυριος ο θεος ισραηλ ηκουσα α προσηυξω προς με περι σενναχηριμ βασιλεως ασσυριων
[22] ουτος ο λογος ον ελαλησεν περι αυτου ο θεος εφαυλισεν σε και εμυκτηρισεν σε παρθενος θυγατηρ σιων επι σοι κεφαλην εκινησεν θυγατηρ ιερουσαλημ
[23] τινα ωνειδισας και παρωξυνας η προς τινα υψωσας την φωνην σου και ουκ ηρας εις υψος τους οφθαλμους σου εις τον αγιον του ισραηλ
[24] οτι δι αγγελων ωνειδισας κυριον συ γαρ ειπας τω πληθει των αρματων εγω ανεβην εις υψος ορεων και εις τα εσχατα του λιβανου και εκοψα το υψος της κεδρου αυτου και το καλλος της κυπαρισσου και εισηλθον εις υψος μερους του δρυμου
[25] και εθηκα γεφυραν και ηρημωσα υδατα και πασαν συναγωγην υδατος
[26] ου ταυτα ηκουσας παλαι α εγω εποιησα εξ αρχαιων ημερων συνεταξα νυν δε επεδειξα εξερημωσαι εθνη εν οχυροις και ενοικουντας εν πολεσιν οχυραις
[27] ανηκα τας χειρας και εξηρανθησαν και εγενοντο ως χορτος ξηρος επι δωματων και ως αγρωστις
[28] νυν δε την αναπαυσιν σου και την εξοδον σου και την εισοδον σου εγω επισταμαι
[29] ο δε θυμος σου ον εθυμωθης και η πικρια σου ανεβη προς με και εμβαλω φιμον εις την ρινα σου και χαλινον εις τα χειλη σου και αποστρεψω σε τη οδω η ηλθες εν αυτη
[30] τουτο δε σοι το σημειον φαγε τουτον τον ενιαυτον α εσπαρκας τω δε ενιαυτω τω δευτερω το καταλειμμα τω δε τριτω σπειραντες αμησατε και φυτευσατε αμπελωνας και φαγεσθε τον καρπον αυτων
[31] και εσονται οι καταλελειμμενοι εν τη ιουδαια φυησουσιν ριζαν κατω και ποιησουσιν σπερμα ανω
[32] οτι εξ ιερουσαλημ εξελευσονται οι καταλελειμμενοι και οι σωζομενοι εξ ορους σιων ο ζηλος κυριου σαβαωθ ποιησει ταυτα
[33] δια τουτο ουτως λεγει κυριος επι βασιλεα ασσυριων ου μη εισελθη εις την πολιν ταυτην ουδε μη βαλη επ αυτην βελος ουδε μη επιβαλη επ αυτην θυρεον ουδε μη κυκλωση επ αυτην χαρακα
[34] αλλα τη οδω η ηλθεν εν αυτη αποστραφησεται ταδε λεγει κυριος
[35] υπερασπιω υπερ της πολεως ταυτης του σωσαι αυτην δι εμε και δια δαυιδ τον παιδα μου
[36] και εξηλθεν αγγελος κυριου και ανειλεν εκ της παρεμβολης των ασσυριων εκατον ογδοηκοντα πεντε χιλιαδας και εξανασταντες το πρωι ευρον παντα τα σωματα νεκρα
[37] και αποστραφεις απηλθεν βασιλευς ασσυριων και ωκησεν εν νινευη
[38] και εν τω αυτον προσκυνειν εν τω οικω νασαραχ τον παταχρον αυτου αδραμελεχ και σαρασαρ οι υιοι αυτου επαταξαν αυτον μαχαιραις αυτοι δε διεσωθησαν εις αρμενιαν και εβασιλευσεν ασορδαν ο υιος αυτου αντ αυτου