1 And it came to pass, when king 4428 Hezekiah 2396 heard 8085 it, that he rent 7167 his clothes 899, and covered 3680 himself with sackcloth 8242, and went 935 into the house 1004 of the LORD 3068.
2 And he sent 7971 Eliakim 471, which was over the household 1004, and Shebna 7644 the scribe 5608, and the elders 2205 of the priests 3548, covered 3680 with sackcloth 8242, to Isaiah 3470 the prophet 5030 the son 1121 of Amoz 531.
3 And they said 559 unto him, Thus saith 559 Hezekiah 2396, This day 3117 is a day 3117 of trouble 6869, and of rebuke 8433, and blasphemy 5007: for the children 1121 are come 935 to the birth 4866, and there is not strength 3581 to bring forth 3205.
4 It may be 194 the LORD 3068 thy God 430 will hear 8085 all the words 1697 of Rabshakeh 7262, whom the king 4428 of Assyria 804 his master 113 hath sent 7971 to reproach 2778 the living 2416 God 430; and will reprove 3198 the words 1697 which the LORD 3068 thy God 430 hath heard 8085: wherefore lift up 5375 thy prayer 8605 for the remnant 7611 that are left 4672.
5 So the servants 5650 of king 4428 Hezekiah 2396 came 935 to Isaiah 3470.
6 And Isaiah 3470 said 559 unto them, Thus shall ye say 559 to your master 113, Thus saith 559 the LORD 3068, Be not afraid 3372 of 6440 the words 1697 which thou hast heard 8085, with which the servants 5288 of the king 4428 of Assyria 804 have blasphemed 1442 me.
7 Behold, I will send 5414 a blast 7307 upon him, and he shall hear 8085 a rumour 8052, and shall return 7725 to his own land 776; and I will cause him to fall 5307 by the sword 2719 in his own land 776.
8 So Rabshakeh 7262 returned 7725, and found 4672 the king 4428 of Assyria 804 warring 3898 against Libnah 3841: for he had heard 8085 that he was departed 5265 from Lachish 3923.
9 And when he heard 8085 say 559 of Tirhakah 8640 king 4428 of Ethiopia 3568, Behold, he is come out 3318 to fight 3898 against thee: he sent 7971 messengers 4397 again 7725 unto Hezekiah 2396, saying 559,
10 Thus shall ye speak 559 to Hezekiah 2396 king 4428 of Judah 3063, saying 559, Let not thy God 430 in whom thou trustest 982 deceive 5377 thee, saying 559, Jerusalem 3389 shall not be delivered 5414 into the hand 3027 of the king 4428 of Assyria 804.
11 Behold, thou hast heard 8085 what the kings 4428 of Assyria 804 have done 6213 to all lands 776, by destroying them utterly 2763: and shalt thou be delivered 5337?
12 Have the gods 430 of the nations 1471 delivered 5337 them which my fathers 1 have destroyed 7843; as Gozan 1470, and Haran 2771, and Rezeph 7530, and the children 1121 of Eden 5729 which were in Thelasar 8515?
13 Where is the king 4428 of Hamath 2574, and the king 4428 of Arpad 774, and the king 4428 of the city 5892 of Sepharvaim 5617, of Hena 2012, and Ivah 5755?
14 And Hezekiah 2396 received 3947 the letter 5612 of the hand 3027 of the messengers 4397, and read 7121 it: and Hezekiah 2396 went up 5927 into the house 1004 of the LORD 3068, and spread 6566 it before 6440 the LORD 3068.
15 And Hezekiah 2396 prayed 6419 before 6440 the LORD 3068, and said 559, O LORD 3068 God 430 of Israel 3478, which dwellest 3427 between the cherubims 3742, thou art the God 430, even thou alone, of all the kingdoms 4467 of the earth 776; thou hast made 6213 heaven 8064 and earth 776.
16 LORD 3068, bow down 5186 thine ear 241, and hear 8085: open 6491, LORD 3068, thine eyes 5869, and see 7200: and hear 8085 the words 1697 of Sennacherib 5576, which hath sent 7971 him to reproach 2778 the living 2416 God 430.
17 Of a truth 551, LORD 3068, the kings 4428 of Assyria 804 have destroyed 2717 the nations 1471 and their lands 776,
18 And have cast 5414 their gods 430 into the fire 784: for they were no gods 430, but the work 4639 of men's 120 hands 3027, wood 6086 and stone 68: therefore they have destroyed 6 them.
19 Now therefore, O LORD 3068 our God 430, I beseech thee, save 3467 thou us out of his hand 3027, that all the kingdoms 4467 of the earth 776 may know 3045 that thou art the LORD 3068 God 430, even thou only.
20 Then Isaiah 3470 the son 1121 of Amoz 531 sent 7971 to Hezekiah 2396, saying 559, Thus saith 559 the LORD 3068 God 430 of Israel 3478, That which thou hast prayed 6419 to me against Sennacherib 5576 king 4428 of Assyria 804 I have heard 8085.
21 This is the word 1697 that the LORD 3068 hath spoken 1696 concerning him; The virgin 1330 the daughter 1323 of Zion 6726 hath despised 959 thee, and laughed thee to scorn 3932; the daughter 1323 of Jerusalem 3389 hath shaken 5128 her head 7218 at thee 310.
22 Whom hast thou reproached 2778 and blasphemed 1442? and against whom hast thou exalted 7311 thy voice 6963, and lifted up 5375 thine eyes 5869 on high 4791? even against the Holy 6918 One of Israel 3478.
23 By 3027 thy messengers 4397 thou hast reproached 2778 the Lord 136, and hast said 559, With the multitude 7230 of my chariots 7393 7393 I am come up 5927 to the height 4791 of the mountains 2022, to the sides 3411 of Lebanon 3844, and will cut down 3772 the tall 6967 cedar trees 730 thereof, and the choice 4004 fir trees 1265 thereof: and I will enter 935 into the lodgings 4411 of his borders 7093, and into the forest 3293 of his Carmel 3760.
24 I have digged 6979 and drunk 8354 strange 2114 waters 4325, and with the sole 3709 of my feet 6471 have I dried 2717 up all the rivers 2975 of besieged places 4693.
25 Hast thou not heard 8085 long ago 7350 how I have done 6213 it, and of ancient 6924 times 3117 that I have formed 3335 it? now have I brought 935 it to pass, that thou shouldest be to lay waste 7582 fenced 1219 cities 5892 into ruinous 5327 heaps 1530.
26 Therefore their inhabitants 3427 were of small 7116 power 3027, they were dismayed 2865 and confounded 954; they were as the grass 6212 of the field 7704, and as the green 3419 herb 1877, as the grass 2682 on the housetops 1406, and as corn blasted 7711 before 6440 it be grown up 7054.
27 But I know 3045 thy abode 3427, and thy going out 3318, and thy coming in 935, and thy rage 7264 against me.
28 Because thy rage 7264 against me and thy tumult 7600 is come up 5927 into mine ears 241, therefore I will put 7760 my hook 2397 in thy nose 639, and my bridle 4964 in thy lips 8193, and I will turn thee back 7725 by the way 1870 by which thou camest 935.
29 And this shall be a sign 226 unto thee, Ye shall eat 398 this year 8141 such things as grow 5599 of themselves, and in the second 8145 year 8141 that which springeth 7823 of the same; and in the third 7992 year 8141 sow 2232 ye, and reap 7114, and plant 5193 vineyards 3754, and eat 398 the fruits 6529 thereof.
30 And the remnant 7604 that is escaped 6413 of the house 1004 of Judah 3063 shall yet again 3254 take root 8328 downward 4295, and bear 6213 fruit 6529 upward 4605.
31 For out of Jerusalem 3389 shall go forth 3318 a remnant 7611, and they that escape 6413 out of mount 2022 Zion 6726: the zeal 7068 of the LORD 3068 of hosts 6635 shall do 6213 this.
32 Therefore thus saith 559 the LORD 3068 concerning the king 4428 of Assyria 804, He shall not come 935 into this city 5892, nor shoot 3384 an arrow 2671 there, nor come before 6923 it with shield 4043, nor cast 8210 a bank 5550 against it.
33 By the way 1870 that he came 935, by the same shall he return 7725, and shall not come 935 into this city 5892, saith 5002 the LORD 3068.
34 For I will defend 1598 this city 5892, to save 3467 it, for mine own sake, and for my servant 5650 David's 1732 sake.
35 And it came to pass that night 3915, that the angel 4397 of the LORD 3068 went out 3318, and smote 5221 in the camp 4264 of the Assyrians 804 an hundred 3967 fourscore 8084 and five 2568 thousand 505: and when they arose early 7925 in the morning 1242, behold, they were all dead 4191 corpses 6297.
36 So Sennacherib 5576 king 4428 of Assyria 804 departed 5265, and went 3212 and returned 7725, and dwelt 3427 at Nineveh 5210.
37 And it came to pass, as he was worshipping 7812 in the house 1004 of Nisroch 5268 his god 430, that Adrammelech 152 and Sharezer 8272 his sons 1121 smote 5221 him with the sword 2719: and they escaped 4422 into the land 776 of Armenia 780. And Esarhaddon 634 his son 1121 reigned 4427 in his stead.