Isaiah 36 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.

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1 H702 Now it came to pass in the fourteenth H6240 H8141 year H4428 of king H2396 Hezekiah H5576 , that Sennacherib H4428 king H804 of Assyria H5927 came up [H8804] H1219 against all the defenced [H8803] H5892 cities H3063 of Judah H8610 , and took [H8799] them.

2 H4428 And the king H804 of Assyria H7971 sent [H8799] H7262 Rabshakeh H3923 from Lachish H3389 to Jerusalem H4428 unto king H2396 Hezekiah H3515 with a great H2426 army H5975 . And he stood [H8799] H8585 by the conduit H5945 of the upper H1295 pool H4546 in the highway H3526 of the fuller's [H8801] H7704 field.

3 H3318 Then came forth [H8799] H471 unto him Eliakim H2518 , Hilkiah's H1121 son H1004 , which was over the house H7644 , and Shebna H5608 the scribe [H8802] H3098 , and Joah H623 , Asaph's H1121 son H2142 , the recorder [H8688] .

4 H7262 And Rabshakeh H559 said [H8799] H559 unto them, Say [H8798] H2396 ye now to Hezekiah H559 , Thus saith [H8804] H1419 the great H4428 king H4428 , the king H804 of Assyria H986 , What confidence H982 is this wherein thou trustest [H8804] ?

5 H559 I say [H8804] H8193 , sayest thou, (but they are but vain H1697 words H6098 ) I have counsel H1369 and strength H4421 for war H982 : now on whom dost thou trust [H8804] H4775 , that thou rebellest [H8804] against me?

6 H982 Lo, thou trustest [H8804] H4938 in the staff H7533 of this broken [H8803] H7070 reed H4714 , on Egypt H376 ; whereon if a man H5564 lean [H8735] H935 , it will go [H8804] H3709 into his hand H5344 , and pierce [H8804] H6547 it: so is Pharaoh H4428 king H4714 of Egypt H982 to all that trust [H8802] in him.

7 H559 But if thou say [H8799] H982 to me, We trust [H8804] H3068 in the LORD H430 our God H1116 : is it not he, whose high places H4196 and whose altars H2396 Hezekiah H5493 hath taken away [H8689] H559 , and said [H8799] H3063 to Judah H3389 and to Jerusalem H7812 , Ye shall worship [H8691] H6440 before H4196 this altar?

8 H6148 Now therefore give pledges [H8690] H113 , I pray thee, to my master H4428 the king H804 of Assyria H5414 , and I will give [H8799] H505 thee two thousand H5483 horses H3201 , if thou be able [H8799] H5414 on thy part to set [H8800] H7392 riders [H8802] upon them.

9 H7725 How then wilt thou turn away [H8686] H6440 the face H259 of one H6346 captain H6996 of the least H113 of my master's H5650 servants H982 , and put thy trust [H8799] H4714 on Egypt H7393 for chariots H6571 and for horsemen?

10 H5927 And am I now come up [H8804] H1107 without H3068 the LORD H776 against this land H7843 to destroy [H8687] H3068 it? the LORD H559 said [H8804] H5927 unto me, Go up [H8798] H776 against this land H7843 , and destroy [H8685] it.

11 H559 Then said [H8799] H471 Eliakim H7644 and Shebna H3098 and Joah H7262 unto Rabshakeh H1696 , Speak [H8761] H5650 , I pray thee, unto thy servants H762 in the Syrian language H8085 ; for we understand [H8802] H1696 it : and speak [H8762] H3066 not to us in the Jews' language H241 , in the ears H5971 of the people H2346 that are on the wall.

12 H7262 But Rabshakeh H559 said [H8799] H113 , Hath my master H7971 sent [H8804] H113 me to thy master H1696 and to thee to speak [H8763] H1697 these words H582 ? hath he not sent me to the men H3427 that sit [H8802] H2346 upon the wall H398 , that they may eat [H8800] H2716 their own dung [H8676] H6675 H8354 , and drink [H8800] H4325 their own piss H7272 [H8675] H7890 with you?

13 H7262 Then Rabshakeh H5975 stood [H8799] H7121 , and cried [H8799] H1419 with a loud H6963 voice H3066 in the Jews' language H559 , and said [H8799] H8085 , Hear [H8798] H1697 ye the words H1419 of the great H4428 king H4428 , the king H804 of Assyria.

14 H559 Thus saith [H8804] H4428 the king H2396 , Let not Hezekiah H5377 deceive [H8686] H3201 you: for he shall not be able [H8799] H5337 to deliver [H8687] you.

15 H2396 Neither let Hezekiah H982 make you trust [H8686] H3068 in the LORD H559 , saying [H8800] H3068 , The LORD H5337 will surely [H8687] H5337 deliver [H8686] H5892 us: this city H5414 shall not be delivered [H8735] H3027 into the hand H4428 of the king H804 of Assyria.

16 H8085 Hearken [H8799] H2396 not to Hezekiah H559 : for thus saith [H8804] H4428 the king H804 of Assyria H6213 , Make [H8798] H1293 an agreement with me by a present H3318 , and come out [H8798] H398 to me: and eat [H8798] H376 ye every one H1612 of his vine H376 , and every one H8384 of his fig tree H8354 , and drink [H8798] H376 ye every one H4325 the waters H953 of his own cistern;

17 H935 Until I come [H8800] H3947 and take you away [H8804] H776 to a land H776 like your own land H776 , a land H1715 of corn H8492 and wine H776 , a land H3899 of bread H3754 and vineyards.

18 H2396 Beware lest Hezekiah H5496 persuade [H8686] H559 you, saying [H8800] H3068 , The LORD H5337 will deliver [H8686] H376 us. Hath any H430 of the gods H1471 of the nations H5337 delivered [H8689] H776 his land H3027 out of the hand H4428 of the king H804 of Assyria?

19 H430 Where are the gods H2574 of Hamath H774 and Arphad H430 ? where are the gods H5617 of Sepharvaim H5337 ? and have they delivered [H8689] H8111 Samaria H3027 out of my hand?

20 H430 Who are they among all the gods H776 of these lands H5337 , that have delivered [H8689] H776 their land H3027 out of my hand H3068 , that the LORD H5337 should deliver [H8686] H3389 Jerusalem H3027 out of my hand?

21 H2790 But they held their peace [H8686] H6030 , and answered [H8804] H1697 him not a word H4428 : for the king's H4687 commandment H559 was, saying [H8800] H6030 , Answer [H8799] him not.

22 H935 Then came [H8799] H471 Eliakim H1121 , the son H2518 of Hilkiah H1004 , that was over the household H7644 , and Shebna H5608 the scribe [H8802] H3098 , and Joah H1121 , the son H623 of Asaph H2142 , the recorder [H8688] H2396 , to Hezekiah H899 with their clothes H7167 rent [H8803] H5046 , and told [H8686] H1697 him the words H7262 of Rabshakeh.