Isaiah 37 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.

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1 H4428 And it came to pass, when king H2396 Hezekiah H8085 heard [H8800] H7167 it, that he rent [H8799] H899 his clothes H3680 , and covered [H8691] H8242 himself with sackcloth H935 , and went [H8799] H1004 into the house H3068 of the LORD.

2 H7971 And he sent [H8799] H471 Eliakim H1004 , who was over the household H7644 , and Shebna H5608 the scribe [H8802] H2205 , and the elders H3548 of the priests H3680 covered [H8693] H8242 with sackcloth H3470 , unto Isaiah H5030 the prophet H1121 the son H531 of Amoz.

3 H559 And they said [H8799] H559 unto him, Thus saith [H8804] H2396 Hezekiah H3117 , This day H3117 is a day H6869 of trouble H8433 , and of rebuke H5007 , and of blasphemy H1121 : for the children H935 are come [H8804] H4866 to the birth H3581 , and there is not strength H3205 to bring forth [H8800] .

4 H3068 It may be the LORD H430 thy God H8085 will hear [H8799] H1697 the words H7262 of Rabshakeh H4428 , whom the king H804 of Assyria H113 his master H7971 hath sent [H8804] H2778 to reproach [H8763] H2416 the living H430 God H3198 , and will reprove [H8689] H1697 the words H3068 which the LORD H430 thy God H8085 hath heard [H8804] H5375 : wherefore lift up [H8804] H8605 thy prayer H7611 for the remnant H4672 that is left [H8737] .

5 H5650 So the servants H4428 of king H2396 Hezekiah H935 came [H8799] H3470 to Isaiah.

6 H3470 And Isaiah H559 said [H8799] H559 unto them, Thus shall ye say [H8799] H113 unto your master H559 , Thus saith [H8804] H3068 the LORD H3372 , Be not afraid [H8799] H6440 of H1697 the words H8085 that thou hast heard [H8804] H5288 , wherewith the servants H4428 of the king H804 of Assyria H1442 have blasphemed [H8765] me.

7 H5414 Behold, I will send [H8802] H7307 a blast H8085 upon him, and he shall hear [H8804] H8052 a rumour H7725 , and return [H8804] H776 to his own land H5307 ; and I will cause him to fall [H8689] H2719 by the sword H776 in his own land.

8 H7262 So Rabshakeh H7725 returned [H8799] H4672 , and found [H8799] H4428 the king H804 of Assyria H3898 warring [H8737] H3841 against Libnah H8085 : for he had heard [H8804] H5265 that he was departed [H8804] H3923 from Lachish.

9 H8085 And he heard [H8799] H559 say [H8800] H8640 concerning Tirhakah H4428 king H3568 of Ethiopia H3318 , He is come forth [H8804] H3898 to make war [H8736] H8085 with thee. And when he heard [H8799] H7971 it, he sent [H8799] H4397 messengers H2396 to Hezekiah H559 , saying [H8800] ,

10 H559 Thus shall ye speak [H8799] H2396 to Hezekiah H4428 king H3063 of Judah H559 , saying [H8800] H430 , Let not thy God H982 , in whom thou trustest [H8802] H5377 , deceive [H8686] H559 thee, saying [H8800] H3389 , Jerusalem H5414 shall not be given [H8735] H3027 into the hand H4428 of the king H804 of Assyria.

11 H8085 Behold, thou hast heard [H8804] H4428 what the kings H804 of Assyria H6213 have done [H8804] H776 to all lands H2763 by destroying them utterly [H8687] H5337 ; and shalt thou be delivered [H8735] ?

12 H430 Have the gods H1471 of the nations H5337 delivered [H8689] H1 them which my fathers H7843 have destroyed [H8689] H1470 , as Gozan H2771 , and Haran H7530 , and Rezeph H1121 , and the children H5729 of Eden H8515 which were in Telassar?

13 H4428 Where is the king H2574 of Hamath H4428 , and the king H774 of Arphad H4428 , and the king H5892 of the city H5617 of Sepharvaim H2012 , Hena H5755 , and Ivah?

14 H2396 And Hezekiah H3947 received [H8799] H5612 the letter H3027 from the hand H4397 of the messengers H7121 , and read [H8799] H2396 it: and Hezekiah H5927 went up [H8799] H1004 unto the house H3068 of the LORD H6566 , and spread [H8799] H6440 it before H3068 the LORD.

15 H2396 And Hezekiah H6419 prayed [H8691] H3068 unto the LORD H559 , saying [H8800] ,

16 H3068 O LORD H6635 of hosts H430 , God H3478 of Israel H3427 , that dwellest [H8802] H3742 between the cherubims H430 , thou art the God H4467 , even thou alone, of all the kingdoms H776 of the earth H6213 : thou hast made [H8804] H8064 heaven H776 and earth.

17 H5186 Incline [H8685] H241 thine ear H3068 , O LORD H8085 , and hear [H8798] H6491 ; open [H8798] H5869 thine eyes H3068 , O LORD H7200 , and see [H8798] H8085 : and hear [H8798] H1697 all the words H5576 of Sennacherib H7971 , which hath sent [H8804] H2778 to reproach [H8763] H2416 the living H430 God.

18 H551 Of a truth H3068 , LORD H4428 , the kings H804 of Assyria H2717 have laid waste [H8689] H776 all the nations H776 , and their countries,

19 H5414 And have cast [H8800] H430 their gods H784 into the fire H430 : for they were no gods H4639 , but the work H120 of men's H3027 hands H6086 , wood H68 and stone H6 : therefore they have destroyed [H8762] them.

20 H3068 Now therefore, O LORD H430 our God H3467 , save [H8685] H3027 us from his hand H4467 , that all the kingdoms H776 of the earth H3045 may know [H8799] H3068 that thou art the LORD, even thou only.

21 H3470 Then Isaiah H1121 the son H531 of Amoz H7971 sent [H8799] H2396 unto Hezekiah H559 , saying [H8800] H559 , Thus saith [H8804] H3068 the LORD H430 God H3478 of Israel H6419 , Whereas thou hast prayed [H8694] H5576 to me against Sennacherib H4428 king H804 of Assyria:

22 H1697 This is the word H3068 which the LORD H1696 hath spoken [H8765] H1330 concerning him; The virgin H1323 , the daughter H6726 of Zion H959 , hath despised [H8804] H3932 thee, and laughed thee to scorn; [H8804] H1323 the daughter H3389 of Jerusalem H5128 hath shaken [H8689] H7218 her head H310 at thee.

23 H2778 Whom hast thou reproached [H8765] H1442 and blasphemed [H8765] H7311 ? and against whom hast thou exalted [H8689] H6963 thy voice H5375 , and lifted up [H8799] H5869 thine eyes H4791 on high H6918 ? even against the Holy One H3478 of Israel.

24 H3027 By H5650 thy servants H2778 hast thou reproached [H8765] H136 the Lord H559 , and hast said [H8799] H7230 , By the multitude H7393 of my chariots H5927 am I come up [H8804] H4791 to the height H2022 of the mountains H3411 , to the sides H3844 of Lebanon H3772 ; and I will cut down [H8799] H6967 the tall H730 cedars H4005 thereof, and the choice H1265 fir trees H935 thereof: and I will enter [H8799] H4791 into the height H7093 of his border H3293 , and the forest H3760 of his Carmel.

25 H6979 I have digged [H8804] H8354 , and drunk [H8804] H4325 water H3709 ; and with the sole H6471 of my feet H2717 have I dried up [H8686] H2975 all the rivers H4693 of the besieged places.

26 H8085 Hast thou not heard [H8804] H7350 long ago H6213 , how I have done [H8804] H6924 it; and of ancient H3117 times H3335 , that I have formed [H8804] H935 it? now have I brought [H8689] H7582 it to pass, that thou shouldest be to lay waste [H8687] H1219 defenced [H8803] H5892 cities H5327 into ruinous [H8737] H1530 heaps.

27 H3427 Therefore their inhabitants [H8802] H7116 were of small H3027 power H2865 , they were dismayed [H8804] H954 and confounded [H8804] H6212 : they were as the grass H7704 of the field H3419 , and as the green H1877 herb H2682 , as the grass H1406 on the housetops H7709 , and as corn blasted H6440 before H7054 it be grown up.

28 H3045 But I know [H8804] H3427 thy abode [H8800] H3318 , and thy going out [H8800] H935 , and thy coming in [H8800] H7264 , and thy rage [H8692] against me.

29 H7264 Because thy rage [H8692] H7600 against me, and thy tumult H5927 , is come up [H8804] H241 into mine ears H7760 , therefore will I put [H8804] H2397 my hook H639 in thy nose H4964 , and my bridle H8193 in thy lips H7725 , and I will turn thee back [H8689] H1870 by the way H935 by which thou camest [H8804] .

30 H226 And this shall be a sign H398 unto thee, Ye shall eat [H8800] H8141 this year H5599 such as groweth H8145 of itself; and the second H8141 year H7823 that which springeth H7992 of the same: and in the third H8141 year H2232 sow [H8798] H7114 ye, and reap [H8798] H5193 , and plant [H8798] H3754 vineyards H398 , and eat [H8798] H6529 the fruit thereof.

31 H7604 And the remnant [H8737] H6413 that is escaped H1004 of the house H3063 of Judah H3254 shall again [H8804] H8328 take root H4295 downward H6213 , and bear [H8804] H6529 fruit H4605 upward:

32 H3389 For out of Jerusalem H3318 shall go forth [H8799] H7611 a remnant H6413 , and they that escape H2022 out of mount H6726 Zion H7068 : the zeal H3068 of the LORD H6635 of hosts H6213 shall do [H8799] this.

33 H559 Therefore thus saith [H8804] H3068 the LORD H4428 concerning the king H804 of Assyria H935 , He shall not come [H8799] H5892 into this city H3384 , nor shoot [H8686] H2671 an arrow H6923 there, nor come before [H8762] H4043 it with shields H8210 , nor cast [H8799] H5550 a bank against it.

34 H1870 By the way H935 that he came [H8804] H7725 , by the same shall he return [H8799] H935 , and shall not come [H8799] H5892 into this city H5002 , saith [H8803] H3068 the LORD.

35 H1598 For I will defend [H8804] H5892 this city H3467 to save [H8687] H5650 it for mine own sake, and for my servant H1732 David's sake.

36 H4397 Then the angel H3068 of the LORD H3318 went forth [H8799] H5221 , and smote [H8686] H4264 in the camp H804 of the Assyrians H3967 a hundred H8084 and fourscore H2568 and five H505 thousand H7925 : and when they arose early [H8686] H1242 in the morning H4191 , behold, they were all dead [H8801] H6297 corpses.

37 H5576 So Sennacherib H4428 king H804 of Assyria H5265 departed [H8799] H3212 , and went [H8799] H7725 and returned [H8799] H3427 , and dwelt [H8799] H5210 at Nineveh.

38 H7812 And it came to pass, as he was worshipping [H8693] H1004 in the house H5268 of Nisroch H430 his god H152 , that Adrammelech H8272 and Sharezer H1121 his sons H5221 smote [H8689] H2719 him with the sword H4422 ; and they escaped [H8738] H776 into the land H780 of Armenia H634 : and Esarhaddon H1121 his son H4427 reigned [H8799] in his stead.