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 , which 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 , to 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 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 H194 It may be H3068 the LORD H430 thy God H8085 will hear [H8799]   H1697 all 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 are 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 to your master H559 , Thus saith [H8804]   H3068 the LORD H3372 , Be not afraid [H8799]   H6440 of H1697 the words H8085 which thou hast heard [H8804]   H5288 , with which 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 shall 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 when he heard [H8799]   H559 say [H8800]   H8640 of Tirhakah H4428 king H3568 of Ethiopia H3318 , Behold, he is come out [H8804]   H3898 to fight [H8736]   H7971 against thee: he sent [H8799]   H4397 messengers H7725 again [H8799]   H2396 unto 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 delivered [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 [H8765]   H1470 ; as Gozan H2771 , and Haran H7530 , and Rezeph H1121 , and the children H5729 of Eden H8515 which were in Thelasar?

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

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

¹⁵ H2396 And Hezekiah H6419 prayed [H8691]   H6440 before H3068 the LORD H559 , and said [H8799]   H3068 , O LORD H430 God H3478 of Israel H3427 , which 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.

¹⁶ H3068 LORD H5186 , bow down [H8685]   H241 thine ear H8085 , and hear [H8798]   H6491 : open [H8798]   H3068 , LORD H5869 , thine eyes H7200 , and see [H8798]   H8085 : and hear [H8798]   H1697 the words H5576 of Sennacherib H7971 , which hath sent [H8804]   H2778 him to reproach [H8763]   H2416 the living H430 God.

¹⁷ H551 Of a truth H3068 , LORD H4428 , the kings H804 of Assyria H2717 have destroyed [H8689]   H1471 the nations H776 and their lands,

¹⁸ H5414 And have cast [H8804]   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.

¹⁹ H3068 Now therefore, O LORD H430 our God H3467 , I beseech thee, save [H8685]   H3027 thou us out of his hand H4467 , that all the kingdoms H776 of the earth H3045 may know [H8799]   H3068 that thou art the LORD H430 God, even thou only.

²⁰ H3470 Then Isaiah H1121 the son H531 of Amoz H7971 sent [H8799]   H2396 to Hezekiah H559 , saying [H8800]   H559 , Thus saith [H8804]   H3068 the LORD H430 God H3478 of Israel H6419 , That which thou hast prayed [H8694]   H5576 to me against Sennacherib H4428 king H804 of Assyria H8085 I have heard [H8804]  .

²¹ H1697 This is the word H3068 that 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.

²² 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 H3478 One of Israel.

²³ H3027 By H4397 thy messengers H2778 thou hast reproached [H8765]   H136 the Lord H559 , and hast said [H8799]   H7230 , With the multitude H7393 of my chariots [H8675]   H7393   H5927 I am come up [H8804]   H4791 to the height H2022 of the mountains H3411 , to the sides H3844 of Lebanon H3772 , and will cut down [H8799]   H6967 the tall H730 cedar trees H4004 thereof, and the choice H1265 fir trees H935 thereof: and I will enter [H8799]   H4411 into the lodgings H7093 of his borders H3293 , and into the forest H3760 of his Carmel.

²⁴ H6979 I have digged [H8804]   H8354 and drunk [H8804]   H2114 strange [H8801]   H4325 waters H3709 , and with the sole H6471 of my feet H2717 have I dried [H8686]   H2975 up all the rivers H4693 of besieged places.

²⁵ 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 fenced [H8803]   H5892 cities H5327 into ruinous [H8737]   H1530 heaps.

²⁶ H3427 Therefore their inhabitants [H8802]   H7116 were of small H3027 power H2865 , they were dismayed [H8804]   H954 and confounded [H8799]   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 H7711 , and as corn blasted H6440 before H7054 it be grown up.

²⁷ 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.

²⁸ H7264 Because thy rage [H8692]   H7600 against me and thy tumult H5927 is come up [H8804]   H241 into mine ears H7760 , therefore I will 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]  .

²⁹ H226 And this shall be a sign H398 unto thee, Ye shall eat [H8800]   H8141 this year H5599 such things as grow H8145 of themselves, and in 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 fruits thereof.

³⁰ H7604 And the remnant [H8737]   H6413 that is escaped H1004 of the house H3063 of Judah H3254 shall yet again [H8804]   H8328 take root H4295 downward H6213 , and bear [H8804]   H6529 fruit H4605 upward.

³¹ 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 [H8675] of hosts H6635   H6213 shall do [H8799]   this.

³² 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 shield H8210 , nor cast [H8799]   H5550 a bank against it.

³³ H1870 By the way H935 that he came [H8799]   H7725 , by the same shall he return [H8799]   H935 , and shall not come [H8799]   H5892 into this city H5002 , saith [H8803]   H3068 the LORD.

³⁴ 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.

³⁵ H3915 And it came to pass that night H4397 , that the angel H3068 of the LORD H3318 went out [H8799]   H5221 , and smote [H8686]   H4264 in the camp H804 of the Assyrians H3967 an hundred H8084 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.

³⁶ 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.

³⁷ 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.