“And so it was when King Hezekiah heard it that he tore his clothes, covered himself with sackcloth, and went into the house of the Lord.”
Isaiah 37
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1On hearing this report, King Hezekiah tore his clothes, put on sackcloth, and entered the house of the LORD.
2And he sent Eliakim the palace administrator, Shebna the scribe, and the leading priests, all wearing sackcloth, to the prophet Isaiah son of Amoz
“Then he sent Eliakim, who was over the household, Shebna the scribe, and the elders of the priests, covered with sackcloth, to Isaiah the prophet, the son of Amos.”
“and his hordes. 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.”
3to tell him, "This is what Hezekiah says: Today is a day of distress, rebuke, and disgrace; for children have come to the point of birth, but there is no strength to deliver them.
“And they said to him, Thus says Hezekiah, This day is a day of trouble and rebuke and blasphemy, for the children have come to birth, but there is no strength to bring them forth.”
“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.”
“They say to him, thus says Hezekiah, this day is a day of distress, rebuke, and rejection. For the children have come to birth, and there is no strength to deliver.”
4Perhaps the LORD your God will hear the words of the Rabshakeh, whom his master the king of Assyria has sent to defy the living God, and He will rebuke him for the words that the LORD your God has heard. Therefore lift up a prayer for the remnant that still survives."
“It may be that the Lord your God will hear the words of the Rabbi Sheik, whom his master, the king of Assyria, has sent to reproach the living God, and will rebuke the words which the Lord your God has heard. Therefore, lift up…”
“it may be that Yahweh thy God will hear the words of Rabshakeh whom the king of Assyria his master has sent to reproach the living God and will reprove the words which the Lord thy God hath heard. Wherefore lift up thy prayer for…”
“It may be the Lord thy God will hear the words of Rabbe Shecha, whom the king of Assyria, his master, has sent to reproach the living God, and will reprove the words which the Lord thy God hath heard. Wherefore lift up thy prayer…”
5So the servants of King Hezekiah went to Isaiah,
“So the servants of King Hezekiah came to Isaiah”
“So the servants of King Hezekiah came to Isaiah,”
6who replied, "Tell your master that this is what the LORD says: 'Do not be afraid of the words you have heard, with which the servants of the king of Assyria have blasphemed Me.
“Isaiah said to them, thus you shall say to your master. Thus says the Lord. Do not be afraid because of the words that you have heard with which the servants of the king of Assyria have blasphemed me.”
“And Isaiah said, verse 6, unto them, Thus shall you 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.”
“Isaiah said to them, thus you shall say to your master, to Hezekiah, thus says the Lord, do not be afraid of the words which you have heard, with which the servants of the king of Assyria have blasphemed me.”
7Behold, I will put a spirit in him so that he will hear a rumor and return to his own land, where I will cause him to fall by the sword.'"
“Behold I will send a blast upon him and he shall hear a rumor and return to his own land and I will cause him to fall by the sword in his own land.”
“Surely, I will send a spirit upon him, and he shall hear a rumor, and return to his own land, and I will cause him to fall by the sword in his own land.”
“Behold, I will put a spirit in him so that you will hear a rumor and return to his own land. And I will make him fall by the sword in his own land.”
“Behold, I will send a blast upon him, and he shall hear a rumor, and return to his own land, and I will cause him to fall by the sword in his own land.”
8When the Rabshakeh heard that the king of Assyria had left Lachish, he withdrew and found the king fighting against Libnah.
“So Rabshakeh returned and he found the king of Assyria warring against Libna for he had heard that he was departed from Lachish”
“Then Rapshacha returned and found the king of Assyria fighting against Libnah, for he had heard that the king had left Lachish.”
9Now Sennacherib had been warned about Tirhakah king of Cush: "He has set out to fight against you." On hearing this, Sennacherib sent messengers to Hezekiah, saying,
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10"Give this message to Hezekiah king of Judah: 'Do not let your God, in whom you trust, deceive you by saying that Jerusalem will not be delivered into the hand of the king of Assyria.
“Thus you shall speak to Hezekiah, king of Judah, saying, Do not let your God in whom you trust deceive you, saying, Jerusalem shall not be given into the hand of the king of Assyria.”
“thus you shall say to Hezekiah, king of Judah, do not let your God in whom you trust deceive you, saying Jerusalem shall not be given into the hand of the king of Assyria.”
11Surely you have heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all the other countries, devoting them to destruction. Will you then be spared?
“Behold, you have heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all the lands, destroying them completely. So will you be spared”
12Did the gods of the nations destroyed by my fathers rescue those nations—the gods of Gozan, Haran, and Rezeph, and of the people of Eden in Telassar?
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13Where are the kings of Hamath, Arpad, Sepharvaim, Hena, and Ivvah?'"
“Where is the king of Hammah and the king of Arphed and the king of the city of Sepharvain and Hena and Iva”
14So Hezekiah received the letter from the messengers, read it, and went up to the house of the LORD and spread it out before the LORD.
“Hezekiah received the letter from the hand of the messengers and read it. And Hezekiah went up to the house of the Lord and spread it before the Lord.”
“And Hezekiah received the letter from the hand of the messengers, and he read it. And Hezekiah went up unto the house of the Lord, and he spread it before the Lord.”
“Hezekiah received the letter from the hand of the messengers and read it. And Hezekiah went up to the house of the Lord and spread it before the Lord.”
“then Hezekiah took the letter from the hand of the messengers and read it. And he went up to the house of the Lord and he spread it out before the Lord.”
“And Hezekiah received the letter at the hand of the messengers and read it. And he went up to the house of the Lord and spread it before the Lord”
15And Hezekiah prayed to the LORD:
“and Hezekiah prayed unto the Lord, saying,”
“And Hezekiah prayed to the Lord,”
“and Hezekiah prayed to the Lord.”
“Hezekiah prayed to the Lord saying,”
“And Hezekiah prayed to the Lord,”
“And Hezekiah prayed, prayed to the Lord.”
16"O LORD of Hosts, God of Israel, enthroned above the cherubim, You alone are God over all the kingdoms of the earth. You made the heavens and the earth.
“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.”
“Lord of hosts. God of Israel. That dwelleth between the cherubim. Thou art the God. Even Thou alone of all the kingdoms of the earth. Thou hast made heaven and earth.”
“Lord of hosts God of Israel that dwells between the cherubim thou art the God even thou alone of all of the kingdoms of the earth thou hast made the heaven and the earth.”
“Lord of hosts, God of Israel, who is enthroned above the cherubim, you are God. You alone of all the kingdoms of the earth, you have made heaven and earth.”
17Incline Your ear, O LORD, and hear; open Your eyes, O LORD, and see. Listen to all the words that Sennacherib has sent to defy the living God.
“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.”
“Incline your ear O Lord and hear. Open your eyes O Lord and see and hear the words of Sennacherib which hath sent which he has sent actually to reproach the living God.”
“Incline thine ear, O Lord, and hear. Open thine eyes, O Lord, and see. And listen to all the words of Sennacherib. Excuse me. Who sent them to reproach the living God.”
18Truly, O LORD, the kings of Assyria have laid waste all these countries and their lands.
“Of a truth Lord the kings of Assyria have laid waste all the nations and their countries”
“Truly, O Lord, the kings of Assyria have devastated all the countries and their lands”
“Of a truth, Lord. The kings of Assyria have laid waste all the nations and their countries.”
“truly Lord, the kings of Assyria have laid waste all the nations and their lands,”
19They have cast their gods into the fire and destroyed them, for they were not gods, but only wood and stone—the work of human hands.
“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.”
“and have cast their gods into the fire. For they were not gods, but the work of man's hands. Wood and stone, and they have destroyed them.”
“And have cast their gods into the fire. But for they were no gods. But the work of men's hands. Wood. Stone. Therefore they have destroyed them.”
“and have cast their gods into the fire but they were no gods but the work of men's hands wood and stone therefore they have destroyed them”
20And now, O LORD our God, save us from his hand, so that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that You alone, O LORD, are God."
“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”
“Now therefore O Lord our God save us from his hand that all of the kingdoms of the earth may know that thou art the Lord and you”
“now, O Lord, our God, deliver us from his hand that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that thou alone, Lord, our God.”
“Now, Lord, our God, deliver us from his hand so that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that you alone, our Lord, are God.”
21Then Isaiah son of Amoz sent a message to Hezekiah: "This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: Because you have prayed to Me concerning Sennacherib king of Assyria,
“Then Isaiah, the son of Amos. Sent unto Hezekiah, saying. Thus saith the Lord God of Israel. Whereas thou hast prayed to me against Sennacherib. King of Assyria.”
“Then Isaiah the son of Amoz sent to Hezekiah saying, Thus says the Lord God of Israel, Because you have prayed to me against Sennacherib king of Assyria,”
22this is the word that the LORD has spoken against him: 'The Virgin Daughter of Zion despises you and mocks you; the Daughter of Jerusalem shakes her head behind you.
“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.”
23Whom have you taunted and blasphemed? Against whom have you raised your voice and lifted your eyes in pride? Against the Holy One of Israel!
“Whom have you reproached and blasphemed? Against whom have you raised your voice and lifted up your eyes on high? Against the Holy One of Israel.”
“Who have you reproached and blasphemed? And against whom have you exalted your voice and lifted up your eyes on high even against the Holy One of Israel.”
24Through your servants you have taunted the Lord, and you have said: "With my many chariots I have ascended to the heights of the mountains, to the remote peaks of Lebanon. I have cut down its tallest cedars, the finest of its cypresses. I have reached its farthest heights, the densest of its forests.
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25I have dug wells and drunk foreign waters. With the soles of my feet I have dried up all the streams of Egypt."
“I have digged and drunk water and with the sole of my feet have I dried up all of the rivers of the besieged places.”
26Have you not heard? Long ago I ordained it; in days of old I planned it. Now I have brought it to pass, that you should crush fortified cities into piles of rubble.
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27Therefore their inhabitants, devoid of power, are dismayed and ashamed. They are like plants in the field, tender green shoots, grass on the rooftops, scorched before it is grown.
“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 and as the grass on the housetops and as the corn that is blasted before it has grown…”
28But I know your sitting down, your going out and coming in, and your raging against Me.
“But I know thy abode and thy going out and thy coming in and thy rage against”
29Because your rage and arrogance against Me have reached My ears, I will put My hook in your nose and My bit in your mouth; I will send you back the way you came.'
“Because your rage against Me and your tumult have come up to My ears, therefore I will put My hook in your nose, My bridle in your lips, and I will turn you back by the way which you came.”
30And this will be a sign to you, O Hezekiah: This year you will eat what grows on its own, and in the second year what springs from the same. But in the third year you will sow and reap; you will plant vineyards and eat their fruit.
“This shall be a sign to you. You shall eat of this year such as grows of itself, and the second year what springs from the same. Also in the third year, sow and reap, plant vineyards and eat the fruit of them.”
31And the surviving remnant of the house of Judah will again take root below and bear fruit above.
“and the remnant that is escaped at the house of Judah shall again take root downward and bear fruit upward”
32For a remnant will go forth from Jerusalem, and survivors from Mount Zion. The zeal of the LORD of Hosts will accomplish this.
“For out of Jerusalem shall go forth the remnant, and they that escape out of Mount Zion, the zeal of the Lord of the hosts shall do this.”
33So this is what the LORD says about the king of Assyria: 'He will not enter this city or shoot an arrow into it. He will not come before it with a shield or build up a siege ramp against it.
“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.”
“Therefore thus says the Lord concerning the king of Assyria, he shall not come into this city or shoot an arrow there or come before it with a shield or cast up a siege mount against it”
“Therefore thus says the Lord concerning the king of Assyria, He shall not come into this city, nor shoot an arrow there, nor come before it with shield, nor build a siege mount against it,”
“Therefore thus says the Lord concerning the king of Assyria, concerning the devil. He shall not come into this city. Nor shoot an arrow there. Nor come before it with shield. Nor build a siege mound against it.”
“Therefore, thus saith the Lord concerning the king of Assyria. He shall not come into this city. He shall not shoot an arrow into it. Nor come before it with shield. Nor cast a bow against it.”
34He will go back the way he came, and he will not enter this city,' declares the LORD.
“by the way that he came. By the same, shall he return and shall not come into this city, sayeth the Lord,”
“by the way that he came, by the same shall he return. And he shall not come into this city, says the Lord,”
“By the way that he came, by then same shall he return, and shall not come into this city, saith the Lord,”
“by the way that he came, by the same he shall return. He shall not come into this city, declares the Lord,”
“By the way that he came, by the same he shall return. And he shall not come to the city, declares the Lord.”
“By the way that he came, by the same way he shall return. Hallelujah. And he shall not come into this city, says the Lord.”
35'I will defend this city and save it for My own sake and for the sake of My servant David.'"
“For I will defend this city to save it for my own sake and for my servant David's sake.".”
“for I will defend this city to save it for my own sake. And for my servant, David's sake.”
“for I will defend this city to save it for my own sake and for the sake of my servant David.”
“for I will defend this city, to save it, for my own sake and for my servant David's sake.”
“for I will defend this city, to save it for mine own sake, and for my servant David's sake.”
“I will defend this city to save it, for mine own sake and for my servant David's sake.”
36Then the angel of the LORD went out and struck down 185,000 men in the camp of the Assyrians. When the people got up the next morning, there were all the dead bodies!
“Then the angel of the Lord went out and struck 185 ,000 in the camp of the Assyrians. And when men arose, excuse me, early in the morning, behold, all of these were dead.”
37So Sennacherib king of Assyria broke camp and withdrew. He returned to Nineveh and stayed there.
“So Sennacherib, king of Assyria departed and returned home and lived at Nineveh.”
“So, Sennacherib king of Assyria departed and went away, returned home, and remained at Nineveh.”
“So Sennacherib, the king of Assyria, departed and he went and returned and dwelt at Nineveh,”
38One day, while he was worshiping in the temple of his god Nisroch, his sons Adrammelech and Sharezer put him to the sword and escaped to the land of Ararat. And his son Esar-haddon reigned in his place.
“It came to pass as he was worshiping in the house of Nisroch, his God. That Adramelech and Shurizer, his sons, smote him with the sword and they escaped into the land of Armenia and Esarhaddon, his son, reigned in his stead.”