Isaiah 35

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The Book of the Prophet Isaiah

Chapter 36

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Now it came to pass in the fourteenth 6240 year of king Hezekiah, [that] Sennacherib king of Assyria came up1 against all the defenced7 cities of Judah, and took4 them.

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And the king of Assyria sent4 Rabshakeh from Lachish to Jerusalem unto king Hezekiah with a great army. And he stood4 by the conduit of the upper pool in the highway of the fuller's5 field.

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Then came forth4 unto him Eliakim, Hilkiah's son, which was over the house, and Shebna the scribe,6 and Joah, Asaph's son, the recorder.56

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And Rabshakeh said4 unto them, Say3 ye now to Hezekiah, Thus saith1 the great king, the king of Assyria, What confidence [is] this wherein thou trustest?1

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I say,1 [sayest thou], (but [they are but] vain words) [I have] counsel and strength for war: now on whom dost thou trust,1 that thou rebellest1 against me?

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Lo, thou trustest1 in the staff of this broken7 reed, on Egypt; whereon if a man lean,11 it will go1 into his hand, and pierce1 it: so [is] Pharaoh king of Egypt to all that trust6 in him.

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But if thou say4 to me, We trust1 in the LORD our God: [is it] not he, whose high places and whose altars Hezekiah hath taken away,52 and said4 to Judah and to Jerusalem, Ye shall worship101 before this altar?

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Now therefore give pledges,100 I pray thee, to my master the king of Assyria, and I will give4 thee two thousand horses, if thou be able4 on thy part to set2 riders6 upon them.

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How then wilt thou turn away55 the face of one captain of the least of my master's servants, and put thy trust4 on Egypt for chariots and for horsemen?

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And am I now come up1 without the LORD against this land to destroy53 it? the LORD said1 unto me, Go up3 against this land, and destroy54 it.

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Then said4 Eliakim and Shebna and Joah unto Rabshakeh, Speak,16 I pray thee, unto thy servants in the Syrian language; for we understand6 [it]: and speak17 not to us in the Jews' language, in the ears of the people that [are] on the wall.

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But Rabshakeh said,4 Hath my master sent1 me to thy master and to thee to speak15 these words? [hath he] not [sent me] to the men that sit6 upon the wall, that they may eat2 their own dung, 6675 and drink2 their own piss 7272 7890 with you?

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Then Rabshakeh stood,4 and cried4 with a loud voice in the Jews' language, and said,4 Hear3 ye the words of the great king, the king of Assyria.

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Thus saith1 the king, Let not Hezekiah deceive55 you: for he shall not be able4 to deliver53 you.

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Neither let Hezekiah make you trust55 in the LORD, saying,2 The LORD will surely53 deliver55 us: this city shall not be delivered11 into the hand of the king of Assyria.

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Hearken4 not to Hezekiah: for thus saith1 the king of Assyria, Make3 [an agreement] with me [by] a present, and come out3 to me: and eat3 ye every one of his vine, and every one of his fig tree, and drink3 ye every one the waters of his own cistern;

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Until I come2 and take1 you away to a land like your own land, a land of corn and wine, a land of bread and vineyards.

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[Beware] lest Hezekiah persuade55 you, saying,2 The LORD will deliver55 us. Hath any of the gods of the nations delivered52 his land out of the hand of the king of Assyria?

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Where [are] the gods of Hamath and Arphad? where [are] the gods of Sepharvaim? and have they delivered52 Samaria out of my hand?

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Who [are they] among all the gods of these lands, that have delivered52 their land out of my hand, that the LORD should deliver55 Jerusalem out of my hand?

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But they held their peace,55 and answered1 him not a word: for the king's commandment was, saying,2 Answer4 him not.

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Then came4 Eliakim, the son of Hilkiah, that [was] over the household, and Shebna the scribe,6 and Joah, the son of Asaph, the recorder,56 to Hezekiah with [their] clothes rent,7 and told55 him the words of Rabshakeh.

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