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Isaiah 36:13-22
New International Version
Isaiah 36:13-22
New International Version
13 Then the commander stood and called out in Hebrew,(A) “Hear the words of the great king, the king of Assyria!(B) 14 This is what the king says: Do not let Hezekiah deceive(C) you. He cannot deliver you! 15 Do not let Hezekiah persuade you to trust in the Lord when he says, ‘The Lord will surely deliver(D) us; this city will not be given into the hand of the king of Assyria.’(E)
16 “Do not listen to Hezekiah. This is what the king of Assyria says: Make peace with me and come out to me. Then each of you will eat fruit from your own vine and fig tree(F) and drink water from your own cistern,(G) 17 until I come and take you to a land like your own(H)—a land of grain and new wine,(I) a land of bread and vineyards.
18 “Do not let Hezekiah mislead you when he says, ‘The Lord will deliver us.’ Have the gods of any nations ever delivered their lands from the hand of the king of Assyria? 19 Where are the gods of Hamath and Arpad?(J) Where are the gods of Sepharvaim?(K) Have they rescued Samaria(L) from my hand? 20 Who of all the gods(M) of these countries have been able to save their lands from me? How then can the Lord deliver Jerusalem from my hand?”(N)
21 But the people remained silent and said nothing in reply, because the king had commanded, “Do not answer him.”(O)
22 Then Eliakim(P) son of Hilkiah the palace administrator, Shebna the secretary and Joah son of Asaph the recorder(Q) went to Hezekiah, with their clothes torn,(R) and told him what the field commander had said.
Isaiah 36:13-22
King James Version
Isaiah 36:13-22
King James Version
13 Then Rabshakeh stood, and cried with a loud voice in the Jews' language, and said, Hear ye the words of the great king, the king of Assyria.
14 Thus saith the king, Let not Hezekiah deceive you: for he shall not be able to deliver you.
15 Neither let Hezekiah make you trust in the Lord, saying, The Lord will surely deliver us: this city shall not be delivered into the hand of the king of Assyria.
16 Hearken not to Hezekiah: for thus saith the king of Assyria, Make an agreement with me by a present, and come out to me: and eat ye every one of his vine, and every one of his fig tree, and drink ye every one the waters of his own cistern;
17 Until I come and take you away to a land like your own land, a land of corn and wine, a land of bread and vineyards.
18 Beware lest Hezekiah persuade you, saying, the Lord will deliver us. Hath any of the gods of the nations delivered his land out of the hand of the king of Assyria?
19 Where are the gods of Hamath and Arphad? where are the gods of Sepharvaim? and have they delivered Samaria out of my hand?
20 Who are they among all the gods of these lands, that have delivered their land out of my hand, that the Lord should deliver Jerusalem out of my hand?
21 But they held their peace, and answered him not a word: for the king's commandment was, saying, Answer him not.
22 Then came Eliakim, the son of Hilkiah, that was over the household, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah, the son of Asaph, the recorder, to Hezekiah with their clothes rent, and told him the words of Rabshakeh.
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