29 Thus says the king: ‘Do not let Hezekiah deceive you, for he will not be able to deliver you out of my[a] hand. 30 Do not let Hezekiah make you trust in the Lord by saying, The Lord will surely deliver us, and this city will not be given into the hand of the king of Assyria.’ 31 Do not listen to Hezekiah, for thus says the king of Assyria: ‘Make your peace with me[b] and come out to me. Then (A)each one of you will eat of his own vine, and each one of his own fig tree, and each one of you will drink the water of his own cistern, 32 until I come and take you away to a land like your own land, (B)a land of grain and wine, a land of bread and vineyards, a land of olive trees and (C)honey, that you may live, and not die. And do not listen to Hezekiah when he misleads you by saying, “The Lord will deliver us.” 33 (D)Has any of the gods of the nations ever delivered his land out of the hand of the king of Assyria? 34 (E)Where are the gods of (F)Hamath and (G)Arpad? Where are the gods of Sepharvaim, Hena, and (H)Ivvah? Have they delivered Samaria out of my hand? 35 Who among all the gods of the lands have delivered their lands out of my hand, (I)that the Lord should deliver Jerusalem out of my hand?’”

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Kings 18:29 Hebrew his
  2. 2 Kings 18:31 Hebrew Make a blessing with me

29 This is what the king says: Do not let Hezekiah deceive(A) you. He cannot deliver you from my hand. 30 Do not let Hezekiah persuade you to trust in the Lord when he says, ‘The Lord will surely deliver us; this city will not be given into the hand of the king of Assyria.’

31 “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(B) and drink water from your own cistern,(C) 32 until I come and take you to a land like your own—a land of grain and new wine, a land of bread and vineyards, a land of olive trees and honey. Choose life(D) and not death!

“Do not listen to Hezekiah, for he is misleading you when he says, ‘The Lord will deliver us.’ 33 Has the god(E) of any nation ever delivered his land from the hand of the king of Assyria? 34 Where are the gods of Hamath(F) and Arpad?(G) Where are the gods of Sepharvaim, Hena and Ivvah? Have they rescued Samaria from my hand? 35 Who of all the gods of these countries has been able to save his land from me? How then can the Lord deliver Jerusalem from my hand?”(H)

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