21 And the Lord sent an angel, who cut off all the mighty warriors and commanders and officers in the camp of the king of Assyria. So he returned with (A)shame of face to his own land. And when he came into the house of his god, some of his own sons struck him down there with the sword.

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36 (A)And the angel of the Lord went out and struck down 185,000 in the camp of the Assyrians. And when people arose early in the morning, behold, these were all dead bodies. 37 Then Sennacherib king of Assyria departed and returned home and lived at (B)Nineveh. 38 And as he was worshiping in the house of Nisroch his god, Adrammelech and Sharezer, his sons, struck him down with the sword. And after they escaped into the land of (C)Ararat, (D)Esarhaddon his son reigned in his place.

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(A)The stouthearted were stripped of their spoil;
    (B)they sank into sleep;
all the men of war
    were unable to use their hands.

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15 Then the kings of the earth and the great ones and the generals and the rich and the powerful, and everyone, slave[a] and free, (A)hid themselves in the caves and among the rocks of the mountains, 16 (B)calling to the mountains and rocks, “Fall on us and hide us from the face of (C)him who is seated on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb,

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Footnotes

  1. Revelation 6:15 For the contextual rendering of the Greek word doulos, see Preface

23 Immediately (A)an angel of the Lord struck him down, because (B)he did not give God the glory, and he was eaten by worms and breathed his last.

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49 So it will be at (A)the end of the age. The angels will come out and (B)separate the evil from the righteous 50 (C)and throw them into the fiery furnace. In that place (D)there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

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22 My God (A)sent his angel (B)and shut the lions' mouths, and they have not harmed me, because I was found blameless (C)before him; (D)and also before you, O king, I have done no harm.”

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I am the Lord; that is my name;
    (A)my glory I give to no other,
    nor my praise to carved idols.

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Sennacherib's Fall

21 Then Isaiah the son of Amoz sent to Hezekiah, saying, “Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel: Because you have prayed to me concerning Sennacherib king of Assyria,

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How then can you repulse (A)a single captain among the least of my master's servants, when (B)you trust in Egypt for chariots and for horsemen?

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10 (A)“Now I will arise,” says the Lord,
    “now I will lift myself up;
    now I will be exalted.
11 (B)You conceive chaff; you give birth to stubble;
    your breath is (C)a fire that will consume you.
12 And the peoples will be as if burned to lime,
    (D)like thorns cut down, that are burned in the fire.”

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30 And the Lord (A)will cause his majestic voice to be heard and the descending blow of his arm to be seen, in furious anger (B)and a flame of devouring fire, with a cloudburst (C)and storm and hailstones. 31 The Assyrians will be terror-stricken at the voice of the Lord, (D)when he strikes with his rod. 32 And every stroke of the appointed staff that the Lord lays on them (E)will be to the sound of tambourines and lyres. (F)Battling with brandished arm, he will fight with them. 33 For (G)a burning place[a] has long been prepared; indeed, for the king it is made ready, (H)its pyre made deep and wide, with fire and wood in abundance; (I)the breath of the Lord, like a stream of sulfur, kindles it.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 30:33 Or For Topheth

12 Ah, (A)the thunder of many peoples;
    they thunder like the thundering of the sea!
Ah, the roar of nations;
    they roar like the roaring of mighty waters!
13 (B)The nations roar like the roaring of many waters,
    (C)but he will rebuke them, and they will flee far away,
chased (D)like chaff on the mountains before the wind
    and (E)whirling dust before the storm.
14 (F)At evening time, behold, terror!
    Before morning, they are no more!
This is the portion of those who loot us,
    and the lot of those who plunder us.

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33 Behold, the Lord God of hosts
    (A)will lop (B)the boughs with terrifying power;
the great in height will be hewn down,
    and the lofty will be brought low.
34 He will cut down (C)the thickets of the forest with an axe,
    and (D)Lebanon will fall by the Majestic One.

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16 Therefore the Lord God of hosts
    will send wasting sickness among his (A)stout warriors,
and under his glory (B)a burning will be kindled,
    like the burning of fire.
17 (C)The light of Israel will become a fire,
    and (D)his Holy One a flame,
and (E)it will burn and devour
    his thorns and briers (F)in one day.
18 The glory of (G)his forest and of his (H)fruitful land
    the Lord will destroy, both soul and body,
    and it will be as when a sick man wastes away.
19 The remnant of the trees of his forest will be so few
    that a child can write them down.

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for he says:
(A)“Are not my commanders all kings?

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18 (A)Pride goes before destruction,
    and a haughty spirit before a fall.

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(A)When pride comes, then comes disgrace,
    but with (B)the humble is wisdom.

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18 His enemies I will (A)clothe with shame,
    but on him his crown will shine.”

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12 who (A)cuts off the spirit of princes,
    who (B)is to be feared by the kings of the earth.

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(A)But you, you are to be feared!
    Who can (B)stand before you
    when once your anger is roused?

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50 Great (A)salvation he brings to his king,
    and shows steadfast love to his (B)anointed,
    to (C)David and his offspring forever.

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He is (A)wise in heart and mighty in strength
    —who has (B)hardened himself against him, and succeeded?—

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35 And that night (A)the angel of the Lord went out and struck down 185,000 in the camp of the Assyrians. And when people arose early in the morning, behold, these were all dead bodies. 36 Then Sennacherib king of Assyria departed and went home and lived at (B)Nineveh. 37 And as he was worshiping in the house of Nisroch his god, (C)Adrammelech and Sharezer, his sons, struck him down with the sword and escaped into the land of Ararat. And Esarhaddon his son reigned in his place.

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Isaiah Prophesies Sennacherib's Fall

20 Then Isaiah the son of Amoz sent to Hezekiah, saying, “Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel: Your prayer to me about Sennacherib king of Assyria (A)I have heard.

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