2 Kings 19:20-34
English Standard Version
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. 21 This is the word that the Lord has spoken concerning him:
“She despises you, she scorns you—
(B)the virgin daughter of Zion;
she (C)wags her head behind you—
the daughter of Jerusalem.
22 “Whom have you (D)mocked and (E)reviled?
Against whom have you raised your voice
and lifted your eyes to the heights?
Against (F)the Holy One of Israel!
23 (G)By your messengers you have mocked the Lord,
and you have said, (H)‘With my many chariots
I have gone up the heights of the mountains,
to the far recesses of (I)Lebanon;
I felled its tallest cedars,
its choicest cypresses;
I entered its farthest lodging place,
its most (J)fruitful forest.
24 I dug wells
and drank foreign waters,
and I dried up with the sole of my foot
all the streams (K)of Egypt.’
25 “Have you not heard
that (L)I determined it long ago?
I planned from days of old
what (M)now I bring to pass,
that you should turn fortified cities
into heaps of ruins,
26 while their inhabitants, shorn of strength,
are dismayed and confounded,
and have become (N)like plants of the field
and like tender grass,
like grass on the housetops,
blighted before it is grown.
27 “But I know your sitting down
(O)and your going out and coming in,
and your raging against me.
28 Because you have raged against me
and your complacency has come into my ears,
I will (P)put my hook in your nose
and my bit in your mouth,
and (Q)I will turn you back on the way
by which you came.
29 “And this shall be (R)the sign for you: this year eat what grows of itself, and in the second year what springs of the same. Then in the third year sow and reap and plant vineyards, and eat their fruit. 30 (S)And the surviving remnant of the house of Judah shall again take root downward and bear fruit upward. 31 For out of Jerusalem shall go a remnant, and out of Mount Zion (T)a band of survivors. (U)The zeal of the Lord will do this.
32 “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 (V)cast up a siege mound against it. 33 (W)By the way that he came, by the same he shall return, and he shall not come into this city, declares the Lord. 34 (X)For I will defend this city to save it, for my own sake (Y)and for the sake of my servant David.”
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2 Kings 19:20-34
Holman Christian Standard Bible
God’s Answer through Isaiah
20 Then(A) Isaiah son of Amoz sent a message to Hezekiah: “The Lord, the God of Israel says: ‘I have heard your prayer(B) to Me about Sennacherib king of Assyria.’(C) 21 This is the word the Lord has spoken against him:
Virgin Daughter Zion(D)
despises you and scorns you:
Daughter Jerusalem
shakes her head behind your back.[a](E)
22 Who is it you mocked and blasphemed?(F)
Against whom have you raised your voice
and lifted your eyes in pride?
Against the Holy One of Israel!(G)
23 You have mocked the Lord[b] through[c] your messengers.(H)
You have said:
With my many chariots(I)
I have gone up to the heights of the mountains,
to the far recesses of Lebanon.
I cut down its tallest cedars,
its choice cypress trees.
I came to its farthest outpost,
its densest forest.
24 I dug wells,
and I drank foreign waters.
I dried up all the streams of Egypt(J)
with the soles of my feet.
25 Have you not heard?(K)
I designed it long ago;
I planned it in days gone by.
I have now brought it to pass,(L)
and you have crushed fortified cities
into piles of rubble.
26 Their inhabitants have become powerless,
dismayed, and ashamed.
They are plants of the field,
tender grass,
grass on the rooftops,(M)
blasted by the east wind.[d]
27 But I know your sitting down,[e](N)
your going out and your coming in,
and your raging against Me.
28 Because your raging against Me
and your arrogance have reached My ears,
I will put My hook in your nose(O)
and My bit in your mouth;
I will make you go back
the way you came.
29 “This will be the sign(P) for you: This year you will eat what grows on its own, and in the second year what grows from that. But in the third year sow and reap, plant vineyards and eat their fruit. 30 The surviving remnant(Q) of the house of Israel will again take root downward and bear fruit upward. 31 For a remnant will go out from Jerusalem and survivors, from Mount Zion.(R) The zeal of the Lord of Hosts will accomplish this.(S)
32 Therefore, this is what the Lord says about the king of Assyria:
He will not enter this city
or shoot an arrow there
or come before it with a shield
or build up an assault ramp against it.(T)
33 He will go back
on the road that he came
and he will not enter this city.
This is the Lord’s declaration.
34 I will defend this city and rescue it
for My sake and for the sake of My servant David.”(U)
Footnotes
- 2 Kings 19:21 Lit behind you
- 2 Kings 19:23 Many mss read Lord
- 2 Kings 19:23 Lit by the hand of
- 2 Kings 19:26 DSS; MT reads blasted before standing grain; Is 37:27
- 2 Kings 19:27 LXX, DSS read your rising up and your sitting down; Is 37:28
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