2 Kings 19:20-34
Legacy Standard Bible
Isaiah Speaks of Sennacherib’s Fall
20 Then Isaiah the son of Amoz sent word to Hezekiah saying, “Thus says Yahweh, the God of Israel, ‘Because you have prayed to Me about Sennacherib king of Assyria, (A)I have heard you.’ 21 This is the word that Yahweh has spoken against him:
‘She has despised you and mocked you,
(B)The virgin daughter of Zion;
She (C)has shaken her head behind you,
The daughter of Jerusalem!
22 Whom have you [a](D)reproached and (E)blasphemed?
And against whom have you heightened your voice,
And [b]haughtily lifted up your eyes?
Against the (F)Holy One of Israel!
23 (G)Through your messengers you have [c]reproached the Lord,
And you have said, “With my many chariots
I came up to the heights of the mountains,
To the remotest parts of Lebanon;
And I [d]cut down its tall cedars and its choice cypresses.
And I [e]entered its farthest lodging place, its (H)thickest forest.
24 I dug wells and drank foreign waters,
And with the sole of my feet I [f](I)dried up
All the rivers of [g]Egypt.”
25 ‘(J)Have you not heard?
Long ago I did it;
From days of old I formed it.
(K)Now I have brought it to pass,
That you should devastate fortified cities into ruinous heaps.
26 So their inhabitants were short of power,
They were dismayed and put to shame;
They were (L)as the plant of the field and as the green herb,
As grass on the rooftops is scorched before it rises.
27 But (M)I know your sitting down,
And your going out and your coming in,
And your raging against Me.
28 Because of your raging against Me,
And because your [h]presumptuousness has come up to My ears,
Therefore I (N)will put My hook in your nose,
And My bridle in your lips,
And (O)I will turn you back by the way which you came.
29 ‘Then this shall be (P)the sign for you: [i]you will eat this year what grows of its own accord, in the second year what springs from the same, and in the third year sow, reap, plant vineyards, and eat their fruit. 30 (Q)And the surviving remnant of the house of Judah will again take root downward and bear fruit upward. 31 For out of Jerusalem will go forth a remnant, and (R)out of Mount Zion [j]survivors. (S)The zeal of [k]Yahweh will do this.
32 ‘Therefore thus says Yahweh concerning the king of Assyria, “(T)He will not come to this city or shoot an arrow there; and he will not come before it with a shield or throw up a siege ramp against it. 33 (U)By the way that he came, by the same he will return, and he shall not come to this city,”’ declares Yahweh. 34 ‘(V)Indeed I will defend this city to save it for My own sake and (W)for My servant David’s sake.’”
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- 2 Kings 19:22 Or defied, cf. 1 Sam 17:26
- 2 Kings 19:22 Lit on high
- 2 Kings 19:23 Or defied, cf. 1 Sam 17:26
- 2 Kings 19:23 As in some ancient versions; M.T. will cut...will enter
- 2 Kings 19:23 As in some ancient versions; M.T. will cut...will enter
- 2 Kings 19:24 As in some ancient versions; M.T. will dry up
- 2 Kings 19:24 Lit the besieged place
- 2 Kings 19:28 Or complacency
- 2 Kings 19:29 Lit eating
- 2 Kings 19:31 Lit those who escape
- 2 Kings 19:31 Some ancient mss Yahweh of hosts
2 Kings 19:20-34
Evangelical Heritage Version
God’s Answer to Hezekiah
20 Then Isaiah son of Amoz sent a message to Hezekiah:
This is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says. I have heard what you have prayed to me about Sennacherib, the king of Assyria. 21 This is the message which the Lord has spoken about him:
The Virgin Daughter Zion despises you. She jeers at you.
The Daughter Jerusalem tosses her head at you.
22 Whom have you taunted and blasphemed?
Against whom have you lifted up your voice and raised your eyes
to heaven?
Against the Holy One of Israel!
23 By your messengers you have taunted the Lord.
You have said, “With my many chariots I have gone up
to the heights of the mountains,
to the most remote part of Lebanon.
I cut down its tall cedars and the best of its fir trees.
I went in to its farthest dwelling place, the most lush of its forests.
24 I dug wells and drank water in foreign lands.
I dried up all the streams of Egypt with the soles of my feet.”
25 Have you not heard?
From long ago I, the Lord, did this.
From days of eternity I formed it,
and now I have brought it about
that fortified cities crash into piles of ruined stones.
26 Their inhabitants, powerless, are dismayed and ashamed.
They are like plants in the field and fresh green grass,
like grass on the roof, scorched before it becomes a full-grown stalk.
27 I know when you sit down, and when you go out,
and when you come in again, and how you rage against me.
28 Because you rage against me,
because your arrogance has reached my ears,
I will put my hook in your nose and my bit in your mouth,
and I will make you go back by the way you came.
29 This will be a sign for you:
This year you will eat what grows naturally,
next year what grows naturally from that,
but in the third year, you will sow and harvest.
You will plant vineyards and eat their fruit.
30 The surviving remnant of the house of Judah
will again take root below and produce fruit above.
31 For a remnant will go out from Jerusalem,
and survivors from Mt. Zion.
The zeal of the Lord will do this.
32 Therefore, this is what the Lord says about the king of Assyria:
He will not come into this city.
He will not shoot an arrow there.
He will not advance against it with a shield,
and he will not build up a siege ramp against it.
33 By the same way he came he will go back,
but he will not come into this city.
A declaration of the Lord:
34 I will protect and save this city for my own sake
and for the sake of my servant David.
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