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2 Kings 19:20-34
New International Version
2 Kings 19:20-34
New International Version
Isaiah Prophesies Sennacherib’s Fall(A)(B)
20 Then Isaiah son of Amoz sent a message to Hezekiah: “This is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says: I have heard(C) your prayer concerning Sennacherib king of Assyria. 21 This is the word that the Lord has spoken against(D) him:
“‘Virgin Daughter(E) Zion
despises(F) you and mocks(G) you.
Daughter Jerusalem
tosses her head(H) as you flee.
22 Who is it you have ridiculed and blasphemed?(I)
Against whom have you raised your voice
and lifted your eyes in pride?
Against the Holy One(J) of Israel!
23 By your messengers
you have ridiculed the Lord.
And you have said,(K)
“With my many chariots(L)
I have ascended the heights of the mountains,
the utmost heights of Lebanon.
I have cut down(M) its tallest cedars,
the choicest of its junipers.
I have reached its remotest parts,
the finest of its forests.
24 I have dug wells in foreign lands
and drunk the water there.
With the soles of my feet
I have dried up all the streams of Egypt.”
25 “‘Have you not heard?(N)
Long ago I ordained it.
In days of old I planned(O) it;
now I have brought it to pass,
that you have turned fortified cities
into piles of stone.(P)
26 Their people, drained of power,(Q)
are dismayed(R) and put to shame.
They are like plants in the field,
like tender green shoots,(S)
like grass sprouting on the roof,
scorched(T) before it grows up.
27 “‘But I know(U) where you are
and when you come and go
and how you rage against me.
28 Because you rage against me
and because your insolence has reached my ears,
I will put my hook(V) in your nose
and my bit(W) in your mouth,
and I will make you return(X)
by the way you came.’
29 “This will be the sign(Y) for you, Hezekiah:
“This year you will eat what grows by itself,(Z)
and the second year what springs from that.
But in the third year sow and reap,
plant vineyards(AA) and eat their fruit.
30 Once more a remnant(AB) of the kingdom of Judah
will take root(AC) below and bear fruit above.
31 For out of Jerusalem will come a remnant,(AD)
and out of Mount Zion a band of survivors.(AE)
“The zeal(AF) of the Lord Almighty will accomplish this.
32 “Therefore this is what the Lord says concerning the king of Assyria:
“‘He will not enter this city
or shoot an arrow here.
He will not come before it with shield
or build a siege ramp against it.
33 By the way that he came he will return;(AG)
he will not enter this city,
declares the Lord.
34 I will defend(AH) this city and save it,
for my sake and for the sake of David(AI) my servant.’”
2 Kings 19:20-34
New American Standard Bible
2 Kings 19:20-34
New American Standard Bible
God’s Answer through Isaiah
20 Then Isaiah the son of Amoz sent word to Hezekiah, saying, “This is what the Lord, the God of Israel says: ‘Because you have prayed to Me about Sennacherib king of Assyria, (A)I have heard you.’ 21 This is the word that the Lord has spoken against him:
‘She, (B)the virgin daughter of Zion, has shown contempt for you and mocked you;
She, the daughter of Jerusalem, (C)has shaken her head behind you!
22 Whom have you (D)taunted and (E)blasphemed?
And against whom have you raised your voice,
And [a]haughtily raised your eyes?
Against the (F)Holy One of Israel!
23 (G)Through your messengers you have taunted the Lord,
And you have said, “With my many chariots
I went up to the heights of the mountains,
To the remotest parts of Lebanon;
And I cut down its tall cedars and its choicest junipers.
And I entered its farthest resting place, its (H)thickest forest.
24 I dug wells and drank foreign waters,
And with the soles of my feet I (I)dried up
All the streams of Egypt.”
25 ‘(J)Have you not heard?
Long ago I did it;
From ancient times I planned it.
(K)Now I have brought it about,
That you would turn fortified cities into ruined heaps.
26 Therefore their inhabitants were [b]powerless,
They were shattered and put to shame.
They were (L)like the vegetation of the field and the green grass,
Like grass on the housetops that is scorched before it has grown.
27 But (M)I know your sitting down,
Your going out, your coming in,
And your raging against Me.
28 Because of your raging against Me,
And because your complacency has come up to My ears,
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 by which you came.
29 ‘Then this shall be (P)the sign for you: [c]you will eat this year what grows of itself, in the second year what grows by itself, and in the third year sow, harvest, plant vineyards, and eat their fruit. 30 (Q)The survivors that are left of the house of Judah will again take root downward and bear fruit upward. 31 For out of Jerusalem will go a remnant, and survivors (R)out of Mount Zion. (S)The zeal of [d]the Lord will perform this.
32 ‘Therefore this is what the Lord says about the king of Assyria: “(T)He will not come to this city nor shoot an arrow there; and he will not come before it with a shield nor heap up an assault ramp against it. 33 (U)By the way that he came, by [e]the same he will return, and he shall not come to this city,”’ declares the Lord. 34 ‘(V)For I will protect this city to save it for My own sake, and (W)for My servant David’s sake.’”
Read full chapterFootnotes
- 2 Kings 19:22 Lit on high
- 2 Kings 19:26 Lit short of hand
- 2 Kings 19:29 Lit to eat
- 2 Kings 19:31 Some ancient mss the Lord of armies
- 2 Kings 19:33 Lit it
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