Font Size
Isaiah 37
English Standard Version
Isaiah 37
English Standard Version
Hezekiah Seeks Isaiah's Help
37 (A)As soon as King Hezekiah heard it, he tore his clothes and covered himself with sackcloth and went into the house of the Lord. 2 And he sent Eliakim, who was over the household, and Shebna the secretary, and the senior priests, covered with sackcloth, to the prophet (B)Isaiah the son of Amoz. 3 They said to him, “Thus says Hezekiah, ‘This day is a (C)day of distress, of rebuke, and of disgrace; (D)children have come to the point of birth, and there is no strength to bring them forth. 4 (E)It may be that the Lord your God will hear the words of the Rabshakeh, whom his master the king of Assyria has sent to mock the living God, and will rebuke the words that the Lord your God has heard; therefore lift up your prayer for (F)the remnant that is left.’”
5 When the servants of King Hezekiah came to Isaiah, 6 Isaiah said to them, “Say to your master, ‘Thus says the Lord: Do not be afraid because of the words that you have heard, with which the young men of the king of Assyria have reviled me. 7 Behold, (G)I will put a spirit in him, so that (H)he shall hear a rumor and return to his own land, and (I)I will make him fall by the sword in his own land.’”
8 The Rabshakeh returned, and found the king of Assyria fighting against (J)Libnah, for he had heard that the king had left (K)Lachish. 9 Now the king heard concerning Tirhakah king of (L)Cush,[a] “He has set out to fight against you.” And when he heard it, he sent messengers to Hezekiah, saying, 10 “Thus shall you speak to Hezekiah king of Judah: (M)‘Do not let your God in whom you trust deceive you by promising that Jerusalem will not be given into the hand of the king of Assyria. 11 Behold, you have heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all lands, devoting them to destruction. And shall you be delivered? 12 (N)Have the gods of the nations delivered them, the nations that my fathers destroyed, (O)Gozan, (P)Haran, Rezeph, and the people of Eden who were in Telassar? 13 (Q)Where is the king of Hamath, the king of Arpad, the king of the city of Sepharvaim, the king of Hena, or the king of Ivvah?’”
Hezekiah's Prayer for Deliverance
14 Hezekiah received the letter from the hand of the messengers, and read it; and Hezekiah went up to the house of the Lord, and spread it before the Lord. 15 And Hezekiah prayed to the Lord: 16 “O Lord of hosts, God of Israel, (R)enthroned above the cherubim, you are the God, you alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth; (S)you have made the heavens and the earth. 17 (T)Incline your ear, O Lord, and hear; open your eyes, O Lord, and see; and hear (U)all the words of Sennacherib, which he has sent to mock the living God. 18 Truly, O Lord, (V)the kings of Assyria have laid waste all the nations and their lands, 19 and have cast their gods into the fire. For they were no gods, but the work of men's hands, wood and stone. Therefore they were destroyed. 20 So now, O Lord our God, save us from his hand, that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that you alone are the Lord.”
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, 22 this is the word that the Lord has spoken concerning him:
“‘She despises you, she scorns you—
(W)the virgin daughter of Zion;
she wags her head behind you—
the daughter of Jerusalem.
23 “‘Whom have you mocked and reviled?
Against whom have you raised your voice
and lifted your eyes to the heights?
Against (X)the Holy One of Israel!
24 By your servants you have mocked the Lord,
and you have said, (Y)With my many chariots
I have gone up the heights of the mountains,
to the far recesses of Lebanon,
(Z)to cut down its tallest cedars,
its choicest cypresses,
to come to its remotest height,
its most fruitful forest.
25 I dug wells
and drank waters,
to dry up with the sole of my foot
all (AA)the streams (AB)of Egypt.
26 (AC)“‘Have you not heard
that I determined it long ago?
I planned from days of old
what now I bring to pass,
that you should make fortified cities
crash into heaps of ruins,
27 while their inhabitants, shorn of strength,
are dismayed and confounded,
and have become like plants of the field
and like tender grass,
like grass on the housetops,
blighted[b] before it is grown.
28 “‘I know your sitting down
and your going out and coming in,
and your raging against me.
29 (AD)Because you have raged against me
and your complacency has come to my ears,
I will put my hook in your nose
and my bit in your mouth,
and (AE)I will turn you back on the way
by which you came.’
30 “And this shall be the sign for you: this year you shall eat what grows of itself, and in the second year what springs from that. Then in the third year sow and reap, and plant vineyards, and eat their fruit. 31 And the surviving remnant of the house of Judah (AF)shall again take root downward and bear fruit upward. 32 (AG)For out of Jerusalem shall go a remnant, and out of Mount Zion a band of survivors. (AH)The zeal of the Lord of hosts will do this.
33 “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 (AI)cast up a siege mound against it. 34 By the way that he came, by the same he shall return, and he shall not come into this city, declares the Lord. 35 (AJ)For I will defend this city to save it, for my own sake and for (AK)the sake of my servant David.”
36 (AL)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 (AM)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 (AN)Ararat, (AO)Esarhaddon his son reigned in his place.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 37:9 Probably Nubia
- Isaiah 37:27 Some Hebrew manuscripts and 2 Kings 19:26; most Hebrew manuscripts a field
Jesaja 37
Svenska Folkbibeln
Jesaja 37
Svenska Folkbibeln
Jesajas profetia
37 När kung Hiskia hörde detta, rev han sönder sina kläder, höljde sig i säcktyg och gick in i Herrens hus. 2 Och han sände överhovmästaren Eljakim, skrivaren Shebna och de äldste bland prästerna, höljda i säcktyg, till profeten Jesaja, Amos son. 3 De sade till honom: "Så säger Hiskia: Denna dag är en nödens, bestraffningens och föraktets dag, ty fostren har kommit fram till födelsen, men det finns ingen kraft att föda. 4 Kanske skall Herren, din Gud, höra Rab-Sakes ord, som hans herre, kungen i Assyrien, har sänt för att håna den levande Guden, så att han straffar honom för dessa ord som Herren, din Gud, har hört. Bed en bön för den kvarleva som ännu finns."
5 När kung Hiskias tjänare kom till Jesaja, 6 sade Jesaja till dem: "Så skall ni säga till er herre: Så säger Herren: Frukta inte för de ord som du har hört och som den assyriske kungens tjänare har hädat mig med. 7 Se, jag skall låta en ande verka i honom, så att han vänder tillbaka till sitt land, när han får höra ett rykte. Och jag skall låta honom falla för svärd i sitt eget land."
8 Rab-Sake vände tillbaka och fann den assyriske kungen upptagen med att belägra Libna. Han hade nämligen hört att kungen hade brutit upp från Lakish. 9 Men när Sanherib fick höra sägas om Tirhaka, kungen i Nubien, att denne hade dragit ut för att strida mot honom, skickade han, så snart han hörde detta, sändebud till Hiskia med detta budskap: 10 "Så skall ni säga till Hiskia, kungen i Juda: Låt inte din Gud, som du förtröstar på, bedra dig så att du tänker: Jerusalem skall inte falla i den assyriske kungens hand. 11 Du har ju hört vad kungarna i Assyrien har gjort med alla länder, hur de grundligt har förstört dem. Och du skulle bli räddad! 12 Har de folk som mina fäder fördärvade, Gozan, Haran, Resef och Edens barn i Telassar, blivit räddade av sina gudar? 13 Var finns Hamats kung och Arpads kung och kungen över Sefarvajims stad, över Hena och Iva?"
Hiskias bön
14 När Hiskia hade tagit emot brevet av budbärarna och läst det, gick han upp i Herrens hus och bredde ut det inför Herrens ansikte. 15 Och Hiskia bad till Herren och sade: 16 " Herre Sebaot, Israels Gud, du som tronar på keruberna, endast du är Gud över alla riken på jorden. Du har gjort himmelen och jorden. 17 Herre, böj ditt öra och hör. Herre, öppna dina ögon och se. Hör alla Sanheribs ord, som han har talat för att håna den levande Guden. 18 Det är sant, Herre, att kungarna i Assyrien har ödelagt alla länder, också sitt eget land. 19 Och de har kastat deras gudar i elden, ty de var inga gudar utan verk av människohänder, trä och sten. Därför kunde de förgöra dem. 20 Men nu, Herre, vår Gud, rädda oss ur hans hand, så att alla riken på jorden förstår att du är Herren,[a] endast du."
21 Då sände Jesaja, Amos son, detta bud till Hiskia: "Så säger Herren, Israels Gud: Därför att du har bett till mig angående Sanherib, kungen i Assyrien, 22 är detta det ord som Herren har talat om honom:
Hon föraktar dig och hånar dig,
jungfrun, dottern Sion.
Hon skakar på huvudet åt dig,
dottern Jerusalem.
23 Vem har du hånat och hädat,
mot vem har du upphöjt din röst
och högmodigt lyft upp dina ögon?
Jo, mot Israels Helige.
24 Genom dina tjänare hånade du Herren,
när du sade: "Med mina många vagnar
drog jag upp på bergens höjder,
till Libanons avlägsna trakter.
Jag högg ner dess höga cedrar
och utvalda cypresser.
Jag trängde fram till dess högsta höjder
och dess frodiga skog.
25 Jag grävde brunnar och drack vatten,
med mina fötter torkade jag ut alla Egyptens strömmar."
26 Har du inte hört att jag för länge sedan gjorde detta,
att jag i forntidens dagar bestämde det,
och nu har jag låtit det komma.
Du fick makt att ödelägga befästa städer
och göra dem till ruinhögar.
27 Deras invånare blev maktlösa,
de blev förskräckta och stod med skam.
Det gick med dem som med gräset på marken
och den späda grönskan,
som med gräset på taken
och som säden som förbränns
innan det växer upp.
28 Jag vet om du sitter,
om du går ut eller kommer in,
och hur du rasar mot mig.
29 Därför att du rasar mot mig
och ditt högmod har nått mina öron,
skall jag sätta min krok i din näsa
och mitt betsel i din mun
och föra dig tillbaka samma väg som du kom.
30 Detta skall för dig vara tecknet: Man skall detta år äta vad som växer upp av spillsäd, och nästa år av självvuxen säd, men det tredje året skall ni så och skörda, plantera vingårdar och äta deras frukt. 31 Och de räddade av Juda hus som blivit kvar, skall på nytt skjuta rot nertill och bära frukt upptill. 32 Ty från Jerusalem skall en kvarleva gå ut, de räddade från Sions berg. Herren Sebaots nitälskan skall göra detta. 33 Därför säger Herren så om kungen i Assyrien:
Han skall inte komma in i denna stad
eller skjuta någon pil ditin.
Han skall inte närma sig den bakom en sköld
eller kasta upp en vall mot den.
34 Han skall vända tillbaka samma väg han kom.
In i denna stad skall han inte komma, säger Herren.
35 Ty jag skall skydda och rädda denna stad
för min och min tjänare Davids skull."
Sanheribs fall
36 Och Herrens ängel gick ut och slog 185 000 i assyriernas läger, och när man steg upp tidigt följande morgon, se, då låg där fullt av döda kroppar. 37 Då bröt Sanherib, kungen i Assyrien, upp och vände tillbaka. Han stannade sedan i Nineve. 38 Och när han en gång tillbad i sin gud Nisroks tempel, blev han dödad med svärd av sina söner Adrammelek och Sareser. De flydde sedan till Ararats land. Och hans son Esarhaddon blev kung efter honom.
Footnotes
- Jesaja 37:20 Herren Se not till 1 Mos 2:4.
Isaiah 37
New International Version
Isaiah 37
New International Version
Jerusalem’s Deliverance Foretold(A)
37 When King Hezekiah heard this, he tore his clothes(B) and put on sackcloth(C) and went into the temple(D) of the Lord. 2 He sent Eliakim(E) the palace administrator, Shebna(F) the secretary, and the leading priests, all wearing sackcloth, to the prophet Isaiah son of Amoz.(G) 3 They told him, “This is what Hezekiah says: This day is a day of distress(H) and rebuke and disgrace, as when children come to the moment of birth(I) and there is no strength to deliver them. 4 It may be that the Lord your God will hear the words of the field commander, whom his master, the king of Assyria, has sent to ridicule(J) the living God,(K) and that he will rebuke him for the words the Lord your God has heard.(L) Therefore pray(M) for the remnant(N) that still survives.”
5 When King Hezekiah’s officials came to Isaiah, 6 Isaiah said to them, “Tell your master, ‘This is what the Lord says: Do not be afraid(O) of what you have heard—those words with which the underlings of the king of Assyria have blasphemed(P) me. 7 Listen! When he hears a certain report,(Q) I will make him want(R) to return to his own country, and there I will have him cut down(S) with the sword.’”
8 When the field commander heard that the king of Assyria had left Lachish,(T) he withdrew and found the king fighting against Libnah.(U)
9 Now Sennacherib(V) received a report(W) that Tirhakah, the king of Cush,[a](X) was marching out to fight against him. When he heard it, he sent messengers to Hezekiah with this word: 10 “Say to Hezekiah king of Judah: Do not let the god you depend on deceive(Y) you when he says, ‘Jerusalem will not be given into the hands of the king of Assyria.’(Z) 11 Surely you have heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all the countries, destroying them completely. And will you be delivered?(AA) 12 Did the gods of the nations that were destroyed by my predecessors(AB) deliver them—the gods of Gozan, Harran,(AC) Rezeph and the people of Eden(AD) who were in Tel Assar? 13 Where is the king of Hamath or the king of Arpad?(AE) Where are the kings of Lair, Sepharvaim,(AF) Hena and Ivvah?”(AG)
Hezekiah’s Prayer(AH)
14 Hezekiah received the letter(AI) from the messengers and read it. Then he went up to the temple(AJ) of the Lord and spread it out before the Lord. 15 And Hezekiah prayed(AK) to the Lord: 16 “Lord Almighty, the God of Israel, enthroned(AL) between the cherubim,(AM) you alone are God(AN) over all the kingdoms(AO) of the earth. You have made heaven and earth.(AP) 17 Give ear, Lord, and hear;(AQ) open your eyes, Lord, and see;(AR) listen to all the words Sennacherib(AS) has sent to ridicule(AT) the living God.(AU)
18 “It is true, Lord, that the Assyrian kings have laid waste all these peoples and their lands.(AV) 19 They have thrown their gods into the fire(AW) and destroyed them,(AX) for they were not gods(AY) but only wood and stone, fashioned by human hands.(AZ) 20 Now, Lord our God, deliver(BA) us from his hand, so that all the kingdoms of the earth(BB) may know that you, Lord, are the only God.[b](BC)”
Sennacherib’s Fall(BD)
21 Then Isaiah son of Amoz(BE) sent a message to Hezekiah: “This is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says: Because you have prayed to me concerning Sennacherib king of Assyria, 22 this is the word the Lord has spoken against him:
“Virgin Daughter(BF) Zion(BG)
despises and mocks you.
Daughter Jerusalem
tosses her head(BH) as you flee.
23 Who is it you have ridiculed and blasphemed?(BI)
Against whom have you raised your voice(BJ)
and lifted your eyes in pride?(BK)
Against the Holy One(BL) of Israel!
24 By your messengers
you have ridiculed the Lord.
And you have said,
‘With my many chariots(BM)
I have ascended the heights of the mountains,
the utmost heights(BN) of Lebanon.(BO)
I have cut down its tallest cedars,
the choicest of its junipers.(BP)
I have reached its remotest heights,
the finest of its forests.
25 I have dug wells in foreign lands[c]
and drunk the water there.
With the soles of my feet
I have dried up(BQ) all the streams of Egypt.(BR)’
26 “Have you not heard?
Long ago I ordained(BS) it.
In days of old I planned(BT) it;
now I have brought it to pass,
that you have turned fortified cities
into piles of stone.(BU)
27 Their people, drained of power,
are dismayed and put to shame.
They are like plants in the field,
like tender green shoots,
like grass(BV) sprouting on the roof,(BW)
scorched[d] before it grows up.
28 “But I know where you are
and when you come and go(BX)
and how you rage(BY) against me.
29 Because you rage against me
and because your insolence(BZ) has reached my ears,
I will put my hook(CA) in your nose(CB)
and my bit in your mouth,
and I will make you return
by the way you came.(CC)
30 “This will be the sign(CD) for you, Hezekiah:
“This year(CE) you will eat what grows by itself,
and the second year what springs from that.
But in the third year(CF) sow and reap,
plant vineyards(CG) and eat their fruit.(CH)
31 Once more a remnant of the kingdom of Judah
will take root(CI) below and bear fruit(CJ) above.
32 For out of Jerusalem will come a remnant,(CK)
and out of Mount Zion a band of survivors.(CL)
The zeal(CM) of the Lord Almighty
will accomplish this.
33 “Therefore this is what the Lord says concerning the king of Assyria:
“He will not enter this city(CN)
or shoot an arrow here.
He will not come before it with shield
or build a siege ramp(CO) against it.
34 By the way that he came he will return;(CP)
he will not enter this city,”
declares the Lord.
35 “I will defend(CQ) this city and save it,
for my sake(CR) and for the sake of David(CS) my servant!”
36 Then the angel(CT) of the Lord went out and put to death(CU) a hundred and eighty-five thousand in the Assyrian(CV) camp. When the people got up the next morning—there were all the dead bodies! 37 So Sennacherib(CW) king of Assyria broke camp and withdrew. He returned to Nineveh(CX) and stayed there.
38 One day, while he was worshiping in the temple(CY) of his god Nisrok, his sons Adrammelek and Sharezer killed him with the sword, and they escaped to the land of Ararat.(CZ) And Esarhaddon(DA) his son succeeded him as king.(DB)
Footnotes
- Isaiah 37:9 That is, the upper Nile region
- Isaiah 37:20 Dead Sea Scrolls (see also 2 Kings 19:19); Masoretic Text you alone are the Lord
- Isaiah 37:25 Dead Sea Scrolls (see also 2 Kings 19:24); Masoretic Text does not have in foreign lands.
- Isaiah 37:27 Some manuscripts of the Masoretic Text, Dead Sea Scrolls and some Septuagint manuscripts (see also 2 Kings 19:26); most manuscripts of the Masoretic Text roof / and terraced fields
English Standard Version (ESV) 
The ESV® Bible (The Holy Bible, English Standard Version®), © 2001 by Crossway, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. ESV Text Edition: 2025.
Svenska Folkbibeln (SFB)
1996, 1998 by Stiftelsen Svenska Folkbibeln
New International Version (NIV) 
Holy Bible, New International Version®, NIV® Copyright ©1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc.® Used by permission. All rights reserved worldwide.
NIV Reverse Interlinear Bible: English to Hebrew and English to Greek. Copyright © 2019 by Zondervan.