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Then he (A)heard them say concerning Tirhakah king of [a](B)Ethiopia, “He has come out to fight against you.” So he heard it and sent messengers to Hezekiah, saying, 10 “Thus you shall say to Hezekiah king of [b]Judah, ‘(C)Do not let your God in whom you trust deceive you, saying, “Jerusalem will not be given into the hand of the king of Assyria.” 11 (D)Behold, you have heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all the lands, devoting them to destruction. So will you be delivered? 12 Did the gods of [c]those nations, which my fathers have brought to ruin, deliver them, even (E)Gozan and (F)Haran and Rezeph and the sons of Eden who were in Telassar? 13 Where is the king of Hamath, the king of Arpad, the king of the city of Sepharvaim, and of Hena and Ivvah?’”

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  1. Isaiah 37:9 Or Cush, cf. Gen 10:6
  2. Isaiah 37:10 Lit Judah, saying
  3. Isaiah 37:12 Lit the

Now the king[a] heard concerning King Tirhakah of Cush, “He has set out to fight against you.” When he heard it, he sent messengers to Hezekiah, saying,(A) 10 “Thus shall you speak to King Hezekiah of Judah: Do not let your God on whom you rely deceive you by promising that Jerusalem will not be given into the hand of the king of Assyria.(B) 11 See, you have heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all lands, destroying them utterly. Shall you be delivered?(C) 12 Have the gods of the nations delivered them, the nations that my predecessors destroyed, Gozan, Haran, Rezeph, and the people of Eden who were in Telassar?(D) 13 Where is the king of Hamath, the king of Arpad, the king of Laar, Sepharvaim, Hena, or Ivvah?”

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  1. 37.9 Heb he