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2 Kings 19:14-28

14AndHezekiahחִזְקִיָּ֧הוּchiz.ki.Ya.huH2396receivedH3947theletterהַסְּפָרִ֛יםha.se.fa.RimH5612fromthehandמִיַּ֥דmi.YadH3027ofthemessengersהַמַּלְאָכִ֖יםha.mal.'a.KhimH4397,andreadוַיִּקְרָאֵ֑םvai.yik.ra.'EmH7121it;andHezekiahחִזְקִיָּ֖הוּchiz.ki.Ya.huH2396wentH5927upuntothehouseבֵּ֣יתbeitH1004ofJehovah,andspreadוַיִּפְרְשֵׂ֥הוּvai.yif.re.Se.huH6566itbeforeJehovah.

15AndHezekiahחִזְקִיָּ֜הוּchiz.ki.Ya.huH2396prayedוַיִּתְפַּלֵּ֨לvai.yit.pa.LelH6419beforeJehovah,andsaidH559,OJehovah,theGodאֱלֹהֵ֤י'e.lo.HeiH430ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵל֙Yis.ra.'ElH3478,thatsittestabovethecherubimהַכְּרֻבִ֔יםha.ke.ru.VimH3742, thou arttheGodהָֽאֱלֹהִים֙ha.'E.lo.HimH430,eventhoualoneלְבַדְּךָ֔le.va.de.KhaH905,ofallthekingdomsמַמְלְכ֣וֹתmam.le.KhotH4467oftheearthהָאָ֑רֶץha.'A.retzH776; thou hastmadeH6213heavenהַשָּׁמַ֖יִםha.sha.Ma.yimH8064andearthהָאָֽרֶץ׃ha.'A.retzH776.

16Inclineהַטֵּ֨הha.TehH5186thineearאָזְנְךָ֙'a.ze.ne.KhaH241,OJehovah,andhearוּֽשֲׁמָ֔עu.sha.Ma'H8085;openפְּקַ֧חpe.KachH6491thineeyesעֵינֶ֖יךָ'ei.Nei.khaH5869,OJehovah,andseeוּרְאֵ֑הu.re.'EhH7200;andhearוּשְׁמַ֗עu.she.Ma'H8085thewordsדִּבְרֵ֣יdiv.ReiH1697ofSennacheribסַנְחֵרִ֔יבsan.che.RivH5576, wherewithhehathsentH7971himtodefyH2778thelivingGodאֱלֹהִ֥ים'E.lo.HimH430.

17Ofatruth,Jehovah,thekingsמַלְכֵ֥יmal.KheiH4428ofAssyriaאַשּׁ֛וּר'a.ShurH804havelaid wastethenationsהַגּוֹיִ֖םha.go.YimH1471andtheirlandsאַרְצָֽם׃'ar.TzamH776,

18andhavecasttheirgodsאֱלֹהֵיהֶ֖ם'e.lo.hei.HemH430intothefireבָּאֵ֑שׁba.'EshH784;fortheywerenogodsאֱלֹהִ֜ים'E.lo.HimH430,buttheworkמַעֲשֵׂ֧הma.'a.SehH4639ofmen’sH120handsיְדֵֽי־ye.dei-H3027,woodעֵ֥ץ'etzH6086andstoneוָאֶ֖בֶןva.'E.venH68;thereforetheyhavedestroyedוַֽיְאַבְּדֽוּם׃Vay.'a.be.DumH6them.

19Nowוְעַתָּה֙ve.'a.TahH6258thereforeH6258,OJehovahourGodאֱלֹהֵ֔ינוּ'e.lo.Hei.nuH430,saveהוֹשִׁיעֵ֥נוּho.shi.'E.nuH3467thouus,Ibeseechthee,outofhishandמִיָּד֑וֹmi.ya.DoH3027,thatallthekingdomsמַמְלְכ֣וֹתmam.le.KhotH4467oftheearthהָאָ֔רֶץha.'A.retzH776mayknowוְיֵֽדְעוּ֙ve.ye.de.'UH3045thatthouJehovahartGodאֱלֹהִ֖ים'E.lo.HimH430aloneלְבַדֶּֽךָ׃ סle.va.De.khaH905.

20ThenIsaiahיְשַֽׁעְיָ֣הוּye.sha'.Ya.huH3470thesonבֶן־ven-H1121ofAmozאָמ֔וֹץ'a.MotzH531sentH7971toHezekiahחִזְקִיָּ֖הוּchiz.ki.Ya.huH2396,sayingH559,Thusכֹּֽה־koh-H3541saithJehovah,theGodאֱלֹהֵ֣י'e.lo.HeiH430ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֔לYis.ra.'ElH3478, Whereas thou hastprayedהִתְפַּלַּ֧לְתָּhit.pa.Lal.taH6419tomeagainstSennacheribסַנְחֵרִ֥בsan.che.RivH5576kingמֶֽלֶךְ־Me.lekh-H4428ofAssyriaאַשּׁ֖וּר'a.ShurH804,IhaveheardH8085thee.

21Thisisthewordהַדָּבָ֔רha.da.VarH1697thatJehovahhathspokenדִּבֶּ֥רdi.BerH1696concerninghim:Thevirginבְּתוּלַת֙be.tu.LatH1330daughterבַּת־bat-H1323ofZionצִיּ֔וֹןtzi.YonH6726hathdespisedH959theeandlaughed theetoscorn;thedaughterבַּ֖תbatH1323ofJerusalemיְרוּשָׁלִָֽם׃ye.ru.sha.LimH3389hathshakenהֵנִ֔יעָהhe.Ni.'ahH5128herheadרֹ֣אשׁroshH7218atthee.

22Whomhast thou defiedandblasphemed?andagainstwhomhast thouexaltedH7311thyvoiceקּ֑וֹלKolH6963andliftedוַתִּשָּׂ֥אva.ti.Sa'H5375upthineeyesעֵינֶ֖יךָ'ei.Nei.khaH5869onhighH4791?evenagainsttheHolyקְד֥וֹשׁke.Do.oshH6918OneH6918ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃Yis.ra.'ElH3478.

23Bythymessengersמַלְאָכֶיךָ֮mal.'a.khei.KhaH4397thou hast defiedtheLordאֲדֹנָי֒'a.do.NaiH136,andhastsaidH559,WiththemultitudeofmychariotsH7393amIcomeH935uptotheheightקוֹמַ֤תko.MatH6967ofthemountainsהָרִ֖יםha.RimH2022,totheinnermostH3411partsיַרְכְּתֵ֣יyar.ke.TeiH3411ofLebanonלְבָנ֑וֹןle.va.NonH3844;andIwillcutוְאֶכְרֹ֞תve.'ekh.RotH3772downthetallcedarsאֲרָזָיו֙'a.ra.ZavH730thereof,andthechoicefir-trees thereof;andIwillenterintohisfarthestlodging-place,theforestיַ֖עַרYa.'arH3293ofhisfruitfulfield.

24Ihavediggedanddrunkוְשָׁתִ֖יתִיve.sha.Ti.tiH8354strangeזָרִ֑יםza.RimH2114watersמַ֣יִםMa.yimH4325,andwiththesoleבְּכַף־be.khaf-H3709ofmyfeetwillIdryוְאַחְרִב֙ve.'ach.RivH2717upalltheriversH2975ofEgyptמָצֽוֹר׃ma.TzorH4693.

25Hast thounotheardH8085howIhavedoneitlongago,andformedH3335itofancienttimes?nowעַתָּ֣ה'a.TahH6258haveIbroughtH935ittopass,thatitshouldbeH1961thinetolaywastefortifiedH1219citiesעָרִ֥ים'a.RimH5892intoruinousheapsגַּלִּ֥יםga.LimH1530.

26Thereforetheirinhabitantsוְיֹֽשְׁבֵיהֶן֙ve.yo.she.vei.HenH3427wereH1961ofsmallpower,theywereH1961dismayedחַ֖תּוּCha.tuH2865andconfounded;theywereH1961asthegrassחֲצִ֣ירcha.TzirH2682ofthefieldשָׂדֶה֙sa.DehH7704,andasthegreenherb,asthegrassH2682onthehousetops,andasgrainקָמָֽה׃ka.MahH7054blastedbeforeitisgrownup.

27ButIknowיָדָ֑עְתִּיya.Da.'e.tiH3045thysittingH3427downוְשִׁבְתְּךָ֛ve.shiv.te.KhaH3427,andthygoingH3318out,andthycomingH935in,andthyragingהִֽתְרַגֶּזְךָ֥hit.ra.gez.KhaH7264againstme.

28Becauseofthyragingהִתְרַגֶּזְךָ֣hit.ra.gez.KhaH7264againstme,andbecausethine arrogancyiscomeH935upintomineearsבְאָזְנָ֑יve.'a.ze.NaiH241,thereforewillIputוְשַׂמְתִּ֨יve.sam.TiH7760myhookחַחִ֜יcha.ChiH2397inthynoseבְּאַפֶּ֗ךָbe.'a.Pe.khaH639,andmybridleוּמִתְגִּי֙u.mit.GiH4964inthylipsבִּשְׂפָתֶ֔יךָbis.fa.Tei.khaH8193,andIwillturnH7725theebackוַהֲשִׁ֣בֹתִ֔יךָva.ha.Shi.vo.Ti.khaH7725bythewayבַּדֶּ֖רֶךְba.De.rekhH1870bywhichthou camest.

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