Isaiah 36

1Now it came to pass in the fourteenth yearH8141 of kingH4428 HezekiahH2396, that SennacheribH5576 kingH4428 of AssyriaH804 came up against all the fortifiedH1219 citiesH5892 of JudahH3063, and took them. 2And the kingH4428 of AssyriaH804 sentH7971 Rabshakeh from LachishH3923 to JerusalemH3389 unto kingH4428 HezekiahH2396 with a great army. And he stoodH5975 by the conduit of the upperH5945 poolH1295 in the highwayH4546 of the fuller’s fieldH7704. 3Then cameH3318 forthH3318 unto him EliakimH471 the sonH1121 of HilkiahH2518, who was over the householdH1004, and ShebnaH7644 the scribeH5608, and JoahH3098, the sonH1121 of AsaphH623, the recorderH2142.

4And Rabshakeh saidH559 unto them, SayH559 ye now to HezekiahH2396, ThusH3541 saith the greatH1419 kingH4428, the kingH4428 of AssyriaH804, What confidence is this wherein thou trustest? 5I sayH559, thy counselH6098 and strengthH1369 for the warH4421 are but vain wordsH1697: nowH6258 on whom dost thou trustH982, that thou hast rebelledH4775 against me? 6Behold, thou trustest upon the staffH4938 of this bruised reedH7070, even upon EgyptH4714, whereon if a manH376 leanH5564, it will goH935 into his handH3709, and pierce it: soH3651 is PharaohH6547 kingH4428 of EgyptH4714 to all that trustH982 on him. 7But if thou sayH559 unto me, We trustH982 in Jehovah our GodH430: is not that he, whose highH1116 placesH1116 and whose altarsH4196 HezekiahH2396 hath taken awayH5493, and hath saidH559 to JudahH3063 and to JerusalemH3389, Ye shall worship before this altarH4196? 8NowH6258 thereforeH6258, I pray thee, giveH5414 pledges to my masterH113 the kingH4428 of AssyriaH804, and I will giveH5414 thee two thousandH505 horsesH5483, if thou be ableH3201 on thy part to setH5414 ridersH7392 upon them. 9HowH349 then canst thou turnH7725 awayH7725 the faceH6440 of oneH259 captain of the least of my master’sH113 servantsH5650, and put thy trustH982 on EgyptH4714 for chariotsH7393 and for horsemenH6571? 10And am I nowH6258 comeH5927 up without Jehovah against this landH776 to destroyH7843 it? Jehovah saidH559 unto me, GoH5927 up against this landH776, and destroyH7843 it.

11Then saidH559 EliakimH471 and ShebnaH7644 and JoahH3098 unto Rabshakeh, SpeakH1696, I pray thee, unto thy servantsH5650 in the Syrian language; for we understand it: and speakH1696 not to us in the Jews’ language, in the earsH241 of the peopleH5971 that are on the wallH2346. 12But Rabshakeh saidH559, Hath my masterH113 sentH7971 me to thy masterH113, and to thee, to speakH1696 these wordsH1697? hath he not sentH7971 me to the menH376 that sitH3427 upon the wallH2346, to eatH398 their own dung, and to drinkH8354 their own water with you?

13Then Rabshakeh stoodH5975, and cried with a loud voiceH6963 in the Jews’ language, and saidH559, HearH8085 ye the wordsH1697 of the greatH1419 kingH4428, the kingH4428 of AssyriaH804. 14ThusH3541 saith the kingH4428, Let not HezekiahH2396 deceiveH5377 you; for he will not be ableH3201 to deliverH5337 you: 15neither let HezekiahH2396 makeH5414 you trustH982 in Jehovah, sayingH559, Jehovah will surely deliverH5337 us; this cityH5892 shall not be givenH5414 into the handH3027 of the kingH4428 of AssyriaH804. 16Hearken not to HezekiahH2396: for thusH3541 saith the kingH4428 of AssyriaH804, MakeH6213 your peace with me, and comeH3318 out to me; and eatH398 ye every oneH376 of his vineH1612, and every oneH376 of his fig-tree, and drinkH8354 ye every oneH376 the watersH4325 of his own cisternH953; 17until I comeH935 and takeH3947 you awayH3947 to a landH776 like your own landH776, a landH776 of grainH1715 and newH8492 wineH8492, a landH776 of breadH3899 and vineyardsH3754. 18Beware lestH6435 HezekiahH2396 persuade you, sayingH559, Jehovah will deliverH5337 us. Hath any of the godsH430 of the nationsH1471 deliveredH5337 his landH776 out of the handH3027 of the kingH4428 of AssyriaH804? 19WhereH346 are the godsH430 of HamathH2574 and ArpadH774? whereH346 are the godsH430 of SepharvaimH5617? and have they deliveredH5337 SamariaH8111 out of my handH3027? 20Who are they among all the godsH430 of these countries, that have deliveredH5337 their country out of my handH3027, that Jehovah should deliverH5337 JerusalemH3389 out of my handH3027?

21But they held their peace, and answered him not a wordH1697; for the king’sH4428 commandmentH4687 was, sayingH559, AnswerH6030 him not. 22Then cameH935 EliakimH471 the sonH1121 of HilkiahH2518, that was over the householdH1004, and ShebnaH7644 the scribeH5608, and JoahH3098, the sonH1121 of AsaphH623, the recorderH2142, to HezekiahH2396 with their clothesH899 rent, and toldH5046 him the wordsH1697 of Rabshakeh.