Isaiah 36:1-12

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?