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Isaiah 36:1-7

1וַיְהִ֡יvay.HiH1961In the fourteenthבְּאַרְבַּע֩ עֶשְׂרֵ֨הbe.'ar.Ba' 'es.RehH702 H6240yearשָׁנָ֜הsha.NahH8141of Hezekiah’sחִזְקִיָּ֗הוּchiz.ki.Ya.huH2396reignלַמֶּ֣לֶךְla.Me.lekhH4428,Sennacheribסַנְחֵרִ֤יבsan.che.RivH5576kingמֶֽלֶךְ־Me.lekh-H4428of Assyriaאַשּׁוּר֙ עַ֣ל'a.Shur 'alH804 H5921attackedעָלָ֞ה'a.LahH5927and capturedוַֽיִּתְפְּשֵֽׂם׃Vai.yit.pe.SemH8610allכָּל־kol-H3605the fortifiedהַבְּצֻר֖וֹתha.be.tzu.RotH1219citiesעָרֵ֧י'a.ReiH5892of Judahיְהוּדָ֛הye.hu.DahH3063.

2And the kingמֶֽלֶךְ־Me.lekh-H4428of Assyriaאַשּׁ֣וּר׀'a.ShurH804אֶת־'et-H853sentוַיִּשְׁלַ֣חvai.yish.LachH7971theRabshakehH7262,with a greatכָּבֵ֑דka.VedH3515armyבְּחֵ֣ילbe.CheilH2428,from Lachishמִלָּכִ֧ישׁmi.la.KhishH3923toאֶל־'el-H413Kingהַמֶּ֥לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428Hezekiahחִזְקִיָּ֖הוּchiz.ki.Ya.huH2396at Jerusalemיְרוּשָׁלְַ֛מָהye.ru.sha.Le.mahH3389.And he stoppedוַֽיַּעֲמֹ֗דvai.ya.'a.ModH5975by the aqueductבִּתְעָלַת֙bit.'a.LatH8585of the upperהָעֶלְיוֹנָ֔הha.'el.yo.NahH5945poolהַבְּרֵכָ֣הha.be.re.KhahH1295,on the roadבִּמְסִלַּ֖תbim.si.LatH4546to the Launderer’sכוֹבֵֽס׃kho.VesH3526Fieldשְׂדֵ֥הse.DehH7704.

3Then Eliakimאֶלְיָקִ֥ים'el.ya.KimH471sonבֶּן־ben-H1121of Hilkiahחִלְקִיָּ֖הוּchil.ki.Ya.huH2518אֲשֶׁ֣ר'a.SherH834the palaceהַבָּ֑יִתha.Ba.yitH1004administratorעַל־'al-H5921,Shebnaוְשֶׁבְנָא֙ve.shev.Na'H7644the scribeהַסֹּפֵ֔רha.so.FerH5608,and Joahוְיוֹאָ֥חve.yo.'AchH3098sonבֶּן־ben-H1121of Asaphאָסָ֖ף'a.SafH623the recorderהַמַּזְכִּֽיר׃ha.maz.KirH2142,went outוַיֵּצֵ֥אvai.ye.Tze'H3318to himאֵלָ֛יו'e.LavH413.

4The RabshakehH7262saidוַיֹּ֤אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559to themאֲלֵיהֶם֙'a.lei.HemH413, “Tellאִמְרוּ־ נָ֖א אֶל־'im.ru- na' 'el-H559 H4994 H413Hezekiahחִזְקִיָּ֑הוּchiz.ki.Ya.huH2396that this is whatכֹּֽה־koh-H3541the greatהַגָּדוֹל֙ha.ga.dOlH1419kingהַמֶּ֤לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428,the kingמֶ֣לֶךְMe.lekhH4428of Assyriaאַשּׁ֔וּר'a.ShurH804,saysאָמַ֞ר'a.MarH559:Whatמָ֧הmahH4100is the basisבָּטָֽחְתָּ׃ba.Ta.che.taH982ofthisהַזֶּ֖הha.ZehH2088confidenceהַבִּטָּח֛וֹןha.bi.ta.ChonH986of yoursאֲשֶׁ֥ר'a.SherH834?

5You claimאָמַ֙רְתִּי֙'a.Mar.tiH559to havea strategyעֵצָ֥ה'e.TzahH6098and strengthוּגְבוּרָ֖הu.ge.vu.RahH1369for warלַמִּלְחָמָ֑הla.mil.cha.MahH4421,butאַךְ־'akh-H389these areemptyדְּבַר־de.var-H1697wordsשְׂפָתַ֔יִםse.fa.Ta.yimH8193.Inעַל־'al-H5921whomמִ֣יmiH4310are you nowעַתָּה֙'a.TahH6258trustingבָטַ֔חְתָּva.Tach.taH982,thatכִּ֥יkiH3588you have rebelledמָרַ֖דְתָּma.Rad.taH4775against me?

6Look nowהִנֵּ֣הhi.NehH2009,you are trustingבָטַ֡חְתָּva.Tach.taH982inעַל־'al-H5921עַל־'al-H5921Egyptמִצְרַ֔יִםmitz.Ra.yimH4714,thatהַזֶּה֙ha.ZehH2088splinteredהָרָצ֤וּץha.ra.TzutzH7533reedהַקָּנֶ֨הha.ka.NehH7070of a staffמִשְׁעֶנֶת֩mish.'e.NetH4938thatאֲשֶׁ֨ר'a.SherH834will pierceוּבָ֥א וּנְקָבָ֑הּu.Va' u.ne.ka.VahH935 H5344the handבְכַפּ֖וֹve.kha.PoH3709of anyoneאִישׁ֙'ishH376who leansיִסָּמֵ֥ךְyi.sa.MekhH5564on itעָלָ֔יו'a.LavH5921.Such isכֵּ֚ןkenH3651Pharaohפַּרְעֹ֣הpar.'OhH6547kingמֶֽלֶךְ־Me.lekh-H4428of Egyptמִצְרַ֔יִםmitz.Ra.yimH4714to allלְכָֽל־le.kholH3605who trustהַבֹּטְחִ֖יםha.bo.te.ChimH982in himעָלָֽיו׃'a.LavH5921.

7But ifוְכִי־ve.khi-H3588you sayתֹאמַ֣רto.MarH559to meאֵלַ֔י'e.LaiH413, ‘We trustבָּטָ֑חְנוּba.Ta.che.nuH982inאֶל־'el-H413the LORDיְהוָ֥הYah.wehH3068our Godאֱלֹהֵ֖ינוּ'e.lo.Hei.nuH430,’is Heה֗וּאHu'H1931notהֲלוֹא־ha.lo'-H3808the Oneאֲשֶׁ֨ר'a.SherH834whose high placesבָּמֹתָ֣יוba.mo.TavH1116אֶת־'et-H853and altarsמִזְבְּחֹתָ֔יוmiz.be.cho.TavH4196Hezekiahחִזְקִיָּ֙הוּ֙chiz.ki.Ya.huH2396וְאֶת־ve.'EtH853has removedהֵסִ֤ירhe.SirH5493,sayingוַיֹּ֤אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559to Judahלִֽיהוּדָה֙li.hu.DahH3063and Jerusalemוְלִיר֣וּשָׁלִַ֔םve.li.Ru.sha.LimH3389, ‘You must worshipתִּֽשְׁתַּחֲוֽוּ׃Tish.ta.cha.VuH7812beforeלִפְנֵ֛יlif.NeiH6440thisהַזֶּ֖הha.ZehH2088altarהַמִּזְבֵּ֥חַha.miz.Be.achH4196’?

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