Isaiah 37:1-28

1And it cameH935 to pass when kingH4428 HezekiahH2396 heardH8085 [it], that he rent his garmentsH899, and coveredH3680 himself with sackclothH8242, and wentH935 into the houseH1004 of Jehovah.

2And he sentH7971 EliakimH471, who was over the householdH1004, and ShebnaH7644 the scribeH5608, and the eldersH2205 of the priestsH3548, coveredH3680 with sackclothH8242, to the prophetH5030 IsaiahH3470 the sonH1121 of AmozH531.

3And they saidH559 to him, ThusH3541 saysH559 HezekiahH2396: This dayH3117 is a dayH3117 of troubleH6869, and of rebukeH8433, and of reviling; for the children are comeH935 to the birthH3205, and there is not strengthH3581 to bringH935 forthH3205.

4It may be Jehovah thy 1GodH430 will hearH8085 the wordsH1697 of Rab-shakeh, whom the kingH4428 of AssyriaH804 his masterH113 has sentH7971 to reproachH2778 the living 2GodH430, and will rebukeH3198 the wordsH1697 which Jehovah thy 3GodH430 hath heardH8085. Therefore liftH5375 up a prayerH8605 for the remnantH7611 that is left.

5And the servantsH5650 of kingH4428 HezekiahH2396 cameH935 to IsaiahH3470.

6And IsaiahH3470 saidH559 to them, ThusH3541 shall ye sayH559 to your masterH113, ThusH3541 saith Jehovah: Be not afraidH3372 of the wordsH1697 that thou hast heardH8085, wherewith the servantsH5288 of the kingH4428 of AssyriaH804 have blasphemed me.

7Behold, I will putH5414 a spiritH7307 into him, and he shall hearH8085 tidings, and shall returnH7725 to his own landH776; and I will cause him to fallH5307 by the swordH2719 in his own landH776.

8And Rab-shakeh returnedH7725, and foundH4672 the kingH4428 of AssyriaH804 warring against LibnahH3841; for he had heardH8085 that he had departedH5265 from LachishH3923.

9And he heardH8085 sayH559 of TirhakahH8640 kingH4428 of Ethiopia, He has comeH3318 forthH3318 to makeH8085 war with thee. And when he heardH8085 [it], he sentH7971 messengersH4397 to HezekiahH2396, sayingH559,

10ThusH3541 shall ye speak to HezekiahH2396 kingH4428 of JudahH3063, sayingH559: Let not thy 4GodH430, upon whom thou reliest, deceiveH5377 thee, sayingH559, JerusalemH3389 shall not be delivered into the handH3027 of the kingH4428 of AssyriaH804.

11Behold, thou hast heardH8085 what the kingsH4428 of AssyriaH804 have done to all countries, destroying them utterly; and shalt thou be deliveredH5337?

12Have the 5godsH430 of the nationsH1471 which my fathersH1 have destroyedH7843 deliveredH5337 them, GozanH1470, and HaranH2771, and RezephH7530, and the children of EdenH5729 that were in Thelassar?

13WhereH346 is the kingH4428 of HamathH2574, and the kingH4428 of ArpadH774, and the kingH4428 of the cityH5892 of SepharvaimH5617, of HenaH2012, and IvvahH5755?

14And HezekiahH2396 receivedH3947 the letterH5612 from the handH3027 of the messengersH4397, and readH7121 it; and HezekiahH2396 wentH5927 up into the houseH1004 of Jehovah, and spreadH6566 it before Jehovah.

15And HezekiahH2396 prayedH6419 to Jehovah, sayingH559,

16Jehovah of hostsH6635, the 6GodH430 of IsraelH3478, who sittest [between] the cherubimH3742, thou, the Same, thou aloneH905 art the 7GodH430 of all the kingdomsH4467 of the earthH776: thou hast madeH6213 the heavensH8064 and the earthH776.

17InclineH5186 thine earH241, O Jehovah, and hearH8085; openH6491, Jehovah, thine eyesH5869, and seeH7200; and hearH8085 all the wordsH1697 of SennacheribH5576, who hath sentH7971 to reproachH2778 the living 8GodH430.

18Of a truth, Jehovah, the kingsH4428 of AssyriaH804 have laid waste all the landsH776, and their countries,

19and have cast their 9godsH430 into the fireH784; for they were no 10godsH430, but the workH4639 of men's handsH3027, woodH6086 and stoneH68; and they have destroyedH6 them.

20And nowH6258, Jehovah our 11GodH430, saveH3467 us out of his handH3027, that all the kingdomsH4467 of the earthH776 may knowH3045 that thou art Jehovah, thou onlyH905.

21And IsaiahH3470 the sonH1121 of AmozH531 sentH7971 to HezekiahH2396, sayingH559, ThusH3541 saith Jehovah the 12GodH430 of IsraelH3478, Whereas thou hast prayedH6419 to me concerningH413 SennacheribH5576 kingH4428 of AssyriaH804,

22this is the wordH1697 which Jehovah hath spokenH1696 against him: The virgin-daughter of ZionH6726 despiseth thee, laugheth thee to scorn; the daughterH1323 of JerusalemH3389 shaketh her headH7218 at thee.

23Whom hast thou reproached and blasphemed? and against whom hast thou exaltedH7311 the voiceH6963? Against the HolyH6918 OneH6918 of IsraelH3478 hast thou liftedH5375 up thine eyesH5869 on highH4791.

24By thy servantsH5650 thou hast reproached the LordH136, and hast saidH559, With the multitudeH7230 of my chariotsH7393 am I comeH935 up to the heightH6967 of the mountainsH2022, to the recesses of LebanonH3844; and I will cutH3772 down its tall cedarsH730, the choice of its cypressesH1265; and I will enter into its furthest heightH6967, [into] the forestH3293 of its fruitful field.

25I have digged and drunkH8354 waterH4325; and with the soleH3709 of my feet have I dried up all the streams of Matsor.

26Hast thou not heardH8085 that long ago I did it, and that from ancient daysH3117 I formedH3335 it? NowH6258 have I broughtH935 it to pass, that thou shouldest lay waste fortifiedH1219 citiesH5892 [into] ruinous heapsH1530.

27And their inhabitantsH3427 wereH1961 powerless, they wereH1961 dismayedH2865 and putH954 to shameH954; they wereH1961 [as] the grassH2682 of the fieldH7704 and the green herb, [as] the grassH2682 on the housetops, and grainH7054 blighted before it beH1961 grown up.

28But I knowH3045 thine abode, and thy goingH3318 out, and thy comingH935 in, and thy ragingH7264 against me.