King James Version
Isaiah 36:1-7
1Now it came to pass in the fourteenthבְּאַרְבַּע֩ עֶשְׂרֵ֨הbe.'ar.Ba' 'es.RehH6240H702yearשָׁנָ֜הsha.NahH8141of kingלַמֶּ֣לֶךְla.Me.lekhH4428Hezekiahחִזְקִיָּ֗הוּchiz.ki.Ya.huH2396, thatSennacheribסַנְחֵרִ֤יבsan.che.RivH5576kingמֶֽלֶךְ־Me.lekh-H4428of Assyriaאַשּׁוּר֙'a.ShurH804came upעָלָ֞ה'a.LahH5927against all the defencedהַבְּצֻר֖וֹתha.be.tzu.RotH1219citiesעָרֵ֧י'a.ReiH5892of Judahיְהוּדָ֛הye.hu.DahH3063,and tookוַֽיִּתְפְּשֵֽׂם׃Vai.yit.pe.SemH8610them.
2And the kingמֶֽלֶךְ־Me.lekh-H4428of Assyriaאַשּׁ֣וּר׀'a.ShurH804sentוַיִּשְׁלַ֣חvai.yish.LachH7971RabshakehH7262from Lachishמִלָּכִ֧ישׁmi.la.KhishH3923to Jerusalemיְרוּשָׁלְַ֛מָהye.ru.sha.Le.mahH3389unto kingהַמֶּ֥לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428Hezekiahחִזְקִיָּ֖הוּchiz.ki.Ya.huH2396with a greatכָּבֵ֑דka.VedH3515armyH2426.And he stoodוַֽיַּעֲמֹ֗דvai.ya.'a.ModH5975by the conduitבִּתְעָלַת֙bit.'a.LatH8585of the upperהָעֶלְיוֹנָ֔הha.'el.yo.NahH5945poolהַבְּרֵכָ֣הha.be.re.KhahH1295in the highwayבִּמְסִלַּ֖תbim.si.LatH4546of the fuller’sכוֹבֵֽס׃kho.VesH3526fieldשְׂדֵ֥הse.DehH7704.
3Then came forthוַיֵּצֵ֥אvai.ye.Tze'H3318unto him Eliakimאֶלְיָקִ֥ים'el.ya.KimH471,Hilkiah’sחִלְקִיָּ֖הוּchil.ki.Ya.huH2518sonבֶּן־ben-H1121,which was over the houseהַבָּ֑יִתha.Ba.yitH1004,and Shebnaוְשֶׁבְנָא֙ve.shev.Na'H7644the scribeהַסֹּפֵ֔רha.so.FerH5608,and Joahוְיוֹאָ֥חve.yo.'AchH3098,Asaph’sאָסָ֖ף'a.SafH623sonבֶּן־ben-H1121,the recorderהַמַּזְכִּֽיר׃ha.maz.KirH2142.
4And RabshakehH7262saidוַיֹּ֤אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559unto them, Sayאִמְרוּ־'im.ru-H559ye now to Hezekiahחִזְקִיָּ֑הוּchiz.ki.Ya.huH2396,Thus saithאָמַ֞ר'a.MarH559the greatהַגָּדוֹל֙ha.ga.dOlH1419kingהַמֶּ֤לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428,the kingמֶ֣לֶךְMe.lekhH4428of Assyriaאַשּׁ֔וּר'a.ShurH804,What confidenceהַבִּטָּח֛וֹןha.bi.ta.ChonH986isthis wherein thou trustestבָּטָֽחְתָּ׃ba.Ta.che.taH982?
5I sayאָמַ֙רְתִּי֙'a.Mar.tiH559, sayest thou, (but they are butvainשְׂפָתַ֔יִםse.fa.Ta.yimH8193wordsדְּבַר־de.var-H1697) I havecounselעֵצָ֥ה'e.TzahH6098and strengthוּגְבוּרָ֖הu.ge.vu.RahH1369for warלַמִּלְחָמָ֑הla.mil.cha.MahH4421:now on whom dost thou trustבָטַ֔חְתָּva.Tach.taH982,that thou rebellestמָרַ֖דְתָּma.Rad.taH4775against me?
6Lo, thou trustestבָטַ֡חְתָּva.Tach.taH982in the staffמִשְׁעֶנֶת֩mish.'e.NetH4938of this brokenהָרָצ֤וּץha.ra.TzutzH7533reedהַקָּנֶ֨הha.ka.NehH7070,on Egyptמִצְרַ֔יִםmitz.Ra.yimH4714;whereon if a manאִישׁ֙'ishH376leanיִסָּמֵ֥ךְyi.sa.MekhH5564,it will goוּבָ֥אu.Va'H935into his handבְכַפּ֖וֹve.kha.PoH3709,and pierceוּנְקָבָ֑הּu.ne.ka.VahH5344it: so isPharaohפַּרְעֹ֣הpar.'OhH6547kingמֶֽלֶךְ־Me.lekh-H4428of Egyptמִצְרַ֔יִםmitz.Ra.yimH4714to all that trustהַבֹּטְחִ֖יםha.bo.te.ChimH982in him.
7But if thou sayתֹאמַ֣רto.MarH559to me, We trustבָּטָ֑חְנוּba.Ta.che.nuH982in the Lordיְהוָ֥הYah.wehH3068our Godאֱלֹהֵ֖ינוּ'e.lo.Hei.nuH430: is itnot he, whose high placesבָּמֹתָ֣יוba.mo.TavH1116and whose altarsמִזְבְּחֹתָ֔יוmiz.be.cho.TavH4196Hezekiahחִזְקִיָּ֙הוּ֙chiz.ki.Ya.huH2396hath taken awayהֵסִ֤ירhe.SirH5493,and saidוַיֹּ֤אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559to Judahלִֽיהוּדָה֙li.hu.DahH3063and to Jerusalemוְלִיר֣וּשָׁלִַ֔םve.li.Ru.sha.LimH3389,Ye shall worshipתִּֽשְׁתַּחֲוֽוּ׃Tish.ta.cha.VuH7812beforeלִפְנֵ֛יlif.NeiH6440this altarהַמִּזְבֵּ֥חַha.miz.Be.achH4196?
Commentaries on Isaiah 36
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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