2 Kings 18:19-36

19And RabshakehH7262 saidH559 to them, “SayH559 nowH4994 to HezekiahH2396, ‘ThisH3541 isH3541 whatH3541 the greatH1419 kingH4428, the kingH4428 of AssyriaH804 saysH559: “1WhatH4100 is thisH2088 confidenceH986 that you 2haveH982? 20You sayH559--but they are onlyH389 3emptyH8193 wordsH1697-I have a planH6098 and strengthH1369 for the warH4421.’ NowH6258 on whomH4310 have you reliedH982, 4that you have revoltedH4775 against me? 21NowH6258 beholdH2009, you have 56reliedH982 on the 7supportH4938 of thisH2088 brokenH7533 reedH7070, on EgyptH4714; on whichH834 if a manH376 leansH5564, it will goH935 into his 8handH3709 and pierceH5344 it. ThatH3651 isH3651 howH3651 PharaohH6547 kingH4428 of EgyptH4714 is to allH3605 who relyH982 on him. 22However, ifH3588 you sayH559 to me, ‘We have trustedH982 in the LordH3068 our GodH430,’ is it not He whoseH834 highH1116 placesH1116 and 9whose altarsH4196 HezekiahH2396 has removedH5493, and has saidH559 to JudahH3063 and to JerusalemH3389, ‘You shall worshipH2331 beforeH6440 thisH2088 altarH4196 in JerusalemH3389’? 23NowH6258 then, 10comeH4994 makeH6148 aH6148 wagerH6148 with my masterH113 the kingH4428 of AssyriaH804: I will giveH5414 you two thousandH505 horsesH5483, ifH518 you areH3201 ableH3201 on your part to putH5414 ridersH7392 on them! 24HowH349 then can you driveH7725 backH7725 even 11oneH259 12officialH6346 of the leastH6996 of my master’sH113 servantsH5650, and 13relyH982 on EgyptH4714 for chariotsH7393 and horsemenH6571? 25Have I nowH6258 comeH5927 upH5927 withoutH1107 14the Lord’sH3068 approval againstH5921 thisH2088 placeH4725 to destroyH7843 it? The LordH3068 saidH559 to me, ‘GoH5927 upH5927 againstH5921 thisH2088 landH776 and destroyH7843 it.’”’”

26Then EliakimH471 the sonH1121 of HilkiahH2518, ShebnahH7644, and JoahH3098, saidH559 to RabshakehH7262, “SpeakH1696 nowH4994 to your servantsH5650 in AramaicH762, becauseH3588 we 15understandH8085 it; and do not speakH1696 with us in 1617JudeanH3066 18so that the peopleH5971 whoH834 are on the wallH2346 hearH241 you.” 27But RabshakehH7262 saidH559 to them, “Has my masterH113 sentH7971 me only to your masterH113 and to you to speakH1696 theseH428 wordsH1697? Has he not also sent me to the menH376 who sitH3427 on the wallH2346, doomed to eatH398 their own dungH2716 and drinkH8354 their own urineH7890 with you?”

28Then RabshakehH7262 stoodH5975 up and shoutedH7121 with a loudH1419 voiceH6963 in JudeanH3066, 19sayingH1696H559, “HearH8085 the wordH1697 of the greatH1419 kingH4428, the kingH4428 of AssyriaH804! 29ThisH3541 isH3541 whatH3541 the kingH4428 saysH559: ‘20Do not let HezekiahH2396 deceiveH5378 you, for he will not beH3201 ableH3201 to saveH5337 you from 21my handH3027. 30And do not let HezekiahH2396 lead you to trustH982 in the LordH3068 by sayingH559, “The LordH3068 will certainlyH5337 saveH5337 us, and thisH2088 cityH5892 will not be handedH5414H3027 overH5414 to the kingH4428 of AssyriaH804.” 31Do not listenH8085 to HezekiahH2396, for thisH3541 isH3541 whatH3541 the kingH4428 of AssyriaH804 saysH559: “MakeH6213 22your peaceH1293 with me and comeH3318 outH3318 to me, and eatH398, 23eachH376 one, from his vineH1612 and eachH376 from his figH8384 treeH8384, and drinkH8354, eachH376 one, the watersH4325 of his own cisternH953, 32untilH5704 I comeH935 and takeH3947 you 24to a landH776 like your own landH776, a landH776 of grainH1715 and newH8492 wineH8492, a landH776 of breadH3899 and vineyardsH3754, a landH776 of oliveH2132 treesH2132 producing oilH3323, and of honeyH1706, so that you will liveH2421 and not dieH4191.” But do not listenH8085 to HezekiahH2396, becauseH3588 he misleadsH5496 you by sayingH559, “The LordH3068 will saveH5337 us.” 3325Has anyH376 of the godsH430 of the nationsH1471 actuallyH5337 savedH5337 his landH776 from the handH3027 of the kingH4428 of AssyriaH804? 3426WhereH346 are the godsH430 of HamathH2574 and 27ArpadH774? WhereH346 are the godsH430 of SepharvaimH5617, HenaH2012, and 2829IvvahH5755? Have they savedH5337 SamariaH8111 from my handH3027? 35WhoH4310 among allH3605 the godsH430 of the landsH776 are there whoH834 have savedH5337 their landH776 from my handH3027, 30that the LordH3068 would saveH5337 JerusalemH3389 from my handH3027?’”

36But the peopleH5971 wereH2790 silentH2790 and did not answerH6030 him with even a wordH1697, becauseH3588 it was the king’sH4428 31commandH4687: “Do not answerH6030 him.”