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Isaiah 36:4-10

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 Yhwhיְהוָ֥הYah.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?

8Now therefore give pledgesהִתְעָ֣רֶבhit.'A.revH6148,I pray thee, to my masterאֲדֹנִ֖י'a.do.NiH113the kingהַמֶּ֣לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428of Assyriaאַשּׁ֑וּר'a.ShurH804,and I will giveוְאֶתְּנָ֤הve.'e.te.NahH5414thee two thousandאַלְפַּ֣יִם'al.Pa.yimH505horsesסוּסִ֔יםsu.SimH5483,if thou be ableתּוּכַ֕לtu.KhalH3201on thy part to setלָ֥תֶתLa.tetH5414ridersרֹכְבִ֥יםro.khe.VimH7392upon them.

9How then wilt thou turn awayתָּשִׁ֗יבta.ShivH7725the faceפְּנֵ֨יpe.NeiH6440of oneאַחַ֛ד'a.ChadH259captainפַחַ֥תfa.ChatH6346of the leastהַקְטַנִּ֑יםhak.ta.NimH6996of my master’sאֲדֹנִ֖י'a.do.NiH113servantsעַבְדֵ֥י'av.DeiH5650,and put thy trustוַתִּבְטַ֤חva.tiv.TachH982on Egyptמִצְרַ֔יִםmitz.Ra.yimH4714for chariotsלְרֶ֖כֶבle.Re.khevH7393and for horsemenוּלְפָרָשִֽׁים׃u.le.fa.ra.ShimH6571?

10And am I now come upעָלִ֛יתִי'a.Li.tiH5927withoutהֲמִבַּלְעֲדֵ֣יha.mi.bal.'a.DeiH1107Yhwhיְהוָ֔הYah.wehH3068against this landהָאָ֥רֶץha.'A.retzH776to destroyלְהַשְׁחִיתָ֑הּle.hash.chi.TahH7843it? Yhwhיְהוָה֙Yah.wehH3068saidאָמַ֣ר'a.MarH559unto me, Go upעֲלֵ֛ה'a.LehH5927against this landהָאָ֥רֶץha.'A.retzH776,and destroyוְהַשְׁחִיתָֽהּ׃ve.hash.chi.TahH7843it.

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