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2 Kings 18:18-37

18And when they hadcalledוַֽיִּקְרְאוּ֙vai.yik.re.'UH7121to thekingהַמֶּ֔לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428, therecameH3318outH3318to themEliakimאֶלְיָקִ֥ים'el.ya.KimH471thesonבֶּן־ben-H1121ofHilkiahחִלְקִיָּ֖הוּchil.ki.Ya.huH2518,whichאֲשֶׁ֣ר'a.SherH834was over thehouseholdהַבָּ֑יִתha.Ba.yitH1004, andShebnahוְשֶׁבְנָה֙ve.shev.NahH7644thescribeהַסֹּפֵ֔רha.so.FerH5608, andJoahוְיוֹאָ֥חve.yo.'AchH3098thesonבֶּן־ben-H1121ofAsaphאָסָ֖ף'a.SafH623therecorderהַמַּזְכִּֽיר׃ha.maz.KirH2142.

19AndRabshakehH7262saidH559unto them,SayH559yenowנָ֖אna'H4994toHezekiahחִזְקִיָּ֑הוּchiz.ki.Ya.huH2396,Thusכֹּֽה־koh-H3541saith thegreatהַגָּדוֹל֙ha.ga.dOlH1419kingהַמֶּ֤לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428, thekingמֶ֣לֶךְMe.lekhH4428ofAssyriaאַשּׁ֔וּר'a.ShurH804,Whatמָ֧הmahH4100confidenceהַבִּטָּח֛וֹןha.bi.ta.ChonH986is thiswhereinאֲשֶׁ֥ר'a.SherH834thou trustest?

20Thou sayest, but they are but vainwordsדְּבַר־de.var-H1697, There iscounselעֵצָ֥ה'e.TzahH6098andstrengthוּגְבוּרָ֖הu.ge.vu.RahH1369for thewarלַמִּלְחָמָ֑הla.mil.cha.MahH4421.Nowעַתָּה֙'a.TahH6258onwhomמִ֣יmiH4310dost thoutrustבָטַ֔חְתָּva.Tach.taH982, that thou hastrebelledמָרַ֖דְתָּma.Rad.taH4775againstH5921meH5921?

21Nowעַתָּ֡ה'a.TahH6258,beholdH2009, thou trustestuponH5921thestaffמִשְׁעֶנֶת֩mish.'e.NetH4938of thisbruisedהָרָצ֤וּץha.ra.TzutzH7533reedהַקָּנֶ֨הha.ka.NehH7070,evenH3651uponH5921Egyptמִצְרַ֔יִםmitz.Ra.yimH4714; whereonifH2009amanאִישׁ֙'ishH376leanיִסָּמֵ֥ךְyi.sa.MekhH5564, it willgoוּבָ֥אu.Va'H935intoH935hishandבְכַפּ֖וֹve.kha.PoH3709, and pierce it:soH3651isPharaohפַּרְעֹ֣הpar.'OhH6547kingמֶֽלֶךְ־Me.lekh-H4428ofEgyptמִצְרַ֔יִםmitz.Ra.yimH4714untoallלְכָֽל־le.kholH3605thattrustH982on him.

22ButifH3588yesayתֹאמְר֣וּןtom.RunH559untomeH413,WeH3588trustבָּטָ֑חְנוּba.Ta.che.nuH982in theLORDיְהוָ֥הYah.wehH3068ourGodאֱלֹהֵ֖ינוּ'e.lo.Hei.nuH430: isnotהֲלוֹא־ha.lo'-H3808that he,whoseH834highבָּמֹתָ֣יוba.mo.TavH1116placesH1116andwhoseH834altarsמִזְבְּחֹתָ֔יוmiz.be.cho.TavH4196Hezekiahחִזְקִיָּ֙הוּ֙chiz.ki.Ya.huH2396hathtakenH5493awayH5493, and hathsaidוַיֹּ֤אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559toJudahלִֽיהוּדָה֙li.hu.DahH3063and toJerusalemוְלִיר֣וּשָׁלִַ֔םve.li.Ru.sha.LimH3389, Ye shallworshipתִּֽשְׁתַּחֲו֖וּtish.ta.cha.VuH7812beforeלִפְנֵי֙lif.NeiH6440thisaltarהַמִּזְבֵּ֣חַha.miz.Be.achH4196inJerusalemבִּירוּשָׁלִָֽם׃bi.ru.sha.LimH3389?

23Nowוְעַתָּה֙ve.'a.TahH6258therefore, Iprayנָ֔אNa'H4994thee,giveH5414pledges to mymasterאֲדֹנִ֖י'a.do.NiH113thekingמֶ֣לֶךְMe.lekhH4428ofAssyriaאַשּׁ֑וּר'a.ShurH804, and I willgiveH5414thee twothousandאַלְפַּ֣יִם'al.Pa.yimH505horsesסוּסִ֔יםsu.SimH5483,ifאִם־'im-H518thou beableתּוּכַ֕לtu.KhalH3201on thypartH5921tosetH5414ridersרֹכְבִ֥יםro.khe.VimH7392uponH5921them.

24Howוְאֵ֣יךְve.'EikhH349then canst thouturnתָּשִׁ֗יבta.ShivH7725awayH7725thefaceפְּנֵ֨יpe.NeiH6440of one captain of the least of mymaster’sאֲדֹנִ֖י'a.do.NiH113servantsעַבְדֵ֥י'av.DeiH5650, andputH7725thytrustוַתִּבְטַ֤חva.tiv.TachH982onEgyptמִצְרַ֔יִםmitz.Ra.yimH4714forchariotsלְרֶ֖כֶבle.Re.khevH7393and forhorsemenוּלְפָרָשִֽׁים׃u.le.fa.ra.ShimH6571?

25Am Inowעַתָּה֙'a.TahH6258comeעָלִ֛יתִי'a.Li.tiH5927upH5927withoutהֲמִבַּלְעֲדֵ֣יha.mi.bal.'a.DeiH1107theLORDיְהוָ֔הYah.wehH3068againstעַל־'al-H5921thisplaceהַמָּק֥וֹםha.ma.KomH4725todestroyלְהַשְׁחִת֑וֹle.hash.chi.ToH7843it? TheLORDיְהוָה֙Yah.wehH3068saidאָמַ֣ר'a.MarH559untomeאֵלַ֔י'e.LaiH413,Goעֲלֵ֛ה'a.LehH5927upH5927againstעַל־'al-H5921thislandהָאָ֥רֶץha.'A.retzH776, anddestroyוְהַשְׁחִיתָֽהּ׃ve.hash.chi.TahH7843it.

26Thensaidוַיֹּ֣אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559Eliakimאֶלְיָקִ֣ים'el.ya.KimH471thesonבֶּן־ben-H1121ofHilkiahחִ֠לְקִיָּהוּChil.ki.ya.huH2518, andShebnahוְשֶׁבְנָ֨הve.shev.NahH7644, andJoahוְיוֹאָ֜חve.yo.'AchH3098, untoRabshakehH7262,Speakדַּבֶּר־da.ber-H1696, IprayH4994thee, to thyservantsעֲבָדֶ֙יךָ֙'a.va.Dei.khaH5650in the SyrianlanguageH3066; forweאֲנָ֑חְנוּ'a.Na.che.nuH587understandשֹׁמְעִ֖יםsho.me.'ImH8085it: andspeakתְּדַבֵּ֤רte.da.BerH1696notוְאַל־ve.'al-H408withusH4994in the Jews’languageH3066, in theearsבְּאָזְנֵ֣יbe.'a.ze.NeiH241of thepeopleהָעָ֔םha.'AmH5971that are on thewallהַחֹמָֽה׃ha.cho.MahH2346.

27ButRabshakehH7262saidוַיֹּ֨אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559unto them, Hath mymasterאֲדֹנֶ֤יךָ'a.do.Nei.khaH113sentH7971meאֲלֵיהֶ֜ם'a.lei.HemH413to thymasterאֲדֹנִ֔י'a.do.NiH113, and to thee, tospeakלְדַבֵּ֖רle.da.BerH1696theseH428wordsהַדְּבָרִ֣יםha.de.va.RimH1697? hath henotהֲלֹ֣אha.Lo'H3808sentH7971meוְאֵלֶ֙יךָ֙ve.'e.Lei.khaH413to themenH376whichH428sitהַיֹּֽשְׁבִים֙hai.yo.she.VimH3427on thewallהַ֣חֹמָ֔הha.cho.MahH2346, toeatלֶאֱכֹ֣לle.'e.KholH398theirownH376dung, and todrinkוְלִשְׁתּ֛וֹתve.lish.TotH8354theirownH376water withyouH7971?

28ThenRabshakehH7262stoodוַֽיַּעֲמֹד֙vai.ya.'a.ModH5975, andcriedוַיִּקְרָ֥אvai.yik.Ra'H7121with aloudגָּד֖וֹלga.DolH1419voiceבְקוֹל־ve.kol-H6963in the Jews’languageיְהוּדִ֑יתye.hu.DitH3066, and spake,sayingוַיֹּ֔אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559,Hearשִׁמְע֛וּshim.'UH8085ye thewordדְּבַר־de.var-H1697of thegreatהַגָּד֖וֹלha.ga.DolH1419kingהַמֶּ֥לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428, thekingמֶ֥לֶךְMe.lekhH4428ofAssyriaאַשּֽׁוּר׃'a.ShurH804.

29Thusכֹּ֚הkohH3541saith thekingהַמֶּ֔לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428,Letאַל־'al-H408notH3808Hezekiahחִזְקִיָּ֑הוּchiz.ki.Ya.huH2396deceiveיַשִּׁ֥יאya.Shi'H5377youH3588; for he shallnotH3808beableיוּכַ֔לyu.KhalH3201todeliverלְהַצִּ֥ילle.ha.TzilH5337youH3588outH3027of hishandמִיָּדֽוֹ׃mi.ya.DoH3027:

30neitherH3808letH5414Hezekiahחִזְקִיָּ֙הוּ֙chiz.ki.Ya.huH2396makeH5414youH5414trustיַבְטַ֨חyav.TachH982in theLORDיְהוָ֣הYah.wehH3068,sayingלֵאמֹ֔רle.MorH559, TheLORDיְהוָ֑הYah.wehH3068willsurelyהַצֵּ֥לha.TzelH5337deliverיַצִּילֵ֖נוּya.tzi.Le.nuH5337usH5414, and thiscityהָעִ֣ירha.'IrH5892shallnotH3808begivenH5414intoאֶל־'el-H413thehandבְּיַ֖דbe.YadH3027of thekingמֶ֥לֶךְMe.lekhH4428ofAssyriaאַשּֽׁוּר׃'a.ShurH804.

31Hearkennotאַֽל־'al-H408toHezekiahחִזְקִיָּ֑הוּchiz.ki.Ya.huH2396: forthusכֹ֨הkhohH3541saith thekingמֶ֣לֶךְMe.lekhH4428ofAssyriaאַשּׁ֗וּר'a.ShurH804,Makeעֲשֽׂוּ־'a.su-H6213yourpeaceבְרָכָה֙ve.ra.KhahH1293withmeאֶל־'el-H413, andcomeוּצְא֣וּu.tze.'UH3318outH3318tomeאֵלַ֔י'e.LaiH413; andeatוְאִכְל֤וּve.'ikh.LuH398yeeveryH376one of hisvineגַּפְנוֹ֙gaf.NoH1612, andeveryH376one of hisfigתְּאֵֽנָת֔וֹte.'e.na.ToH8384treeH8384, anddrinkוּשְׁת֖וּu.she.TuH8354yeeveryH376one thewatersמֵֽי־mei-H4325of hisownH376cisternבוֹרֽוֹ׃vo.RoH953;

32Untilעַד־'ad-H5704Icomeבֹּאִי֩bo.'IH935andtakeוְלָקַחְתִּ֨יve.la.kach.TiH3947youH3588awayH3947to alandאֶ֣רֶץ'E.retzH776like your ownlandכְּאַרְצְכֶ֗םke.'ar.tze.KhemH776, alandאֶרֶץ֩'e.RetzH776of corn andwineוְתִיר֜וֹשׁve.ti.Ro.oshH8492, alandאֶ֧רֶץ'E.retzH776ofbreadלֶ֣חֶםLe.chemH3899andvineyardsוּכְרָמִ֗יםu.khe.ra.MimH3754, alandאֶ֣רֶץ'E.retzH776ofoilיִצְהָר֙yitz.HarH3323oliveזֵ֤יתzeitH2132and ofhoneyוּדְבַ֔שׁu.de.VashH1706, that ye mayliveוִֽחְי֖וּvich.YuH2421, andnotH3808dieתָמֻ֑תוּta.Mu.tuH4191: and hearkennotH3808untoHezekiahחִזְקִיָּ֔הוּchiz.ki.Ya.huH2396, when he persuadethyouH3588,sayingלֵאמֹ֔רle.MorH559, TheLORDיְהוָ֖הYah.wehH3068willdeliverיַצִּילֵֽנוּ׃ya.tzi.Le.nuH5337usH413.

33Hathanyאִ֣ישׁ'ishH376of thegodsאֱלֹהֵ֥י'e.lo.HeiH430of thenationsהַגּוֹיִ֖םha.go.YimH1471everdeliveredH5337hislandאַרְצ֑וֹ'ar.TzoH776outH3027of thehandמִיַּ֖דmi.YadH3027of thekingמֶ֥לֶךְMe.lekhH4428ofAssyriaאַשּֽׁוּר׃'a.ShurH804?

34Whereאַיֵּה֩'ai.YehH346are thegodsאֱלֹהֵ֨י'e.lo.HeiH430ofHamathחֲמָ֜תcha.MatH2574, and ofArpadוְאַרְפָּ֗דve.'ar.PadH774?whereאַיֵּ֛ה'ai.YehH346are thegodsאֱלֹהֵ֥י'e.lo.HeiH430ofSepharvaimסְפַרְוַ֖יִםse.far.Va.yimH5617, ofHenaהֵנַ֣עhe.Na'H2012, andIvvahוְעִוָּ֑הve.'i.VahH5755? have theydeliveredהִצִּ֥ילוּhi.Tzi.luH5337Samariaשֹׁמְר֖וֹןsho.me.RonH8111outH3027of myhandמִיָּדִֽי׃mi.ya.DiH3027?

35Who are they amongallH3605thegodsאֱלֹהֵ֣י'e.lo.HeiH430of thecountriesהָֽאֲרָצ֔וֹתha.'a.ra.TzotH776, that havedeliveredהִצִּ֥ילוּhi.Tzi.luH5337theircountryאַרְצָ֖ם'ar.TzamH776outH3605of myhandמִיָּדִ֑יmi.ya.DiH3027, that theLORDיְהוָ֛הYah.wehH3068shoulddeliverיַצִּ֧ילya.TzilH5337Jerusalemיְרוּשָׁלִַ֖םye.ru.sha.LimH3389outH3605of myhandמִיָּדִֽי׃mi.ya.DiH3027?

36But thepeopleהָעָ֔םha.'AmH5971held their peace, andansweredH559himnotוְלֹֽא־ve.lo'-H3808awordדָּבָ֑רda.VarH1697: for theking’sהַמֶּ֥לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428commandmentמִצְוַ֨תmitz.VatH4687was,sayingלֵאמֹ֖רle.MorH559,AnswerH6030himnotלֹ֥אlo'H3808.

37Thencameוַיָּבֹ֣אvai.ya.Vo'H935Eliakimאֶלְיָקִ֣ים'el.ya.KimH471thesonבֶּן־ben-H1121ofHilkiahחִלְקִיָּ֣הchil.ki.YahH2518,whichאֲשֶׁר־'a.Sher-H834was over thehouseholdהַ֠בַּיִתHa.ba.yitH1004, andShebnaוְשֶׁבְנָ֨אve.shev.Na'H7644thescribeהַסֹּפֵ֜רha.so.FerH5608, andJoahוְיוֹאָ֨חve.yo.'AchH3098thesonבֶּן־ben-H1121ofAsaphאָסָ֧ף'a.SafH623therecorderהַמַּזְכִּ֛ירha.maz.KirH2142, toHezekiahחִזְקִיָּ֖הוּchiz.ki.Ya.huH2396, with theirclothesבְגָדִ֑יםve.ga.DimH899rent, andtoldוַיַּגִּ֣דוּvai.ya.Gi.duH5046him thewordsדִּבְרֵ֖יdiv.ReiH1697ofRabshakehH7262.

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