Revised Version 1895

2 Kings 18:20-24

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?

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