Revised Version 1895

2 Kings 19:14-28

14AndHezekiahחִזְקִיָּ֧הוּchiz.ki.Ya.huH2396receivedוַיִּקַּ֨חvai.yi.KachH3947theletterהַסְּפָרִ֛יםha.se.fa.RimH5612from thehandמִיַּ֥דmi.YadH3027of themessengersהַמַּלְאָכִ֖יםha.mal.'a.KhimH4397, andreadוַיִּקְרָאֵ֑םvai.yik.ra.'EmH7121it: andHezekiahחִזְקִיָּ֖הוּchiz.ki.Ya.huH2396wentH5927upH5927unto thehouseבֵּ֣יתbeitH1004of theLORDיְהוָ֔הYah.wehH3068, andspreadוַיִּפְרְשֵׂ֥הוּvai.yif.re.Se.huH6566itbeforeלִפְנֵ֥יlif.NeiH6440theLORDיְהוָֽה׃ פYah.wehH3068.

15AndHezekiahחִזְקִיָּ֜הוּchiz.ki.Ya.huH2396prayedוַיִּתְפַּלֵּ֨לvai.yit.pa.LelH6419beforeלִפְנֵ֣יlif.NeiH6440theLORDיְהוָה֮Yah.wehH3068, andsaidוַיֹּאמַר֒vai.yo.MarH559, OLORDיְהוָ֞הYah.wehH3068, theGodאֱלֹהֵ֤י'e.lo.HeiH430ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵל֙Yis.ra.'ElH3478, that sittestuponיֹשֵׁ֣בyo.ShevH3427thecherubimהַכְּרֻבִ֔יםha.ke.ru.VimH3742, thou art theGodהָֽאֱלֹהִים֙ha.'E.lo.HimH430,evenH853thoualoneלְבַדְּךָ֔le.va.de.KhaH905, ofallלְכֹ֖לle.KholH3605thekingdomsמַמְלְכ֣וֹתmam.le.KhotH4467of theearthהָאָ֑רֶץha.'A.retzH776; thou hastmadeעָשִׂ֔יתָ'a.Si.taH6213heavenהַשָּׁמַ֖יִםha.sha.Ma.yimH8064andearthהָאָֽרֶץ׃ha.'A.retzH776.

16Inclineהַטֵּ֨הha.TehH5186thineearאָזְנְךָ֙'a.ze.ne.KhaH241, OLORDיְהוָ֤ה׀Yah.wehH3068, andhearוּֽשֲׁמָ֔עu.sha.Ma'H8085;openפְּקַ֧חpe.KachH6491thineeyesעֵינֶ֖יךָ'ei.Nei.khaH5869, OLORDיְהוָ֛הYah.wehH3068, andseeוּרְאֵ֑הu.re.'EhH7200: andhearוּשְׁמַ֗עu.she.Ma'H8085thewordsדִּבְרֵ֣יdiv.ReiH1697ofSennacheribסַנְחֵרִ֔יבsan.che.RivH5576, wherewith he hathsentשְׁלָח֔וֹshe.la.ChoH7971him toreproachלְחָרֵ֖ףle.cha.RefH2778thelivingחָֽי׃ChaiH2416Godאֱלֹהִ֥ים'E.lo.HimH430.

17Of atruthאָמְנָ֖ם'a.me.NamH551,LORDיְהוָ֑הYah.wehH3068, thekingsמַלְכֵ֥יmal.KheiH4428ofAssyriaאַשּׁ֛וּר'a.ShurH804have laid waste thenationsהַגּוֹיִ֖םha.go.YimH1471and theirlandsאַרְצָֽם׃'ar.TzamH776,

18and havecastוְנָתְנ֥וּve.na.te.NuH5414theirgodsאֱלֹהֵיהֶ֖ם'e.lo.hei.HemH430intoH3027thefireבָּאֵ֑שׁba.'EshH784: for they werenoלֹ֨אlo'H3808godsאֱלֹהִ֜ים'E.lo.HimH430, but theworkמַעֲשֵׂ֧הma.'a.SehH4639ofmen’sאָדָ֛ם'a.DamH120handsיְדֵֽי־ye.dei-H3027,woodעֵ֥ץ'etzH6086andstoneוָאֶ֖בֶןva.'E.venH68; therefore they havedestroyedוַֽיְאַבְּדֽוּם׃Vay.'a.be.DumH6them.

19Nowוְעַתָּה֙ve.'a.TahH6258therefore, OLORDיְהוָ֣הYah.wehH3068ourGodאֱלֹהֵ֔ינוּ'e.lo.Hei.nuH430,saveהוֹשִׁיעֵ֥נוּho.shi.'E.nuH3467thouusH4994, IbeseechH4994thee,outH3045of hishandמִיָּד֑וֹmi.ya.DoH3027, thatallכָּל־kol-H3605thekingdomsמַמְלְכ֣וֹתmam.le.KhotH4467of theearthהָאָ֔רֶץha.'A.retzH776mayknowוְיֵֽדְעוּ֙ve.ye.de.'UH3045that thou art theLORDיְהוָ֥הYah.wehH3068Godאֱלֹהִ֖ים'E.lo.HimH430,evenכִּ֥יkiH3588thouonlyלְבַדֶּֽךָ׃ סle.va.De.khaH905.

20ThenIsaiahיְשַֽׁעְיָ֣הוּye.sha'.Ya.huH3470thesonבֶן־ven-H1121ofAmozאָמ֔וֹץ'a.MotzH531sentוַיִּשְׁלַח֙vai.yish.LachH7971toHezekiahחִזְקִיָּ֖הוּchiz.ki.Ya.huH2396,sayingH559,Thusכֹּֽה־koh-H3541saith theLORDיְהוָה֙Yah.wehH3068, theGodאֱלֹהֵ֣י'e.lo.HeiH430ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֔לYis.ra.'ElH3478, Whereas thou hastprayedהִתְפַּלַּ֧לְתָּhit.pa.Lal.taH6419tomeH413againstH413Sennacheribסַנְחֵרִ֥בsan.che.RivH5576kingמֶֽלֶךְ־Me.lekh-H4428ofAssyriaאַשּׁ֖וּר'a.ShurH804, I haveheardשָׁמָֽעְתִּי׃sha.Ma.'e.tiH8085thee.

21This is thewordהַדָּבָ֔רha.da.VarH1697that theLORDיְהוָ֖הYah.wehH3068hathspokenדִּבֶּ֥רdi.BerH1696concerning him: Thevirginבְּתוּלַת֙be.tu.LatH1330daughterבַּת־bat-H1323ofZionצִיּ֔וֹןtzi.YonH6726hathdespisedבָּזָ֨הba.ZahH959thee and laughed thee to scorn; thedaughterבַּ֖תbatH1323ofJerusalemיְרוּשָׁלִָֽם׃ye.ru.sha.LimH3389hathshakenהֵנִ֔יעָהhe.Ni.'ahH5128herעָלָ֑יו'a.LavH5921headרֹ֣אשׁroshH7218at thee.

22Whomמִ֤יmiH4310hast thou reproached andblasphemedוְגִדַּ֔פְתָּve.gi.Daf.taH1442? andagainstוְעַל־ve.'al-H5921whomמִ֖יmiH4310hast thouexaltedהֲרִימ֣וֹתָha.ri.Mo.taH7311thyvoiceקּ֑וֹלKolH6963andliftedוַתִּשָּׂ֥אva.ti.Sa'H5375upH5375thineeyesעֵינֶ֖יךָ'ei.Nei.khaH5869onhighמָר֛וֹםma.RomH4791?evenאֶת־'et-H853againstעַל־'al-H5921theHolyקְד֥וֹשׁke.Do.oshH6918One ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃Yis.ra.'ElH3478.

23By thymessengersמַלְאָכֶיךָ֮mal.'a.khei.KhaH4397thou hast reproached theLordאֲדֹנָי֒'a.do.NaiH136, and hastsaidוַתֹּ֗אמֶרva.To.merH559, With the multitude of mychariotsרִכְבִּ֛יrikh.BiH7393am IcomeH935upעָלִ֛יתִי'a.Li.tiH5927to theheightקוֹמַ֤תko.MatH6967of themountainsהָרִ֖יםha.RimH2022, to theinnermostH3411partsיַרְכְּתֵ֣יyar.ke.TeiH3411ofLebanonלְבָנ֑וֹןle.va.NonH3844; and I willcutוְאֶכְרֹ֞תve.'ekh.RotH3772downH3772thetallH6967cedarsאֲרָזָיו֙'a.ra.ZavH730thereof, and thechoiceH4005firH1265treesH1265thereof: and I willenterH935intoH935hisfarthestקִצּ֔וֹki.TzoH7093lodgingH4411placeמְל֣וֹןme.LonH4411, theforestיַ֖עַרYa.'arH3293of hisfruitfulH3759fieldH3759.

24I have digged anddrunkוְשָׁתִ֖יתִיve.sha.Ti.tiH8354strangeזָרִ֑יםza.RimH2114watersמַ֣יִםMa.yimH4325, and with thesoleבְּכַף־be.khaf-H3709of myfeetפְּעָמַ֔יpe.'a.MaiH6471will Idryוְאַחְרִב֙ve.'ach.RivH2717upH8354allכֹּ֖לkolH3605theriversיְאֹרֵ֥יye.'o.ReiH2975ofEgyptמָצֽוֹר׃ma.TzorH4693.

25Hast thounotהֲלֹֽא־ha.lo'-H3808heardשָׁמַ֤עְתָּsha.Ma'.taH8085howH6213I havedoneH6213itlongH3117agoלְמֵֽרָחוֹק֙le.me.ra.chOkH7350, andformedוִֽיצַרְתִּ֑יהָvi.tzar.Ti.haH3335it of ancienttimesH3117?nowעַתָּ֣ה'a.TahH6258have IbroughtH935it topassH935, that thou shouldest be tolayוּתְהִ֗יu.te.HiH1961waste fencedcitiesעָרִ֥ים'a.RimH5892intoH935ruinousheapsגַּלִּ֥יםga.LimH1530.

26Therefore theirinhabitantsוְיֹֽשְׁבֵיהֶן֙ve.yo.she.vei.HenH3427were of smallpowerיָ֔דYadH3027, they weredismayedחַ֖תּוּCha.tuH2865andconfoundedוַיֵּבֹ֑שׁוּvai.ye.Vo.shuH954; they were as thegrassחֲצִ֣ירcha.TzirH2682of thefieldשָׂדֶה֙sa.DehH7704, and as thegreenוִ֣ירַקVi.rakH3419herbעֵ֤שֶׂב'E.sevH6212, as thegrassH2682on thehousetopsגַּגּ֔וֹתga.goytH1406, and as corn blastedbeforeלִפְנֵ֥יlif.NeiH6440it begrownקָמָֽה׃ka.MahH7054upהָי֞וּha.YuH1961.

27But Iknowיָדָ֑עְתִּיya.Da.'e.tiH3045thysittingH3427downוְשִׁבְתְּךָ֛ve.shiv.te.KhaH3427, and thygoingH3318outH3318, and thycomingוּבֹאֲךָ֖u.vo.'a.KhaH935in, and thyragingהִֽתְרַגֶּזְךָ֥hit.ra.gez.KhaH7264againstH413meH413.

28Becauseיַ֚עַןYa.'anH3282of thyragingהִתְרַגֶּזְךָ֣hit.ra.gez.KhaH7264againstH413meH413, and for that thine arrogancy iscomeבָּ֥אתָBa.taH935upעָלָ֣ה'a.LahH5927intoH413mineearsבְאָזְנָ֑יve.'a.ze.NaiH241, therefore will Iputוְשַׂמְתִּ֨יve.sam.TiH7760myhookחַחִ֜יcha.ChiH2397in thynoseבְּאַפֶּ֗ךָbe.'a.Pe.khaH639, and mybridleוּמִתְגִּי֙u.mit.GiH4964in thylipsבִּשְׂפָתֶ֔יךָbis.fa.Tei.khaH8193, and I willturnH7725theebackוַהֲשִׁ֣בֹתִ֔יךָva.ha.Shi.vo.Ti.khaH7725by thewayבַּדֶּ֖רֶךְba.De.rekhH1870bywhichאֲשֶׁר־'a.Sher-H834thou camest.

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