Revised Version 1895

2 Kings 19:8-22

8SoH7725RabshakehH7262returnedוַיָּ֙שָׁב֙vai.Ya.shovH7725, andfoundוַיִּמְצָא֙vai.yim.Tza'H4672thekingמֶ֣לֶךְMe.lekhH4428ofAssyriaאַשּׁ֔וּר'a.ShurH804warringagainstעַל־'al-H5921Libnahלִבְנָ֑הliv.NahH3841: for he hadheardשָׁמַ֔עsha.Ma'H8085that he wasdepartedנָסַ֖עna.Sa'H5265fromLachishמִלָּכִֽישׁ׃mi.la.KhishH3923.

9And when heheardוַיִּשְׁמַ֗עvai.yish.Ma'H8085sayלֵאמֹ֔רle.MorH559ofTirhakahתִּרְהָ֤קָהtir.Ha.kahH8640kingמֶֽלֶך־Me.lekh-H4428ofEthiopiaכּוּשׁ֙kushH3568,Beholdהִנֵּ֥הhi.NehH2009, he iscomeיָצָ֖אya.Tza'H3318outH3318tofightלְהִלָּחֵ֣םle.hi.la.ChemH3898againstH413thee: hesentוַיִּשְׁלַ֣חvai.yish.LachH7971messengersמַלְאָכִ֔יםmal.'a.KhimH4397againוַיָּ֙שָׁב֙vai.Ya.shovH7725untoHezekiahחִזְקִיָּ֖הוּchiz.ki.Ya.huH2396,sayingלֵאמֹֽר׃le.MorH559,

10Thusכֹּ֣הkohH3541shall yespeakתֹאמְר֗וּןtom.RunH559toHezekiahחִזְקִיָּ֤הוּchiz.ki.Ya.huH2396kingמֶֽלֶךְ־Me.lekh-H4428ofJudahיְהוּדָה֙ye.hu.DahH3063,sayingלֵאמֹ֔רle.MorH559,LetH5414notH3808thyGodאֱלֹהֶ֔יךָ'e.lo.Hei.khaH430inwhomאֲשֶׁ֥ר'a.SherH834thou trustestdeceiveיַשִּׁאֲךָ֣ya.shi.'a.KhaH5377thee,sayingלֵאמֹ֑רle.MorH559,Jerusalemיְר֣וּשָׁלִַ֔םye.Ru.sha.LimH3389shallnotH3808begivenH5414intoאֶל־'el-H413thehandבְּיַ֖דbe.YadH3027of thekingמֶ֥לֶךְMe.lekhH4428ofAssyriaאַשּֽׁוּר׃'a.ShurH804.

11Beholdהִנֵּ֣ה׀hi.NehH2009, thou hastheardשָׁמַ֗עְתָּsha.Ma'.taH8085whatאֲשֶׁ֨ר'a.SherH834thekingsמַלְכֵ֥יmal.KheiH4428ofAssyriaאַשּׁ֛וּר'a.ShurH804havedoneעָשׂ֜וּ'a.SuH6213toallלְכָל־le.kholH3605landsהָאֲרָצ֖וֹתha.'a.ra.TzotH776, by destroying them utterly: and shalt thou bedeliveredתִּנָּצֵֽל׃ti.na.TzelH5337?

12Have thegodsאֱלֹהֵ֤י'e.lo.HeiH430of thenationsהַגּוֹיִם֙ha.go.YimH1471deliveredהַהִצִּ֨ילוּha.hi.Tzi.luH5337them,whichאֲשֶׁ֣ר'a.SherH834myfathersאֲבוֹתַ֔י'a.vo.TaiH1havedestroyedשִׁחֲת֣וּshi.cha.TuH7843,Gozanגּוֹזָ֖ןgo.ZanH1470, andHaranחָרָ֑ןcha.RanH2771, andRezephוְרֶ֥צֶףve.Re.tzefH7530, and thechildrenוּבְנֵי־u.ve.nei-H1121of Edomwhichאֲשֶׁ֥ר'a.SherH834were inTelassarבִּתְלַאשָּֽׂר׃bit.la.SarH8515?

13Whereאַיּ֤וֹ'ai.YoH335is thekingמֶֽלֶךְ־Me.lekh-H4428ofHamathחֲמָת֙cha.MatH2574, and thekingוּמֶ֣לֶךְu.Me.lekhH4428ofArpadאַרְפָּ֔ד'ar.PadH774, and thekingוּמֶ֖לֶךְu.Me.lekhH4428of thecityלָעִ֣ירla.'IrH5892ofSepharvaimסְפַרְוָ֑יִםse.far.Va.yimH5617, ofHenaהֵנַ֖עhe.Na'H2012, andIvvahוְעִוָּֽה׃ve.'i.VahH5755?

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.

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