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2 Kings 18:19-25

19AndRabshakehH7262saidוַיֹּ֤אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559to them,Speakאִמְרוּ־'im.ru-H559ye now toHezekiahחִזְקִיָּ֑הוּchiz.ki.Ya.huH2396, Thussaithאָמַ֞ר'a.MarH559thegreatהַגָּדוֹל֙ha.ga.dOlH1419kingהַמֶּ֤לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428, thekingמֶ֣לֶךְMe.lekhH4428ofAssyriaאַשּׁ֔וּר'a.ShurH804, Whatconfidenceהַבִּטָּח֛וֹןha.bi.ta.ChonH986is this in which thoutrustestבָּטָֽחְתָּ׃ba.Ta.che.taH982?

20Thousayestאָמַ֙רְתָּ֙'a.Mar.taH559, (but they are butvainשְׂפָתַ֔יִםse.fa.Ta.yimH8193wordsדְּבַר־de.var-H1697,) I havecounselעֵצָ֥ה'e.TzahH6098andstrengthוּגְבוּרָ֖הu.ge.vu.RahH1369for thewarלַמִּלְחָמָ֑הla.mil.cha.MahH4421. Now in whom dost thoutrustבָטַ֔חְתָּva.Tach.taH982, that thourebellestמָרַ֖דְתָּma.Rad.taH4775against me?

21Now, behold, thoutrustestבָטַ֣חְתָּva.Tach.taH982upon thestaffמִשְׁעֶנֶת֩mish.'e.NetH4938of thisbruisedהָרָצ֤וּץha.ra.TzutzH7533reedהַקָּנֶ֨הha.ka.NehH7070, even uponEgyptמִצְרַ֔יִםmitz.Ra.yimH4714, on which if amanאִישׁ֙'ishH376leanethיִסָּמֵ֥ךְyi.sa.MekhH5564, it willgoוּבָ֥אu.Va'H935into hishandבְכַפּ֖וֹve.kha.PoH3709, andpierceוּנְקָבָ֑הּu.ne.ka.VahH5344it: so isPharaohפַּרְעֹ֣הpar.'OhH6547kingמֶֽלֶךְ־Me.lekh-H4428ofEgyptמִצְרַ֔יִםmitz.Ra.yimH4714to all thattrustהַבֹּטְחִ֖יםha.bo.te.ChimH982on him.

22But if yesayתֹאמְר֣וּןtom.RunH559to me, Wetrustבָּטָ֑חְנוּba.Ta.che.nuH982in theLORDיְהוָ֥הYah.wehH3068ourGodאֱלֹהֵ֖ינוּ'e.lo.Hei.nuH430: is not that he, whose highplacesבָּמֹתָ֣יוba.mo.TavH1116and whosealtarsמִזְבְּחֹתָ֔יוmiz.be.cho.TavH4196Hezekiahחִזְקִיָּ֙הוּ֙chiz.ki.Ya.huH2396hath takenawayהֵסִ֤ירhe.SirH5493, and hathsaidוַיֹּ֤אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559toJudahלִֽיהוּדָה֙li.hu.DahH3063andJerusalemוְלִיר֣וּשָׁלִַ֔םve.li.Ru.sha.LimH3389, Ye shallworshipתִּֽשְׁתַּחֲו֖וּtish.ta.cha.VuH7812beforeלִפְנֵי֙lif.NeiH6440thisaltarהַמִּזְבֵּ֣חַha.miz.Be.achH4196inJerusalemבִּירוּשָׁלִָֽם׃bi.ru.sha.LimH3389?

23Now therefore, I pray thee, givepledgesהִתְעָ֣רֶבhit.'A.revH6148to mylordאֲדֹנִ֖י'a.do.NiH113thekingמֶ֣לֶךְMe.lekhH4428ofAssyriaאַשּׁ֑וּר'a.ShurH804, and I willdeliverוְאֶתְּנָ֤הve.'e.te.NahH5414thee twothousandאַלְפַּ֣יִם'al.Pa.yimH505horsesסוּסִ֔יםsu.SimH5483, if thou shalt beableתּוּכַ֕לtu.KhalH3201on thy part tosetלָ֥תֶתLa.tetH5414ridersרֹכְבִ֥יםro.khe.VimH7392upon them.

24How then wilt thou turnawayתָּשִׁ֗יבta.ShivH7725thefaceפְּנֵ֨יpe.NeiH6440ofoneאַחַ֛ד'a.ChadH259captainפַחַ֥תfa.ChatH6346of theleastהַקְּטַנִּ֑יםha.ke.ta.NimH6996of mymaster’sאֲדֹנִ֖י'a.do.NiH113servantsעַבְדֵ֥י'av.DeiH5650, and put thytrustוַתִּבְטַ֤חva.tiv.TachH982onEgyptמִצְרַ֔יִםmitz.Ra.yimH4714forchariotsלְרֶ֖כֶבle.Re.khevH7393and forhorsemenוּלְפָרָשִֽׁים׃u.le.fa.ra.ShimH6571?

25Have I now comeupעָלִ֛יתִי'a.Li.tiH5927withoutהֲמִבַּלְעֲדֵ֣יha.mi.bal.'a.DeiH1107theLORDיְהוָ֔הYah.wehH3068against thisplaceהַמָּק֥וֹםha.ma.KomH4725todestroyלְהַשְׁחִת֑וֹle.hash.chi.ToH7843it? TheLORDיְהוָה֙Yah.wehH3068saidאָמַ֣ר'a.MarH559to me, Goupעֲלֵ֛ה'a.LehH5927against thislandהָאָ֥רֶץha.'A.retzH776, anddestroyוְהַשְׁחִיתָֽהּ׃ve.hash.chi.TahH7843it.

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