Holy Bible
(King James Version)
Isaiah:
Chapter 36
1. NOW it came
to pass in the fourteenth year of king Hez-e-ki-ah, that Sen-nach-er-ib
king of Assyria came up against all the defenced cities of Judah, and
took them.
2. And the king of Assyria sent Rab-sha-keh from La-chish to Jerusalem
unto king Hez-e-ki-ah with a great army. And he stood by the
conduit of the upper pool in the highway of the fuller's field.
3. Then came forth unto him E-li-a-kim, Hil-ki-ah's son, which was over
the house, and Shebna the scribe, and Jo-ah, A-saph's son, the recorder.
4. And Rab-sha-keh said unto them, Say ye now to Hez-e-ki-ah, Thus saith
the great king, the king of Assyria, What confidence is this wherein
thou trustest?
5. I say, sayest thou, (but they are but vain words) I have counsel and
strength for war: now on whom dost thou trust, that thou rebellest
against me?
6. Lo, thou trustest in the staff of this broken reed, on Egypt; whereon
if a man lean, it will go into his hand, and pierce it: so is Phar-aoh
king of Egypt to all that trust in him.
7. But if thou say to me, We trust in the LORD our God: is it not he,
whose high places and whose altars Hez-e-ki-ah hath taken away, and said
to Judah and to Jerusalem, Ye shall worship before this altar?
8. Now therefore give pledges, I pray thee, to my master the king of
Assyria, and I will give thee two thousand horses, if thou be able on
thy part to set riders upon them.
9. How then wilt thou turn away the face of one captain of the least of
my master's servants, and put thy trust on Egypt for chariots and for
horsemen?
10. And am I now come up without the LORD against this land to destroy
it? the LORD said unto me, Go up against this land, and destroy it.
11. Then said E-li-a-kim and Shebna and Jo-ah unto Rab-sha-keh, Speak, I
pray thee, unto thy servants in the Syrian language; for we understand
it: and speak not to us in the Jews' language, in the ears of the people
that are on the wall.
12. But Rab-sha-keh said, Hath my master sent me to thy master and to
thee to speak these words? hath he not sent me to the men that sit upon
the wall, that they may eat their own dung, and drink their own piss
with you?
13. Then Rab-sha-keh stood, and cried with a loud voice in the Jews'
language, and said, Hear ye the words of the great king, the king of
Assyria.
14. Thus saith the king, Let not Hez-e-ki-ah deceive you: for he shall
not be able to deliver you.
15. Neither let Hez-e-ki-ah make you trust in the LORD, saying, The LORD
will surely deliver us: this city shall not be delivered into the hand
of the king of Assyria.
16. Hearken not to Hez-e-ki-ah: for thus saith the king of Assyria, Make
an agreement with me by a present, and come out to me: and eat ye every
one of his vine, and every one of his fig tree, and drink ye every one
the waters of his own cistern;
17. Until I come and take you away to a land like your own land, a land
of corn and wine, a land of bread and vineyards.
18. Beware lest Hez-e-ki-ah persuade you, saying, The LORD will deliver
us. Hath any of the gods of the nations delivered his land out of
the hand of the king of Assyria?
19. Where are the gods of Ha-math and Ar-phad? where are the gods of Se-phar-va-im?
and have they delivered Samaria out of my hand?
20. Who are they among all the gods of these lands, that have delivered
their land out of my hand, that the LORD should deliver Jerusalem out of
my hand?
21. But they held their peace, and answered him not a word: for the
king's commandment was, saying, Answer him not.
22. Then came E-li-a-kim, the son of Hil-ki-ah, that was over the
household, and Shebna the scribe, and Jo-ah, the son of A-saph, the
recorder, to Hez-e-ki-ah with their clothes rent, and told him the words
of Rab-sha-keh.
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