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1. And it came to pass, when king Hezekiah heard it, that he rent his clothes, and covered himself with sackcloth, and went into the house of Jehovah.
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1. And it came to pass H1961 , when king H4428 Hezekiah H2396 heard H8085 it , that he rent H7167 H853 his clothes H899 , and covered himself H3680 with sackcloth H8242 , and went H935 into the house H1004 of the LORD H3068 .
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2. And he sent Eliakim, who was over the household, and Shebna the scribe, and the elders of the priests, covered with sackcloth, unto Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz.
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2. And he sent H7971 H853 Eliakim H471 , who H834 was over H5921 the household H1004 , and Shebna H7644 the scribe H5608 , and the elders H2205 of the priests H3548 covered H3680 with sackcloth H8242 , unto H413 Isaiah H3470 the prophet H5030 the son H1121 of Amoz H531 .
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3. And they said unto him, Thus saith Hezekiah, This day is a day of trouble, and of rebuke, and of contumely; for the children are come to the birth, and there is not strength to bring forth.
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3. And they said H559 unto H413 him, Thus H3541 saith H559 Hezekiah H2396 , This H2088 day H3117 is a day H3117 of trouble H6869 , and of rebuke H8433 , and of blasphemy H5007 : for H3588 the children H1121 are come H935 to H5704 the birth H4866 , and there is not H369 strength H3581 to bring forth H3205 .
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4. It may be Jehovah thy God will hear the words of Rabshakeh, whom the king of Assyria his master hath sent to defy the living God, and will rebuke the words which Jehovah thy God hath heard: wherefore lift up thy prayer for the remnant that is left.
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4. It may be H194 the LORD H3068 thy God H430 will hear H8085 H853 the words H1697 of Rab H7262 -shakeh, whom H834 the king H4428 of Assyria H804 his master H113 hath sent H7971 to reproach H2778 the living H2416 God H430 , and will reprove H3198 the words H1697 which H834 the LORD H3068 thy God H430 hath heard H8085 : wherefore lift up H5375 thy prayer H8605 for H1157 the remnant H7611 that is left H4672 .
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5. So the servants of king Hezekiah came to Isaiah.
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5. So the servants H5650 of king H4428 Hezekiah H2396 came H935 to H413 Isaiah H3470 .
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6. And Isaiah said unto them, Thus shall ye say to your master, Thus saith Jehovah, Be not afraid of the words that thou hast heard, wherewith the servants of the king of Assyria have blasphemed me.
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6. And Isaiah H3470 said H559 unto H413 them, Thus H3541 shall ye say H559 unto H413 your master H113 , Thus H3541 saith H559 the LORD H3068 , Be not afraid H3372 H408 of H4480 H6440 the words H1697 that H834 thou hast heard H8085 , wherewith H834 the servants H5288 of the king H4428 of Assyria H804 have blasphemed H1442 me.
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7. Behold, I will put a spirit in him, and he shall hear tidings, and shall return unto his own land; and I will cause him to fall by the sword in his own land.
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7. Behold H2009 , I will send H5414 a blast H7307 upon him , and he shall hear H8085 a rumor H8052 , and return H7725 to H413 his own land H776 ; and I will cause him to fall H5307 by the sword H2719 in his own land H776 .
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8. So Rabshakeh returned, and found the king of Assyria warring against Libnah; for he had heard that he was departed from Lachish.
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8. So Rab H7262 -shakeh returned H7725 , and found H4672 H853 the king H4428 of Assyria H804 warring H3898 against H5921 Libnah H3841 : for H3588 he had heard H8085 that H3588 he was departed H5265 from Lachish H4480 H3923 .
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9. And he heard say concerning Tirhakah king of Ethiopia, He is come out to fight against thee. And when he heard it, he sent messengers to Hezekiah, saying,
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9. And he heard H8085 say H559 concerning H5921 Tirhakah H8640 king H4428 of Ethiopia H3568 , He is come forth H3318 to make war H3898 with H854 thee . And when he heard H8085 it , he sent H7971 messengers H4397 to H413 Hezekiah H2396 , saying H559 ,
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10. Thus shall ye speak to Hezekiah king of Judah, saying, Let not thy God in whom thou trustest deceive thee, saying, Jerusalem shall not be given into the hand of the king of Assyria.
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10. Thus H3541 shall ye speak H559 to H413 Hezekiah H2396 king H4428 of Judah H3063 , saying H559 , Let not H408 thy God H430 , in whom H834 thou H859 trustest H982 , deceive H5377 thee, saying H559 , Jerusalem H3389 shall not H3808 be given H5414 into the hand H3027 of the king H4428 of Assyria H804 .
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11. Behold, thou hast heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all lands, by destroying them utterly: and shalt thou be delivered?
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11. Behold H2009 , thou H859 hast heard H8085 what H834 the kings H4428 of Assyria H804 have done H6213 to all H3605 lands H776 by destroying them utterly H2763 ; and shalt thou H859 be delivered H5337 ?
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12. Have the gods of the nations delivered them, which my fathers have destroyed, Gozan, and Haran, and Rezeph, and the children of Eden that were in Telassar?
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12. Have the gods H430 of the nations H1471 delivered H5337 them which H834 my fathers H1 have destroyed H7843 , as H853 Gozan H1470 , and Haran H2771 , and Rezeph H7530 , and the children H1121 of Eden H5729 which H834 were in Telassar H8515 ?
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13. Where is the king of Hamath, and the king of Arpad, and the king of the city of Sepharvaim, of Hena, and Ivvah?
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13. Where H346 is the king H4428 of Hamath H2574 , and the king H4428 of Arphad H774 , and the king H4428 of the city H5892 of Sepharvaim H5617 , Hena H2012 , and Ivah H5755 ?
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14. And Hezekiah received the letter from the hand of the messengers, and read it; and Hezekiah went up unto the house of Jehovah, and spread it before Jehovah.
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14. And Hezekiah H2396 received H3947 H853 the letter H5612 from the hand H4480 H3027 of the messengers H4397 , and read H7121 it : and Hezekiah H2396 went up H5927 unto the house H1004 of the LORD H3068 , and spread H6566 it before H6440 the LORD H3068 .
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15. And Hezekiah prayed unto Jehovah, saying,
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15. And Hezekiah H2396 prayed H6419 unto H413 the LORD H3068 , saying H559 ,
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16. O Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel, that sittest above the cherubim, thou art the God, even thou alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth; thou hast made heaven and earth.
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16. O LORD H3068 of hosts H6635 , God H430 of Israel H3478 , that dwellest H3427 between the cherubims H3742 , thou H859 art the God H430 , even thou alone H905 , of all H3605 the kingdoms H4467 of the earth H776 : thou H859 hast made H6213 H853 heaven H8064 and earth H776 .
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17. Incline thine ear, O Jehovah, and hear; open thine eyes, O Jehovah, and see; and hear all the words of Sennacherib, who hath sent to defy the living God.
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17. Incline H5186 thine ear H241 , O LORD H3068 , and hear H8085 ; open H6491 thine eyes H5869 , O LORD H3068 , and see H7200 : and hear H8085 H853 all H3605 the words H1697 of Sennacherib H5576 , which H834 hath sent H7971 to reproach H2778 the living H2416 God H430 .
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18. Of a truth, Jehovah, the kings of Assyria have laid waste all the countries, and their land,
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18. Of a truth H551 , LORD H3068 , the kings H4428 of Assyria H804 have laid waste H2717 H853 all H3605 the nations H776 , and their countries H776 ,
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19. and have cast their gods into the fire: for they were no gods, but the work of mens hands, wood and stone; therefore they have destroyed them.
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19. And have cast H5414 H853 their gods H430 into the fire H784 : for H3588 they H1992 were no H3808 gods H430 , but H3588 H518 the work H4639 of men H120 's hands H3027 , wood H6086 and stone H68 : therefore they have destroyed H6 them.
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20. Now therefore, O Jehovah our God, save us from his hand, that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that thou art Jehovah, even thou only.
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20. Now H6258 therefore , O LORD H3068 our God H430 , save H3467 us from his hand H4480 H3027 , that all H3605 the kingdoms H4467 of the earth H776 may know H3045 that H3588 thou H859 art the LORD H3068 , even thou only H905 .
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21. Then Isaiah the son of Amoz sent unto Hezekiah, saying, Thus saith Jehovah, the God of Israel, Whereas thou hast prayed to me against Sennacherib king of Assyria,
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21. Then Isaiah H3470 the son H1121 of Amoz H531 sent H7971 unto H413 Hezekiah H2396 , saying H559 , Thus H3541 saith H559 the LORD H3068 God H430 of Israel H3478 , Whereas H834 thou hast prayed H6419 to H413 me against H413 Sennacherib H5576 king H4428 of Assyria H804 :
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22. this is the word which Jehovah hath spoken concerning him: The virgin daughter of Zion hath despised thee and laughed thee to scorn; the daughter of Jerusalem hath shaken her head at thee.
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22. This H2088 is the word H1697 which H834 the LORD H3068 hath spoken H1696 concerning H5921 him ; The virgin H1330 , the daughter H1323 of Zion H6726 , hath despised H936 thee, and laughed thee to scorn H3932 ; the daughter H1323 of Jerusalem H3389 hath shaken H5128 her head H7218 at H310 thee.
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23. Whom hast thou defied and blasphemed? and against whom hast thou exalted thy voice and lifted up thine eyes on high? even against the Holy One of Israel.
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23. H853 Whom H4310 hast thou reproached H2778 and blasphemed H1442 ? and against H5921 whom H4310 hast thou exalted H7311 thy voice H6963 , and lifted up H5375 thine eyes H5869 on high H4791 ? even against H413 the Holy One H6918 of Israel H3478 .
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24. By thy servants hast thou defied the Lord, and hast said, With the multitude of my chariots am I come up to the height of the mountains, to the innermost parts of Lebanon; and I will cut down the tall cedars thereof, and the choice fir-trees thereof; and I will enter into its farthest height, the forest of its fruitful field;
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24. By H3027 thy servants H5650 hast thou reproached H2778 the Lord H136 , and hast said H559 , By the multitude H7230 of my chariots H7393 am I H589 come up H5927 to the height H4791 of the mountains H2022 , to the sides H3411 of Lebanon H3844 ; and I will cut down H3772 the tall H6967 cedars H730 thereof, and the choice H4005 fir trees H1265 thereof : and I will enter H935 into the height H4791 of his border H7093 , and the forest H3293 of his Carmel H3759 .
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25. I have digged and drunk water, and with the sole of my feet will I dry up all the rivers of Egypt.
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25. I H589 have digged H6979 , and drunk H8354 water H4325 ; and with the sole H3709 of my feet H6471 have I dried up H2717 all H3605 the rivers H2975 of the besieged places H4693 .
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26. Hast thou not heard how I have done it long ago, and formed it of ancient times? now have I brought it to pass, that it should be thine to lay waste fortified cities into ruinous heaps.
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26. Hast thou not H3808 heard H8085 long ago H4480 H7350 , how I have done H6213 it; and of ancient H6924 times H4480 H3117 , that I have formed H3335 it? now H6258 have I brought it to pass H935 , that thou shouldest be H1961 to lay waste H7582 defensed H1219 cities H5892 into ruinous H5327 heaps H1530 .
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27. Therefore their inhabitants were of small power, they were dismayed and confounded; they were as the grass of the field, and as the green herb, as the grass on the housetops, and as a field of grain before it is grown up.
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27. Therefore their inhabitants H3427 were of small H7116 power H3027 , they were dismayed H2865 and confounded H954 : they were H1961 as the grass H6212 of the field H7704 , and as the green H3419 herb H1877 , as the grass H2682 on the housetops H1406 , and as corn blasted H7711 before H6440 it be grown up H7054 .
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28. But I know thy sitting down, and thy going out, and thy coming in, and thy raging against me.
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28. But I know H3045 thy abode H3427 , and thy going out H3318 , and thy coming in H935 , and thy rage H7264 against H413 me.
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29. Because of thy raging against me, and because thine arrogancy is come up into mine ears, therefore will I put my hook in thy nose, and my bridle in thy lips, and I will turn thee back by the way by which thou camest.
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29. Because H3282 thy rage H7264 against H413 me , and thy tumult H7600 , is come up H5927 into mine ears H241 , therefore will I put H7760 my hook H2397 in thy nose H639 , and my bridle H4964 in thy lips H8193 , and I will turn thee back H7725 by the way H1870 by which H834 thou camest H935 .
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30. And this shall be the sign unto thee: ye shall eat this year that which groweth of itself, and in the second year that which springeth of the same; and in the third year sow ye, and reap, and plant vineyards, and eat the fruit thereof.
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30. And this H2088 shall be a sign H226 unto thee , Ye shall eat H398 this year H8141 such as groweth of itself H5599 ; and the second H8145 year H8141 that which springeth of the same H7823 : and in the third H7992 year H8141 sow H2232 ye , and reap H7114 , and plant H5193 vineyards H3754 , and eat H398 the fruit H6529 thereof.
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31. And the remnant that is escaped of the house of Judah shall again take root downward, and bear fruit upward.
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31. And the remnant H7604 that is escaped H6413 of the house H1004 of Judah H3063 shall again H3254 take root H8328 downward H4295 , and bear H6213 fruit H6529 upward H4605 :
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32. For out of Jerusalem shall go forth a remnant, and out of mount Zion they that shall escape. The zeal of Jehovah of hosts will perform this.
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32. For H3588 out of Jerusalem H4480 H3389 shall go forth H3318 a remnant H7611 , and they that escape H6413 out of mount H4480 H2022 Zion H6726 : the zeal H7068 of the LORD H3068 of hosts H6635 shall do H6213 this H2063 .
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33. Therefore thus saith Jehovah concerning the king of Assyria, He shall not come unto this city, nor shoot an arrow there, neither shall he come before it with shield, nor cast up a mound against it.
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33. Therefore H3651 thus H3541 saith H559 the LORD H3068 concerning H413 the king H4428 of Assyria H804 , He shall not H3808 come H935 into H413 this H2063 city H5892 , nor H3808 shoot H3384 an arrow H2671 there H8033 , nor H3808 come before H6923 it with shields H4043 , nor H3808 cast H8210 a bank H5550 against H5921 it.
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34. By the way that he came, by the same shall he return, and he shall not come unto this city, saith Jehovah.
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34. By the way H1870 that H834 he came H935 , by the same shall he return H7725 , and shall not H3808 come H935 into H413 this H2063 city H5892 , saith H5002 the LORD H3068 .
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35. For I will defend this city to save it, for mine own sake, and for my servant Davids sake.
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35. For I will defend H1598 H5921 this H2063 city H5892 to save H3467 it for mine own sake H4616 , and for my servant H5650 David H1732 's sake H4616 .
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36. And the angel of Jehovah went forth, and smote in the camp of the Assyrians a hundred and fourscore and five thousand; and when men arose early in the morning, behold, these were all dead bodies.
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36. Then the angel H4397 of the LORD H3068 went forth H3318 , and smote H5221 in the camp H4264 of the Assyrians H804 a hundred H3967 and fourscore H8084 and five H2568 thousand H505 : and when they arose early H7925 in the morning H1242 , behold H2009 , they were all H3605 dead H4191 corpses H6297 .
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37. So Sennacherib king of Assyria departed, and went and returned, and dwelt at Nineveh.
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37. So Sennacherib H5576 king H4428 of Assyria H804 departed H5265 , and went H1980 and returned H7725 , and dwelt H3427 at Nineveh H5210 .
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38. And it came to pass, as he was worshipping in the house of Nisroch his god, that Adrammelech and Sharezer his sons smote him with the sword; and they escaped into the land of Ararat. And Esar-haddon his son reigned in his stead.
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38. And it came to pass H1961 , as he H1931 was worshiping H7812 in the house H1004 of Nisroch H5268 his god H430 , that Adrammelech H152 and Sharezer H8272 his sons H1121 smote H5221 him with the sword H2719 ; and they H1992 escaped H4422 into the land H776 of Armenia H780 : and Esar H634 -haddon his son H1121 reigned H4427 in his stead H8478 .
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