strkjv@Isaiah:37:1
@ 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 the
LORD
.
strkjv@Isaiah:37:2
@ 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
.
strkjv@Isaiah:37:3
@ And they
said
unto him, Thus
saith
Hezekiah
, This
day
is a
day
of
trouble
, and of
rebuke
, and of
blasphemy
n@: for the
children
are
come
to the
birth
, and there is not
strength
to bring
forth
.
strkjv@Isaiah:37:4
@ It may be the
LORD
thy
God
will
hear
the
words
of
Rabshakeh
, whom the
king
of
Assyria
his
master
hath
sent
to
reproach
the
living
God
, and will
reprove
the
words
which the
LORD
thy
God
hath
heard
: wherefore lift
up
thy
prayer
for the
remnant
that is
left
.
strkjv@Isaiah:37:5
@ So the
servants
of
king
Hezekiah
came
to
Isaiah
Y@.
strkjv@Isaiah:37:6
@ And
Isaiah
said
unto them, Thus shall ye
say
unto your
master
, Thus
saith
the
LORD
, Be not
afraid
of
the
words
that thou hast
heard
, wherewith the
servants
of the
king
of
Assyria
have
blasphemed
me.
strkjv@Isaiah:37:7
@ Behold, I will
send
a
blast
upon him, and he shall
hear
a
rumour
sh@, and
return
to his own
land
; and I will cause him to
fall
by the
sword
in his own
land
.
strkjv@Isaiah:37:8
@ So
Rabshakeh
returned
, and
found
the
king
of
Assyria
warring
against
Libnah
: for he had
heard
that he was
departed
from
Lachish
.
strkjv@Isaiah:37:9
@ And he
heard
say
concerning
Tirhakah
king
of
Ethiopia
, He is come
forth
to make
war
with thee. And when he
heard
it, he
sent
messengers
to
Hezekiah
,
saying
,
strkjv@Isaiah:37:10
@ 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
.
strkjv@Isaiah:37:11
@ Behold, thou hast
heard
what the
kings
of
Assyria
have
done
to all
lands
by destroying them
utterly
; and shalt thou be
delivered
?
strkjv@Isaiah:37:12
@ Have the
gods
of the
nations
delivered
them which my
fathers
have
destroyed
, as
Gozan
, and
Haran
, and
Rezeph
, and the
children
of
Eden
which were in
Telassar
T@?
strkjv@Isaiah:37:13
@ Where is the
king
of
Hamath
, and the
king
of
Arphad
, and the
king
of the
city
of
Sepharvaim
,
Hena
, and
Ivah
?
strkjv@Isaiah:37:14
@ And
Hezekiah
received
the
letter
from the
hand
of the
messengers
, and
read
it: and
Hezekiah
went
up
unto the
house
of the
LORD
, and
spread
it
before
the
LORD
.
strkjv@Isaiah:37:15
@ And
Hezekiah
prayed
unto the
LORD
,
saying
,
strkjv@Isaiah:37:16
@ O
LORD
of
hosts
,
God
of
Israel
, that
dwellest
between the
cherubims
, thou art the
God
, even thou alone, of all the
kingdoms
of the
earth
: thou hast
made
heaven
and
earth
.
strkjv@Isaiah:37:17
@
Incline
thine
ear
, O
LORD
, and
hear
;
open
thine
eyes
, O
LORD
, and
see
: and
hear
all the
words
of
Sennacherib
, which hath
sent
to
reproach
the
living
God
.
strkjv@Isaiah:37:18
@ Of a
truth
,
LORD
, the
kings
of
Assyria
have laid
waste
all the
nations
, and their
countries
,
strkjv@Isaiah:37:19
@ 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.
strkjv@Isaiah:37:20
@ Now therefore, O
LORD
our
God
,
save
us from his
hand
, that all the
kingdoms
of the
earth
may
know
that thou art the
LORD
, even thou only.
strkjv@Isaiah:37:21
@ Then
Isaiah
the
son
of
Amoz
sent
unto
Hezekiah
,
saying
, Thus
saith
the
LORD
God
of
Israel
, Whereas thou hast
prayed
to me against
Sennacherib
king
of
Assyria
:
strkjv@Isaiah:37:22
@ This is the
word
which the
LORD
hath
spoken
concerning him; The
virgin
, the
daughter
of
Zion
, hath
despised
thee, and laughed thee to scorn;
the
daughter
of
Jerusalem
hath
shaken
her
head
at
thee
.
strkjv@Isaiah:37:23
@ Whom hast thou
reproached
and
blasphemed
? and against whom hast thou
exalted
thy
voice
, and lifted
up
thine
eyes
on
high
? even against the Holy
One
of
Israel
.
strkjv@Isaiah:37:24
@
By
thy
servants
hast thou
reproached
the
Lord
, and hast
said
, By the
multitude
of my
chariots
am I come
up
to the
height
of the
mountains
, to the
sides
of
Lebanon
; and I will cut
down
the
tall
cedars
thereof, and the
choice
fir
trees
thereof: and I will
enter
into the
height
of his
border
, and the
forest
of his
Carmel
.
strkjv@Isaiah:37:25
@ I have
digged
, and
drunk
water
; and with the
sole
of my
feet
have I dried
up
all the
rivers
of the besieged
places
.
strkjv@Isaiah:37:26
@ Hast thou not
heard
long
ago
, how I have
done
it; and of
ancient
times
, that I have
formed
it? now have I
brought
it to pass, that thou shouldest be to lay
waste
defenced
cities
into
ruinous
heaps
.
strkjv@Isaiah:37:27
@ 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 corn
blasted
before
it be grown
up
.
strkjv@Isaiah:37:28
@ But I
know
thy
abode
, and thy going
out
, and thy coming
in
, and thy
rage
against me.
strkjv@Isaiah:37:29
@ Because thy
rage
against me, and thy
tumult
, 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
.
strkjv@Isaiah:37:30
@ And this shall be a
sign
unto thee, Ye shall
eat
this
year
such as
groweth
of itself; and 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.
strkjv@Isaiah:37:31
@ And the
remnant
that is
escaped
of the
house
of
Judah
shall
again
take
root
downward
, and
bear
fruit
upward
:
strkjv@Isaiah:37:32
@ For out of
Jerusalem
shall go
forth
a
remnant
sh@, and they that
escape
out of
mount
Zion
: the
zeal
of the
LORD
of
hosts
shall
do
this.
strkjv@Isaiah:37:33
@ Therefore thus
saith
the
LORD
concerning the
king
of
Assyria
, He shall not
come
into this
city
, nor
shoot
an
arrow
there, nor come
before
it with
shields
, nor
cast
a
bank
against it.
strkjv@Isaiah:37:34
@ By the
way
that he
came
, by the same shall he
return
, and shall not
come
into this
city
,
saith
the
LORD
.
strkjv@Isaiah:37:35
@ For I will
defend
this
city
to
save
it for mine own sake, and for my
servant
Davids
sake.
strkjv@Isaiah:37:36
@ Then the
angel
of the
LORD
went
forth
, and
smote
in the
camp
of the
Assyrians
a
hundred
and
fourscore
and
five
thousand
: and when they arose
early
in the
morning
, behold, they were all
dead
corpses
.
strkjv@Isaiah:37:37
@ So
Sennacherib
king
of
Assyria
departed
, and
went
and
returned
, and
dwelt
at
Nineveh
.
strkjv@Isaiah:37:38
@ 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
Armenia
: and
Esarhaddon
Ecar- his
son
reigned
in his stead.
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