lesserot - 2Kings:18:17-37

lesserot@2Kings:18:17 @ And the king of Assyria sent Tharthan and Rubsariss and Rabshakeh from Lachish to king Hezekiah with a strong army against Jerusalem. And they went up and came to Jerusalem; and when they were come up, they came and halted by the aqueduct of the upper pool, which is on the highway of the washers field.

lesserot@2Kings:18:18 @ And they called for the king, when there came out to them Elyakim the son of Chilkiyahu, who was superintendent over the house, and Shebnah the scribe, and Yoach the son of Assaph the recorder.

lesserot@2Kings:18:19 @ And Rabshakeh said unto them, Say ye now to Hezekiah, Thus hath said the great king, the king of Assyria, What confidence is this wherewith thou hast trusted?

lesserot@2Kings:18:20 @ Thou saidst, but it was only a word uttered with the lips, counsel and strength for the war. Now on whom didst thou trust, that thou rebelledst against me?

lesserot@2Kings:18:21 @ Now, behold, thou trustedst thee upon yon cracked reedstaff, upon Egypt, which, if a man lean on it, will enter into his hand, and pierce it: so is Pharaoh the king of Egypt unto all that trust on him.

lesserot@2Kings:18:22 @ But if ye should say unto me, In the Lord our God have we trusted: is he not the one whose highplaces and whose altars Hezekiah hath removed, when he said to Judah and to Jerusalem, Before this altar shall ye prostrate yourselves in Jerusalem?

lesserot@2Kings:18:23 @ And now, I pray thee, enter into a contest with 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.

lesserot@2Kings:18:24 @ How then wilt thou turn back the face of a single chieftain among the least of my masters servants, while thou hast put thy trust on Egypt for chariots and for horsemen!

lesserot@2Kings:18:25 @ Now am I come up without the Lord against this place to destroy it? The Lord hath said to me, Go up against this land, and destroy it.

lesserot@2Kings:18:26 @ Then said Elyakim the son of Chilkiyahu, and Shebnah, and Yoach, unto Rabshakeh, Speak, we pray thee, to thy servants in the Syrian language; for we understand it: and speak not with us in the Jewish language before the ears of the people that are on the wall.

lesserot@2Kings:18:27 @ But Rabshakeh said unto them, Hath my master then sent me to thy master, and to thee, to speak these words? is it not rather to the men who sit on the wall, that they may eat their own excrement, and drink their own urine with you?

lesserot@2Kings:18:28 @ Then stood Rabshakeh up and called out with a loud voice in the Jewish language, and spoke, and said, Hear ye the word of the great king, the king of Assyria:

lesserot@2Kings:18:29 @ Thus hath said the king. Let not Hezekiah deceive you; for he will not be able to deliver you out of his hand;

lesserot@2Kings:18:30 @ Neither let Hezekiah induce you to trust in the Lord, saying, The Lord will surely deliver us, and this city will not be given up into the hand of the king of Assyria:

lesserot@2Kings:18:31 @ Hearken not to Hezekiah; for thus hath said the king of Assyria, Make a treaty of peace with me, and come out to me, and eat ye every man of his own vine, and every man of his figtree, and drink ye every man the waters of his cistern;

lesserot@2Kings:18:32 @ 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, a land of oilolive trees, and of honey, that ye may live, and not die; and hearken not unto Hezekiah; for he will mislead you, saying, The Lord will deliver us.

lesserot@2Kings:18:33 @ Have the gods of the nations delivered in anywise each his land out of the hand of the king of Assyria?

lesserot@2Kings:18:34 @ Where are the gods of Chamath, and of Arpad? where are the gods of Sepharvayim, Hena, and Ivvah? have they then delivered Samaria out of my hand?

lesserot@2Kings:18:35 @ Who are they among all the gods of the countries, that have delivered their country out of my hand, that the Lord should deliver Jerusalem out of my hand?

lesserot@2Kings:18:36 @ But the people remained silent, and answered him not a word; for it was the kings command, saying, Ye shall not answer him.

lesserot@2Kings:18:37 @ Then came Elyakim the son of Chilkiyah, who was superintendent over the house, and Shebnah the scribe, and Yoach the son of Assaph the recorder, to Hezekiah with their clothes rent; and they told unto him the words of Rabshakeh.