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ylt @2Kings:18:17 @And the king of Asshur sendeth Tartan , and the chief of the eunuchs , and the chief of the butlers , from Lachish , unto king Hezekiah , with a heavy force , to Jerusalem , and they go up and come in to Jerusalem , and they go up , and come in and stand by the conduit of the upper pool that [is ] in the highway of the fuller 's field . ylt @2Kings:18:18 @And they call unto the king , and go out unto them doth Eliakim son of Hilkiah , who [is ] over the house , and Shebna the scribe , and Joah son of Asaph the remembrancer . ylt @2Kings:18:19 @And the chief of the butlers saith unto them , 'Say , I pray you , unto Hezekiah , Thus said the great king , the king of Asshur , What [is ] this confidence in which thou hast confided ? ylt @2Kings:18:20 @Thou hast said : Only a word of the lips ! counsel and might [are ] for battle ; now , on whom hast thou trusted that thou hast rebelled against me ? ylt @2Kings:18:21 @'Now , lo , thou hast trusted for thee on the staff of this broken reed , on Egypt ; which a man leaneth on , and it hath gone into his hand , and pierced it ! -- so [is ] Pharaoh king of Egypt to all those trusting on him . ylt @2Kings:18:22 @'And when ye say unto me , Unto Jehovah our God we have trusted , is it not He whose high places and whose altars Hezekiah hath turned aside , and saith to Judah and to Jerusalem , Before this altar do ye bow yourselves in Jerusalem ? ylt @2Kings:18:23 @'And , now , give a pledge for thee , I pray thee , to my lord the king of Asshur , and I give to thee two thousand horses , if thou art able to give for thee riders on them . ylt @2Kings:18:24 @And how dost thou turn back the face of one captain of the least of the servants of my lord , that thou dost trust for thee on Egypt for chariot , and for horsemen ? ylt @2Kings:18:25 @Now , without Jehovah have I come up against this place to destroy it ? Jehovah said unto me , Go up against this land , and thou hast destroyed it .' ylt @2Kings:18:26 @And Eliakim son of Hilkiah saith -- and Shebna , and Joah -- to the chief of the butlers , 'Speak , we pray thee , unto thy servants [in ] Aramaean , for we are understanding , and do not speak with us [in ] Jewish , in the ears of the people who [are ] on the wall .' ylt @2Kings:18:27 @And the chief of the butlers saith unto them , 'For thy lord , and unto thee , hath my lord sent me to speak these words ? is it not for the men , those sitting on the wall to eat their own dung and to drink their own water , with you ?' ylt @2Kings:18:28 @And the chief of the butlers standeth and calleth with a great voice [in ] Jewish , and speaketh and saith , 'Hear ye a word of the great king , the king of Asshur : ylt @2Kings:18:29 @thus said the king , Let not Hezekiah lift you up , for he is not able to deliver you out of his hand ; ylt @2Kings:18:30 @and let not Hezekiah make you trust unto Jehovah , saying , Jehovah doth certainly deliver us , and this city is not given into the hand of the king of Asshur . ylt @2Kings:18:31 @'Do not hearken unto Hezekiah , for thus said the king of Asshur , Make with me a blessing , and come out unto me , and eat ye each of his vine , and each of his fig-tree , and drink ye each the waters of his own well , ylt @2Kings:18:32 @till my coming in , and I have taken you unto a land like your own land , a land of corn and new wine , a land of bread and vineyards , a land of oil olive , and honey , and live , and die not ; and do not hearken unto Hezekiah , when he persuadeth you , saying , Jehovah doth deliver us . ylt @2Kings:18:33 @'Have the gods of the nations delivered at all each his land out of the hand of the king of Asshur ? ylt @2Kings:18:34 @Where [are ] the gods of Hamath and Arpad ? where the gods of Sepharvaim , Hena , and Ivvah , that they have delivered Samaria out of my hand ? ylt @2Kings:18:35 @Who [are they ] among all the gods of the lands that have delivered their land out of my hand , that Jehovah doth deliver Jerusalem out of my hand ?' ylt @2Kings:18:36 @And the people have kept silent , and have not answered him a word , for the command of the king is , saying , 'Do not answer him .' ylt @2Kings:18:37 @And Eliakim son of Hilkiah , who [is ] over the house , cometh in , and Shebna the scribe , and Joah son of Asaph the remembrancer , unto Hezekiah , with rent garments , and they declare to him the words of the chief of the butlers .

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