Isaiah:37:1-13

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* And so it was , when King Hezekiah heard it , that he tore his clothes , covered himself with sackcloth , and went into the house of the LORD . * Then he sent Eliakim , who was over the household , Shebna the scribe , and the elders of the priests , covered with sackcloth , to Isaiah the prophet , the son of Amoz . * And they said to him , "Thus says Hezekiah : "This day is a day of trouble and rebuke and blasphemy ; for the children have come to birth , but there is no strength to bring them forth . * It may be that the LORD your God will hear the words of the Rabshakeh , whom his master the king of Assyria has sent to reproach the living God , and will rebuke the words which the LORD your God has heard . Therefore lift up your prayer for the remnant that is left ."' * So the servants of King Hezekiah came to Isaiah . * And Isaiah said to them , "Thus you shall say to your master , "Thus says the LORD : "Do not be afraid of the words which you have heard , with which the servants of the king of Assyria have blasphemed Me . * Surely I will send a spirit upon him , and he shall hear a rumor and return to his own land ; and I will cause him to fall by the sword in his own land .""' * Then the Rabshakeh returned , and found the king of Assyria warring against Libnah , for he heard that he had departed from Lachish . * And the king heard concerning Tirhakah king of Ethiopia , "He has come out to make war with you ." So when he heard it , he sent messengers to Hezekiah , saying , * "Thus you shall speak to Hezekiah king of Judah , saying : "Do not let your God in whom you trust deceive you , saying , "Jerusalem shall not be given into the hand of the king of Assyria ." * Look ! You have heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all lands by utterly destroying them ; and shall you be delivered ? * Have the gods of the nations delivered those whom my fathers have destroyed , Gozan and Haran and Rezeph , and the people of Eden who were in Telassar ? * Where is the king of Hamath , the king of Arpad , and the king of the city of Sepharvaim , Hena , and Ivah ?"'

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