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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 .
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And he sent Eliakim ,
which was over the household ,
and Shebna the scribe ,
and the elders of the priests ,
covered with sackcloth ,
to Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz .
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And they said unto him ,
Thus saith Hezekiah ,
This day is a day of trouble ,
and of rebuke ,
and blasphemy :
for the children are come to the birth ,
and there is not strength to bring forth .
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It may be the LORD thy God will hear all 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 are left .
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So the servants of king Hezekiah came to Isaiah .
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And Isaiah said unto them ,
Thus shall ye say to your master ,
Thus saith the LORD ,
Be not afraid of the words which thou hast heard ,
with which the servants of the king of Assyria have blasphemed me .
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Behold ,
I will send a blast upon him ,
and he shall hear a rumour ,
and shall return to his own land ;
and I will cause him to fall by the sword in his own land .
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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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And when he heard say of Tirhakah king of Ethiopia ,
Behold ,
he is come out to fight against thee :
he sent messengers again unto Hezekiah ,
saying ,
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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 delivered into the hand of the king of Assyria .
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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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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 Thelasar ?
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Where is the king of Hamath ,
and the king of Arpad ,
and the king of the city of Sepharvaim ,
of Hena ,
and Ivah ?
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And Hezekiah received the letter of the hand of the messengers ,
and read it :
and Hezekiah went up into the house of the LORD ,
and spread it before the LORD .
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And Hezekiah prayed before the LORD ,
and said ,
O LORD God of Israel ,
which dwellest between the cherubims ,
thou art the God ,
even thou alone ,
of all the kingdoms of the earth ;
thou hast made heaven and earth .
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LORD ,
bow down thine ear ,
and hear :
open ,
LORD ,
thine eyes ,
and see :
and hear the words of Sennacherib ,
which hath sent him to reproach the living God .
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Of a truth ,
LORD ,
the kings of Assyria have destroyed the nations and their lands ,
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And have cast their gods into the fire :
for they were no gods ,
but the work of men '
s hands ,
wood and stone :
therefore they have destroyed them .
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Now therefore ,
O LORD our God ,
I beseech thee ,
save thou us out of his hand ,
that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that thou art the LORD God ,
even thou only .