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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 Elyakim ,
who was superintendent over the house ,
and Shebna the scribe ,
and the elders of the priests ,
covered with sackcloth ,
to Isaiah the son of Amoz ,
the prophet .
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And they said unto him ,
Thus hath said Hezekiah ,
A day of trouble ,
and of rebuke ,
and of derision is this day ;
for the children are come to the birth ,
and there is not strength to bring forth .
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Perhaps the Lord thy God will hear the words of Rabshakeh ,
whom the king of Assyria his master hath sent to blaspheme the living God ,
and who hath reproached with the words which the Lord thy God hath heard :
wherefore lift up a prayer for the remnant that is still found here .
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And the servants of king Hezekiah came to Isaiah .
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And Isaiah said unto them ,
Thus shall ye say unto your master ,
Thus hath said the Lord ,
Be not afraid because of the words which thou hast heard ,
with which the boys of the king of Assyria have blasphemed me .
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Behold ,
I will put an spirit in him ,
and when he will hear a rumor ,
he shall return to his own land ;
and I will cause him to fall by the sword in his own land .
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And 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 he heard it said of Thirhakah the king of Ethiopia ,
He is come out to fight with thee .
And when he had heard it ,
he sent messengers to Hezekiah ,
saying ,
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Thus shall ye say to Hezekiah the king of Judah ,
as followeth ,
Let not thy God ,
in whom thou trustest ,
deceive thee ,
saying ,
Jerusalem shall not be given up into the hand of the king of Assyria .
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Behold ,
thou thyself hast heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all the lands by destroying them utterly :
and thou alone shouldst be delivered ?
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Have the gods of the nations which my fathers destroyed delivered them ,
as Gozan ,
and Charan ,
and Rezeph ,
and the children of
Eden ,
who were in Thelassar ?
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Where is the king of Chamath ,
and the king of Arpad ,
and the king of the city of Sepharvayim ,
of Hena ,
and
Ivvah ?