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When King Hezeki '
ah heard it ,
he rent his clothes ,
and covered himself with sackcloth ,
and went into the house of the LORD .
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And he sent Eli '
akim ,
who was over the household ,
and Shebna the secretary ,
and the senior priests ,
clothed with sackcloth ,
to the prophet Isaiah the son of Amoz .
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They said to him , "
Thus says Hezeki '
ah , `
This day is a day of distress ,
of rebuke ,
and of disgrace ;
children have come to the birth ,
and there is no strength to bring them forth .
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It may be that the LORD your God heard the words of the Rab '
shakeh ,
whom his master the king of Assyria has sent to mock 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 .'"
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When the servants of King Hezeki '
ah came to Isaiah ,
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Isaiah said to them , "
Say to your master , `
Thus says the LORD :
Do not be afraid because of the words that you have heard ,
with which the servants of the king of Assyria have reviled me .
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Behold ,
I will put a spirit in him ,
so that he shall hear a rumor ,
and return to his own land ;
and I will make him fall by the sword in his own land .'"
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The Rab '
shakeh returned ,
and found the king of Assyria fighting against Libnah ;
for he had heard that the king had left Lachish .
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Now the king heard concerning Tirha '
kah king of Ethiopia , "
He has set out to fight against you ."
And when he heard it ,
he sent messengers to Hezeki '
ah ,
saying ,
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Thus shall you speak to Hezeki '
ah king of Judah : `
Do not let your God on whom you rely deceive you by promising that Jerusalem will not be given into the hand of the king of Assyria .
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Behold ,
you have heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all lands ,
destroying them utterly .
And shall you be delivered ?
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Have the gods of the nations delivered them ,
the nations which my fathers destroyed ,
Gozan ,
Haran ,
Rezeph ,
and the people of Eden who were in Tel-assar ?
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Where is the king of Hamath ,
the king of Arpad ,
the king of the city of Sepharva '
im ,
the king of Hena ,
or the king of Ivvah ?'"