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And Esaias the son of Amos was sent to Ezekias ,
and said to him ,
Thus saith the Lord ,
the God of Israel ,
I have heard thy prayer to me concerning Sennacherim king of the Assyrians .
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This is the word which God has spoken concerning him ;
The virgin daughter of Sion has despised thee ,
and mocked thee ;
the daughter of Jerusalem has shaken her head at thee .
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Whom hast thou reproached and provoked ?
and against whom hast thou lifted up thy voice ?
and hast thou not lifted up thine eyes on high against the Holy One of Israel ?
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For thou hast reproached the Lord by messengers ;
for thou hast said ,
With the multitude of chariots have I ascended to the height of mountains ,
and to the sides of Libanus ;
and I have (
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Gr .
cut (:
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cropped the height of his cedars and the beauty of his cypresses ;
and I entered into the height of the forest region :
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and I have made a bridge ,
and dried up the waters ,
and every pool of water .
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Hast thou not heard of these things which I did of old ?
I appointed them from ancient times ;
but now have I manifested my purpose of desolating nations in their strong holds ,
and them that dwell in strong cities .
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I weakened their hands ,
and they withered ;
and they became as dry grass on the house-tops ,
and as grass .
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But now I know thy rest ,
and thy going out ,
and thy coming in .
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And thy wrath wherewith thou hast been enraged ,
and thy rancour has come up to me ;
therefore I will put a hook in thy nose ,
and a bit in thy lips ,
and will turn thee back by the way by which thou camest .
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And this shall be a sign to thee ,
Eat this year what thou hast sown ;
and the second year that which is left :
and the third year sow ,
and reap ,
and plant vineyards ,
and eat the fruit of them .
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And they that are left in Judea shall take root downward ,
and bear fruit upward :
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for out of Jerusalem there shall be (
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Lit .
the left men (:
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a remnant ,
and the saved ones out of mount Sion :
the zeal of the Lord of hosts shall perform this .
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Therefore thus saith the Lord concerning the king of the Assyrians ,
He shall not enter into this city ,
nor cast a weapon against it ,
nor bring a shield against it ,
nor make a rampart round it .
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But by the way by which he came ,
by it shall he return ,
and shall not enter into this city :
thus saith the Lord .
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I will protect this city to save it for my own sake ,
and for my servant David ’
s sake .
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And the angel of the Lord went forth ,
and slew out of the camp of the Assyrians a hundred and eighty-five thousand :
and they arose in the morning and found all these bodies dead .
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And Sennacherim king of the Assyrians turned and departed ,
and dwelt in Nineve .
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And while he was worshipping Nasarach his country ’
s god in the house ,
Adramelech and Sarasar his sons smote him with swords ;
and they escaped into Armenia :
and Asordan his son reigned in his stead .