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And it came to pass, when king[H4428]Hezekiah[H2396]heard[H8085] it, that he rent[H7167] his clothes[H899], and covered[H3680] himself with sackcloth[H8242], and went[H935] into the house[H1004] of the LORD[H3068].
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And he sent[H7971]Eliakim[H471], which was over the household[H1004], and Shebna[H7644] the scribe[H5608], and the elders[H2205] of the priests[H3548], covered[H3680] with sackcloth[H8242], to Isaiah[H3470] the prophet[H5030] the son[H1121] of Amoz[H531].
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And they said[H559] unto him, Thus saith[H559]Hezekiah[H2396], This day[H3117] is a day[H3117] of trouble[H6869], and of rebuke[H8433], and blasphemy[H5007]: for the children[H1121] are come[H935] to the birth[H4866], and there is not strength[H3581] to bring forth[H3205].
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It may be[H194] the LORD[H3068] thy God[H430] will hear[H8085] all the words[H1697] of Rabshakeh[H7262], whom the king[H4428] of Assyria[H804] his master[H113] hath sent[H7971] to reproach[H2778] the living[H2416]God[H430]; and will reprove[H3198] the words[H1697] which the LORD[H3068] thy God[H430] hath heard[H8085]: wherefore lift up[H5375] thy prayer[H8605] for the remnant[H7611] that are left[H4672].
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So the servants[H5650] of king[H4428]Hezekiah[H2396]came[H935] to Isaiah[H3470].
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And Isaiah[H3470]said[H559] unto them, Thus shall ye say[H559] to your master[H113], Thus saith[H559] the LORD[H3068], Be not afraid[H3372]of[H6440] the words[H1697] which thou hast heard[H8085], with which the servants[H5288]of[H6440] the king[H4428]of[H6440]Assyria[H804] have blasphemed[H1442] me.
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Behold, I will send[H5414] a blast[H7307] upon him, and he shall hear[H8085] a rumour[H8052], and shall return[H7725] to his own land[H776]; and I will cause him to fall[H5307] by the sword[H2719] in his own land[H776].
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So Rabshakeh[H7262]returned[H7725], and found[H4672] the king[H4428] of Assyria[H804]warring[H3898] against Libnah[H3841]: for he had heard[H8085] that he was departed[H5265] from Lachish[H3923].
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And when he heard[H8085]say[H559] of Tirhakah[H8640]king[H4428] of Ethiopia[H3568], Behold, he is come out[H3318] to fight[H3898] against thee: he sent[H7971]messengers[H4397]again[H7725] unto Hezekiah[H2396], saying[H559],
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Thus shall ye speak[H559] to Hezekiah[H2396]king[H4428] of Judah[H3063], saying[H559], Let not thy God[H430] in whom thou trustest[H982]deceive[H5377] thee, saying[H559], Jerusalem[H3389] shall not be delivered[H5414] into the hand[H3027] of the king[H4428] of Assyria[H804].
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Behold, thou hast heard[H8085] what the kings[H4428] of Assyria[H804] have done[H6213] to all lands[H776], by destroying them utterly[H2763]: and shalt thou be delivered?[H5337]
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Have the gods[H430] of the nations[H1471]delivered[H5337] them which my fathers[H1] have destroyed[H7843]; as Gozan[H1470], and Haran[H2771], and Rezeph[H7530], and the children[H1121] of Eden[H5729] which were in Thelasar?[H8515]
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Where is the king[H4428] of Hamath[H2574], and the king[H4428] of Arpad[H774], and the king[H4428] of the city[H5892] of Sepharvaim[H5617], of Hena[H2012], and Ivah?[H5755]
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And Hezekiah[H2396]received[H3947] the letter[H5612] of the hand[H3027] of the messengers[H4397], and read[H7121] it: and Hezekiah[H2396] went up[H5927] into the house[H1004] of the LORD[H3068], and spread[H6566] it before[H6440] the LORD[H3068].
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And Hezekiah[H2396]prayed[H6419]before[H6440] the LORD[H3068], and said[H559], O LORD[H3068]God[H430] of Israel[H3478], which dwellest[H3427] between the cherubims[H3742], thou art the God[H430], even thou alone, of all the kingdoms[H4467] of the earth[H776]; thou hast made[H6213]heaven[H8064] and earth[H776].
16LORD[H3068], bow down[H5186] thine ear[H241], and hear[H8085]: open[H6491], LORD[H3068], thine eyes[H5869], and see[H7200]: and hear[H8085] the words[H1697] of Sennacherib[H5576], which hath sent[H7971] him to reproach[H2778] the living[H2416]God[H430].
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Of a truth[H551], LORD[H3068], the kings[H4428] of Assyria[H804] have destroyed[H2717] the nations[H1471] and their lands[H776],
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And have cast[H5414] their gods[H430] into the fire[H784]: for they were no gods[H430], but the work[H4639] of men's hands[H3027], wood[H6086] and stone[H68]: therefore they have destroyed[H6] them.
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Now therefore, O LORD[H3068] our God[H430], I beseech thee, save[H3467] thou us out of his hand[H3027], that all the kingdoms[H4467] of the earth[H776] may know[H3045] that thou art the LORD[H3068]God[H430], even thou only.
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Then Isaiah[H3470] the son[H1121] of Amoz[H531]sent[H7971] to Hezekiah[H2396], saying[H559], Thus saith[H559] the LORD[H3068]God[H430] of Israel[H3478], That which thou hast prayed[H6419] to me against Sennacherib[H5576]king[H4428] of Assyria[H804] I have heard[H8085].
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This is the word[H1697] that the LORD[H3068] hath spoken[H1696] concerning him; The virgin[H1330] the daughter[H1323] of Zion[H6726] hath despised[H959]thee[H310], and laughed thee[H310] to scorn[H3932]; the daughter[H1323] of Jerusalem[H3389] hath shaken[H5128] her head[H7218] at thee[H310].
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Whom hast thou reproached[H2778] and blasphemed?[H1442] and against whom hast thou exalted[H7311] thy voice[H6963], and lifted up[H5375] thine eyes[H5869] on high?[H4791] even against the Holy[H6918] One of Israel[H3478].
23By[H3027] thy messengers[H4397] thou hast reproached[H2778] the Lord[H136], and hast said[H559], With the multitude[H7230] of my chariots[H7393] I am come up[H5927] to the height[H4791] of the mountains[H2022], to the sides[H3411] of Lebanon[H3844], and will cut down[H3772] the tall[H6967] cedar trees[H730] thereof, and the choice[H4004] fir trees[H1265] thereof: and I will enter[H935] into the lodgings[H4411] of his borders[H7093], and into the forest[H3293] of his Carmel[H3760].
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I have digged[H6979] and drunk[H8354]strange[H2114]waters[H4325], and with the sole[H3709] of my feet[H6471] have I dried[H2717] up all the rivers[H2975] of besieged places[H4693].
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Hast thou not heard[H8085] long ago[H7350] how I have done[H6213] it, and of ancient[H6924]times[H3117] that I have formed[H3335] it? now have I brought[H935] it to pass, that thou shouldest be to lay waste[H7582]fenced[H1219]cities[H5892] into ruinous[H5327]heaps[H1530].
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Therefore their inhabitants[H3427] were of small[H7116]power[H3027], they were dismayed[H2865] and confounded[H954]; they were as the grass[H6212] of the field[H7704], and as the green[H3419]herb[H1877], as the grass[H2682] on the housetops[H1406], and as corn blasted[H7711]before[H6440] it be grown up[H7054].
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But I know[H3045] thy abode[H3427], and thy going out[H3318], and thy coming in[H935], and thy rage[H7264] against me.
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Because thy rage[H7264] against me and thy tumult[H7600] is come up[H5927] into mine ears[H241], therefore I will put[H7760] my hook[H2397] in thy nose[H639], and my bridle[H4964] in thy lips[H8193], and I will turn thee back[H7725] by the way[H1870] by which thou camest[H935].
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And this shall be a sign[H226] unto thee, Ye shall eat[H398] this year[H8141] such things as grow[H5599] of themselves, and in the second[H8145]year[H8141] that which springeth[H7823] of the same; and in the third[H7992]year[H8141]sow[H2232] ye, and reap[H7114], and plant[H5193]vineyards[H3754], and eat[H398] the fruits[H6529] thereof.
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And the remnant[H7604] that is escaped[H6413] of the house[H1004] of Judah[H3063] shall yet again[H3254] take root[H8328]downward[H4295], and bear[H6213]fruit[H6529]upward[H4605].
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For out of Jerusalem[H3389] shall go forth[H3318] a remnant[H7611], and they that escape[H6413] out of mount[H2022]Zion[H6726]: the zeal[H7068] of the LORD[H3068] of hosts[H6635] shall do[H6213] this.
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Therefore thus saith[H559] the LORD[H3068] concerning the king[H4428] of Assyria[H804], He shall not come[H935] into this city[H5892], nor shoot[H3384] an arrow[H2671] there, nor come[H935]before[H6923] it with shield[H4043], nor cast[H8210] a bank[H5550] against it.
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By the way[H1870] that he came[H935], by the same shall he return[H7725], and shall not come[H935] into this city[H5892], saith[H5002] the LORD[H3068].
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For I will defend[H1598] this city[H5892], to save[H3467] it, for mine own sake, and for my servant[H5650] David's sake.
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And it came to pass that night[H3915], that the angel[H4397] of the LORD[H3068] went out[H3318], and smote[H5221] in the camp[H4264] of the Assyrians[H804] an hundred[H3967]fourscore[H8084] and five[H2568]thousand[H505]: and when they arose early[H7925] in the morning[H1242], behold, they were all dead[H4191]corpses[H6297].
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So Sennacherib[H5576]king[H4428] of Assyria[H804]departed[H5265], and went[H3212] and returned[H7725], and dwelt[H3427] at Nineveh[H5210].
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And it came to pass, as he was worshipping[H7812] in the house[H1004] of Nisroch[H5268] his god[H430], that Adrammelech[H152] and Sharezer[H8272] his sons[H1121]smote[H5221] him with the sword[H2719]: and they escaped[H4422] into the land[H776] of Armenia[H780]. And Esarhaddon[H634] his son[H1121]reigned[H4427] in his stead.