ASV_Strong : Isaiah 36
1. Now it came to pass in the fourteenth[H702] year[H8141] of king[H4428] Hezekiah[H2396], that Sennacherib[H5576] king[H4428] of Assyria[H804] came up[H5927] against all the fortified[H1219] cities[H5892] of Judah[H3063], and took them[H8610].
2. And the king[H4428] of Assyria[H804] sent[H7971] Rabshakeh[H7262] from Lachish[H3923] to Jerusalem[H3389] unto king[H4428] Hezekiah[H2396] with a great[H3515] army[H2426]. And he stood[H5975] by the conduit[H8585] of the upper[H5945] pool[H1295] in the highway[H4546] of the fuller[H3526]'s field[H7704].
3. Then came forth[H3318] unto him Eliakim[H471] the son[H1121] of Hilkiah[H2518], who was over the household[H1004], and Shebna[H7644] the scribe[H5608], and Joah[H3098], the son[H1121] of Asaph[H623], the recorder[H2142].
4. And Rabshakeh[H7262] said[H559] unto them[H559], Say ye now to Hezekiah[H2396], Thus saith[H559] the great[H1419] king[H4428], the king[H4428] of Assyria[H804], What confidence[H986] is this wherein thou trustest[H982]?
5. I say[H559], thy counsel[H6098] and strength[H1369] for the war[H4421] are but vain[H8193] words[H1697]: now on whom dost thou trust[H982], that thou hast rebelled against me[H4775]?
6. Behold[H982], thou trustest upon the staff[H4938] of this bruised[H7533] reed[H7070], even upon Egypt[H4714], whereon if a man[H376] lean[H5564], it will go[H935] into his hand[H3709], and pierce[H5344] it[H6547]: so is Pharaoh king[H4428] of Egypt[H4714] to all that trust on him[H982].
7. But if thou say[H559] unto me[H982], We trust in Jehovah[H3068] our God[H430]: is not that he[H1116], whose high places and whose altars[H4196] Hezekiah[H2396] hath taken away[H5493], and hath said[H559] to Judah[H3063] and to Jerusalem[H3389], Ye shall worship[H7812] before[H6440] this altar[H4196]?
8. Now therefore[H6148], I pray thee, give pledges to my master[H113] the king[H4428] of Assyria[H804], and I will give[H5414] thee two thousand[H505] horses[H5483], if thou be able[H3201] on thy part to set[H5414] riders upon them[H7392].
9. How then canst thou turn away[H7725] the face[H6440] of one[H259] captain[H6346] of the least[H6996] of my master[H113]'s servants[H5650], and put thy trust[H982] on Egypt[H4714] for chariots[H7393] and for horsemen[H6571]?
10. And am I now come up[H5927] without[H1107] Jehovah[H3068] against this land[H776] to destroy[H7843] it[H3068]? Jehovah said[H559] unto me[H5927], Go up against this land[H776], and destroy it[H7843].
11. Then said[H559] Eliakim[H471] and Shebna[H7644] and Joah[H3098] unto Rabshakeh[H7262], Speak[H1696], I pray thee[H5650], unto thy servants in the Syrian language[H762]; for we understand[H8085] it[H1696]: and speak not to us in the Jews[H3066]' language, in the ears[H241] of the people[H5971] that are on the wall[H2346].
12. But Rabshakeh[H7262] said[H559], Hath my master[H113] sent[H7971] me to thy master[H113], and to thee[H1696], to speak these words[H1697]? hath he not sent me to the men[H582] that sit[H3427] upon the wall[H2346], to eat[H398] their own dung[H2716], and to drink[H8354] their own water with you[H7272]?
13. Then Rabshakeh[H7262] stood[H5975], and cried[H7121] with a loud[H1419] voice[H6963] in the Jews[H3066]' language, and said[H559], Hear[H8085] ye the words[H1697] of the great[H1419] king[H4428], the king[H4428] of Assyria[H804].
14. Thus saith[H559] the king[H4428], Let not Hezekiah[H2396] deceive[H5377] you[H3201]; for he will not be able to deliver you[H5337]:
15. neither let Hezekiah[H2396] make you trust[H982] in Jehovah[H3068], saying[H559], Jehovah[H3068] will surely[H5337] deliver[H5337] us[H5892]; this city shall not be given[H5414] into the hand[H3027] of the king[H4428] of Assyria[H804].
16. Hearken[H8085] not to Hezekiah[H2396]: for thus saith[H559] the king[H4428] of Assyria[H804], Make[H6213] your peace[H1293] with me[H3318], and come out to me[H398]; and eat ye every one[H376] of his vine[H1612], and every one[H376] of his fig-tree[H8384], and drink[H8354] ye every one[H376] the waters[H4325] of his own cistern[H953];
17. until I come[H935] and take you away[H3947] to a land[H776] like your own land[H776], a land[H776] of grain[H1715] and new wine[H8492], a land[H776] of bread[H3899] and vineyards[H3754].
18. Beware lest Hezekiah[H2396] persuade[H5496] you[H559], saying, Jehovah[H3068] will deliver[H5337] us[H376]. Hath any of the gods[H430] of the nations[H1471] delivered[H5337] his land[H776] out of the hand[H3027] of the king[H4428] of Assyria[H804]?
19. Where are the gods[H430] of Hamath[H2574] and Arpad[H774]? where are the gods[H430] of Sepharvaim[H5617]? and have they delivered[H5337] Samaria[H8111] out of my hand[H3027]?
20. Who are they among all the gods[H430] of these countries[H776], that have delivered[H5337] their country[H776] out of my hand[H3027], that Jehovah[H3068] should deliver[H5337] Jerusalem[H3389] out of my hand[H3027]?
21. But they held their peace[H2790], and answered[H6030] him not a word[H1697]; for the king[H4428]'s commandment[H4687] was[H559], saying, Answer him not[H6030].
22. Then came[H935] Eliakim[H471] the son[H1121] of Hilkiah[H2518], that was over the household[H1004], and Shebna[H7644] the scribe[H5608], and Joah[H3098], the son[H1121] of Asaph[H623], the recorder[H2142], to Hezekiah[H2396] with their clothes[H899] rent[H7167], and told[H5046] him the words[H1697] of Rabshakeh[H7262].
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