19:1 And it came to pass when king Ezekias
heard it, that he rent his clothes, and put on sackcloth, an went into the
house of Yehovah.
19:2 And he sent Heliakim the steward, and Somnas the scribe, and the elders
of the priests, clothed with sackcloth, to Esaias the prophet the son of
Amos.
19:3 And they said to him, Thus says Ezekias, This day [is] a day of
tribulation, and rebuke, and provocation: for the children are come to the
travail-[pangs], but the mother has no strength.
19:4 Peradventure Yehovah thy Elohim will hear all the words of Rapsakes, whom
the king of Assyria his master has sent to reproach the living Elohim and to
revile him with the words which Yehovah thy Elohim has heard: and thou shalt
offer [thy] prayer for the remnant that is found.
19:5 So the servants of king Ezekias came to Esaias.
19:6 And Esaias said to them, Thus shall ye say to your master, Thus saith
Yehovah, Be not afraid of the words which thou hast heard, wherewith the
servants of the king of the Assyrians have blasphemed.
19:7 Behold, I send a blast upon him, and he shall hear a report, and shall
return to his own land; and I will overthrow him with the sword in his own
land.
19:8 So Rapsakes returned, and found the king of Assyria warring against
Lobna: for he heard that he [had] departed from Lachis.
19:9 And he heard concerning Tharaca king of the Ethiopians, saying, Behold,
he is come forth to fight with thee: and he returned, and sent messengers to
Ezekias, saying,
19:10 Let not thy Elohim on whom thou trustest encourage thee, saying,
Jerusalem shall not be delivered into the hands of the king of the
Assyrians.
19:11 Behold, thou hast heard all that the kings of the Assyrians have done
in all the lands, to waste them utterly: and shalt thou be delivered?
19:12 Have the gods of the nations at all delivered them, whom my fathers
destroyed; both Gozan, and Charran, and Raphis, and the sons of Eden who
were in Thaesthen?
19:13 Where is the king of Haemath, and the king of Arphad? and where is the
king of the city of Seppharvaim, of Ana, and Aba?
19:14 And Ezekias took the letter from the hand of the messengers, and read
it: and he went up to the house of Yehovah, an Ezekias spread it before the
Lord,
19:15 and said, O Lord Elohim of Israel that dwellest over the cherubs, thou
art the only god in all the kingdoms of the earth; thou hast made heaven and
earth.
19:16 Incline thine ear, O Lord, and hear: open, Lord, thine eyes, and see:
and hear the words of Sennacherim, which he has sent to reproach the living
Elohim.
19:17 For truly, Lord, the kings of Assyria have wasted the nations,
19:18 and have cast their gods into the fire: because they are no gods, but
the works of men's hands, wood and stone; and they have destroyed them.
19:19 And now, O Lord our Elohim, deliver us out of his hand, and all the
kingdoms of the earth shall know that thou alone [art] Yehovah Elohim.
19:20 And Esaias the son of Amos sent to Ezekias, saying, Thus saith te Lord
Elohim of hosts, the Elohim of Israel, I have heard thy prayer to me concerning
Sennacherim king of the Assyrians.
19:21 This [is] the word which Yehovah has spoken against him; The virgin
daughter of Zion has made light of thee, and mocked thee; the daughter of
Jerusalem has shaken her head at thee.
19:22 Whom hast thou reproached, and whom hast thou reviled? and against
whom hast thou lifted up thy voice, and raised thine eyes on high? [Is it]
against the Holy One of Israel?
19:23 by thy messengers thou has reproached Yehovah, and hast said, I will
go up with the multitude of my chariots, to the height of the mountains, to
the sides of Libanus, and I have cut down the height of his cedar, [and] his
choice cypresses; and I have come into the midst of the forest and of
Carmel.
19:24 I have refreshed [myself], and have drunk strange waters, and I have
dried up with the sole of my foot all the rivers of fortified places.
19:25 I have brought about [the matter], I have brought it to a conclusion;
and it is come to the destruction of the bands of warlike prisoners, [even
of] strong cities.
19:26 And they that dwelt in them were weak in hand, they quaked and were
confounded, they became [as] grass of the field, or [as] the green herb, the
grass [growing on] houses, and that which is trodden down by him that stands
[upon it].
19:27 But I know thy down-sitting, and thy going forth, and thy rage against
me.
19:28 Because thou was angry against me, and thy fierceness is come up into
my ears, therefore will I put my hooks in thy nostrils, and my bridle in thy
lips, and I will turn thee back by the way by which thou camest.
19:29 And this shall be a sign to thee; eat this year the things that grow
of themselves, and in the second year the things which spring up: and in the
third year [let there be] sowing, and reaping, and planting of vineyards,
and eat ye the fruit of them.
19:30 And he shall increase him that has escaped of the house of Judah: and
the remnant [shall strike] root beneath, and it shall produce fruit above.
19:31 For from Jerusalem shall go forth a remnant, and he that escapes from
the mountain of Zion: the zeal of Yehovah of host shall do this.
19:32 [Is it] not so? Thus saith Yehovah concerning the king of the
Assyrians, He shall not enter into this city, and he shall not shoot an
arrow there, neither shall a shield come against it, neither shall he heap a
mound against it.
19:33 By the way by which he comes, by it shall he return, and he shall not
enter into this city, saith Yehovah.
19:34 And I will defend this city as with a shield, for my own sake, and for
my servant David's sake.
19:35 And it came to pass at night that the Messenger of Yehovah went forth, an
smote in the camp of the Assyrians a hundred and eighty-five thousand: and
they rose early in the morning, and, behold, [these were] all dead corpses.
19:36 And Sennacherim king of the Assyrians departed, and went and returned,
and dwelt in Nineve.
19:37 And it came to pass, while he was worshipping in the house of Meserach
his god, that Adramelech and Sarasar his sons smote him with the sword: and
they escaped into the land of Ararath; and Asordan his son reigned in his
stead. |
19:1 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 Yehovah.
19:2 And he sent Eliakim, which was over the household, and Shebna the
scribe, and the elders of the priests, covered with sackcloth, to Isaiah the
prophet the son of Amoz.
19:3 And they said unto him, Thus saith Hezekiah, This day is a day of
trouble, and of rebuke, and blasphemy; for the children are come to the
birth, and there is not strength to bring forth.
19:4 It may be Yehovah thy Elohim will hear all the words of Rabshakeh, whom
the king of Assyria his master hath sent to reproach the living Elohim; and
will reprove the words which Yehovah thy Elohim hath heard: wherefore lift up
thy prayer for the remnant that are left.
19:5 So the servants of king Hezekiah came to Isaiah.
19:6 And Isaiah said unto them, Thus shall ye say to your master, Thus saith
Yehovah, Be not afraid of the words which thou hast heard, with which the
servants of the king of Assyria have blasphemed me.
19:7 Behold, I will send a blast upon him, and he shall hear a rumor, and
shall return to his own land; and I will cause him to fall by the sword in
his own land.
19:8 So Rabshakeh returned, and found the king of Assyria warring against
Libnah: for he had heard that he was departed from Lachish.
19:9 And when he heard say of Tirhakah king of Ethiopia, Behold, he is come
out to fight against thee: he sent messengers again unto Hezekiah, saying,
19:10 Thus shall ye speak to Hezekiah king of Judah, saying, Let not thy Elohim
in whom thou trustest deceive thee, saying, Jerusalem shall not be delivered
into the hand of the king of Assyria.
19:11 Behold, thou hast heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all
lands, by destroying them utterly: and shalt thou be delivered?
19:12 Have the gods of the nations delivered them which my fathers have
destroyed; as Gozan, and Haran, and Rezeph, and the children of Eden which
were in Thelasar?
19:13 Where is the king of Hamath, and the king of Arpad, and the king of
the city of Sepharvaim, of Hena, and Ivah?
19:14 And Hezekiah received the letter of the hand of the messengers, and
read it: and Hezekiah went up into the house of Yehovah, and spread it
before Yehovah.
19:15 And Hezekiah prayed before Yehovah, and said, O Yehovah Elohim of Israel,
which dwellest between the cherubim, thou art the Elohim, even thou alone, of
all the kingdoms of the earth; thou hast made heaven and earth.
19:16 Yehovah, bow down thine ear, and hear: open, Yehovah, thine eyes, and see:
and hear the words of Sennacherib, which hath sent him to reproach the
living Elohim.
19:17 Of a truth, Yehovah, the kings of Assyria have destroyed the nations and
their lands,
19:18 And have cast their gods into the fire: for they were no gods, but the
work of men's hands, wood and stone: therefore they have destroyed them.
19:19 Now therefore, O Yehovah our Elohim, I beseech thee, save thou us out of his
hand, that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that thou art Yehovah
Elohim, even thou only.
19:20 Then Isaiah the son of Amoz sent to Hezekiah, saying, Thus saith the
Yehovah Elohim of Israel, That which thou hast prayed to me against Sennacherib
king of Assyria I have heard.
19:21 This is the word that Yehovah hath spoken concerning him; The virgin
the daughter of Zion hath despised thee, and laughed thee to scorn; the
daughter of Jerusalem hath shaken her head at thee.
19:22 Whom hast thou reproached and blasphemed? and against whom hast thou
exalted thy voice, and lifted up thine eyes on high? even against the Holy
One of Israel.
19:23 By thy messengers thou hast reproached Yehovah, and hast said, With
the multitude of my chariots I am come up to the height of the mountains, to
the sides of Lebanon, and will cut down the tall cedar trees thereof, and
the choice fir trees thereof: and I will enter into the lodgings of his
borders, and into the forest of his Carmel.
19:24 I have digged and drunk strange waters, and with the sole of my feet
have I dried up all the rivers of besieged places.
19:25 Hast thou not heard long ago how I have done it, and of ancient times
that I have formed it? now have I brought it to pass, that thou shouldest be
to lay waste fenced cities into ruinous heaps.
19:26 Therefore their inhabitants were of small power, they were dismayed
and confounded; they were as the grass of the field, and as the green herb,
as the grass on the house tops, and as corn blasted before it be grown up.
19:27 But I know thy abode, and thy going out, and thy coming in, and thy
rage against me.
19:28 Because thy rage against me and thy tumult is come up into mine ears,
therefore I will put my hook in thy nose, and my bridle in thy lips, and I
will turn thee back by the way by which thou camest.
19:29 And this shall be a sign unto thee, Ye shall eat this year such things
as grow of themselves, and in the second year that which springeth of the
same; and in the third year sow ye, and reap, and plant vineyards, and eat
the fruits thereof.
19:30 And the remnant that is escaped of the house of Judah shall yet again
take root downward, and bear fruit upward.
19:31 For out of Jerusalem shall go forth a remnant, and they that escape
out of mount Zion: the zeal of Yehovah of hosts shall do this.
19:32 Therefore thus saith Yehovah concerning the king of Assyria, He shall
not come into this city, nor shoot an arrow there, nor come before it with
shield, nor cast a bank against it.
19:33 By the way that he came, by the same shall he return, and shall not
come into this city, saith Yehovah.
19:34 For I will defend this city, to save it, for mine own sake, and for my
servant David's sake.
19:35 And it came to pass that night, that the Messenger of Yehovah went out,
and smote in the camp of the Assyrians an hundred fourscore and five
thousand: and when they arose early in the morning, behold, they were all
dead corpses.
19:36 So Sennacherib king of Assyria departed, and went and returned, and
dwelt at Nineveh.
19:37 And it came to pass, as he was worshipping in the house of Nisroch his
god, that Adrammelech and Sharezer his sons smote him with the sword: and
they escaped into the land of Armenia. And Esarhaddon his son reigned in his
stead. |