Isaias

10 And now is it without the LORD that I am come up against this land to destroy it? the LORD said unto me, Go up against this land, and destroy it.

11 And Eliakim said, and Shebna, and Joah, unto Rabshakeh, Speak, pray, unto thy servants in the Aramaean tongue, for we understand it: and speak not unto us in the Jewish tongue, in-the ears of the people which are on the wall.

12 And Rabshakeh said, Is it to thy lord, and to thee, that my lord hath sent me, to speak these words? Is it not to the men that sit on the wall, to eat their own dung, and drink their own water with you?

13 And Rabshakeh Stood, and cried with a great voice in the Jewish tongue, and said, Hear ye the words of the great king, the ἦ king of AsSyria

14 Thus saith the king, Let not Hezekiah deceive you; for he shall not be able to deliver you. ὁ .

15 And let not Hezekiah make you trust in the LORD, saying, The LORD will safely deliver us; this city shall not be given into the hand of the king of Assyria. ’

16 Hearken not to Hezekiah; for thus saith the king of Assyria., Make agreement with me, and come ’out to me; and eat ye everyone of his vine, and everyone of his fig tree, and drink ye everyone the waters of his cistern :

17 Until I come and take you away to a land like your own - land, a land of corn and new wine, a land, of bread and vine- yards:

18 Lest Hezekiah entice you, saying, The LORD will deliver us. Have the gods of the nations delivered everyone his land out of the hand of the king of Assyria?

19 Where are the gods-of Hamath and Arpad? where the ’ gods of Sepharvaim? and verily they have delivered Samaria out ’ of my hand! .

20 Who are they among all the gods of these lands, that have ’ delivered their land out of my hand? that the LORD should deliver Jerusalem out of my hand!

21 But they ’held their peace, arid answered him not a word; for the king’s commandment was thus, saying, Ye shall not answer ’ him. ’

22 And Eliakim came, the son of Hilkiah, that’was over the house, and Shebna the secretary, and J-oah, the son of Asaph, the recorder, unto Hezekiah, with clothes rent, and told him the ’ words of Rabshakeh.

XXXVII. 1 And it came to pass, when the king Hezekiah heard it, that he rent his clothes, and covered himself with sackcloth. and went into the house of the Lord

2 And he sent Eliakim, who was over the house, and Shebna the secretary, and the elders of the people, covered with sackcloth, unto Isaiah the prophet, the son. of Amoz.

3 And they said unto him, Thus saith Hezekiah, This day is a day of trouble, and chastisement, and contempt; for the children are come to the birth, and there is not strength to bring forth.

4 It may be the LORD thy God will hear the words of Rab- shakeh, whom the king of Assyria his lord hath sent to reproach the living God, and will chastise the words which the Lord thy God hath heard; and thou wilt lift up prayer for the remnant that is found.

5 And the servants of the king Hezekiah came to Isaiah.

6 And- Isaiah said unto them, Thus- shall ye say unto your lord, Be not afraid of the words which thou hast heard, wherewith the young men of the king of Assyria have blasphemed me. ᾇ Behold, I will put a spirit in him, and he shall bear a message, and return to his own land; and I will cause him to fall by the sword in his own land.

8 And Rabshakeh returned, and found the king of Assyria waning against Libnah, for he had heard that he had broken up from Lachish.