Dual Panel1And when King<4428> Hezekiah<2396> heard<8085> it, he tore<7167> his clothes<899>, covered<3680> himself with sackcloth<8242> and entered<935> the house<1004> of the LORD<3068>.
2Then he sent<7971> Eliakim<471> who<834> was over<5921> the household<1004> with Shebna<7644> the scribe<5613> and the elders<2205> of the priests<3548>, covered<3680> with sackcloth<8242>, to Isaiah<3470> the prophet<5030> the son<1121> of Amoz<531>.
3They said<559> to him, "Thus<3541> says<559> Hezekiah<2396>, 'This<2088> day<3117> is a day<3117> of distress<6869>, rebuke<8433>, and rejection<5007>; for children<1121> have come<935> to birth<4866> and there<369> is no<369> strength<3581> to deliver.
4'Perhaps<194> the LORD<3068> your God<430> will hear<8085> all<3605> the words<1697> of Rabshakeh<7262>, whom<834> his master<113> the king<4428> of Assyria<804> has sent<7971> to reproach<2778> the living<2416> God<430>, and will rebuke<3198> the words<1697> which<834> the LORD<3068> your God<430> has heard<8085>. Therefore, offer<5375> a prayer<8605> for the remnant<7611> that is left<4672>.'"
5So the servants<5650> of King<4428> Hezekiah<2396> came<935> to Isaiah<3470>.
6Isaiah<3470> said<559> to them, "Thus<3541> you shall say<559> to your master<113>, 'Thus<3541> says<559> the LORD<3068>, "Do not be afraid<3372> because<4480><6440> of the words<1697> that you have heard<8085>, with which<834> the servants<5288> of the king<4428> of Assyria<804> have blasphemed<1442> Me.
7"Behold<2009>, I will put<5414> a spirit<7307> in him so that he will hear<8085> a rumor<8052> and return<7725> to his own land<776>. And I will make him fall<5307> by the sword<2719> in his own land<776>."'"
8Then Rabshakeh<7262> returned<7725> and found<4672> the king<4428> of Assyria<804> fighting<3898> against<5921> Libnah<3841>, for he had heard<8085> that the king had left<5265> Lachish<3923>.
9When he heard<8085> them say<559> concerning<413> Tirhakah<8640> king<4428> of Cush<3568>, "Behold<2009>, he has come<3318> out to fight<3898> against<854> you," he sent<7971> messengers<4397> again<7725> to Hezekiah<2396> saying<559>,
10"Thus<3541> you shall say<559> to Hezekiah<2396> king<4428> of Judah<3063>, 'Do not let your God<430> in whom<834> you trust<982> deceive<5378> you saying<559>, "Jerusalem<3389> will not be given<5414> into the hand<3027> of the king<4428> of Assyria<804>."
11'Behold<2009>, you have heard<8085> what<834> the kings<4428> of Assyria<804> have done<6213> to all<3605> the lands<776>, destroying<2763> them completely<2763>. So will you be spared<5337>?
12'Did the gods<430> of those nations<1471> which<834> my fathers<1> destroyed<7843> deliver<5337> them, even Gozan<1470> and Haran<2771> and Rezeph<7530> and the sons<1121> of Eden<5729> who<834> were in Telassar<8515>?
13'Where<335> is the king<4428> of Hamath<2574>, the king<4428> of Arpad<774>, the king<4428> of the city<5892> of Sepharvaim<5617>, and of Hena<2012> and Ivvah<5755>?'"
14Then Hezekiah<2396> took<3947> the letter<5612> from the hand<3027> of the messengers<4397> and read<7121> it, and he went<5927> up to the house<1004> of the LORD<3068> and spread<6566> it out before<6440> the LORD<3068>.
15Hezekiah<2396> prayed<6419> before<6440> the LORD<3068> and said<559>, "O LORD<3068>, the God<430> of Israel<3478>, who are enthroned<3427> above the cherubim<3742>, You are the God<430>, You alone<905>, of all<3605> the kingdoms<4467> of the earth<776>. You have made<6213> heaven<8064> and earth<776>.
16"Incline<5186> Your ear<241>, O LORD<3068>, and hear<8085>; open<6491> Your eyes<5869>, O LORD<3068>, and see<7200>; and listen<8085> to the words<1697> of Sennacherib<5576>, which<834> he has sent<7971> to reproach<2778> the living<2416> God<430>.
17"Truly<551>, O LORD<3068>, the kings<4428> of Assyria<804> have devastated<2717> the nations<1471> and their lands<776>
18and have cast<5414> their gods<430> into the fire<784>, for they were not gods<430> but the work<4639> of men's<120> hands<3027>, wood<6086> and stone<68>. So they have destroyed<6> them.
19"Now<6258>, O LORD<3068> our God<430>, I pray<4994>, deliver<3467> us from his hand<3027> that all<3605> the kingdoms<4467> of the earth<776> may know<3045> that You alone<905>, O LORD<3068>, are God<430>."
20Then Isaiah<3470> the son<1121> of Amoz<531> sent<7971> to Hezekiah<2396> saying<559>, "Thus<3541> says<559> the LORD<3068>, the God<430> of Israel<3478>, 'Because<834> you have prayed<6419> to Me about<413> Sennacherib<5576> king<4428> of Assyria<804>, I have heard<8085> you.'
21"This<2088> is the word<1697> that the LORD<3068> has spoken<1696> against<5921> him: 'She has despised<959> you and mocked<3932> you, The virgin<1330> daughter<1323> of Zion<6726>; She has shaken<5128> her head<7218> behind<310> you, The daughter<1323> of Jerusalem<3389>!
22'Whom<4310> have you reproached<2778> and blasphemed<1442>? And against<5921> whom<4310> have you raised<7311> your voice<6963>, And haughtily<4791> lifted<5375> up your eyes<5869>? Against<5921> the Holy<6918> One<6918> of Israel<3478>!
23'Through<3027> your messengers<4397> you have reproached<2778> the Lord<136>, And you have said<559>, "With my many<7230> chariots<7393> I came<5927> up to the heights<4791> of the mountains<2022>, To the remotest<3411> parts<3411> of Lebanon<3844>; And I cut<3772> down<3772> its tall<6967> cedars<730> and its choice<4004> cypresses<1265>. And I entered<935> its farthest<7093> lodging<4411> place<4411>, its thickest<3759> forest<3293>.
24"I dug<6979> wells and drank<8354> foreign<2114> waters<4325>, And with the sole<3709> of my feet<6471> I dried<2717> up All<3605> the rivers<2975> of Egypt<4693>."
25'Have you not heard<8085>? Long<7350> ago<7350> I did<6213> it; From ancient<6924> times<3117><6924> I planned<3335> it. Now<6258> I have brought<935> it to pass<935>, That you should turn<1961><7582> fortified<1219> cities<5892> into ruinous<5327> heaps<1530>.
26'Therefore their inhabitants<3427> were short<7116> of strength<3027>, They were dismayed<2865> and put<954> to shame<954>; They were as the vegetation<6212> of the field<7704> and as the green<3419> herb<1877>, As grass<2682> on the housetops<1406> is scorched<7711> before<6440> it is grown<7054> up.
27'But I know<3045> your sitting<3427> down<3427>, And your going<3318> out and your coming<935> in, And your raging<7264> against<413> Me.
28'Because<3282> of your raging<7264> against<413> Me, And because your arrogance<7600> has come<5927> up to My ears<241>, Therefore I will put<7760> My hook<2397> in your nose<639>, And My bridle<4964> in your lips<8193>, And I will turn<7725> you back<7725> by the way<1870> which<834> you came<935>.
29'Then this<2088> shall be the sign<226> for you: you will eat<398> this year<8141> what<5599> grows<5599> of itself, in the second<8145> year<8141> what<5501> springs<5501> from the same, and in the third<7992> year<8141> sow<2232>, reap<7114>, plant<5193> vineyards<3754>, and eat<398> their fruit<6529>.
30'The surviving<7604> remnant<7604> of the house<1004> of Judah<3063> will again<3254> take root<8328> downward<4295> and bear<6213> fruit<6529> upward<4605>.
31'For out of Jerusalem<3389> will go<3318> forth<3318> a remnant<7611>, and out of Mount<2022> Zion<6726> survivors<6413>. The zeal<7068> of the LORD<3068> will perform<6213> this<2088>.
32'Therefore<3651> thus<3541> says<559> the LORD<3068> concerning<413> the king<4428> of Assyria<804>, "He will not come<935> to this<2088> city<5892> or shoot<3384> an arrow<2671> there<8033>; and he will not come<6923> before<6923> it with a shield<4043> or<3808> throw<8210> up a siege<5550> ramp<5550> against<5921> it.
33"By the way<1870> that he came<935>, by the same he will return<7725>, and he shall not come<935> to this<2088> city<5892>,"' declares<5002> the LORD<3068>.
34'For I will defend<1598> this<2088> city<5892> to save<3467> it for My own sake<4616> and for My servant<5650> David's<1732> sake<4616>.'"
35Then it happened<1961> that night<3915> that the angel<4397> of the LORD<3068> went<3318> out and struck<5221> 185,000 <3967><8084><2568><505> in the camp<4264> of the Assyrians<804>; and when men rose<7925> early<7925> in the morning<1242>, behold<2009>, all<3605> of them were dead<4191><6297>.
36So Sennacherib<5576> king<4428> of Assyria<804> departed<5265> and returned<7725> home, and lived<3427> at Nineveh<5210>.
37It came<1961> about as he was worshiping<7812> in the house<1004> of Nisroch<5268> his god<430>, that Adrammelech<152> and Sharezer<8272> killed<5221> him with the sword<2719>; and they escaped<4422> into the land<776> of Ararat<780>. And Esarhaddon<634> his son<1121> became<4427> king<4427> in his place<8478>.