Dual Panel1When <01961> King <04428> Hezekiah <02396> heard <08085> this, he tore <07167> his clothes <0899>, put on <03680> sackcloth <08242>, and went <0935> to the Lord’s <03068> temple <01004>.
2He sent <07971> Eliakim <0471> the palace supervisor <01004>, supervisor <05921>, Shebna <07644> the scribe <05608>, and the leading <02205> priests <03548>, clothed <03680> in sackcloth <08242>, with this message to <0413> the prophet <05030> Isaiah <03470> son <01121> of Amoz <0531>:
3“This is what <03541> Hezekiah <02396> says <0559>: ‘This is a day <03117> of distress <06869>, insults <08433>, and humiliation <05007>, as when <03117> a baby <01121> is ready to leave <0935> the birth <03205> canal <04866>, but the mother lacks <0369> the strength <03581> to push it through.
4Perhaps <0194> the Lord <03068> your God <0430> will hear <08085> all <03605> these things <01697> the chief adviser <07262> has spoken on behalf of his master <0113>, the king <04428> of Assyria <0804>, who sent <07971> him to taunt <02778> the living <02416> God <0430>. When the Lord <03068> your God <0430> hears <08085>, perhaps he will punish <05375> him for <0834> the things <01697> he has said <03198>. So pray <08605> for <01157> this remnant <07611> that remains <04672>.’”
5When King <04428> Hezekiah’s <02396> servants <05650> came <0935> to <0413> Isaiah <03470>,
6Isaiah <03470> said <0559> to them, “Tell <0559> your master <0113> this <03541>: ‘This is what <03541> the Lord <03068> says <0559>: “Don’t <0408> be afraid <03372> because of <06440> the things <01697> you have heard <08085>– these insults <01442> the king <04428> of Assyria’s <0804> servants <05288> have hurled against me.
7Look <02005>, I will take control of his mind <07307>; he will receive <08085> a report <08052> and return <07725> to his own land <0776>. I will cut <05307> him down <05307> with a sword <02719> in his own land <0776>.”’”
8When the chief adviser <07262> heard <08085> the king <04428> of Assyria <0804> had departed from Lachish <03923>, he left and went to Libnah <03841>, where the king was campaigning.
9The king heard <08085> that King <04428> Tirhakah <08640> of Ethiopia <03568> was marching out <03318> to fight <03898> him. He again <07725> sent <07971> messengers <04397> to <0413> Hezekiah <02396>, ordering <0559> them:
10“Tell <0559> King <04428> Hezekiah <02396> of Judah <03063> this <03541>: ‘Don’t <0408> let your God <0430> in whom <0834> you <0859> trust <0982> mislead <05377> you when he says <0559>, “Jerusalem <03389> will not <03808> be handed over <03027> <05414> to the king <04428> of Assyria <0804>.”
11Certainly <02009> you <0859> have heard <08085> how <0834> the kings <04428> of Assyria <0804> have annihilated <02763> all <03605> lands <0776>. Do you really think you <0859> will be rescued <05337>?
12Were <0834> the nations <01471> whom <0834> my ancestors <01> destroyed <07843>– the nations of Gozan <01470>, Haran <02771>, Rezeph <07530>, and the people <01121> of Eden <05729> in Telassar <08515>– rescued <05337> by their gods <0430>?
13Where <0335> are the king <04428> of Hamath <02574>, the king <04428> of Arpad <0774>, and the king <04428> of Lair, Sepharvaim <05617>, Hena <02012>, and Ivvah <05755>?’”
14Hezekiah <02396> took <03947> the letter <05612> from <03027> the messengers <04397> and read <07121> it. Then Hezekiah <02396> went up <05927> to the Lord’s <03069> temple <01004> and spread <06566> it out before <06440> the Lord <03069>.
15Hezekiah <02396> prayed <06419> before <06440> the Lord <03068>: “Lord <03068> God <0430> of Israel <03478>, who is enthroned <03427> on the cherubs <03742>! You <0859> alone <0905> are God <0430> over all <03605> the kingdoms <04467> of the earth <0776>. You <0859> made <06213> the sky <08064> and the earth <0776>.
16Pay <05186> attention <0241>, Lord <03068>, and hear <08085>! Open <06491> your eyes <05869>, Lord <03068>, and observe <07200>! Listen <08085> to the message <01697> Sennacherib <05576> sent <07971> and how he taunts <02778> the living <02416> God <0430>!
17It is true <0551>, Lord <03068>, that the kings <04428> of Assyria <0804> have destroyed <02717> the nations <01471> and their lands <0776>.
18They <01992> have burned <05414> the gods <0430> of the nations <0784>, for <03588> they <01992> are not <03808> really gods <0430>, but only <0518> the product <04639> of human <0120> hands <03027> manufactured from wood <06086> and stone <068>. That <03588> is why the Assyrians could destroy <06> them <01992>.
19Now <06258>, O Lord <03068> our God <0430>, rescue <03467> us from his power <03027>, so that all <03605> the kingdoms <04467> of the earth <0776> will know <03045> that <03588> you <0859>, Lord <03068>, are the only <0905> God <0430>.”
20Isaiah <03470> son <01121> of Amoz <0531> sent <07971> this message to <0413> Hezekiah <02396>: “This is what <03541> the Lord <03068> God <0430> of Israel <03478> says <0559>: ‘I have heard <08085> your prayer <06419> concerning <0413> King <04428> Sennacherib <05576> of Assyria <0804>.
21This <02088> is what <0834> the Lord <03068> says <01696> about <05921> him: “The virgin <01330> daughter <01323> Zion <06726> despises <0959> you, she makes fun <03932> of you; Daughter <01323> Jerusalem <03389> shakes <05128> her head <07218> after <0310> you.
22Whom <04310> have you taunted <02778> and hurled insults <01442> at? At <05921> whom <04310> have you shouted <06963> <07311>, and looked so arrogantly <05869> <04791> <05375>? At <05921> the Holy One <06918> of Israel <03478>!
23Through <03027> your messengers <04397> you taunted <02778> the sovereign <0136> master, ‘With my many chariots <07393> I <0589> climbed up <05927> the high <04791> mountains <02022>, the slopes <03411> of Lebanon <03844>. I cut down <03772> its tall <06967> cedars <0730>, and its best <04005> evergreens <01265>. I invaded <0935> its most remote <07093> regions <04411>, its thickest <03759> woods <03293>.
24I <0589> dug <06979> wells and drank <08354> water <04325> in foreign <02114> lands. With the soles <03709> of my feet <06471> I dried up <02717> all <03605> the rivers <02975> of Egypt <04693>.’
25Certainly <03808> you must have heard <08085>! Long <03117> ago <07350> I worked <06213> it out, In ancient <06924> times I planned <03335> it; and now <06258> I am bringing <0935> it to pass <01961>. The plan is this: Fortified <01219> cities <05892> will crash <07582> into heaps <01530> of ruins <05327>.
26Their residents <03427> are powerless <03027> <07116>, they are terrified <02865> and ashamed <0954>. They are as short-lived as plants <06212> in the field <07704>, or green <03419> vegetation <01877>. They are as short-lived as grass <02682> on the rooftops <01406> when it is scorched <07711> by <06440> the east wind <07054>.
27I know <03045> where you live <03427>, and everything you do.
28Because <03282> you rage <07264> against <0413> me, and the uproar <07600> you create has reached <05927> my ears <0241>; I will put <07760> my hook <02397> in your nose <0639>, and my bridle <04964> between your lips <08193>, and I will lead you back <07725> the way <01870> you came <0935>.”
29This <02088> will be your confirmation <0226> that I have spoken the truth: This year <08141> you will eat <0398> what grows wild <05599>, and next <08145> year <08141> what grows on its own <07823> from that. But in the third <07992> year <08141> you will plant seed <02232> and harvest crops <07114>; you will plant <05193> vines <03754> and consume <0398> their produce <06529>.
30Those who remain <07604> in Judah <03063> will take root <08328> in the ground <04295> and bear <06213> fruit <04605> <06529>.
31For <03588> a remnant <07611> will leave <03318> Jerusalem <03389>; survivors will come out <06413> of Mount <02022> Zion <06726>. The intense devotion <07068> of the sovereign Lord <03068> to his people will accomplish <06213> this <02063>.
32So <03651> this is what <03541> the Lord <03068> says <0559> about <0413> the king <04428> of Assyria <0804>: “He will not <03808> enter <0935> this <02063> city <05892>, nor <03808> will he shoot <03384> an arrow <02671> here <08033>. He will not <03808> attack <06923> it with his shield-carrying warriors <04043>, nor <03808> will he build siege <08210> works <05550> against <05921> it.
33He will go back <07725> the way <01870> he came <0935>. He will not <03808> enter <0935> this <02063> city <05892>,” says <05002> the Lord <03068>.
34I will shield <01598> this <02063> city <05892> and rescue <03467> it for the sake <04616> of my reputation and because <04616> of my promise to David <01732> my servant <05650>.’”
35That <01931> very night <03915> the Lord’s <03068> messenger <04397> went out <03318> and killed <05221> 185,000 <0505> <02568> <08084> <03967> men in the Assyrian <0804> camp <04264>. When they got up early <07925> the next morning <01242>, there were all <03605> the corpses <04191> <06297>.
36So King <04428> Sennacherib <05576> of Assyria <0804> broke camp <05265> and went <01980> on his way. He went home <07725> and stayed <03427> in Nineveh <05210>.
37One day, as he <01931> was <01961> worshiping <07812> in the temple <01004> of his god <0430> Nisroch <05268>, his sons Adrammelech <0152> and Sharezer <08272> struck <05221> him down <05221> with the sword <02719>. They <01992> escaped <04422> to the land <0776> of Ararat <0780>; his son <01121> Esarhaddon <0634> replaced <08478> him as king <04427>.