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1. And it happened, when King Hezekiah heard, that he tore his garments and covered himself with sackcloth and went in to the house of Jehovah;
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1. And it came to pass H1961 , when king H4428 Hezekiah H2396 heard H8085 it , that he rent H7167 H853 his clothes H899 , and covered himself H3680 with sackcloth H8242 , and went H935 into the house H1004 of the LORD H3068 .
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2. and he sent Eliakim, who was over the house, and Shebna the scribe, and the elders of the priests, covering themselves with sackcloth, to Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz.
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2. And he sent H7971 H853 Eliakim H471 , which H834 was over H5921 the household H1004 , and Shebna H7644 the scribe H5608 , and the elders H2205 of the priests H3548 , covered H3680 with sackcloth H8242 , to H413 Isaiah H3470 the prophet H5030 the son H1121 of Amoz H531 .
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3. And they said to him, So says Hezekiah, it is a day of distress, and of rebuke, and of contempt today; for the sons have come to the birth, and there is no power to bring forth.
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3. And they said H559 unto H413 him, Thus H3541 saith H559 Hezekiah H2396 , This H2088 day H3117 is a day H3117 of trouble H6869 , and of rebuke H8433 , and blasphemy H5007 : for H3588 the children H1121 are come H935 to H5704 the birth H4866 , and there is not H369 strength H3581 to bring forth H3205 .
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4. It may be that Jehovah your God will hear all the words of the chief cupbearer, with which his master the king of Assyria has sent him to reproach the living God, and will rebuke the words which Jehovah your God has heard; and you shall lift up prayer for the remnant that is found.
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4. It may be H194 the LORD H3068 thy God H430 will hear H8085 H853 all H3605 the words H1697 of Rab H7262 -shakeh, whom H834 the king H4428 of Assyria H804 his master H113 hath sent H7971 to reproach H2778 the living H2416 God H430 ; and will reprove H3198 the words H1697 which H834 the LORD H3068 thy God H430 hath heard H8085 : wherefore lift up H5375 thy prayer H8605 for H1157 the remnant H7611 that are left H4672 .
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5. And the servants of King Hezekiah came to Isaiah.
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5. So the servants H5650 of king H4428 Hezekiah H2396 came H935 to H413 Isaiah H3470 .
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6. And Isaiah said to them, You shall say this to your lord: So says Jehovah, Do not be afraid because of the words that you have heard, with which the servants of the king of Assyria have reviled Me.
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6. And Isaiah H3470 said H559 unto them, Thus H3541 shall ye say H559 to H413 your master H113 , Thus H3541 saith H559 the LORD H3068 , Be not afraid H408 H3372 of H4480 H6440 the words H1697 which H834 thou hast heard H8085 , with which H834 the servants H5288 of the king H4428 of Assyria H804 have blasphemed H1442 me.
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7. Behold, I will put a spirit in him, and he shall hear a rumor and shall turn back to his land; and I will cause him to fall by the sword in his land.
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7. Behold H2009 , I will send H5414 a blast H7307 upon him , and he shall hear H8085 a rumor H8052 , and shall return H7725 to his own land H776 ; and I will cause him to fall H5307 by the sword H2719 in his own land H776 .
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8. And the chief cupbearer returned and found the king of Assyria fighting against Libnah, for he had heard that he had traveled from Lachish.
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8. So Rab H7262 -shakeh returned H7725 , and found H4672 H853 the king H4428 of Assyria H804 warring H3898 against H5921 Libnah H3841 : for H3588 he had heard H8085 that H3588 he was departed H5265 from Lachish H4480 H3923 .
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9. And when he heard it said of Tirhakah the king of Ethiopia, Behold, he is coming out to fight against you, he sent messengers again to Hezekiah, saying,
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9. And when he heard H8085 say H559 of H413 Tirhakah H8640 king H4428 of Ethiopia H3568 , Behold H2009 , he is come out H3318 to fight H3898 against H854 thee : he sent H7971 messengers H4397 again H7725 unto H413 Hezekiah H2396 , saying H559 ,
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10. So you shall speak to Hezekiah the king of Judah, saying, Do not let your God in whom you trust delude you, saying, Jerusalem shall not be given into the hand of the king of Assyria.
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10. Thus H3541 shall ye speak H559 to H413 Hezekiah H2396 king H4428 of Judah H3063 , saying H559 , Let not H408 thy God H430 in whom H834 thou H859 trustest H982 deceive H5377 thee, saying H559 , Jerusalem H3389 shall not H3808 be delivered H5414 into the hand H3027 of the king H4428 of Assyria H804 .
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11. Behold, you have heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all lands, by utterly destroying them; and shall you be delivered?
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11. Behold H2009 , thou H859 hast heard H8085 H853 what H834 the kings H4428 of Assyria H804 have done H6213 to all H3605 lands H776 , by destroying them utterly H2763 : and shalt thou H859 be delivered H5337 ?
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12. Have the gods of the nations delivered them, which my fathers have destroyed, Gozan, and Haran, and Rezeph, and the sons of Eden in Telassar?
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12. Have the gods H430 of the nations H1471 delivered H5337 them which H834 my fathers H1 have destroyed H7843 ; as H853 Gozan H1470 , and Haran H2771 , and Rezeph H7530 , and the children H1121 of Eden H5729 which H834 were in Thelasar H8515 ?
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13. Where is the king of Hamath, and the king of Arpad, and the king of the city of Sepharvaim, of Hena, and Ivah?
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13. Where H346 is the king H4428 of Hamath H2574 , and the king H4428 of Arpad H774 , and the king H4428 of the city H5892 of Sepharvaim H5617 , of Hena H2012 , and Ivah H5755 ?
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14. And Hezekiah took the letters out of the hand of the messengers, and read them, and went up to the house of Jehovah. And Hezekiah spread it before the face of Jehovah.
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14. And Hezekiah H2396 received H3947 H853 the letter H5612 of the hand H4480 H3027 of the messengers H4397 , and read H7121 it : and Hezekiah H2396 went up H5927 into the house H1004 of the LORD H3068 , and spread H6566 it before H6440 the LORD H3068 .
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15. And Hezekiah prayed before Jehovah, and said, O Jehovah the God of Israel, who sits above the cherubs, You are God Himself, You alone, to all the kingdoms of the earth; You have made the heavens and the earth.
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15. And Hezekiah H2396 prayed H6419 before H6440 the LORD H3068 , and said H559 , O LORD H3068 God H430 of Israel H3478 , which dwellest H3427 between the cherubims H3742 , thou H859 art the God H430 , even thou alone H905 , of all H3605 the kingdoms H4467 of the earth H776 ; thou H859 hast made H6213 H853 heaven H8064 and earth H776 .
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16. O Jehovah, incline Your ear and hear; O Jehovah, open Your eyes and see; and hear the words of Sennacherib with which he has sent him to reproach the living God.
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16. LORD H3068 , bow down H5186 thine ear H241 , and hear H8085 : open H6491 , LORD H3068 , thine eyes H5869 , and see H7200 : and hear H8085 H853 the words H1697 of Sennacherib H5576 , which H834 hath sent H7971 him to reproach H2778 the living H2416 God H430 .
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17. Truly, O Jehovah, the kings of Assyria have laid waste the nations, and their lands;
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17. Of a truth H546 , LORD H3068 , the kings H4428 of Assyria H804 have destroyed H2717 the nations H1471 and H853 their lands H776 ,
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18. and have put their gods into the fire, for they were no gods, but the work of the hands of man, wood and stone, and have destroyed them.
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18. And have cast H5414 H853 their gods H430 into the fire H784 : for H3588 they H1992 were no H3808 gods H430 , but H3588 H518 the work H4639 of men H120 's hands H3027 , wood H6086 and stone H68 : therefore they have destroyed H6 them.
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19. And now, O Jehovah our God, we pray to You, save us out of his hand, and all the kingdoms of the earth shall know that You are Jehovah God, You alone.
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19. Now H6258 therefore , O LORD H3068 our God H430 , I beseech thee H4994 , save H3467 thou us out of his hand H4480 H3027 , that all H3605 the kingdoms H4467 of the earth H776 may know H3045 that H3588 thou H859 art the LORD H3068 God H430 , even thou only H905 .
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20. And Isaiah the son of Amoz sent to Hezekiah, saying, So says Jehovah, the God of Israel, I have heard that which you have prayed to Me regarding Sennacherib the king of Assyria;
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20. Then Isaiah H3470 the son H1121 of Amoz H531 sent H7971 to H413 Hezekiah H2396 , saying H559 , Thus H3541 saith H559 the LORD H3068 God H430 of Israel H3478 , That which H834 thou hast prayed H6419 to H413 me against H413 Sennacherib H5576 king H4428 of Assyria H804 I have heard H8085 .
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21. this is the Word that Jehovah spoke concerning him: The virgin daughter of Zion has despised you and laughed you to scorn; the daughter of Jerusalem has shaken her head behind you.
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21. This H2088 is the word H1697 that H834 the LORD H3068 hath spoken H1696 concerning H5921 him ; The virgin H1330 the daughter H1323 of Zion H6726 hath despised H959 thee, and laughed thee to scorn H3932 ; the daughter H1323 of Jerusalem H3389 hath shaken H5128 her head H7218 at H310 thee.
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22. Whom have you reproached and reviled? Against whom have you lifted up a voice? Yea, you have lifted up your eyes on high, even against the Holy One of Israel!
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22. H853 Whom H4310 hast thou reproached H2778 and blasphemed H1442 ? and against H5921 whom H4310 hast thou exalted H7311 thy voice H6963 , and lifted up H5375 thine eyes H5869 on high H4791 ? even against H5921 the Holy H6918 One of Israel H3478 .
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23. By the hand of your messengers, you have defamed the Lord, and have said, With the multitude of my chariots I have gone up to the height of the mountains, to the sides of Lebanon, and I will cut down the height of its cedars, the best of its firs, and I will enter into the furthest dwelling, its densest forest;
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23. By H3027 thy messengers H4397 thou hast reproached H2778 the Lord H136 , and hast said H559 , With the multitude H7230 of my chariots H7393 I H589 am come up H5927 to the height H4791 of the mountains H2022 , to the sides H3411 of Lebanon H3844 , and will cut down H3772 the tall H6967 cedar trees H730 thereof, and the choice H4004 fir trees H1265 thereof : and I will enter H935 into the lodgings H4411 of his borders H7093 , and into the forest H3293 of his Carmel H3760 .
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24. I have dug and drunk strange waters, and I dried up with the sole of my feet all the rivers of Egypt.
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24. I H589 have digged H6979 and drunk H8354 strange H2114 waters H4325 , and with the sole H3709 of my feet H6471 have I dried up H2717 all H3605 the rivers H2975 of besieged places H4693 .
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25. Have you not heard from afar, I made it? From days of old I formed it. Now I have caused it to come, that you should make fortified cities desolate ruin heaps.
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25. Hast thou not H3808 heard H8085 long ago H4480 H7350 how I have done H6213 it, and of ancient times H4480 H3117 H6924 that I have formed H3335 it? now H6258 have I brought it to pass H935 , that thou shouldest be H1961 to lay waste H7582 fenced H1219 cities H5892 into ruinous H5327 heaps H1530 .
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26. And those living in them were short in hand; they were terrified and were ashamed; they were as the grass of the field, and the green herb, as the grass on the housetops and blasted grain before it was grown!
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26. Therefore their inhabitants H3427 were of small H7116 power H3027 , they were dismayed H2865 and confounded H954 ; they were H1961 as the grass H6212 of the field H7704 , and as the green H3419 herb H1877 , as the grass H2682 on the housetops H1406 , and as corn blasted H7711 before H6440 it be grown up H7054 .
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27. But I have known your sitting down, and your going out, and your coming in, and your rage against Me.
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27. But I know H3045 thy abode H3427 , and thy going out H3318 , and thy coming in H935 , and thy rage H7264 against H413 me.
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28. Because of your raging against Me, and because your arrogance has come up into My ears, even I will put My hook in your nose, and My bridle in your lips, and I will turn you back by the way which you came.
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28. Because H3282 thy rage H7264 against H413 me and thy tumult H7600 is come up H5927 into mine ears H241 , therefore I will put H7760 my hook H2397 in thy nose H639 , and my bridle H4964 in thy lips H8193 , and I will turn thee back H7725 by the way H1870 by which H834 thou camest H935 .
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29. And this shall be the sign for you: you shall eat this year that which grows of itself, and in the second year that which springs of the same; and in the third year you shall sow, and reap, and plant vineyards, and eat their fruit.
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29. And this H2088 shall be a sign H226 unto thee , Ye shall eat H398 this year H8141 such things as grow of themselves H5599 , and in the second H8145 year H8141 that which springeth of the same H7823 ; and in the third H7992 year H8141 sow H2232 ye , and reap H7114 , and plant H5193 vineyards H3754 , and eat H398 the fruits H6529 thereof.
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30. And the escaped ones of the house of Judah that is left shall again take root downward, and bear fruit upward.
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30. And the remnant H7604 that is escaped H6413 of the house H1004 of Judah H3063 shall yet again H3254 take root H8328 downward H4295 , and bear H6213 fruit H6529 upward H4605 .
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31. For out of Jerusalem shall go forth a remnant, and out of Mount Zion they that shall escape; the zeal of Jehovah of Hosts shall do this.
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31. For H3588 out of Jerusalem H4480 H3389 shall go forth H3318 a remnant H7611 , and they that escape H6413 out of mount H4480 H2022 Zion H6726 : the zeal H7068 of the LORD H3068 of hosts shall do H6213 this H2063 .
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32. So Jehovah says this concerning the king of Assyria, He shall not come into this city, nor shoot an arrow there, nor come before it with shield, nor shall he pour out a siege mound against it.
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32. Therefore H3651 thus H3541 saith H559 the LORD H3068 concerning H413 the king H4428 of Assyria H804 , He shall not H3808 come H935 into H413 this H2063 city H5892 , nor H3808 shoot H3384 an arrow H2671 there H8033 , nor H3808 come before H6923 it with shield H4043 , nor H3808 cast H8210 a bank H5550 against H5921 it.
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33. By the way that he came in, in it he shall return; and he shall not come into this city, says Jehovah.
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33. By the way H1870 that H834 he came H935 , by the same shall he return H7725 , and shall not H3808 come H935 into H413 this H2063 city H5892 , saith H5002 the LORD H3068 .
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34. For I will defend this city, to save it, for My own sake, and for My servant David's sake.
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34. For I will defend H1598 H413 this H2063 city H5892 , to save H3467 it , for mine own sake H4616 , and for my servant H5650 David H1732 's sake H4616 .
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35. And it happened in that night, that the Angel of Jehovah went out and struck a hundred and eighty five thousand in the camp of Assyria; and they rose up early in the morning, and behold, all of them were dead bodies.
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35. And it came to pass H1961 that H1931 night H3915 , that the angel H4397 of the LORD H3068 went out H3318 , and smote H5221 in the camp H4264 of the Assyrians H804 a hundred H3967 fourscore H8084 and five H2568 thousand H505 : and when they arose early H7925 in the morning H1242 , behold H2009 , they were all H3605 dead H4191 corpses H6297 .
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36. And Sennacherib the king of Assyria moved, and went and returned, and lived in Nineveh.
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36. So Sennacherib H5576 king H4428 of Assyria H804 departed H5265 , and went H1980 and returned H7725 , and dwelt H3427 at Nineveh H5210 .
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37. And it happened, as he was bowing himself in the house of his god Nisroch, his sons Adrammelech and Sharezer struck him with the sword; and they escaped into the land of Ararat. And his son Esarhaddon reigned in his place.
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37. And it came to pass H1961 , as he H1931 was worshiping H7812 in the house H1004 of Nisroch H5268 his god H430 , that Adrammelech H152 and Sharezer H8272 his sons H1121 smote H5221 him with the sword H2719 : and they H1992 escaped H4422 into the land H776 of Armenia H780 . And Esarhaddon H634 his son H1121 reigned H4427 in his stead H8478 .
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