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1. And it happened when King Hezekiah heard, he tore his garments and was covered with sackcloth. And he went into 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, covered with sackcloth, to Isaiah the prophet, the son of Amoz.
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2. And he sent H7971 H853 Eliakim H471 , who 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 , unto 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, This day is a day of distress, and reproach, and contempt. For sons have come to the breach and there is no strength to give birth.
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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 of 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 Jehovah your God will hear the words of the chief of the cupbearers whom his master the king of Assyria has sent to reproach the living God, and rebuke against 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 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 is left H4672 .
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5. So 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 master, So says Jehovah: Do not fear the words which you have heard, with which the followers of the king of Assyria have blasphemed Me
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6. And Isaiah H3470 said H559 unto H413 them, Thus H3541 shall ye say H559 unto H413 your master H113 , Thus H3541 saith H559 the LORD H3068 , Be not afraid H3372 H408 of H4480 H6440 the words H1697 that H834 thou hast heard H8085 , wherewith H834 the servants H5288 of the king H4428 of Assyria H804 have blasphemed H1442 me.
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7. Behold, I am giving into him a spirit, and he shall hear a rumor, and return to his own land. And I will cause him to fall by the sword in his own 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 return H7725 to H413 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. So the chief of the cupbearers returned and found the king of Assyria warring against Libnah; for he had heard that he had pulled up stakes 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 he heard about Tirhakah the king of Ethiopia, saying, He has come out to fight with you. And he heard and sent messengers to Hezekiah, saying,
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9. And he heard H8085 say H559 concerning H5921 Tirhakah H8640 king H4428 of Ethiopia H3568 , He is come forth H3318 to make war H3898 with H854 thee . And when he heard H8085 it , he sent H7971 messengers H4397 to H413 Hezekiah H2396 , saying H559 ,
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10. So you shall say to Hezekiah, king of Judah, saying, Do not let your God in whom you trust deceive you, saying, Jerusalem shall not be given into the king of Assyria's hand.
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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 given 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, to destroy them utterly. And shall you be delivered?
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11. Behold H2009 , thou H859 hast heard H8085 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 saved those whom 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 Telassar H8515 ?
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13. Where is Hamath's king, and Arpad's king, and the king of the city of Sepharvaim, Hena, and Ivah?
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13. Where H346 is the king H4428 of Hamath H2574 , and the king H4428 of Arphad H774 , and the king H4428 of the city H5892 of Sepharvaim H5617 , Hena H2012 , and Ivah H5755 ?
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14. And Hezekiah received the letter from the hand of the couriers, and read it. Then Hezekiah went up to the house of Jehovah and spread it before Jehovah.
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14. And Hezekiah H2396 received H3947 H853 the letter H5612 from the hand H4480 H3027 of the messengers H4397 , and read H7121 it : and Hezekiah H2396 went up H5927 unto the house H1004 of the LORD H3068 , and spread H6566 it before H6440 the LORD H3068 .
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15. And Hezekiah prayed to Jehovah, saying,
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15. And Hezekiah H2396 prayed H6419 unto H413 the LORD H3068 , saying H559 ,
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16. O Jehovah of Hosts, God of Israel, who dwells between the cherubs, You are He, God, You alone to all the kingdoms of the earth. You have made the heavens and the earth.
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16. O LORD H3068 of hosts H6635 , God H430 of Israel H3478 , that 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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17. Bow down Your ear, O Jehovah, and hear. Open Your eye, O Jehovah, and see; and hear all the words of Sennacherib which he has sent, to reproach the living God.
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17. Incline H5186 thine ear H241 , O LORD H3068 , and hear H8085 ; open H6491 thine eyes H5869 , O LORD H3068 , and see H7200 : and hear H8085 H853 all H3605 the words H1697 of Sennacherib H5576 , which H834 hath sent H7971 to reproach H2778 the living H2416 God H430 .
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18. Truly, O Jehovah, the kings of Assyria have laid waste all the lands, and their land,
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18. Of a truth H551 , LORD H3068 , the kings H4428 of Assyria H804 have laid waste H2717 H853 all H3605 the nations H776 , and their countries H776 ,
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19. and have given their gods into the fire (for they were not gods, only the work of men's hands, wood and stone; so they have destroyed them).
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19. 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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20. And now, O Jehovah our God, save us from his hand, so that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that You are Jehovah, You alone.
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20. Now H6258 therefore , O LORD H3068 our God H430 , save H3467 us from 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 , even thou only H905 .
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21. And Isaiah the son of Amoz sent to Hezekiah, saying, So says Jehovah, God of Israel, Because you have prayed to Me against Sennacherib the king of Assyria,
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21. Then Isaiah H3470 the son H1121 of Amoz H531 sent H7971 unto H413 Hezekiah H2396 , saying H559 , Thus H3541 saith H559 the LORD H3068 God H430 of Israel H3478 , Whereas H834 thou hast prayed H6419 to H413 me against H413 Sennacherib H5576 king H4428 of Assyria H804 :
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22. this is the Word Jehovah has spoken about him: The virgin, the daughter of Zion, has despised you, laughing you to scorn; the daughter of Jerusalem has shaken the head behind you.
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22. This H2088 is the word H1697 which H834 the LORD H3068 hath spoken H1696 concerning H5921 him ; The virgin H1330 , the daughter H1323 of Zion H6726 , hath despised H936 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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23. Whom have you mocked and reviled? And against whom have you lifted your voice, and lifted your eyes on high? Against the Holy One of Israel!
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23. 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 H413 the Holy One H6918 of Israel H3478 .
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24. By your servants, you have mocked the Lord, and said, By my many chariots I have come up to the tops of mountains, the sides of Lebanon; and I will cut down its tall cedars, its choice fir trees; and I will go to its greatest height, the forest of its fruitful field.
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24. By H3027 thy servants H5650 hast thou reproached H2778 the Lord H136 , and hast said H559 , By the multitude H7230 of my chariots H7393 am I H589 come up H5927 to the height H4791 of the mountains H2022 , to the sides H3411 of Lebanon H3844 ; and I will cut down H3772 the tall H6967 cedars H730 thereof, and the choice H4005 fir trees H1265 thereof : and I will enter H935 into the height H4791 of his border H7093 , and the forest H3293 of his Carmel H3759 .
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25. I have dug and drunk water; and I have dried up the streams of Egypt with the sole of my feet.
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25. I H589 have digged H6979 , and drunk H8354 water H4325 ; and with the sole H3709 of my feet H6471 have I dried up H2717 all H3605 the rivers H2975 of the besieged places H4693 .
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26. Have you not heard it from afar? I have made it from days of old, even I formed it. Now I have caused it to come, and you are to cause fortified cities to crash into heaps, ruins.
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26. Hast thou not H3808 heard H8085 long ago H4480 H7350 , how I have done H6213 it; and of ancient H6924 times H4480 H3117 , that I have formed H3335 it? now H6258 have I brought it to pass H935 , that thou shouldest be H1961 to lay waste H7582 defensed H1219 cities H5892 into ruinous H5327 heaps H1530 .
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27. And those living in it were short of hand, dismayed and ashamed. They were as the field grass and the green herbs; like the grass of the housetops, even blasted before it has risen.
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27. 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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28. But I know your sitting down, and your going out, and your coming in, and your raging against Me.
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28. 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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29. Because of your raging against Me, and your arrogance has come up to 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 you came in.
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29. Because H3282 thy rage H7264 against H413 me , and thy tumult H7600 , is come up H5927 into mine ears H241 , therefore will I 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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30. And this shall be the sign to you: You shall eat self-sown grain this year; and the second year, that which springs up; and in the third year you shall sow and reap, and plant vineyards, and eat their fruit.
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30. And this H2088 shall be a sign H226 unto thee , Ye shall eat H398 this year H8141 such as groweth of itself H5599 ; and 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 fruit H6529 thereof.
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31. The remnant of the house of Judah that has escaped shall again take root downward, and it produces fruit upward.
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31. And the remnant H7604 that is escaped H6413 of the house H1004 of Judah H3063 shall again H3254 take root H8328 downward H4295 , and bear H6213 fruit H6529 upward H4605 :
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32. For a remnant shall go out of Jerusalem, and the escaped ones out of Mount Zion; the zeal of Jehovah of Hosts shall do this.
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32. 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 H6635 shall do H6213 this H2063 .
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33. So Jehovah says this to the king of Assyria, He shall not come into this city, nor shoot an arrow there, nor come before it with a shield, nor pour out a siege mound on it.
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33. 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 shields H4043 , nor H3808 cast H8210 a bank H5550 against H5921 it.
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34. He shall return by the same way that he came in, and he shall not come into this city, says Jehovah.
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34. 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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35. For I will defend over this city to save it, for My own sake, and for My servant David's sake.
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35. For I will defend H1598 H5921 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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36. Then the Angel of Jehovah went out and struck a hundred and eighty five thousand in the camp of Assyria. And they rose early in the morning; and, behold! They were all dead corpses.
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36. Then the angel H4397 of the LORD H3068 went forth H3318 , and smote H5221 in the camp H4264 of the Assyrians H804 a hundred H3967 and 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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37. And Sennacherib, king of Assyria, set out, and went and returned; and he lived at Nineveh.
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37. 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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38. And it happened as he was worshiping in the house of his god Nisroch, even his sons Adrammelech and Sharezer struck him with the sword. And they escaped into the land of Ararat. And his son Esar-haddon reigned in his place.
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38. 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 Esar H634 -haddon his son H1121 reigned H4427 in his stead H8478 .
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