Isa 37 | EngLXX | STEP | And it came to pass, when king Ezekias heard it, that he tore his clothes, and put on sackcloth, and went up to the house of the Lord.

Isaiah 37

1 And it came to pass, when king Ezekias heardit, that he tore his clothes, and put on sackcloth, and went up to the house of the Lord. 2 And he sent Heliakim the steward, and Somnas the scribe, and the elders of the priestsclothed with sackcloth, to Esaias the son of Amos, the prophet. And they said to him, Thus says Ezekias, 3 To-day is a day of affliction, and reproach, and rebuke, and anger: for the pangs arecome upon the travailingwoman, but she has not strength to bring forth. 4 May the Lord your God hear the words of Rabsaces, which the king of the Assyrians hassent, to reproach the living God, even to reproach with the words which the Lord your God has heard: thereforeyou shall pray to your Lord for these that are left. 5 So the servants of king Ezekias came to Esaias. 6 And Esaias said to them, Thus shall you⌃ say to your master, Thus says the Lord, Be notyou afraid at the words which you have heard, wherewith the ambassadors of the king of the Assyrians havereproached me, 7 Behold, Iwill send a blast upon him, and he shall hear a report, and return to his own country, andhe shall fall by the sword in his own land. 8 So Rabsaces returned, and found the king of the Assyrians besieging Lobna: for he hadheard that he had departed from Lachis. 9 And Tharaca king of the Ethiopians went forth to attack him. And when he heard it, heturned aside, and sent messengers to Ezekias, saying, 10 Thus shall you⌃ say to Ezekias king of Judea, Let not your God, in whom you trust, deceiveyou, saying, Jerusalem shall not be delivered into the hand of the king of the Assyrians. 11 Hast you not heard what the kings of the Assyrians have done, how they have destroyedthe whole earth? and shall you be delivered? 12 Have the gods of the nations which my fathers destroyed delivered them, both Gozan, andCharrhan, and Rapheth, which are in the land of Theemath? 13 Where are the kings of Emath? and whereis the king of Arphath? and whereis the king of the city of Eppharuaim,and of Anagugana? 14 And Ezekias received the letter from the messengers, and read it, and went up to thehouse of the Lord, and opened it before the Lord. 15 And Ezekias prayed to the Lord, saying, 16 O Lord of hosts, God of Israel, who sit upon the cherubs, you alone are the God of everykingdom of the world: you have made heaven and earth. 17 Incline your ear, O Lord, hearken, O Lord; open your eyes, O Lord, look, O Lord: andbehold the words of Sennacherim, which he has sent to reproach the living God. 18 For of a truth, Lord, the kings of the Assyrians have laid waste the whole world, andthe countries thereof, 19 and have cast their idols into the fire: for, they were no gods, but the work of men'shands, wood and stone; and they have cast them away. 20 But now, O Lord our God, deliver us from his hands, that every kingdom of the earth mayknow that you are God alone. 21 And Esaias the son of Amos was sent to Ezekias, and said to him, Thus says the Lord,the God of Israel, I have heard your prayer to me concerning Sennacherim king of the Assyrians. 22 This is the word which God has spoken concerning him; The virgin daughter of Sion hasdespised you, and mocked you; the daughter of Jerusalem has shaken her head at you. 23 Whom have you reproached and provoked? and against whom have you lifted up your voice?and have you not lifted up your eyes on high against the Holy One of Israel? 24 For you have reproached the Lord by messengers; for you have said, With the multitudeof chariots have I ascended to the height of mountains, and to the sides of Libanus; and I have croppedthe height of his cedars and the beauty of his cypresses; and I entered into the height of the forestregion: 25 and I have made a bridge, and dried up the waters, and every pool of water. 26 Hast you not heard of these things which I did of old? I appointedthem from ancient times; but now have I manifestedmy purpose of desolating nations intheir strong holds, and them that dwell in strong cities. 27 I weakenedtheir hands, and they withered; and they became as dry grass on the housetops, and as grass. 28 But now I know your rest, and your going out, and your coming in. 29 And your wrath wherewith you have been enraged, and your rancour has come up to me; thereforeI will put a hook in your nose, and a bit in your lips, and will turn you back by the way by which youcame. 30 And this shall be a sign to you, Eat this year what you have sown; and the second yearthat which is left: and the third year sow, and reap, and plant vineyards, and eat the fruit of them. 31 And they that are left in Judea shall take root downward, and bear fruit upward: 32 for out of Jerusalem there shall be a remnant, and the saved ones out of mount Sion:the zeal of the Lord of hosts shall perform this. 33 Therefore thus says the Lord concerning the king of the Assyrians, He shall not enterinto this city, nor cast a weapon against it, nor bring a shield against it, nor make a rampart roundit. 34 But by the way by which he came, by it shall he return, and shall not enter into thiscity: thus says the Lord. 35 I will protect this city to save it for my own sake, and for my servant David's sake. 36 And the angel of the Lord went forth, and killed out of the camp of the Assyrians a hundredand eighty-five thousand: and they arose in the morning and found allthese bodies dead. 37 And Sennacherim king of the Assyrians turned and departed, and lived in Nineve. 38 And while he was worshipping Nasarach his country's god in the house, Adramelech andSarasar his sons struck him with swords; and they escaped into Armenia: and Asordan his son reigned inhis stead.