Isa 36 | ABEn | STEP | And it came to pass the fourteenth year of the reigning of Hezekiah, [ 4 ascended 1 Sennacherib 2 king 3 of the Assyrians] upon the [ 2 cities 3 of Judea 1 fortified], and took them.

Isaiah 36

CHAPTER 36 Sennacherib Ascends to Judah

1 And it came to pass the fourteenth year of the reigning of Hezekiah, [⁴ascended ¹Sennacherib ²king ³of the Assyrians] upon the [²cities ³of Judea ¹fortified], and took them. 2 And [³sent ¹the king ²of the Assyrians] Rabshakeh from Lachish unto Jerusalem to king Hezekiah with [²force ¹a great]. And he stood by the aqueduct of the [²pool ¹upper] in the way of the field of the fuller. 3 And there came forth to him, Eliakim, the son of Hilkiah the manager, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah, the son of Asaph, the recorder. 4 And [²said ³to them ¹Rabshakeh], Speak to Hezekiah! Thus says the [²king ¹great], the king of the Assyrians. What are you relying on? 5 Does [³by ⁴a plan ⁵with the ⁶words ⁷of the lips ¹the battle ²take place]? And now, upon whom are you relying that you resist my persuasion? 6 Behold, you are relying upon [²rod ³of reed ¹this fractured] -- upon Egypt; which if [²should stay his weight ¹a man] upon it, it shall enter into his hand, and shall puncture it. Thus is Pharaoh king of Egypt, and all the ones relying upon him. 7 And if you should say, Upon the lord our God we rely on. [²not ¹Is he] whom Hezekiah removed his high places, and his altars, and told Judah and Jerusalem, In front of this altar do obesiance now! 8 But mix in with my master the king of the Assyrians, and I will give to you two thousand horses, if you are able to put riders upon them. 9 And how are you all able to turn to the face of the toparchs? [¹⁰our servants ⁹are ¹The ones ²relying ³upon ⁴the Egyptians ⁵for ⁶a horse ⁷and ⁸rider]. 10 And now, have [²without ³the lord ¹we ascended] upon this place to wage war with it? The lord said to me, Ascend upon this land, and utterly destroy it! 11 And [⁶said ⁷to ⁸him ¹Eliakim ²and ³Shebna ⁴and ⁵Joah], to Rabshakeh, Speak indeed to your servants in Syriac! for we hear ourselves; and do not speak to us in Jewish! For why do you speak unto the ears of the men standing upon the wall? 12 And [²said ³to ⁴them ¹Rabshakeh], Is it to your master, or to you [²sent ³me ¹my master] to speak these words? Is it not to the men, the ones sitting upon the wall, that they should eat their dung and drink their urine with you together? 13 And Rabshakeh stood and yelled out [²voice ¹with a great] in Jewish, and said, Hearken to indeed the words of the [²king ¹great], the king of the Assyrians! 14 Thus says the king, Do not let [²deceive ³you ¹Hezekiah] with words! in no way shall he be able to rescue you. 15 And do not let [²say ³to you ¹Hezekiah] that, [²shall rescue ³you ¹God], and in no way shall [²be delivered ¹this city] into the hand of the king of the Assyrians. 16 Do not hearken to Hezekiah! Thus says the king of the Assyrians, If you want to be blessed, come forth to me! and you shall [²eat ¹each] of his own grapevine and fig-trees, and shall drink water from out of his own well; 17 until whenever I should come and should take you into a land as your land; a land of grain, and wine, and bread loaves, and vineyards. 18 Let not [²deceive ³you ¹Hezekiah]! saying, God shall rescue us. Have [⁶rescued ¹the ²gods ³of the ⁴nations ⁵each] his own place from out of the hand of the king of the Assyrians? 19 Where is the god of Hamath and Arpad? And where is the god of the city of Sepharvaim? Have they been able to rescue Samaria from out of my hand? 20 Which of the gods of all these nations is the one who was rescued of his land from out of my hand, that [²shall rescue ¹the lord] Jerusalem from out of my hand? 21 And they kept silent, and no one answered him a word by the assignment of the king, saying, No one is to answer. 22 And [⁷entered ¹Eliakim ²the ³son of ⁴Helkiah ⁵the ⁶manager], and Shebna the scribe, and Joah, the son of Asaph the recorder, to Hezekiah, having split their inner garments. And they announced to him the words of Rabshakeh.