Verse
BSB
Berean Standard Bible
YLT
Young's Literal Translation
In the fourteenth year of Hezekiah’s
reign
, Sennacherib king of Assyria
attacked
and
captured
all the fortified
cities of Judah.
And
it
cometh
to
pass,
in the fourteenth year of king
Hezekiah
, come
up
hath
Sennacherib king of Asshur
against
all the fenced
cities of Judah ,
and
seizeth
them
.
And the king of Assyria
sent
the
Rabshakeh ,
with
a
great
army,
from Lachish to King Hezekiah at
Jerusalem.
And he stopped
by the aqueduct
of the upper pool, on
the road
to
the Launderer’s
Field .
And the king of Asshur
sendeth
Rabshakeh from Lachish to Jerusalem,
unto
the
king Hezekiah ,
with
a
heavy
force,
and he standeth
by the conduit
of the upper pool, in
the highway
of
the fuller's
field ,
Then
Eliakim son of Hilkiah the palace
administrator
, Shebna the scribe, and Joah son of Asaph the
recorder
, went
out
to
him
.
and
go
forth
unto
him
doth
Eliakim son of Hilkiah ,
who
`is'
over
the house
, and
Shebna the scribe, and Joah son of Asaph, the
remembrancer
.
The
Rabshakeh said
to
them, “Tell
Hezekiah that
this
is
what
the great king, the king of Assyria
, says:
What is the
basis
of
this confidence of
yours
?
And
Rabshakeh saith
unto
them, `Say
ye,
I
pray
you,
unto
Hezekiah ,
`Thus
said
the great king, the king of Asshur
, What `
is '
this confidence in
which
thou
hast
confided
?
You
claim
to
have a strategy
and strength
for war
, but
these
are
empty
words.
In
whom are
you
now
trusting
, that you
have
rebelled against me?
I
have said:
Only,
a word
of
the
lips!
counsel
and might
`are'
for battle:
now
, on
whom hast
thou
trusted
, that thou
hast
rebelled against me?
Look
now,
you
are
trusting
in
Egypt
, that
splintered
reed
of
a
staff
that
will
pierce
the hand
of anyone
who
leans
on it .
Such
is Pharaoh king of Egypt to all who
trust
in
him.
`Lo
, thou
hast
trusted
on
the staff
of this
broken
reed
--
on Egypt
--
which
a
man
leaneth
on,
and
it hath
gone
into
his
hand,
and
pierced
it
--
so
`
is '
Pharaoh king of Egypt to all those
trusting
on
him.
But
if
you
say to
me, ‘We
trust
in
the
LORD
our God ,’
is He
not the
One
whose high places and altars Hezekiah has
removed
, saying
to Judah and Jerusalem, ‘You
must
worship
before this altar ’
?
`And
dost
thou
say unto
me, Unto
Jehovah
our God we
have
trusted?
is it
not He,
whose high places and whose
altars Hezekiah hath
turned
aside
, and
saith
to Judah and to
Jerusalem, Before this altar ye
do
bow
yourselves
?
Now, therefore
, make
a
bargain
with my master,
the king of Assyria.
I will
give you
two thousand horses —
if you
can
put riders on them !
`And
now, negotiate
, I
pray
thee,
with my lord
the king of Asshur,
and
I give to
thee
two thousand horses ,
if thou
art
able
to
put for
thee
riders on them .
For
how can
you
repel
a
single
officer
among
the least of my
master’s
servants when
you
depend
on Egypt for chariots
and horsemen?
And
how dost
thou
turn
back
the face
of
one
captain
of
the
least of the
servants of
my
lord,
and
dost
trust
for
thee
on Egypt ,
for chariot
and for
horsemen?
So
now, was
it
apart
from
the
LORD
that
I
have come up against this land to destroy it? The
LORD
Himself
said to
me, ‘
Go up against
this land and destroy
it. ’”
And
now, without
Jehovah
have I
come up against this land to destroy it? Jehovah
said unto
me, Go up unto
this land ,
and thou
hast
destroyed
it. '
Then
Eliakim ,
Shebna ,
and Joah said
to
the
Rabshakeh, “Please
speak to
your
servants in Aramaic
, since
we understand
it.
Do not speak to
us in Hebrew
in the hearing
of the people on the wall. ”
And
Eliakim saith
--
and
Shebna and Joah --
unto
Rabshakeh, `
Speak ,
we
pray
thee,
unto
thy
servants `
in '
Aramaean
, for
we are
understanding;
and
do not speak unto
us `
in '
Jewish,
in the ears
of the people who
`are'
on the wall. '
But
the
Rabshakeh replied
, “Has
my master
sent me to speak these words only
to
you
and
your
master,
and
not to
the men sitting on the wall ,
who
are
destined
with
you
to eat their own dung and drink their own urine
? ”
And
Rabshakeh saith
, `Unto
thy
lord,
and
unto
thee,
hath
my lord
sent me to speak these words ?
is
it
not for
the men --
those
sitting on the wall to eat their own dung and to
drink their own water
with
you
? '
Then
the
Rabshakeh stood
and called
out
loudly
in Hebrew:
“
Hear the words of the great king, the king of Assyria!
And
Rabshakeh standeth
and calleth
with
a
great
voice
`
in '
Jewish,
and
saith,
`
Hear ye
the words of the great king, the king of Asshur:
This
is
what
the king says:
Do
not
let Hezekiah deceive
you, for he cannot
deliver you .
Thus
said
the king ,
Let not
Hezekiah lift
you up
, for he is
not
able
to
deliver you ;
Do
not
let Hezekiah persuade
you to
trust in
the
LORD
when
he
says
, ‘The
LORD
will
surely
deliver us ;
this city will
not be
given into the hand of the king of Assyria
. ’
and
let not
Hezekiah make
you trust unto
Jehovah
, saying,
Jehovah
doth
certainly
deliver us ,
this city is
not given into the hand of the king of Asshur
.
Do not listen
to
Hezekiah, for this
is
what
the king of Assyria
says:
Make peace
with me and come out to
me .
Then
every
one
of
you
will
eat from
his own
vine and his own
fig tree, and drink water
from
his own cistern
,
`
Do not hearken
unto
Hezekiah, for thus
said
the king of Asshur,
Make ye
with me a
blessing,
and come out unto
me ,
and
eat ye
each
of
his vine ,
and each
of
his fig -
tree, and drink ye
each
the
waters
of
his own well
,
until
I
come
and take
you away
to
a land like your own —
a land of grain
and new
wine, a land of bread and vineyards .
till
my
coming
in,
and I
have
taken
you unto
a land like your own land,
a land of corn
and wine, a land of bread and vineyards ;
Do
not
let
Hezekiah mislead
you when
he
says
, ‘The
LORD
will
deliver us. ’
Has
the god
of any
nation
ever
delivered his land from
the hand of the king of Assyria
?
lest
Hezekiah doth
persuade
you, saying,
Jehovah
doth
deliver us. `Have
the gods
of the
nations
delivered each
his land out
of
the hand of the king of Asshur
?
Where are the gods of Hamath and Arpad? Where are
the gods of Sepharvaim ?
Have
they delivered Samaria from
my hand?
Where `
are '
the gods of Hamath and Arpad? Where the gods of Sepharvaim ,
that
they have
delivered Samaria out
of
my hand?
Who among all the gods of these lands has
delivered his
land from
my hand ?
How
then
can
the
LORD
deliver Jerusalem from
my hand? ”
Who among all the gods of these lands `are'
they
who
have
delivered their
land out
of
my hand ,
that
Jehovah
doth
deliver Jerusalem out
of
my hand? '
But
the
people
remained
silent and did
not answer
a word, for Hezekiah
had
commanded
, “
Do not answer him. ”
And
they
keep
silent ,
and have
not answered
him
a word, for a
command
of
the
king
is
, saying,
`
Do not answer him. '
Then
Hilkiah’s
son
Eliakim the palace
administrator
, Shebna the scribe, and Asaph’s
son
Joah the recorder
came
to
Hezekiah with their
clothes
torn
, and they relayed
to him the words of the
Rabshakeh.
And
Eliakim son
of
Hilkiah,
who
`is'
over
the house
, cometh
in,
and
Shebna the scribe, and Joah son
of
Asaph,
the remembrancer,
unto
Hezekiah with rent
garments
, and they declare
to him the words of Rabshakeh.
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