Verse
YLT
Young's Literal Translation
BSB
Berean Standard Bible
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
.
In the fourteenth year of Hezekiah’s
reign
, Sennacherib king of Assyria
attacked
and
captured
all the fortified
cities of Judah.
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 ,
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
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
.
Then
Eliakim son of Hilkiah the palace
administrator
, Shebna the scribe, and Joah son of Asaph the recorder,
went
out
to
him
.
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
?
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
?
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?
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?
`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.
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.
`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
?
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
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 .
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
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?
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
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. '
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
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. '
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
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
? '
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 standeth
and calleth
with
a
great
voice
`
in '
Jewish,
and
saith,
`
Hear ye
the words of the great king, the king of Asshur:
Then
the
Rabshakeh stood
and called
out
loudly
in Hebrew:
“
Hear the words of the great king, the king of Assyria!
Thus
said
the king ,
Let
not Hezekiah lift
you up
, for he is
not
able
to
deliver you ;
This
is
what
the king says:
Do
not let
Hezekiah deceive
you, for he cannot
deliver you .
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 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
. ’
`
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
,
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
,
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 ;
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 .
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
?
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
?
Where `
are '
the gods of Hamath and Arpad? Where the gods of Sepharvaim ,
that
they
have delivered Samaria out
of
my hand?
Where are the gods of Hamath and Arpad? Where are
the gods of Sepharvaim ?
Have they
delivered Samaria 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? '
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? ”
And
they
keep
silent ,
and have
not answered
him
a word, for a
command
of
the
king
is,
saying
, `
Do not answer him. '
But
the
people
remained
silent and did
not answer
a word, for Hezekiah
had
commanded
, “
Do not answer him. ”
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.
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.
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