Verse
YLT
Young's Literal Translation
KJV
King James Version
And it cometh
to pass, at
the
king Hezekiah's
hearing
, that he rendeth
his garments
, and covereth
himself with sackcloth, and entereth
the house of Jehovah,
And it came
to pass, when
king Hezekiah
heard
it
, that he rent
his clothes
, and covered
himself with sackcloth, and went
into
the house of the
LORD.
and sendeth
Eliakim, who `is'
over the house
, and Shebna the scribe, and the elders of the priests ,
covering
themselves
with sackcloth, unto Isaiah son of Amoz the
prophet,
And he
sent
Eliakim, who was
over the household
, and Shebna the scribe, and the elders of the priests covered
with sackcloth, unto Isaiah the
prophet
the
son of Amoz .
and they say
unto him, `
Thus said
Hezekiah, A day of distress
, and rebuke, and despising,
`is'
this
day;
for come have
sons
unto
the birth, and power
there is not to bear
.
And they said
unto him, Thus saith
Hezekiah, This
day
is
a day of trouble
, and of
rebuke, and of
blasphemy:
for the
children
are
come to
the birth, and there is not strength
to bring
forth
.
`
It may be Jehovah
thy God doth
hear the words of Rabshakeh with
which
the king of Asshur
his lord
hath sent him
to reproach the living God, and hath
decided
concerning
the words that
Jehovah
thy God hath heard ,
and
thou
hast
lifted
up prayer for the remnant that is found
. '
It may be the
LORD
thy God will
hear the words of Rabshakeh ,
whom
the king of Assyria
his master
hath sent to reproach the living God, and will
reprove
the words which
the
LORD
thy God hath heard :
wherefore
lift
up thy
prayer for the remnant that is left
.
And
the servants of king Hezekiah come
in
unto
Isaiah ,
So
the servants of king Hezekiah came
to
Isaiah .
and Isaiah saith
unto them, `
Thus do
ye say unto your lord
, Thus said
Jehovah
, Be not afraid because
of the words that thou hast heard, with
which
the servants of the king of Asshur
have reviled
Me.
And Isaiah said
unto them, Thus shall
ye say unto your master
, Thus saith
the
LORD
, Be not afraid of the words that thou hast heard, wherewith
the servants of the king of Assyria
have blasphemed
me.
Lo
, I am
giving
in
him
a spirit
, and he hath
heard
a report
, and hath
turned
back
unto
his land ,
and I have
caused
him to fall by the sword in his land. '
Behold
, I will
send
a blast
upon
him
, and he shall
hear
a rumour
, and return
to
his own
land ;
and I will
cause
him to fall by the sword in his own
land.
And
Rabshakeh turneth
back
and findeth
the king of Asshur
fighting
against Libnah ,
for he hath
heard that he hath
journeyed
from Lachish.
So
Rabshakeh returned,
and found
the king of Assyria
warring
against Libnah :
for he had
heard that he was
departed
from Lachish.
And he heareth
concerning Tirhakah king of Cush,
saying
, `
He hath
come out
to fight
with thee ;'
and he heareth
, and
sendeth
messengers unto
Hezekiah, saying,
And he heard
say
concerning Tirhakah king of Ethiopia
, He is
come forth
to make
war
with thee .
And when
he heard
it
, he
sent
messengers to
Hezekiah, saying,
`
Thus do
ye speak unto
Hezekiah king of Judah, saying, Let not thy God lift
thee
up
in whom thou art
trusting
, saying, Jerusalem is
not given into the hand of the king of Asshur
.
Thus shall
ye speak to
Hezekiah king of Judah, saying, Let not thy God ,
in whom thou trustest
, deceive
thee,
saying, Jerusalem shall
not be
given into the hand of the king of Assyria
.
Lo
, thou hast heard that
which
the kings of Asshur
have done to all the
lands --
to
devote
them --
and thou art
delivered !
Behold
, thou hast heard what
the kings of Assyria
have done to all lands by
destroying
them utterly;
and shalt
thou be
delivered ?
Did
the gods of the nations deliver
them whom
my fathers destroyed --
Gozan, and Haran, and Rezeph, and the sons
of Eden ,
who
`are'
in Telassar?
Have
the gods of the nations delivered
them which
my fathers have
destroyed ,
as
Gozan, and Haran, and Rezeph, and the children
of Eden which
were
in Telassar?
Where `
is '
the king of Hamath, and the king of Arpad
, and the king of the city of Sepharvaim, Hena, and Ivvah
? '
Where is the king of Hamath, and the king of Arphad
, and the king of the city of Sepharvaim, Hena, and Ivah
?
And Hezekiah taketh
the letters
out
of
the hand of the messengers, and readeth
them,
and Hezekiah goeth
up to
the house of Jehovah
, and Hezekiah
spreadeth
it before Jehovah
.
And Hezekiah received
the letter
from
the hand of the messengers, and read
it:
and Hezekiah went
up unto
the house of the
LORD
, and spread
it before the
LORD
.
And Hezekiah prayeth
unto Jehovah
, saying,
And Hezekiah prayed
unto the
LORD
, saying,
`Jehovah
of Hosts, God of Israel, inhabiting
the cherubs
, Thou `
art '
God Himself
--
Thyself
alone --
to
all kingdoms of the earth ,
Thou hast made the
heavens
and the
earth.
O
LORD
of hosts, God of Israel, that
dwellest
between
the cherubims
, thou art the
God ,
even
thou
alone ,
of
all the
kingdoms of the earth :
thou hast made heaven
and earth.
Incline ,
O
Jehovah,
Thine ear, and hear; open, O Jehovah
, Thine
eyes
and see ;
and hear Thou
all the words of Sennacherib that
he
hath sent to reproach the living God.
Incline thine ear, O
LORD,
and hear; open thine
eyes
, O LORD
, and see :
and hear all the words of Sennacherib ,
which
hath sent to reproach the living God.
`Truly
, O
Jehovah
, kings of Asshur
have laid waste all the lands
and their land
,
Of
a
truth
, LORD
, the
kings of Assyria
have laid waste all the nations,
and their countries
,
so
as
to
put
their gods into fire --
for they `are'
no gods, but work of the
hands of
man
, wood and stone --
and
they destroy
them.
And
have
cast
their gods into the
fire :
for they were
no gods, but the
work of men's
hands, wood and stone :
therefore
they have
destroyed
them.
And
now, Jehovah
our God, save us from his hand, and
all kingdoms of the earth do
know that Thou `
art '
Jehovah
, Thyself
alone
. '
Now therefore
, O
LORD
our God, save us from his hand, that
all the
kingdoms of the earth may
know that thou art the
LORD
, even
thou
only
.
And
Isaiah son of Amoz sendeth
unto Hezekiah, saying, `
Thus said
Jehovah,
God of Israel, That
which
thou hast prayed unto
me concerning
Sennacherib king of Asshur
--
Then
Isaiah the
son of Amoz sent
unto Hezekiah, saying, Thus saith
the
LORD
God of Israel, Whereas
thou hast prayed to
me against
Sennacherib king of Assyria:
this `
is '
the word that
Jehovah
spake
concerning him :
Trampled
on
thee,
laughed
at
thee,
Hath
the virgin daughter of Zion, Behind
thee
shaken
the
head
hath the daughter of Jerusalem.
This is the word which
the
LORD
hath
spoken
concerning him ;
The virgin ,
the
daughter of Zion, hath despised
thee,
and
laughed
thee
to
scorn;
the daughter of Jerusalem hath
shaken
her
head
at
thee
.
Whom hast thou reproached and reviled
? And against whom lifted
up
the
voice ?
Yea
, thou
dost
lift
up on
high
thine eyes Against the Holy One of Israel.
Whom hast thou reproached and blasphemed
? and against whom hast
thou
exalted
thy
voice, and
lifted
up thine eyes on
high?
even
against the Holy One of Israel.
By the
hand
of
thy servants Thou
hast reviled
the Lord, and sayest:
In
the multitude of my chariots I have
come up to a
high
place
of hills
, The sides of Lebanon ,
And I cut down the height
of
its
cedars, The choice of
its
firs,
And I enter the high
place
of its
extremity
, The forest of its
Carmel.
By thy servants hast thou
reproached
the Lord, and hast
said,
By
the multitude of my chariots am
I come up to the
height
of the
mountains
, to
the sides of Lebanon ;
and I will
cut down the tall
cedars thereof
, and
the choice fir
trees
thereof:
and I will
enter into
the height
of his
border
, and
the forest of his
Carmel.
I --
I
have dug
and drunk waters,
And I
dry
up
with the sole of my steps
All floods
of a
bulwark
.
I have digged,
and drunk water;
and with the sole of my feet
have
I
dried
up
all the
rivers
of the
besieged
places
.
Hast thou not heard from
afar?
--
it
I
did
, From
days
of old
--
that I formed it .
Now ,
I
have brought it in,
And
it
is
to make
desolate
, Ruinous heaps --
fenced
cities,
Hast thou not heard long
ago
, how
I
have
done
it;
and
of ancient
times,
that I have
formed it ?
now have I
brought it to pass
, that
thou
shouldest
be
to
lay
waste
defenced
cities
into
ruinous heaps .
And
their inhabitants are
feeble-handed
, They were broken
down,
and are
dried
up.
They have
been
the herb
of the field, And the
greenness
of
the tender
grass
, Grass of
the roofs
, And blasted
corn ,
before it hath
risen
up.
Therefore
their inhabitants were
of
small
power
, they were dismayed
and confounded:
they were
as
the grass
of the field, and as
the green
herb
, as
the
grass on
the housetops
, and as
corn blasted
before it be
grown
up.
And
thy sitting
down
, and thy going out, And thy coming in, I
have
known,
And thy anger
towards
Me.
But
I
know
thy abode
, and thy going out, and thy coming in, and thy rage
against
me.
Because of
thy anger
towards
Me, And thy noise
--
it
came
up into Mine ears, I have
put My hook in thy nose, And My bridle in thy lips, And I have
caused
thee
to
turn back In
the way in
which thou camest.
Because thy rage
against
me, and thy tumult,
is
come
up into mine ears, therefore
will
I put my hook in thy nose, and my bridle in thy lips, and I will
turn thee
back by
the way by
which thou camest.
--
And this to
thee
`is'
the
sign, Food
of
the
year `is'
self-sown
grain,
And in
the second year the spontaneous
growth,
And in the third year ,
sow ye and reap, And plant vineyards, and eat their
fruit.
And this shall
be
a
sign unto
thee
, Ye
shall
eat
this
year such
as
groweth
of
itself;
and the second year that
which
springeth
of
the same:
and in the third year sow ye ,
and reap, and plant vineyards, and eat the
fruit thereof
.
And it
hath
continued
--
the escaped Of the house of Judah that
hath
been
left
--
To
take root beneath
, And it
hath
made
fruit upward .
And the remnant
that
is
escaped of the house of Judah shall
again
take root downward
, and bear
fruit upward :
For from
Jerusalem goeth
forth a remnant, And an
escape from
mount Zion ,
The zeal of Jehovah
of Hosts doth
this.
For out
of
Jerusalem shall
go
forth a remnant, and they
that
escape out
of
mount Zion :
the zeal of the
LORD
of hosts shall
do
this.
Therefore ,
thus said
Jehovah,
Concerning the king of Asshur:
He doth
not come in
unto
this city, Nor doth
he
shoot there
an arrow, Nor doth
he
come before it `
with '
shield
, Nor doth
he
pour
out
against it a
mount
.
Therefore thus saith
the
LORD
concerning the king of Assyria,
He shall
not come into
this city, nor shoot an arrow there
, nor come before it with shields
, nor cast
a
bank
against it.
In
the way that he came, in
it
he turneth
back
, And unto
this
city
he
doth
not come in,
An
affirmation
of
Jehovah
,
By
the way that he came, by
the
same
shall
he return
, and shall
not come into
this
city
, saith
the
LORD.
And
I have
covered
over
this city ,
To save it ,
for Mine own sake, And for the
sake
of
David
My servant. '
For
I will
defend
this city to save it for mine own sake, and for my servant David's
sake
.
And
a
messenger
of Jehovah
goeth
out
, and smiteth
in the camp of Asshur
a hundred and eighty
and five thousand ;
and `men'
rise
early in the morning, and
lo
, all of
them
`are'
dead corpses.
Then
the
angel
of the
LORD
went
forth
, and smote
in the camp of the
Assyrians
a hundred and fourscore
and five thousand :
and when
they
arose
early in the morning, behold
, they
were
all dead corpses.
And
journey,
and
go,
and
turn
back
doth
Sennacherib king of Asshur
, and dwelleth
in
Nineveh.
So
Sennacherib king of Assyria
departed
, and went
and
returned,
and
dwelt
at
Nineveh.
And it cometh
to pass, he is
bowing
himself
in the house of Nisroch his god, and
Adrammelech and Sharezer his sons have
smitten
him with the sword ,
and they have
escaped to
the land of Ararat,
and Esar-Haddon
his son reigneth
in his stead.
And it came
to pass, as
he was
worshipping
in the house of Nisroch his god, that
Adrammelech and Sharezer his sons smote
him with the sword ;
and they escaped into
the land of Armenia:
and Esarhaddon
his son reigned
in his stead.
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