The Book of Isaiah
37: 1And 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 Jehovah. 37:2And
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. 37:3And they said unto him, Thus saith Hezekiah, This day is a day of
trouble, and of rebuke, and of contumely; for the children are come to the birth,
and there is not strength to bring forth. 37:4It may be Jehovah thy God will hear the
words of Rabshakeh, whom the king of Assyria his master hath sent to defy the
living God, and will rebuke the words which Jehovah thy God hath heard:
wherefore lift up thy prayer for the remnant that is left. 37:5So the servants of king
Hezekiah came to Isaiah. 37:6And Isaiah said unto them, Thus shall ye say to your
master, Thus saith Jehovah, Be not afraid of the words that thou hast heard,
wherewith the servants of the king of Assyria have blasphemed me. 37:7Behold, I
will put a spirit in him, and he shall hear tidings, and shall return unto his own
land; and I will cause him to fall by the sword in his own land. 37:8So Rabshakeh
returned, and found the king of Assyria warring against Libnah; for he had heard
that he was departed from Lachish. 37:9And he heard say concerning Tirhakah king
of Ethiopia, He is come out to fight against thee. And when he heard it, he sent
messengers to Hezekiah, saying, 37:10Thus 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. 37:11Behold, thou
hast heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all lands, by destroying them
utterly: and shalt thou be delivered? 37:12Have the gods of the nations delivered
them, which my fathers have destroyed, Gozan, and Haran, and Rezeph, and the
children of Eden that were in Telassar? 37:13Where is the king of Hamath, and the
king of Arpad, and the king of the city of Sepharvaim, of Hena, and Ivvah?
37:14And Hezekiah received the letter from the hand of the messengers, and read it;
and Hezekiah went up unto the house of Jehovah, and spread it before Jehovah.
37:15And Hezekiah prayed unto Jehovah, saying, 37:16O Jehovah of hosts, the God of
Israel, that sittest above the cherubim, thou art the God, even thou alone, of all the
kingdoms of the earth; thou hast made heaven and earth. 37:17Incline thine ear, O
Jehovah, and hear; open thine eyes, O Jehovah, and see; and hear all the words of
Sennacherib, who hath sent to defy the living God. 37:18Of a truth, Jehovah, the
kings of Assyria have laid waste all the countries, and their land, 37:19and 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. 37:20Now therefore, O Jehovah our
God, save us from his hand, that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that thou
art Jehovah, even thou only. 37:21Then Isaiah the son of Amoz sent unto Hezekiah,
saying, Thus saith Jehovah, the God of Israel, Whereas thou hast prayed to me
against Sennacherib king of Assyria, 37:22this is the word which Jehovah hath
spoken concerning him: The virgin daughter of Zion hath despised thee and
laughed thee to scorn; the daughter of Jerusalem hath shaken her head at thee.
37:23Whom hast thou defied and blasphemed? and against whom hast thou exalted
thy voice and lifted up thine eyes on high? even against the Holy One of Israel.
37:24By thy servants hast thou defied the Lord, and hast said, With the multitude of
my chariots am I come up to the height of the mountains, to the innermost parts of
Lebanon; and I will cut down the tall cedars thereof, and the choice fir-trees
thereof; and I will enter into its farthest height, the forest of its fruitful field; 37:25I
have digged and drunk water, and with the sole of my feet will I dry up all the
rivers of Egypt. 37:26Hast thou not heard how I have done it long ago, and formed it
of ancient times? now have I brought it to pass, that it should be thine to lay waste
fortified cities into ruinous heaps. 37:27Therefore 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 a field of grain before
it is grown up. 37:28But I know thy sitting down, and thy going out, and thy coming
in, and thy raging against me. 37:29Because of thy raging against me, and because
thine arrogancy 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. 37:30And this shall be the sign unto thee: ye shall eat this year that
which groweth of itself, and in 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. 37:31And the remnant that is escaped of the house of Judah shall again take
root downward, and bear fruit upward. 37:32For out of Jerusalem shall go forth a
remnant, and out of mount Zion they that shall escape. The zeal of Jehovah of
hosts will perform this. 37:33Therefore thus saith Jehovah concerning the king of
Assyria, He shall not come unto this city, nor shoot an arrow there, neither shall
he come before it with shield, nor cast up a mound against it. 37:34By the way that
he came, by the same shall he return, and he shall not come unto this city, saith
Jehovah. 37:35For I will defend this city to save it, for mine own sake, and for my
servant David's sake. 37:36And the angel of Jehovah went forth, and smote in the
camp of the Assyrians a hundred and fourscore and five thousand; and when men
arose early in the morning, behold, these were all dead bodies. 37:37So Sennacherib
king of Assyria departed, and went and returned, and dwelt at Nineveh. 37:38And 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 Ararat. And Esar-haddon his son reigned in his stead.