Isa 36
1 Sennacherib Ascends to Judah
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.
2And [
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.
3And there came forth to him, Eliakim, the
son of Hilkiah the manager, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah, the
son of Asaph, the recorder.
4And [
2said
3to them
1Rabshakeh], Speak to Hezekiah! Thus says the [
2king
1great],
the king of
the Assyrians. What are you relying on?
5Does [
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?
6Behold, 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.
7And 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!
8But 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.
9And 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].
10And 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!
11And [
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?
12And [
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?
13And 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!
14Thus says the king, Do not let [
2deceive
3you
1Hezekiah] with words! in no way shall he be able to rescue you.
15And 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.
16Do 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;
17until 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.
18Let 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?
19Where 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?
20Which 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?
21And they kept silent, and no one answered him a word by the assignment of the king,
saying, No one is to answer.
22And [
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.