Isa 37
1 Hezekiah Inquires of The LORD
And it came to pass in [
3hearing
1king
2Hezekiah],
that he split his garments, and put on sackcloth, and ascended unto the house of
the LORD.
2And he sent Eliakim the manager, and Shebna the scribe (with the elders of the priests putting on sackcloths) to Isaiah son of Amoz the prophet.
3And they said to him, Thus says Hezekiah, A day of affliction, and scorning, and rebuke, and anger
is today's day. For [
4come
1the
2pangs
3of giving birth], [
4strength
1but
2she does not
3have] to give birth.
4If by any means [
3may listen to
1the LORD 2your God] the words of Rabshakeh, whom [
4sent
2the king
3of
the Assyrians
1his master] to berate [
2God
1the living], and to berate
by the words which [
3heard
1the LORD 2your God], therefore you shall make beseechment to
the LORD your God concerning these being left.
5And [
5came
1the
2servants
3of king
4Hezekiah] to Isaiah.
6And [
2said
3to them
1Isaiah], Thus you shall say to your master, Thus says
the LORD, You should not be fearful of the words which you heard, which [
5berated
6me
1the
2ambassadors
3of
the king
4of
the Assyrians].
7Behold, I shall put upon him a spirit, and hearing a message he shall return unto his place, and he shall fall
by the sword in his land.
8And Rabshakeh returned, and overtook the king of
the Assyrians while assaulting Libna, for he heard that he departed from Lachish.
9And there came forth Tirhakah king of the Ethiopians to assault him; and hearing he returned and sent messengers to Hezekiah, saying,
10Thus you shall say to Hezekiah king of Judea, Let not [
2deceive
3you
1your God]! upon whom you rely upon him, saying, In no way shall Jerusalem be delivered up into
the hand of
the king of
the Assyrians.
11Behold,
have you not heard what [
3did
1the kings
2of
the Assyrians], [
3the whole
4earth
1how
2they destroyed]? and shall you be rescued?
12Have [
5rescued
6them
1the
2gods
3of the
4nations] whom [
2destroyed
1my fathers], both Gozan, and Haran, and Rezeph, which are in
the place of Telassar?
13Where are the kings of Hamath? and where
is Arphad? and where
is the city Sepharvaim, Henah and Ivah?
14 The Prayer of Hezekiah
And Hezekiah took the scroll from the messengers, and read it. And he ascended into
the house of
the LORD, and opened it before
the LORD.
15And Hezekiah prayed to
the LORD, saying,
16O
LORD of Hosts, God of Israel, the one sitting upon the cherubim. You are God alone of every kingdom of the world. You made the heaven and the earth.
17Lean, O
LORD, your ear! Hearken, O
LORD! Open, O
LORD, your eyes! Look in, O
LORD, and know and hear all the words of Sennacherib! which he sent to berate [
2God
1the living].
18[
2in
3truth
1For], O
LORD, [
3made desolate
1the kings
2of
the Assyrians] the [
2inhabitable world
1entire], and their region.
19And they raised their idols unto the fire, [
3not
1for
4gods
2they were], but works of
the hands of men, wood and stones -- and they destroyed them.
20But now, O
LORD our God, deliver us from out of his hand! that [
5should know
1every
2kingdom
3of the
4earth] that you are God alone.
21And [
4was sent
1Isaiah
2son
3of Amoz] to Hezekiah. And he said to him, Thus says
the LORD God of Israel, I heard what you prayed to me concerning Sennacherib king of
the Assyrians.
22This
is the word which [
2spoke
3concerning
4him
1God]; [
4treated you as worthless
5and
6sneered at
7you
1The virgin
2daughter
3of Zion]; [
5against
6you
4her head
3shook
1the daughter
2of Jerusalem].
23Whom did you berate and provoke? or, to whom did you raise up high your voice and lift [
2unto
3the height
1your eyes] against the holy one of Israel?
24For through messengers you berated
the LORD. For you said, With the multitude of chariots I shall ascend unto
the height of mountains, and into the ends of Lebanon; and I felled the height of its cedar, and the beauty of the cypress; and I entered unto
the height of
the portion of the forest;
25and I made a dam, and made desolate
the waters and every gathering of water.
26Have you not heard these
things [
4earlier
1which
2I
3did]? From [
2days
1ancient] I ordered it. But now I displayed to make [
4desolate
1nations
2in
3fortified
places], and
the ones living in [
2cities
1fortified].
27I weakened the hands, and they were dried up; and they became as [
2grass
1dry] upon
the roofs, and as wild grass.
28But now [
3your rest
4and
5your exit
6and
7your entrance
1I
2know],
29 and your rage which you were enraged. And your bitterness ascended to me. And I will put a rein into your nose, and a bit into your lips, and I will return you in the way in which you came by it.
30And this [
3to you
1is the
2sign], Eat this year what you have sown; and the [
2year
1second] the vestige left; and the third
year, sow,
and reap, and plant vineyards, and eat of their fruit!
31And they shall be the ones being left behind in Judea. They shall germinate a root below, and they shall produce grain upward.
32For from out of Jerusalem shall come forth the ones surviving, and the ones being preserved from out of mount Zion. The zeal of
the LORD of Hosts shall do these
things.
33 The Angel Slays the Assyrians
Therefore thus says
the LORD concerning
the king of
the Assyrians, In no way shall he enter into this city, nor throw [
2against
3it
1an arrow], nor shall he put [
2against
3it
1a shield], nor shall he encircle [
2against
3it
1a siege mound].
34But in the way in which he came by it, he shall return; and [
3into
4this city
1in no way
2shall he enter]. Thus says
the LORD.
35I will shield over this city to deliver it, because of myself and because of David my servant.
36And [
3came forth
1an angel
2of the LORD], and he did away with the camp of the Assyrians -- a hundred eighty-five thousand. And rising up in the morning he found all the [
2bodies
1dead].
37And he went forth returning. And [
4returned
1Sennacherib
2king
3of
the Assyrians], and lived in Nineveh.
38And while he did obeisance in the house of Nisroch his god, Adrammelech and Sharezer his sons struck him with swords; and they came through safe into Armenia. And [
3took reign
1Esar-haddon
2his son] instead of him.