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Isaiah 36:1
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Now it came to pass in the fourteenth year of
king Hezekiah, that Sennacherib king of Assyria came up against all the fortified
cities of Judah, and took them. |
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| Isaiah 36:2 |
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And the king of Assyria sent Rabshakeh from
Lachish to Jerusalem unto king Hezekiah with a great army. And he stood by the
conduit of the upper pool in the highway of the fuller's field. |
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| Isaiah 36:3 |
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Then came forth unto him Eliakim the son of
Hilkiah, who was over the household, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah, the son
of Asaph, the recorder. |
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| Isaiah 36:4 |
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And Rabshakeh said unto them, Say ye now to
Hezekiah, Thus saith the great king, the king of Assyria, What confidence is this
wherein thou trustest? |
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| Isaiah 36:5 |
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I say, thy counsel and strength for the war
are but vain words: now on whom dost thou trust, that thou hast rebelled against
me? |
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| Isaiah 36:6 |
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Behold, thou trustest upon the staff of this
bruised reed, even upon Egypt, whereon if a man lean, it will go into his hand,
and pierce it: so is Pharaoh king of Egypt to all that trust on him. |
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But if thou say unto me, We trust in Jehovah
our God: is not that he, whose high places and whose altars Hezekiah hath taken
away, and hath said to Judah and to Jerusalem, Ye shall worship before this altar?
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| Isaiah 36:8 |
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Now therefore, I pray thee, give pledges to
my master the king of Assyria, and I will give thee two thousand horses, if thou
be able on thy part to set riders upon them. |
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| Isaiah 36:9 |
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How then canst thou turn away the face of one
captain of the least of my master's servants, and put thy trust on Egypt for chariots
and for horsemen? |
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| Isaiah 36:10 |
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And am I now come up without Jehovah against
this land to destroy it? Jehovah said unto me, Go up against this land, and destroy
it. |
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| Isaiah 36:11 |
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Then said Eliakim and Shebna and Joah unto Rabshakeh,
Speak, I pray thee, unto thy servants in the Syrian language; for we understand
it: and speak not to us in the Jews' language, in the ears of the people that
are on the wall. |
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| Isaiah 36:12 |
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But Rabshakeh said, Hath my master sent me to
thy master, and to thee, to speak these words? hath he not sent me to the men
that sit upon the wall, to eat their own dung, and to drink their own water with
you? |
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| Isaiah 36:13 |
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Then Rabshakeh stood, and cried with a loud
voice in the Jews' language, and said, Hear ye the words of the great king, the
king of Assyria. |
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| Isaiah 36:14 |
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Thus saith the king, Let not Hezekiah deceive
you; for he will not be able to deliver you: |
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neither let Hezekiah make you trust in Jehovah,
saying, Jehovah will surely deliver us; this city shall not be given into the
hand of the king of Assyria. |
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| Isaiah 36:16 |
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Hearken not to Hezekiah: for thus saith the
king of Assyria, Make your peace with me, and come out to me; and eat ye every
one of his vine, and every one of his fig-tree, and drink ye every one the waters
of his own cistern; |
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| Isaiah 36:17 |
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until I come and take you away to a land like
your own land, a land of grain and new wine, a land of bread and vineyards. |
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| Isaiah 36:18 |
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Beware lest Hezekiah persuade you, saying, Jehovah
will deliver us. Hath any of the gods of the nations delivered his land out of
the hand of the king of Assyria? |
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Where are the gods of Hamath and Arpad? where
are the gods of Sepharvaim? and have they delivered Samaria out of my hand? |
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| Isaiah 36:20 |
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Who are they among all the gods of these countries,
that have delivered their country out of my hand, that Jehovah should deliver
Jerusalem out of my hand? |
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| Isaiah 36:21 |
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But they held their peace, and answered him
not a word; for the king's commandment was, saying, Answer him not. |
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Then came Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, that was
over the household, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah, the son of Asaph, the recorder,
to Hezekiah with their clothes rent, and told him the words of Rabshakeh. |
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