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Isaiah 37:1
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And it came to pass, when king Hezekiah heard
it, that he rent his clothes, and covered himself with sackcloth, and went into
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| Isaiah 37:2 |
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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. |
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| Isaiah 37:3 |
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And 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. |
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| Isaiah 37:4 |
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It 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. |
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| Isaiah 37:5 |
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So the servants of king Hezekiah came to Isaiah.
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| Isaiah 37:6 |
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And 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. |
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| Isaiah 37:7 |
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Behold, 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. |
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| Isaiah 37:8 |
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So Rabshakeh returned, and found the king of
Assyria warring against Libnah; for he had heard that he was departed from Lachish.
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| Isaiah 37:9 |
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And 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, |
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| Isaiah 37:10 |
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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. |
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| Isaiah 37:11 |
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Behold, thou hast heard what the kings of Assyria
have done to all lands, by destroying them utterly: and shalt thou be delivered?
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| Isaiah 37:12 |
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Have 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? |
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| Isaiah 37:13 |
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Where is the king of Hamath, and the king of
Arpad, and the king of the city of Sepharvaim, of Hena, and Ivvah? |
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| Isaiah 37:14 |
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And 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. |
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| Isaiah 37:15 |
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And Hezekiah prayed unto Jehovah, saying, |
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| Isaiah 37:16 |
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O 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. |
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| Isaiah 37:17 |
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Incline 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. |
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| Isaiah 37:18 |
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Of a truth, Jehovah, the kings of Assyria have
laid waste all the countries, and their land, |
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| Isaiah 37:19 |
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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. |
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| Isaiah 37:20 |
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Now 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. |
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| Isaiah 37:21 |
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Then 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, |
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| Isaiah 37:22 |
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this 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. |
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| Isaiah 37:23 |
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Whom 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. |
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| Isaiah 37:24 |
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By 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; |
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| Isaiah 37:25 |
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I have digged and drunk water, and with the
sole of my feet will I dry up all the rivers of Egypt. |
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| Isaiah 37:26 |
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Hast 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. |
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| Isaiah 37:27 |
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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 a field of grain before
it is grown up. |
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| Isaiah 37:28 |
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But I know thy sitting down, and thy going out,
and thy coming in, and thy raging against me. |
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| Isaiah 37:29 |
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Because 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. |
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| Isaiah 37:30 |
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And 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. |
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| Isaiah 37:31 |
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And the remnant that is escaped of the house
of Judah shall again take root downward, and bear fruit upward. |
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| Isaiah 37:32 |
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For 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. |
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| Isaiah 37:33 |
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Therefore 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. |
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| Isaiah 37:34 |
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By the way that he came, by the same shall he
return, and he shall not come unto this city, saith Jehovah. |
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| Isaiah 37:35 |
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For I will defend this city to save it, for
mine own sake, and for my servant David's sake. |
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| Isaiah 37:36 |
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And 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. |
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| Isaiah 37:37 |
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So Sennacherib king of Assyria departed, and
went and returned, and dwelt at Nineveh. |
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| Isaiah 37:38 |
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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 Ararat. And Esar-haddon his
son reigned in his stead. |
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