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the gods of Hamath, and of Arpad? where
are
the gods of Sepharvaim, Hena, and Ivah? have they
delivered Samaria out of mine hand?
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Who
are
they among all the gods of the countries, that have
delivered their country out of mine hand, that the L
ORD
should deliver Jerusalem out of mine hand?
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But the people 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, which
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 Rab-shakeh.
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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 the house of the L
ORD
.
2
And he sent Eliakim, which
was
over the
household, and Shebna the scribe, and the elders of the priests, covered with sackcloth, to Isaiah
the prophet the son of Amoz.
3
And they said unto him, Thus saith Hezekiah, This day
is
a day of
trouble, and of rebuke, and blasphemy: for the children are come to the birth, and
there is
not
strength to bring forth.
4
It may be the L
ORD
thy God will hear all the words of Rab-shakeh, whom
the king of Assyria his master hath sent to reproach the living God; and will reprove the words
which the L
ORD
thy God hath heard: wherefore lift up
thy
prayer for the remnant that are left.
5
So
the servants of king Hezekiah came to Isaiah.
6
And Isaiah said unto them, Thus shall ye say to your master, Thus saith the L
ORD
, Be not afraid
of the words which thou hast heard, with which the servants of the king of Assyria have blasphemed
me.
7
Behold, I will send a blast upon him, and he shall hear a rumour, and shall return to his own
land; and I will cause him to fall by the sword in his own land.
8
So Rab-shakeh returned, and found the king of Assyria warring against Libnah: for he had
heard that he was departed from Lachish.
9
And when he heard say of Tirhakah king of Ethiopia,
Behold, he is come out to fight against thee: he sent messengers again unto Hezekiah, saying,
10
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 delivered into the hand of the king of Assyria.
11
Behold,
thou hast heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all lands, by destroying them utterly: and
shalt thou be delivered?
12
Have the gods of the nations delivered them which my fathers have
destroyed;
as
Gozan, and Haran, and Rezeph, and the children of Eden which
were
in Thelasar?
13
Where
is
the king of Hamath, and the king of Arpad, and the king of the city of Sepharvaim, of
Hena, and Ivah?
14
And Hezekiah received the letter of the hand of the messengers, and read it: and Hezekiah
went up into the house of the L
ORD
, and spread it before the L
ORD
.
15
And Hezekiah prayed before
the L
ORD
, and said, O L
ORD
God of Israel, which dwellest
between
the cherubims, thou art the God,
even
thou alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth: thou hast made heaven and earth.
16
L
ORD
, bow
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