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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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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
.
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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.
3
And they said unto him, Thus saith Hezekiah, This day
is
a day of
trouble, and of rebuke, and of 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 the words of Rabshakeh, 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 is left.
5
So the
servants of king Hezekiah came to Isaiah.
6
And Isaiah said unto them, Thus shall ye say unto your master, Thus saith the L
ORD
, Be not
afraid of the words that thou hast heard, wherewith 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 return to
his own land; and I will cause him to fall by the sword in his own land.
8
So Rabshakeh returned, and found the king of Assyria warring against Libnah: for he had
heard that he was departed from Lachish.
9
And he heard say concerning Tirhakah king of Ethiopia,
He is come forth to make war with thee. And when he heard
it,
he sent messengers to 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 given 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
Telassar?
13
Where
is
the king of Hamath, and the king of Arphad, and the king of the city of
Sepharvaim, Hena, and Ivah?
14
And Hezekiah received the letter from the hand of the messengers, and read it: and Hezekiah
went up unto the house of the L
ORD
, and spread it before the L
ORD
.
15
And Hezekiah prayed unto
the L
ORD
, saying,
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O L
ORD
of hosts, God of Israel, that dwellest
between
the cherubims, thou
art
the God,
even
thou alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth: thou hast made heaven and earth.
17
Incline thine ear, O L
ORD
, and hear; open thine eyes, O L
ORD
, and see: and hear all the words of
Sennacherib, which hath sent to reproach the living God.
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Of a truth, L
ORD
, the kings of Assyria
have laid waste all the nations, and their countries,
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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
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