Isaiah Encourages Hezekiah1 aAnd when King° Hezekiah° heard° [it], he btore° his clothes°, ccovered° himself with sackcloth° and entered° the house° of the LORD°. 2 Then he sent° Eliakim° who° was over° the household° with Shebna° the scribe° and the elders° of the priests°, acovered° with sackcloth°, to bIsaiah° the prophet° the son° of Amoz°. 3 They said° to him, “Thus° says° Hezekiah°, ‘This° day° is a day° of distress°, rebuke°, and rejection°; for children° have come° to birth° and there° is no° strength° to [deliver]. 4 aPerhaps° the LORD° your God° will hear° all° the words° of Rabshakeh°, whom° his master° the king° of Assyria° has sent° bto reproach° the living° God°, and will rebuke° the words° which° the LORD° your God° has heard°. Therefore, offer° a prayer° for cthe remnant° that is left°.’” 5 So the servants° of King° Hezekiah° came° to Isaiah°. 6 Isaiah° said° to them, “Thus° you shall say° to your master°, ‘Thus° says° the LORD°, “Do not be afraid° because°° of the words° that you have heard°, with which° the aservants° of the king° of Assyria° bhave blasphemed° Me. 7 Behold°, I will put° a spirit° in him so that ahe will hear° a rumor° and return° to his own land°. And bI will make him fall° by the sword° in his own land°.”’” [1] a2Ch 32:20-22; Is 37:1 b2K 18:37 c1K 21:27
[2] a2S 3:31 bIs 1:1; 2:1 [4] aJsh 14:12; 2S 16:12 b2K 18:35 cIs 1:9 [6] a2K 18:17 b2K 18:22-25, 30, 35 [7] a2K 7:6 b2K 19:37 Sennacherib Defies God8 ¶ Then Rabshakeh° returned° and found° the king° of Assyria° fighting° against° aLibnah°, for he had heard° that Ithe king had left° bLachish°. 9 When he heard° [them] say° concerning° Tirhakah° king° of ICush°, “Behold°, he has come° out to fight° against° you,” he sent° messengers° again° to Hezekiah° saying°, 10 “Thus° you shall say° to Hezekiah° king° of IJudah°, ‘Do not alet your God° in whom° you trust° deceive° you saying°, “bJerusalem° will not be given° into the hand° of the king° of Assyria°.” 11 Behold°, you have heard° what° the kings° of Assyria° have done° to all° the lands°, destroying° them completely°. So will you be Ispared°? 12 aDid the gods° of Ithose nations° which° my fathers° destroyed° deliver° them, [even] bGozan° and cHaran° and Rezeph° and dthe sons° of Eden° who° [were] in Telassar°? 13 aWhere° is the king° of Hamath°, the king° of Arpad°, the king° of the city° of Sepharvaim°, and [of] Hena° and Ivvah°?’” [8] ILit he aJsh 10:29 b2K 18:14
[9] IOr Ethiopia [10] ILit Judah, saying, a2K 18:5 b2K 18:30 [11] ILit delivered [12] ILit the a2K 18:33 b2K 17:6 cGn 11:31 dIs 37:12 [13] a2K 18:34 Hezekiah’s Prayer14 ¶ Then aHezekiah° took° the Iletter° from the hand° of the messengers° and read° it, and he went° up to the house° of the LORD° and IIspread° it out before° the LORD°. 15 Hezekiah° prayed° before° the LORD° and said°, “O LORD°, the God° of Israel°, awho are Ienthroned° [above] the cherubim°, bYou are the God°, You alone°, of all° the kingdoms° of the earth°. You have made° heaven° and earth°. 16 aIncline° Your ear°, O LORD°, and hear°; bopen° Your eyes°, O LORD°, and see°; and listen° to the words° of Sennacherib°, which° he has sent° cto reproach° the living° God°. 17 Truly°, O LORD°, the kings° of Assyria° have devastated° the nations° and their lands° 18 and have cast° their gods° into the fire°, afor they were not gods° but the work° of men’s° hands°, wood° and stone°. So they have destroyed° them. 19 Now°, O LORD° our God°, I pray°, deliver° us from his hand° athat all° the kingdoms° of the earth° may know° that You alone°, O bLORD°, are God°.” [14] ILit letters...read them IILit Hezekiah spread aIs 37:14
[15] ILit seated aEx 25:22; Is 37:14 b2K 5:15 [16] aPs 31:2; Is 37:17 b1K 8:29; 2Ch 6:40 c2K 19:4 [18] aIs 44:9-20; Ac 17:29 [19] a1K 8:42, 43 b2K 19:15 God’s Answer through Isaiah20 ¶ Then Isaiah° the son° of Amoz° sent° to Hezekiah° saying°, “Thus° says° the LORD°, the God° of Israel°, ‘Because° you have prayed° to Me about° Sennacherib° king° of Assyria°, aI have heard° [you].’
21 This° is the word° that the LORD° has spoken° against° him: [20] a2K 20:5
[21] aJr 14:17; Lm 2:13 bPs 109:25; Mt 27:39 [22] ILit on high a2K 19:4 b2K 19:6 cIs 5:24; 30:11-15 [23] ISo with some ancient versions; M.T. will cut...will enter a2K 18:17 b2Ch 26:10; Is 10:18 [24] ISo with some ancient versions; M.T. will dry up IILit the besieged place aIs 19:6 25 ¶ ‘aHave you not heard°? [25] aIs 45:7 bIs 10:5
[26] aPs 129:6 [27] aPs 139:1 [28] ILit complacency aEzk 19:9; 29:4 b2K 19:33, 36 29 ¶ ‘Then this° shall be athe sign° for you: Iyou will eat° this year° what° grows° of itself, in the second° year° what° springs° from the same, and in the third° year° sow°, reap°, plant° vineyards°, and eat° their fruit°. 30 aThe surviving° remnant° of the house° of Judah° will again° take root° downward° and bear° fruit° upward°. 31 For out of Jerusalem° will go° forth° a remnant°, and aout of Mount° Zion° Isurvivors°. bThe zeal° of IIthe LORD° will perform° this°. [29] ILit eating aEx 3:12; 2K 20:8, 9
[30] a2K 19:4; 2Ch 32:22, 23 [31] ILit those who escape IISome ancient mss read the LORD of hosts aIs 10:20 bIs 9:7 32 ¶ ‘Therefore° thus° says° the LORD° concerning° the king° of Assyria°, “aHe will not come° to this° city° or shoot° an arrow° there°; and he will not come° before° it with a shield° or° throw° up a siege° ramp° against° it. 33 aBy the way° that he came°, by the same he will return°, and he shall not come° to this° city°,”’ declares° the LORD°. 34 ‘aFor I will defend° this° city° to save° it for My own sake° and bfor My servant° David’s° sake°.’” 35 ¶ aThen it happened° that night° that the angel° of the LORD° went° out and struck° 185,000°°°° in the camp° of the Assyrians°; and when Imen rose° early° in the morning°, behold°, all° of them were IIdead°°. 36 So aSennacherib° king° of Assyria° departed° and returned° [home], and lived° at bNineveh°. 37 It came° about as he was worshiping° in the house° of Nisroch° his god°, that IaAdrammelech° and Sharezer° killed° him with the sword°; and they escaped° into bthe land° of Ararat°. And cEsarhaddon° his son° became° king° in his place°. [35] ILit they IILit dead bodies a2S 24:16; 2Ch 32:21
[36] a2K 19:7, 28, 33 bJna 1:2 [37] ISome ancient mss read Adrammelech and Sharezer his sons smote him a2K 19:17, 31 bGn 8:4; Jr 51:27 cEzr 4:2 Copyright © 1960, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1995 by The Lockman Foundation, La Habra, Calif. All rights reserved. For Permission to Quote Information visit http://www.lockman.org. NAS Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible with Hebrew-Aramaic and Greek Dictionaries Copyright © 1981, 1998 by The Lockman Foundation. All rights reserved. |
Hezekiah mourning sendeth to Isaiah to pray for them.1 ¶ And it came to pass,² when kingº Hezekiahº heardºª [it], that he rentºª² his clothes,º and covered¹ª himself² with sackcloth,º and wentºª into the houseº of the LORD.º 2 And he sentºª² Eliakim,º which² [was] over² the household,º and Shebnaº the scribe,ºª and the eldersº of the priests,º coveredºª with sackcloth,º to² Isaiahº the prophetº the sonº of Amoz.º 3 And they saidºª unto² him, Thus² saithºª Hezekiah,º This² dayº [is] a dayº of trouble,º and of rebuke,º and blasphemy:º for² the childrenº are comeºª to² the birth,º and [there is] not² strengthº to bring forth.ºª 4 It may beº the LORDº thy Godº will hearºª² all² the wordsº of Rabshakeh,º whom² the kingº of Assyriaº his masterº hath sentºª to reproachºª the livingº God;º and will reproveºª the wordsº which² the LORDº thy Godº hath heard:ºª wherefore lift upºª [thy] prayerº for² the remnantº that are left.ºª 5 So the servantsº of kingº Hezekiahº cameºª to² Isaiah.º [1] Gn 37:34; 1S 4:12; 1K 21:27, 29; 2K 5:7; 6:30; 18:37; 2Ch 7:15; Ezr 9:3; Es 4:1; Jb 1:20; Ps 35:13; Is 37:1; Jr 36:24; Jna 3:8; Mt 11:21; 26:65.
[2] 2K 18:18; 22:13; 2Ch 26:22; Is 1:1; 2:1; 37:2; Mt 4:14; Lk 3:4. [3] 2K 18:29; Ps 39:11; 95:8; 123:3; Is 26:17; 66:9; Jr 30:5; Ho 5:15; 6:1; 13:13; He 3:15. [4] Gn 22:14; Dt 32:36; Jsh 14:12; 1S 14:6; 17:45; 2S 16:12; 2K 17:5; 18:13, 17; 19:22; 2Ch 28:5; 32:20; Ps 50:15, 21; 74:18; Is 8:7; 10:6; Jr 33:3; Ezk 36:37; Ro 9:27; Jm 5:16. Isaiah comforteth them.6 ¶ And Isaiahº saidºª unto them, Thus² shall ye sayºª to² your master,º Thus² saithºª the LORD,º Be not afraidºª² ofº² the wordsº which² thou hast heard,ºª with which² the servantsº of the kingº of Assyriaº have blasphemedºª me. 7 Behold,² I will sendºª a blastº upon him, and he shall hearºª a rumour,º and shall returnºª to his own land;º and I will cause him to fallºª by the swordº in his own land.º [6] Ex 14:13; Lv 26:8; Dt 20:1, 3; Jsh 11:6; 2K 6:16; 18:17, 35; 2Ch 20:15, 17; Ps 74:18, 23; Is 37:6, 7; 41:10; 51:7, 12; Rv 13:6.
[7] 2K 7:6; 19:35, 36; 2Ch 32:21; Jb 4:9; 15:21; Ps 11:6; 18:14; 50:3; Is 10:16; 11:4; Jr 49:14; 51:1, 46; Ob 1:1. Sennacherib, going to encounter Tirhakah, sendeth a blasphemous letter to Hezekiah.8 ¶ So Rabshakehº returned,ºª and foundºª² the kingº of Assyriaº warringºª against² Libnah:º for² he had heardºª that² he was departedºª from Lachish.º² 9 And when he heardºª sayºª of² Tirhakahº kingº of Ethiopia,º Behold,² he is come outºª to fightºª against² thee: he sentºª messengersº againºª unto² Hezekiah,º saying,ºª 10 Thus² shall ye speakºª to² Hezekiahº kingº of Judah,º saying,ºª Let not² thy Godº in whom² thou² trustestºª deceiveºª thee, saying,ºª Jerusalemº shall not² be deliveredºª into the handº of the kingº of Assyria.º 11 Behold,² thou² hast heardºª² what² the kingsº of Assyriaº have doneºª to all² lands,º by destroying them utterly:ºª and shalt thou² be delivered?ºª 12 Have the godsº of the nationsº deliveredºª them which² my fathersº have destroyed;ºª [as]² Gozan,º and Haran,º and Rezeph,º and the childrenº of Edenº which² [were] in Thelasar?º 13 Where² [is] the kingº of Hamath,º and the kingº of Arpad,º and the kingº of the cityº of Sepharvaim,º of Hena,º and Ivah?º [8] Jsh 10:29; 12:11, 15; 15:39, 42; 2K 8:22; 18:14; Is 37:8; Mi 1:13.
[9] 1S 23:27; 2K 18:17; Is 37:9. [10] 2K 18:5, 29; 2Ch 32:15; Is 37:10. [11] 2K 17:5; 19:17; 2Ch 32:13; Is 10:8. [12] Gn 2:8; 11:31; 29:4; 2K 17:6; 18:33; 1Ch 5:26; Is 37:12; Ezk 27:23; Ac 7:4. [13] Nu 13:21; 34:8; 2K 17:24; 18:34; Is 11:11; 37:13; Jr 39:5; 49:23; Zc 9:2. Hezekiah's prayer.14 ¶ And Hezekiahº receivedºª² the letterº of the handº² of the messengers,º and readºª it: and Hezekiahº went upºª into the houseº of the LORD,º and spreadºª it beforeº the LORD.º 15 And Hezekiahº prayedºª beforeº the LORD,º and said,ºª O LORDº Godº of Israel,º which dwellestºª [between] the cherubims,º thou² art the God,º [even] thou alone,² of all² the kingdomsº of the earth;º thou² hast madeºª² heavenº and earth.º 16 LORD,º bow downºª thine ear,º and hear:ºª open,ºª LORD,º thine eyes,º and see:ºª and hearºª² the wordsº of Sennacherib,º which² hath sentºª him to reproachºª the livingº God.º 17 Of a truth,¹² LORD,º the kingsº of Assyriaº have destroyedºª the nationsº and² their lands,º 18 And have castºª² their godsº into the fire:º for² they² [were] no² gods,º but²² the workº of men'sº hands,º woodº and stone:º therefore they have destroyedºª them. 19 Now² therefore, O LORDº our God,º I beseech thee,² saveºª thou us out of his hand,º² that all² the kingdomsº of the earthº may knowºª that² thou² [art] the LORDº God,º [even] thou only.² [14] 1K 8:28; Ezr 9:5; Ps 74:10; 91:1; 123:1; Is 37:14.
[15] Gn 1:1; 2:4; 32:28; 33:20; Ex 25:22; 1S 4:4; 2S 7:18; 1K 8:23; 18:39; 2K 5:15; 1Ch 4:10; 2Ch 5:7; 14:11; 20:6; 32:20; Ps 33:9; 80:1; 99:1; 102:25; 146:6; Is 41:17; 43:10; 44:6, 8; 45:22; Jr 10:10; Dn 4:34; 9:3; Jn 1:1. [16] 1K 8:29; 2K 19:4; 2Ch 6:40; Ps 31:2; 79:12; Is 37:4, 17; Dn 9:18; He 11:26. [17] 2K 16:9; 17:6, 24; 1Ch 5:26; Jb 9:2; Is 5:9; 7:17; 10:9; Jr 26:15; Dn 2:47; Mt 14:33; Lk 22:59; Ac 4:27; 1Co 14:25. [18] 2S 5:21; Ps 115:4; Is 37:18; 44:9; 46:1; Jr 10:3, 14; Ac 17:29. [19] Ex 9:15; Jsh 7:9; 1S 17:45; 1K 8:43; 18:36; 20:28; Ps 67:1; 83:18; Dn 4:34. Isaiah's prophecy of the pride and destruction of Sennacherib, and the good of Zion.20 ¶ Then Isaiahº the sonº of Amozº sentºª to² Hezekiah,º saying,ºª Thus² saithºª the LORDº Godº of Israel,º [That] which² thou hast prayedºª to² me against² Sennacheribº kingº of Assyriaº I have heard.ºª 21 This² [is] the wordº that² the LORDº hath spokenºª concerning² him; The virginº the daughterº of Zionº hath despisedºª thee, [and] laughed thee to scorn;ºª the daughterº of Jerusalemº hath shakenºª her headº at² thee.¹ 22 ² Whom² hast thou reproachedºª and blasphemed?ºª and against² whom² hast thou exaltedºª [thy] voice,º and lifted upºª thine eyesº on high?º [even] against² the Holyº [One] of Israel.º 23 Byº thy messengersº thou hast reproachedºª the Lord,º and hast said,ºª With the multitudeº of my chariotsºª I² am come upºª to the heightº of the mountains,º to the sidesº of Lebanon,º and will cut downºª the tallº cedar treesº thereof, [and] the choiceº fir treesº thereof: and I will enterºª into the lodgingsº of his borders,º [and into] the forestº of his Carmel.º 24 I² have diggedºª and drunkºª strangeºª waters,º and with the soleº of my feetº have I dried¹ª up² all² the riversº of besieged places.º 25 Hast thou not² heardºª long agoº² [how] I have doneºª it, [and] of ancient¹ timesº²² that I have formedºª it? now² have I brought¹ª it to pass,² that thou shouldest be² to lay wasteºª fencedºª citiesº [into] ruinousºª heaps.º 26 Therefore their inhabitantsºª were of smallº power,º they were dismayedºª and confounded;ºª they were² [as] the grassº of the field,º and [as] the greenº herb,º [as] the grassº on the housetops,º and [as corn] blastedº beforeº it be grown up.º 27 But I knowºª thy abode,ºª and thy going out,ºª and thy coming in,ºª and thy rageºª against² me. 28 Because² thy rageºª against² me and thy tumultº is come upºª into mine ears,º therefore I will putºª my hookº in thy nose,º and my bridleº in thy lips,º and I will turn thee backºª by the wayº by which² thou camest.ºª 29 And this² [shall be] a signº unto thee, Ye shall eatºª this yearº such things as grow¹ of themselves,² and in the secondº yearº that which springeth¹ of the same;² and in the thirdº yearº sowºª ye, and reap,ºª and plantºª vineyards,º and eatºª the fruitsº thereof. 30 And the remnantºª that is escapedº of the houseº of Judahº shall yet againºª take rootº downward,º and bearºª fruitº upward.º 31 For² out of Jerusalemº² shall go forthºª a remnant,º and they that escapeº out of mountº² Zion:º the zealº of the LORDº [of hosts]ª¹ shall doºª this.² 32 Therefore² thus² saithºª the LORDº concerning² the kingº of Assyria,º He shall not² comeºª into² this² city,º nor² shootºª an arrowº there,² nor² come beforeºª it with shield,º nor² castºª a bankº against² it. 33 By the wayº that² he came,ºª by the same shall he return,ºª and shall not² comeºª into² this² city,º saithºª the LORD.º 34 For I will defendºª² this² city,º to saveºª it, for mine own sake,² and for my servantº David'sº sake.² [20] 2S 15:31; 17:23; 2K 20:5; 2Ch 32:20; Jb 22:27; Ps 50:15; 65:2; Is 58:9; 65:24; Jr 33:3; Dn 9:20; Jn 11:42; Ac 10:4, 31; 1Jn 5:14.
[21] Jb 16:4; Ps 9:14; 22:7; 137:8; Is 1:8; 23:10, 12; 37:21, 22; 47:1, 5; Jr 14:17; 18:13; 31:4; 46:11; Lm 1:15; 2:13, 15; 4:21; Am 5:2; Mi 4:8; Zc 9:9; Mt 27:39. [22] Ex 5:2; 9:17; 2K 18:28; Ps 71:22; 73:9; 74:22; Pv 30:13; Is 5:24; 10:15; 14:13; 30:11, 15; Jr 51:5; Ezk 28:2; Dn 5:20; 2Co 10:5; 2Th 2:4. [23] 2K 18:17, 23, 33; 2Ch 32:17; Ps 20:7; Is 10:7, 14; 37:24; Ezk 31:3. [24] Ex 15:9; 2S 17:13; 1K 20:10; Dn 4:30. [25] Ps 33:11; 76:10; Is 10:5, 15; 37:26; 45:7; 46:10; 54:16; Ac 4:27. [26] Nu 11:23; 14:9; Ps 48:4; 92:7; 102:11; 127:1; 129:6; Is 40:6; Jr 37:10; 50:36; 51:30, 32; Jm 1:10; 1P 1:24. [27] Dt 28:6, 19; Ps 121:8; 139:1; Is 37:28; Jr 23:23. [28] 2K 19:33, 36; Jb 41:2; Ps 2:1; 7:6; 10:13; 32:9; 46:6; 65:7; 74:4, 23; 83:2; 93:3; Ezk 29:4; 38:4; Am 4:2; Lk 6:11; Jn 15:18, 23; Ac 7:51. [29] Ex 3:12; Lv 25:4, 20; 1S 2:34; 2K 19:21, 31; 20:8; Is 7:11; 37:30; Lk 2:12. [30] 2K 19:4; 2Ch 32:22; Ps 80:9; Is 1:9; 10:20; 27:6; 37:31. [31] 2K 19:4; Is 9:7; 59:17; 63:15; Jr 44:14; Ezk 5:13; 20:9; Zc 1:14; Jn 2:17; Ro 9:27; 11:5. [32] 2S 20:15; Is 8:7; 10:24, 28; 37:33; Ezk 21:22; Lk 19:43. [33] 2K 19:28, 36. [34] Dt 32:27; 1K 11:12; 15:4; 2K 20:6; Ps 46:5; 48:2; Is 9:7; 31:5; 38:6; 43:25; 48:9, 11; Jr 23:5; 33:21, 26; Ezk 36:22; Ep 1:6, 14. An angel slayeth the Assyrians.35 ¶ And it came to pass² that² night,º that the angelº of the LORDº went out,ºª and smoteºª in the campº of the Assyriansº an hundredº fourscoreº and fiveº thousand:º and when they arose earlyºª in the morning,º behold,² they [were] all² deadºª corpses.º [35] Ex 12:29, 30; 2S 24:16; 1Ch 21:12, 16; 2Ch 32:21; Ps 35:5; 76:5, 10; Is 10:16, 33; 30:30; 37:36; Dn 5:30; Ho 1:7; Ac 12:23; 1Th 5:2.
Sennacherib is slain at Nineveh by his own sons.36 So Sennacheribº kingº of Assyriaº departed,ºª and went¹ª² and returned,ºª and dweltºª at Nineveh.º 37 And it came to pass,² as he² was worshippingºª in the houseº of Nisrochº his god,º that Adrammelechº and Sharezerº his sonsº smoteºª him with the sword:º and they² escapedºª into the landº of Armenia.º And Esarhaddonº his sonº reignedºª in his stead.² [36] Gn 10:11; 2K 19:7, 28, 33; Jna 1:2; 3:2; Na 1:1; 2:8; Mt 12:41.
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