And it came to pass, when king{H4428} Hezekiah{H2396} heard{H8085} it, that he rent{H7167} his clothes,{H899} and covered{H3680} himself with sackcloth,{H8242} and went{H935} into the house{H1004} of Jehovah.{H3068}

And he sent{H7971} Eliakim,{H471} who was over the household,{H1004} and Shebna{H7644} the scribe,{H5608} and the elders{H2205} of the priests,{H3548} covered{H3680} with sackcloth,{H8242} unto Isaiah{H3470} the prophet{H5030} the son{H1121} of Amoz.{H531}

And they said{H559} unto him, Thus saith{H559} Hezekiah,{H2396} This day{H3117} is a day{H3117} of trouble,{H6869} and of rebuke,{H8433} and of contumely;{H5007} for the children{H1121} are come{H935} to the birth,{H4866} and there is not strength{H3581} to bring forth.{H3205}

It may be Jehovah{H3068} thy God{H430} will hear{H8085} the words{H1697} of Rabshakeh,{H7262} whom the king{H4428} of Assyria{H804} his master{H113} hath sent{H7971} to defy{H2778} the living{H2416} God,{H430} and will rebuke{H3198} the words{H1697} which Jehovah{H3068} thy God{H430} hath heard:{H8085} wherefore lift up{H5375} thy prayer{H8605} for the remnant{H7611} that is left.{H4672}

So the servants{H5650} of king{H4428} Hezekiah{H2396} came{H935} to Isaiah.{H3470}

And Isaiah{H3470} said{H559} unto them, Thus shall ye say{H559} to your master,{H113} Thus saith{H559} Jehovah,{H3068} Be not afraid{H3372} of{H6440} the words{H1697} that thou hast heard,{H8085} wherewith the servants{H5288} of the king{H4428} of Assyria{H804} have blasphemed{H1442} me.

Behold, I will put{H5414} a spirit{H7307} in him, and he shall hear{H8085} tidings,{H8052} and shall return{H7725} unto his own land;{H776} and I will cause him to fall{H5307} by the sword{H2719} in his own land.{H776}

So Rabshakeh{H7262} returned,{H7725} and found{H4672} the king{H4428} of Assyria{H804} warring{H3898} against Libnah;{H3841} for he had heard{H8085} that he was departed{H5265} from Lachish.{H3923}

And he heard{H8085} say{H559} concerning Tirhakah{H8640} king{H4428} of Ethiopia,{H3568} He is come out{H3318} to fight{H3898} against thee. And when he heard{H8085} it, he sent{H7971} messengers{H4397} to Hezekiah,{H2396} saying,{H559}

Thus shall ye speak{H559} to Hezekiah{H2396} king{H4428} of Judah,{H3063} saying,{H559} Let not thy God{H430} in whom thou trustest{H982} deceive{H5377} thee, saying,{H559} Jerusalem{H3389} shall not be given{H5414} into the hand{H3027} of the king{H4428} of Assyria.{H804}

Behold, thou hast heard{H8085} what the kings{H4428} of Assyria{H804} have done{H6213} to all lands,{H776} by destroying them utterly:{H2763} and shalt thou be delivered?{H5337}

Have the gods{H430} of the nations{H1471} delivered{H5337} them, which my fathers{H1} have destroyed,{H7843} Gozan,{H1470} and Haran,{H2771} and Rezeph,{H7530} and the children{H1121} of Eden{H5729} that were in Telassar?{H8515}

Where is the king{H4428} of Hamath,{H2574} and the king{H4428} of Arpad,{H774} and the king{H4428} of the city{H5892} of Sepharvaim,{H5617} of Hena,{H2012} and Ivvah?{H5755}

And Hezekiah{H2396} received{H3947} the letter{H5612} from the hand{H3027} of the messengers,{H4397} and read{H7121} it; and Hezekiah{H2396} went up{H5927} unto the house{H1004} of Jehovah,{H3068} and spread{H6566} it before{H6440} Jehovah.{H3068}

And Hezekiah{H2396} prayed{H6419} unto Jehovah,{H3068} saying,{H559}

O Jehovah{H3068} of hosts,{H6635} the God{H430} of Israel,{H3478} that sittest{H3427} [above] the cherubim,{H3742} thou art the God,{H430} even thou alone, of all the kingdoms{H4467} of the earth;{H776} thou hast made{H6213} heaven{H8064} and earth.{H776}

Incline{H5186} thine ear,{H241} O Jehovah,{H3068} and hear;{H8085} open{H6491} thine eyes,{H5869} O Jehovah,{H3068} and see;{H7200} and hear{H8085} all the words{H1697} of Sennacherib,{H5576} who hath sent{H7971} to defy{H2778} the living{H2416} God.{H430}

Of a truth,{H551} Jehovah,{H3068} the kings{H4428} of Assyria{H804} have laid waste{H2717} all the countries,{H776} and their land,{H776}

and have cast{H5414} their gods{H430} into the fire:{H784} for they were no gods,{H430} but the work{H4639} of men's{H120} hands,{H3027} wood{H6086} and stone;{H68} therefore they have destroyed{H6} them.

Now therefore, O Jehovah{H3068} our God,{H430} save{H3467} us from his hand,{H3027} that all the kingdoms{H4467} of the earth{H776} may know{H3045} that thou art Jehovah,{H3068} even thou only.

Then Isaiah{H3470} the son{H1121} of Amoz{H531} sent{H7971} unto Hezekiah,{H2396} saying,{H559} Thus saith{H559} Jehovah,{H3068} the God{H430} of Israel,{H3478} Whereas thou hast prayed{H6419} to me against Sennacherib{H5576} king{H4428} of Assyria,{H804}

this is the word{H1697} which Jehovah{H3068} hath spoken{H1696} concerning him: The virgin{H1330} daughter{H1323} of Zion{H6726} hath despised{H959} thee and laughed thee to scorn;{H3932} the daughter{H1323} of Jerusalem{H3389} hath shaken{H5128} her head{H7218} at thee.{H310}

Whom hast thou defied{H2778} and blasphemed?{H1442} and against whom hast thou exalted{H7311} thy voice{H6963} and lifted up{H5375} thine eyes{H5869} on high?{H4791} [even] against the Holy One{H6918} of Israel.{H3478}

By{H3027} thy servants{H5650} hast thou defied{H2778} the Lord,{H136} and hast said,{H559} With the multitude{H7230} of my chariots{H7393} am I come up{H5927} to the height{H4791} of the mountains,{H2022} to the innermost parts{H3411} of Lebanon;{H3844} and I will cut down{H3772} the tall{H6967} cedars{H730} thereof, and the choice{H4005} fir-trees{H1265} thereof; and I will enter{H935} into its farthest{H7093} height,{H4791} the forest{H3293} of its fruitful field;{H3760}

I have digged{H6979} and drunk{H8354} water,{H4325} and with the sole{H3709} of my feet{H6471} will I dry up{H2717} all the rivers{H2975} of Egypt.{H4693}

Hast thou not heard{H8085} how I have done{H6213} it long ago,{H7350} and formed{H3335} it of ancient{H6924} times?{H3117} now have I brought{H935} it to pass, that it should be thine to lay waste{H7582} fortified{H1219} cities{H5892} into ruinous{H5327} heaps.{H1530}

Therefore their inhabitants{H3427} were of small{H7116} power,{H3027} they were dismayed{H2865} and confounded;{H954} they were as the grass{H6212} of the field,{H7704} and as the green{H3419} herb,{H1877} as the grass{H2682} on the housetops,{H1406} and as a field [of grain]{H7709} before{H6440} it is grown up.{H7054}

But I know{H3045} thy sitting{H3427} down, and thy going out,{H3318} and thy coming in,{H935} and thy raging{H7264} against me.

Because of thy raging{H7264} against me, and because thine arrogancy{H7600} is come up{H5927} into mine ears,{H241} therefore will I put{H7760} my hook{H2397} in thy nose,{H639} and my bridle{H4964} in thy lips,{H8193} and I will turn thee back{H7725} by the way{H1870} by which thou camest.{H935}

And this shall be the sign{H226} unto thee: ye shall eat{H398} this year{H8141} that which groweth{H5599} of itself, and in the second{H8145} year{H8141} that which springeth{H7823} of the same; and in the third{H7992} year{H8141} sow{H2232} ye, and reap,{H7114} and plant{H5193} vineyards,{H3754} and eat{H398} the fruit{H6529} thereof.

And the remnant{H7604} that is escaped{H6413} of the house{H1004} of Judah{H3063} shall again{H3254} take root{H8328} downward,{H4295} and bear{H6213} fruit{H6529} upward.{H4605}

For out of Jerusalem{H3389} shall go forth{H3318} a remnant,{H7611} and out of mount{H2022} Zion{H6726} they that shall escape.{H6413} The zeal{H7068} of Jehovah{H3068} of hosts{H6635} will perform{H6213} this.

Therefore thus saith{H559} Jehovah{H3068} concerning the king{H4428} of Assyria,{H804} He shall not come{H935} unto this city,{H5892} nor shoot{H3384} an arrow{H2671} there, neither shall he come before{H6923} it with shield,{H4043} nor cast{H8210} up a mound{H5550} against it.

By the way{H1870} that he came,{H935} by the same shall he return,{H7725} and he shall not come{H935} unto this city,{H5892} saith{H5002} Jehovah.{H3068}

For I will defend{H1598} this city{H5892} to save{H3467} it, for mine own sake, and for my servant{H5650} David's{H1732} sake.

And the angel{H4397} of Jehovah{H3068} went forth,{H3318} and smote{H5221} in the camp{H4264} of the Assyrians{H804} a hundred{H3967} and fourscore{H8084} and five{H2568} thousand;{H505} and when men arose early{H7925} in the morning,{H1242} behold, these were all dead{H4191} bodies.{H6297}

So Sennacherib{H5576} king{H4428} of Assyria{H804} departed,{H5265} and went{H3212} and returned,{H7725} and dwelt{H3427} at Nineveh.{H5210}

And it came to pass, as he was worshipping{H7812} in the house{H1004} of Nisroch{H5268} his god,{H430} that Adrammelech{H152} and Sharezer{H8272} his sons{H1121} smote{H5221} him with the sword;{H2719} and they escaped{H4422} into the land{H776} of Ararat.{H780} And Esar-haddon{H634} his son{H1121} reigned{H4427} in his stead.